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The Republican push to defund Obamacare defied the strategic wisdom of the ages.

“Avoid what is strong,” Sun Tzu advised, “to strike what is weak.” According to Machiavelli, “Prudence consists in knowing how to recognize the nature of the different dangers and in accepting the least bad as good.” [Full Story »] 

From Shelley on TheoSpark.net - playing the media’s definition game: “A Republican who wants to delay or defund Obamacare is a terrorist. And a murderer who kills 13 at an Army base in the name of Islam is a disgruntled employee.” [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
When someone commits suicide it’s just like taking poison and hoping someone else will die. For those that believe in separation of church and state they are committing spiritual suicide. Suicide is the acceptance of a permanent solution for a temporary problem. [Full Story »] 

Nancy Pelosi infamously said that we had to pass Obamacare to find out what’s in it. The then-House speaker erroneously assumed, evidently, that people would be able to get onto the government-run exchanges created by the law. [Full Story »] 

PoliticalOutcast.com writer Chris Graham points out that the Republican 2012 turnout for Romney was three million short of John McCain’s numbers in 2008. Romney would’ve won the popular vote but maybe not the electoral vote if the three million had voted, Mr. Graham astutely points out. [Full Story »] 

Refusing to negotiate is the new reasonableness.

After years of agonized media commentary about the failure of key players in Washington to sit down and work out their differences, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to win the fight over the government shutdown by rejecting all compromise, calling his opponents names and escaping blame in the press. [Full Story »] 

Ten Northern Colorado counties are talking secession. Good for them. Nine of the ten voted more than 62 percent for Mitt Romney and five voted Romney by more than 75 percent. These counties have little in common with liberal Denver. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,

Something for the citizens to think about.

Another nut case with a gun kills a dozen people at the Washington Navy Yard. Another cry goes out for more gun control. There are no cries to get nut cases off the street. A couple of items of interest come to mind. First, is the fact that the liberal mindset is once again exposed because the libs attribute the killings to an inanimate object. Left unattended, a gun will lie quietly for years without bothering anyone. [Full Story »] 

Long ago, Ted Cruz earned the hatred of every elected Democrat in Washington. Now, he’s on his way to doing the same with nearly every Republican. [Full Story »] 

Global cooling has arrived: Wyoming and South Dakota are experiencing heavy snow, shutting down Interstate highways for miles in both states. This is an unusually large snowfall for so early in October. It makes one wonder what winter will be like when it arrives. Of course, weather “experts” predicted in 1970 that we were headed for an Ice Age, even in summertime. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
We, Bob and Tammy Pirkle, want to thank everyone that helped make the Tomahawk Festival a great success this first year. We could not have made it possible without the help of Mr. Passmore and his vendor list from Possum Hollow, Sue Braden for the donation of the use of her land and all of our vendors who came out to help make it a great festival. To all of the sponsors and donators’ that gave to make this event a great one, many thanks go to you. And we sincerely hope to have you on board with us in 2014.
Thanks go to the WUFF 97.5 radio station and Y96 radio station for helping to get the word out there to our customers. A big thank you goes out to Juanita Pittman and Daniel Hinson at J and J Printing for help with our flyers. Thanks goes to Bruce and Lisa Hartley for the banners, shirts and signs. [Full Story »]