tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66693948413832108492012-02-16T20:06:00.534-06:00Christian. Thinking. Conservative. Common Sense.Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-62717193455825564252010-04-01T14:34:00.003-05:002010-04-01T14:37:51.894-05:00

According to Real Clear Politics, it's going to be a tough year for Democrats in Missouri. Here's a link to this interesting article.http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/04/01/how-bad-is-the-environment-in-missouri/I predict it may be a tough year for Republicans who don't toe the TEA party line, as well.

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-31879740294357743302010-03-27T21:13:00.002-05:002010-03-27T21:38:11.829-05:00

Well, President Obama got his healthcare bill through. And now he says he's ready for the fight to repeal it. "Bring it on!" he challenged.Here it comes, Mr. President. A recent Rassmussen poll says that 55% want to see the new healthcare bill repealed. 52% said they'd vote for a candidate who favored repeal. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-87954713363685004272009-04-30T16:27:00.003-05:002009-04-30T17:05:24.407-05:00

Well, well, the UAW now owns Chrysler. At least that's what the paperwork says. Ironic isn't it? The union that helped to kill the industry now owns part of it. According to media sources, when the dust settles from the Chrysler bankrupcy and Fiat deal, the UAW will own 55% of Chrysler, Fiat will own 20%, the US Government will own 8% and the Canadian Government will own 2%. Sounds just peachy,

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-30642917031588819872009-04-07T20:20:00.003-05:002009-04-07T20:49:59.805-05:00

Well, I've not blogged for a while now, but it seems like it's time to start up again.And my the times are a' changin'! Last time I blogged, I predicted that Mr. Obama would be our next President. And, I'm very sad to say... I was right. It was a prediction I would have just as soon been wrong about. Well.... let me make some more predictions. After having seen the Obama Administration in

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-25763563394584690272008-05-08T20:18:00.004-05:002008-05-08T21:36:41.996-05:00

It's something I dread to see.It's something I hardly dare to say.But from here, the view looks fairly certain that next January, we will be calling Barack Obama "Mr. President."The fact that neither Reverend Wright, nor Hillary Clinton's new-found populism have been able to sink Barack Obama is a pretty good indicator that nothing else will, either. The baggage of having a "liberation-theology"

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-40214231803989083252008-03-27T20:43:00.010-05:002008-03-28T19:14:15.703-05:00

Earlier in the election cycle, it seemed as if the Republican Party was insistent upon losing this election. Conservative pundits, the Party establishment and even the candidates themselves seemed to trying to throw the race to the Democrats.The talkers trashed a great up and coming conservative candidate in Mike Huckabee, who came in second despite them. The establishment backed candidates that

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-38404495229642538562008-03-21T17:58:00.002-05:002008-03-21T18:01:44.518-05:00

Obama has a typical politician's problem, one especially prevalent in those who come from the legislature and try to go to the executive. That problem is the fact that he has to be sufficiently appealing to his base constituency to be elected to the legislature while he's running for the legislature. This leads him to do the traditional "things" that a legislator from his district or section of

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-10838460413256551972008-02-26T18:42:00.004-06:002008-02-26T23:37:10.584-06:00

So.... the prestigious NY Times releases a "scandal" piece on John McCain. And I'm thinking that John McCain is loving every minute of it. No, really, stop and think about it. The whole thing is nonsense. The universal reaction in the press is to (gasp) be astonished and (gasp) wonder how the Times could resort to such gossip rag techniques. But what better way to advance the liberal agenda by

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-90886482672230328342008-02-07T19:51:00.000-06:002008-02-07T20:50:46.272-06:00

In my profession of teaching, I'm often struck by the phrases kids use. Some are odd. (Brotha from anotha motha) Some are lame. (Oh yeah? Well, yo mama!) And some have an odd little twist to them. (What NOW?!)That last little phrase is usually delivered after a particularly strong athletic performance in the face of direct opposition. Like today when a 17 year old student of mine rared back and

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-10648157897070109882008-01-31T20:43:00.001-06:002008-01-31T21:30:48.807-06:00

A previous post detailed why the Republicans will likely lose in the fall. For more details, see the post below, in which I lay out the scenario for a Republican defeat. But does it really have to be this way? Is there a way out for the GOP?I think there is. There are still three candidates in the race. I think one of them still has the ability to win in the fall. By many accounts, we are

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-86543578251022815402008-01-31T18:26:00.000-06:002008-01-31T21:04:46.070-06:00

Unless things change radically on Super Tuesday, the main story of this election year will be how the Republicans lost.I know, I know, I'm supposed to be a common-sense conservative, and the Republicans are supposed to be my party. Supposed to be.But for each of the major candidates, it's much easier to paint a scenario where a seemingly great candidate manages to lose a winnable race. Let's

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-42138230956691072732008-01-31T09:48:00.000-06:002008-01-31T09:50:20.716-06:00

This article by Georgia Congressman John Linder is a must-read for any Huckabee supporter or detractor. http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=10019&SectionID=17&SubSectionID=116&S=1In it, Linder states why Mike Huckabee will be back in the future. I say, let's make the future happen now.

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-79828481471676781842008-01-11T18:29:00.000-06:002008-01-15T20:10:08.226-06:00

Today, former First Lady Hillary Clinton opened up what may be a sweeping new campaign position. Chips and guacamole go together. Speaking on the stump in Nevada on Jan. 11, she reaffirmed her campaign's committment to making sure that no chip travels unaccomanied by that gooey, green goodness known as guacamole. "[O]ne is guacamole, and one is chips....they both go together," said the former

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-43357480768178440182008-01-10T20:16:00.000-06:002008-01-15T20:10:31.515-06:00

It's been an interesting yet disgusting phenomenon. I'm talking about the way that the typical conservative talking heads have turned on Mike Huckabee. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Lara Ingraham and (ugh) Ann Coulter either attacked the Governor, or dismissed him outright.He's been called a populist; he's been called a homosexual-lover; he's been the subject of a Sean Hannity

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-82685923385820676072008-01-10T19:34:00.000-06:002008-01-10T20:11:03.041-06:00

The newest Democratic phenom is the Junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Hussein Obama. And what a phenom he is. Upsetting both the Clinton and Edwards machine in Iowa and nearly upsetting the old Clinton machine in New Hampshire. Casting himself as a catalyst for "change" and peddling "hope," he seems to be taking the Democratic establishment to school. He's suave, good-looking and on fire

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-79269951371177844532008-01-09T16:43:00.001-06:002008-01-09T16:47:37.365-06:00

After a beautiful first place win in Iowa and a respectable third place showing in Hew Hampshire, the Republican Race is wide open. And man for man, my money is on Mike Huckabee to emerge as the winner. McCain's surge will split moderates up between himself and Guiliani, while Fred Thompson's cash problems could force him out of the race early. With moderates split, and a bounce from Fred's

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-62326090111090320222007-12-30T23:39:00.000-06:002007-12-30T23:47:09.082-06:00

This is hillarious! I copied it from comments left on the political commenary blog, "The Swamp."http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/clinton_dodges_obamas_potuscre.html#comment-2274011It was written by "GW" on December 30, 2007 9:31 pm.GW, whoever you are, I hope you don't mind my re-posting of your commentary. And, I don't know that every line is competely accurate, but they

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-4168551092985046182007-12-30T23:18:00.000-06:002007-12-30T23:31:35.757-06:00

Well, I hate to say it, but I am very disapointed in my man Mike Huckabee. Or at least whomever is running his campaing these last few days.Why?Mike has gone negative, attacking Romney first in comments to reporters and in speeches, and now on his website. It's total trash. It's a petty, rambling attack about things we already knew. It's what makes politicians look bad. It's not Mike's style and

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-21640113069768704722007-12-30T02:04:00.000-06:002007-12-30T02:07:45.287-06:00

“You are not going to find moments on YouTube of me saying something different about the sanctity of life today than I said ten years ago, ten minutes ago, or fifty years ago. You are not going to find something in YouTube where I said something completely different about gun wnership and the second amendment than I did last week, ten weeks ago, ten years go. You are not going to hear me making

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-17611803647413947482007-12-29T21:03:00.000-06:002007-12-30T01:44:18.208-06:00

With the campaign season starting unseasonably early, campaign fatigue is starting to set in even for the political junkies among us. In fact, the Iowa Caucus, despite being held so early, seems to be late in the race. It is, in fact, just the beginning.Whoever wins the Iowa Caucus will be given that magical and elusive gift of "momentum." And Iowa will either make or break some candidates. Every

Matt Prihodanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669394841383210849.post-28530109401911604912007-12-29T20:24:00.000-06:002007-12-29T21:03:07.261-06:00

This is (obviously) the first posting of Common Sensibilities, a blog by a Christian, thinking conservative. The topics on this blog will run the gamut of politics, Christianity, philosophy, science, religions, and perhaps even electronics. You never can tell what you'll see on this site. One post may be about creation vs. evolution. One post may be about the merits of Mike Huckabee as he

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