Name: Dave Nalle
Dateline: Austin, TX
Weblog: www.republicofdave.com [RSS]
Articles: 554 (as well as 20 tag articles at Technorati.com)
First Published: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Last Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Dave Nalle has been a magazine editor, freelance writer, capitol hill staffer, game designer and taught college history for many years. He is Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, working to promote liberty in the GOP. He designs fonts for a living and lives with his family just outside Austin. You can find his writings on politics and culture at Republic of Dave, on conspiracy theories at IdiotWars and on design and fonts at The Scriptorium.Currently listing articles 554-501:
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Chambliss Victory Saves the Filibuster— With the Chambliss win in the Georgia runoff Republicans retain the ability to challenge votes in the Senate.
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The Truth About the Global Poverty Act— There are plenty of reasons to oppose Obama's Global Poverty Act, but the extremist fearmongering is counterproductive.
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Food Riots, Civil Unrest, and the Disunited States of America— Are we looking forward to a future of food riots, civil war, and the breakup of the union by 2012? Some trends experts think so.
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Mumbai Attacks a Reminder of the Threat of Terrorism— The spectre of terrorism still stalks the world. Are we paying attention here in Fortress America?
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Eric Holder's Department of Injustice— Obama's choice for Attorney General is a very bad sign for those who had hoped for liberal policies on civil liberties issues from Obama.
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The Obama Litmus Test— Is Obama planning to bar gun owners from holding office in his administration, and what does that mean for gun rights nationwide?
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Panic at the Gun Show— I went to the gun show to see if the rumors of panic were true and found people calmly determined to protect their rights.
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A Rational Alternative to the Auto Industry Bailout— Let's put the auto bailout in the hands of consumers as a tax credit and let them demand better products from Detroit.
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Gay Rights and the Line Between Activism and Terrorism— After an attack on a Michigan church by gay activists, questions arise about what tactics are too extreme in a good cause.
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Reflections from Election Day in Texas— Some reflections on election day and the aftermath from a local Republican.
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In the Midst of Victory, Defeats Are Overlooked— Record black turnout for Obama also helped push a morally conservative agenda in state referenda.
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Election Analysis: Keep an Eye on Ohio, Pennsylvania and the West— If the media is wrong and McCain's campaign has secret strengths, here's how I see the electoral vote breaking down.
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Counting Your Chickens Before They Hatch— Is McCain's unorthodox campaign running under the radar of the punditocracy and setting us up for an election day shocker?
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Popular Election of the President: A Failed Experiment— This election has proven how destructive it is to leave a job as important as selecting the President in the hands of the American public.
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On the Road to Argentina and Tyranny— Are we on the road to the day when our government will become a tyranny and deserve the fate of all tyrants?
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Amid Lies and Paranoia, Campaign Tensions Continue to Escalate— The Ashley Todd hoax is not a scandal and it is not an outrage. It's a sad and pathetic commentary on our political degeneracy.
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McCain Campaign Worker Attacked and Brutalized Over Bumper Sticker— A crazed Obama fan took a knife to the face of a 20-year-old McCain campaign worker in a politically motivated attack Wednesday.
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Final Thoughts on the Defending the American Dream Summit— We're all talking about change, but Americans for Prosperity may actually be trying to do something about it.
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Will McCain Benefit from the Soft Racism of Doubt?— In the privacy of the voting booth, many Democrats will vote for McCain in a moment of doubt. Does it make them racists?
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Obama: Promise them Everything— What price will we pay for campaign promises which Barack Obama already knows he cannot possibly fulfill?
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More Voices from the Defending the American Dream Summit
— Dave talks with three more interesting, liberty minded conservative leaders at the DAD summit.
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Todd Palin is a Terrorist! Really?— Todd Palin is a terrorist? Where did he throw his bombs? Whose sacred cow did he barbecue?
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Eating Rubber Chicken with the Feral Republicans— George Will delivers a riveting speech to a pack of lean and hungry Republican grass roots activists.
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Voices from the Defending the American Dream Summit— Interviews which give an idea of the focus of the AFP and their Defending the American Dream Summit.
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Blogging in a Vacuum at the Defending the American Dream Summit— A preliminary report from the DAD conference where the liberty-oriented right is struggling to give birth to a movement.
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Will McCain Take the Gloves Off Tonight?— Someone has to hold Barack Obama accountable, and if McCain doesn't do it this election is going to slip through his fingers.
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Investigation Reveals Efficiency of War Spending— Henry Waxman reveals that the level of money lost to fraud in the War on Terror sets record lows for government or private business.
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Senators Stuck on Stupid— If we have to bite the bullet and accept the reality of a bailout, legislators could at least have the respect to make it palatable.
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A Square Deal for the Mortgage Crisis— In the tradition of Teddy Roosevelt, here is an alternative solution to the mortgage crisis which is a 'square deal' for all involved.
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Is A Bailout Actually Necessary?— Rushing into an enormously expensive bailout may not be the answer to the current economic crisis.
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McCain Suspends Campaign and Heads to Washington— Will the current crisis let McCain pass the mortgage reforms he sponsored but failed to pass in 2006?
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Factcheck: Sarah Palin on Alaskan Energy Production— NBC infobabes are falsely claiming that Sarah Palin doesn't know how much oil and gas Alaska produces. Will they be held accountable?
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Is This the Final Chavez Meltdown?— Hugo Chavez seems more and more like an impotent and psychotic clown crying out for someone to notice him.
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Stop the Sham Energy Bill— Democrats in congress are ramming through an incomplete and inadequate energy bill to score political points.
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Journalistic Bias Targets Palin— Anne Kornblut, of the Washington Post puts words in Sarah Palin's mouth in a classic example of journalistic bias.
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Ron Paul Endorses Radical Statism— Ron Paul throws principle to the wind and gives some free promotion to candidates who represent every kind of statist oppression.
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Obama's Telling Slip of the Tongue— Did Obama really confess to being a Muslim? Or did he just confess to being confused, conflicted and troubled?
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Fred Thompson Speaks to the People— In his speech on Tuesday Fred Thompson talked to the people and exposed the emptiness of the myriad promises of the left.
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Peace Protesters Riot at the GOP Convention— Peaceful protests at the RNC turn into the biggest riot in more than a decade in the US. Is more to come as the
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An Interview With a Democratic Convention Delegate— Some on-the-ground observations from an old classmate who was a delegate in Denver this past week.
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Alex Jones: Putin's Meat Puppet— Jones promotes fear of the mythical New World Order, yet willingly makes himself a pawn of the much more real Russian empire.
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Palin Unites the GOP— All of the factions within the GOP have different agendas, but they can't achieve any of their goals if they don't win in November.
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McCain Picks Palin and Reform for the GOP— The dark days of ambivalence and poor leadership are behind us and John McCain has banished our doubts and restored our hope.
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Bob Barr Wins Texas!— Bob Barr appears to be the only presidential candidate to have made the filing deadline in Texas - does he win by default?
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Alex Jones Goes Berserk in Denver— If you had any doubt that Alex Jones was a thug, a bully and a jackass, events in Denver should lay them to rest.
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Spineless at the Top: Will McCain Make the Same Mistake as Obama?— The VP choice is a make or break moment for McCain. Will he be clever and creative or will he just pick a hack?
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Joe Biden: Like Throwing an Anchor to a Drowning Man— Picking Biden shows a weakness and lack of conviction which may be the nail in the coffin of the Obama campaign.
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WTC7: A Conspiracy of Failed Sprinklers— Conspiracy claims about WTC7 have never made any sense, and the new NIST report ought to lay them to rest once and for all.
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Bloggers Arrested and Protesters Suppressed in Beijing— The suppression of protests and arrests of journalists and bloggers show that China is not ready to join the civilized world.
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McCain's VP: Smokescreens and Scare Tactics— Tom Ridge? Joe Lieberman? Is McCain hanging with the wrong crowd or is it all a brilliant strategy of misdirection?
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The Government is Not Poisoning You with "Chemtrails"— Tell the world. Tell this to everybody, wherever they are. Watch the skies, everywhere, keep looking. Keep watching the skies.
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Georgia: Peace or Freedom— Is it right for a people who have achieved a hard-won freedom to be forced to bend their knees to tyrants?
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Corporate Taxes: Right Question, Wrong Answer— Democrats draw the wrong lesson from a corporate tax revenue report and decide it's time to drive away businesses and jobs.
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Must Georgia Stand Alone?— Will the nations of the world stand with Georgia and for freedom, or will Georgia stand and fall alone?
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