Name: Mike Kole
Dateline: Fishers, IN
Weblog: www.kolehardfacts.blogspot.com
Articles: 29
First Published: Monday, August 9, 2004
Last Published: Thursday, November 3, 2005
Currently listing articles 29-1:
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Free Speech On Blogs Is Toast— Providing favorable commentary or linkage to a candidate for office on your blog is now deemed a campaign contribution.
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Candidate's Diary Update— To blog or not to blog? Or, why candidates speak only in sound bites, and on message.
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A Candidate's Brief Diary
— My first truly busy five-day stretch gave me insight into running a statewide campaign.
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Military Quagmires— Lots of talk about military quagmires, and bringing troops home. Make sure not to conveniently forget old quagmires.
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No Miracle On Ice— While the NHL falls on its' blade, the hockey world relives the Miracle on Ice.
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Lamest Super Bowl Ever— I've watched many Super Bowl broadcasts over the years, and this one was easily the least entertaining.
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The Glorious Acts of the Indiana Legislature— Forgive our representatives. Writing laws is what a Legislature does. If they don’t write enough, it can look like slacking.
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Another Suit Makes the Case for Tort Reform— When something on the TV screen offends or annoys, you can still change the channel or turn the blasted thing off.
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Jail For Crooked CEOs!— CEOs from Enron and Adelphia were held criminally liable for cooking books. Make sure to get them all.
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Taxes and Self-Ownership— You own yourself. This means that you own the fruits of your body's labor and your mind's ingenuity.
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Free-Spending Republicans Risk the Destruction of Their Own Base— Winners use formulas until they lose. The GOP will run socially conservative for the foreseeable future leaving fiscal conservatives in the dust.
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One-Day Libertarian Takeover— ...
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This Is Only A Test— If you want mega hits on your blog, you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
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Questions for the Bush & Kerry Supporters— One thing I value is consistency, so I'm very interested to see the reaction to a reversed repeat of 2000.
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What Happens When Libertarians Win High Office?— Myth: If a Libertarian is elected, government will devolve into anarchy and chaos.
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The Wasted Vote Syndrome— What's the bigger wasted vote? One for a third-party candidate or the Democrat or Republican you detest least?
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Call In The UN?— Voter fraud probably takes place in all 50 states. Here is my experience with it in 2003.
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Idiocy in Sports Revelry— When did it come to pass that victory by your team meant license to become temporary anarchists?
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Rah! Rah! The Internet!— I have come here to praise the internet! i.e.: Enjoy the fruits of this relatively unregulated medium.
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Barger Gets Hat Tip From Indy Star— Fellow Blogcritic Al Barger's US Senate campaign was not endorsed, but was given approving words by a paper's Editorial Board.
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The Politics of Exclusion— Screw the democratic process, there's an election to be won!
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The World's Smallest Political Quiz— Why do those seemingly far to the left and right sometimes curiously agree? Maybe left-right isn't the best spectrum.
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Presidential Candidate to Visit Today— The only way this headline is possible in Indiana and many other states: if Libertarian Michael Badnarik visits.
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Libertarians Gaining Respect?
— Is the Libertarian Party a credible vehicle for winning office and moving policy? Let's see what the Indianapolis Star has to say about it.
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Still Having Strong Feelings About Terror Attacks on American Symbols— There's a huge difference in how the premier symbols of capitalism and the military were treated after the attacks.
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Olympics Extended— Two great weeks of viewing are here for fans of hockey and international sports competition.
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What? Run on the Record?
— Why should candidates run on their recent records when they can highlight the distant, irrelevant past?
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The Indiana Way— The usual perception of Libertarians is that their number one public role is to complain. This perception is generally correct. We do things a little
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Entering the Ring— Eric invited and I've accepted, but blame Al Barger.
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