March 09, 2010

The convention countdown is on! Hi Friends, I’m Scott Hennen, Chairman of the Common Sense Club with a commentary about joining the process as an insurance policy: never, ever again will we be in this position be a Republican and or a Democrat. You should not like the position that we find ourselves in [...]

March 08, 2010

The ballots are closed, the votes are tallied, and the results are in for the 2nd annual Common Sense Club North Dakotan of the Year competition. Time to unveil the winner. Hi friends, I’m Scott Hennen, Chairman of the Common Sense Club sounding off. In a minute well tell you who it is, in today’s [...]

March 05, 2010

Sufferin’ sunspots! Did anyone read Al Gore’s op-ed in the New York Times last week? It’s a 1,900 word tirade about three times the length of a normal op-ed. Lord knows he’s had time to work on it, for as coincidence would have it, the former Vice President has been in hibernation the last few [...]

March 04, 2010

Former Governor, Ag Secretary, and self-appointed “Office Boy” of the Common Sense Club Ed Schafer has been under fire lately, with a new attack ad put out by ND Democrats and their trial lawyer leadership. They claim Ed has mischaracterized the delegation’s role in funding “abortion on demand” when they voted for the Senate version [...]

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March 03, 2010

There’s an alarming dichotomy forming in our country today, and it’s upsetting the economic relationships that have made America the world’s preeminent superpower since the conclusion of WWII. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the expansion of government and the contraction of the free market. Since 787 billion dollars in stimulus bonanza passed last February, the [...]

March 02, 2010

Safe to say, not all the political decisions being made in Washington are embraced here in the Common Sense Club (“Tell me something I don’t know, Scott”). As this administration (and their North Dakota allies in Congress) continue to display precious little regard for capitalism, the Constitution or even their very own campaign platitudes, at [...]

March 01, 2010

Happy Monday Common Sense faithful! It may seem like an ordinary week, but yesterday actually marked the anniversary of a major event producing the right kind of change we so desperately need in Washington. I told you it was a movement—not a moment—and this week that movement is officially heading into its second year. [...]

February 26, 2010

Anyone happen to catch the theatrics on TV last night? No, not the Olympics….although the dramatic expectations are comparable to the athletic performances in Vancouver. But instead of competing for national pride and personal glory, these contenders competed for trillions of our taxpayer dollars contained in the resurrected healthcare bill, debated and broadcasted yesterday during [...]

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February 25, 2010

Thankfully, big government these days is mostly in Washington DC (it’s one of the reasons that the Obama Administration’s popularity is in free fall). Same with the Democratic leadership, who have been running the show since November of 2006 and is one of the prime reasons why the economy is in the tank today. Unfortunately, [...]

February 24, 2010

Obama has already said he’d rather be a “really good” one term President than serve two as a “mediocre” one, and it looks like he’s going to get his wish. After completely dismissing lessons learned from the tea party movement and the ascendancy of Scott Brown, healthcare is on its way whether we like it [...]