Unions not welcome here
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: South Carolina's union "unwelcome" mat
She says that to create jobs, you must trust businesses, and get rid of the unions.
15 years ago
Snowmaggedon! Thank you mainstream media
As you may have heard - we're getting a massive snowstorm here in the Pacific Northwest today . And watching the coverage reminded me that when the weather goes crazy, the place everyone still goes for news is.
15 years ago
The Almighty hedges his bets
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: The Almighty hedges his bets Pollsters put the question to a sampling of Americans – have you heard of the success of Tim Tebow – the Denver Broncos quarterback who thanks God on the field, and made that dramatic overtime pass last week – and if you are aware of […]15 years ago
What about Buddy?
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: What about Buddy? Some Republicans are still casting around for an alternative to Mitt Romney. What about this guy? “I go to Michigan next and talk about jobs. Then I go to Arizona and then talk about immigration.” This is Buddy Roemer – Harvard Business School grad, Congressman for eight […]15 years ago
Peeing on the enemy
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: Peeing on the enemy Marines peeing on corpses is bad. The brass will find these marines, punish them, and we will move on. But this is a side show — a video that was probably released to make Afghans want to kick us out. WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Watch video on […]15 years ago
Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire, now what?
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire, now what?
It's on to South Carolina, where for the next ten days supporters of Newt Gingrich will spend millions to get South Carolinians to watch “When Mitt Romney Came to Town.
15 years ago
Is Mitt Romney a bad capitalist?
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: Is Mitt Romney a bad capitalist? Any honest capitalist will tell you that sometimes you have to cut jobs. However, to thwart the president’s attempts to raise taxes on the rich, Republicans started calling capitalists job creators. And it worked, for a while. The trouble is, capitalists are not job […]15 years ago
New Hampshire Votes
History straight ahead: Signs direct voters to Bedford High School Last chance to change your mind… Don’t forget Hope! (Her name actually is Hope) See full photo gallery from Ross and Burbank trip to New Hampshire.15 years ago
Video: Dave invites the Small Money candidate, Buddy Roemer to make his pitch
Former gov Buddy Roemer is running as an independent, raising money only from NON corporations . _.
15 years ago
Luke sends an audio postcard from New Hampshire
People say the reason New Hampshire gets to have the first primary and all the attention that comes with it is because of something called retail politics meaning the state is actually small enough that the candidates can actually walk up to most residents, which is actually what happened to 86-year-old Pat Carver on Saturday as she was eating her breakfast at the Windmill diner and seemingly out of nowhere Texas congressman Ron Paul emerged.
15 years ago
Dave tweets from New Hampshire debate
Dave covered the GOP debate in New Hampshire via Twitter. Follow Dave at @thedaveross 7:44: And we’re off to the spin room. Potential controversy – audible groan in media center when Huntsman played the son-in-Navy card. 7:42: Time for the funny humanizing questions — Newt blows the sports question, says basketball sted football. Huntsman invokes […]15 years ago
Dave Ross original song: She looks like a woman to me [carpool dummy song]
The Washington State Patrol ticketed a man with a dummy skeleton riding as his carpool passenger. The incident inspired 97.3 KIRO FM host Dave Ross to write a song: Listen to She looks like a woman to me [carpool dummy song] The man received a $454 ticket for speeding, unsafe lane change, and an HOV […]15 years ago
This is a story about cops doing what they’re supposed to do
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: This is a story about cops doing what they’re supposed to do Good cops, difficult as it is, are supposed to turn in bad cops. Seattle Police Chief John Diaz says that is exactly what his officers did with patrolman Richard F. Nelson: “They had some concerns about Officer Nelson’s […]15 years ago
There is at least one state where corporations are NOT people
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: There is at least one state where corporations are NOT people Last year, the US Supreme Court famously declared that when it comes to buying political ads, corporations are people, and the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech applies to them too. But last week the Montana Supreme Court issued […]15 years ago
Now even the American Dream has been outsourced!
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: Now even the American Dream has been outsourced!
The New York Times today has numbers showing it is easier to move up the ladder in Canada and Western Europe than here in America.
15 years ago
Well THAT didn’t take long!
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: Well THAT didn’t take long! Remember Rick Perry’s goal for Iowa? “I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.” Granted. He’s headed back to Texas; Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich will I’m sure have great success with their newsletters…so what about the near-winner in Iowa, Rick Santorum? […]15 years ago
Why I love the caucus
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: Why I love the caucus Caucuses get a lot of criticism — but here’s what’s great … any voter can show up, register as a Republican or a Democrat, and participate. Any voter can be in the smoke-filled room. Although being Iowa, it’s actually a cookies and brownie-filled room. And […]15 years ago
We have finally run out of words
Listen to Dave Ross Commentary: We have finally run out of words Every year, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University bravely tries to rescue English by announcing a list of banished words — words that are so overused they should never be used again. The problem is…that it doesn’t work. For example, on the 2012 list […]15 years ago
Are you willing to spread some wealth?
Listen to Dave’s Commentary: Are you willing to spread some wealth? Suppose people with spare money just started paying bills for poor people without the government middle man? Keith Taylor got to thinking about that when he was in grad school and found himself having to choose between fixing his car and making the rent. […]15 years ago
Will your cell phone fry your brain?
Listen to Dave’s Commentary: Will your cell phone fry your brain? If cell phones can disrupt a guidance system even when you’re nowhere near the cockpit what might it do pressed against your temporal lobe? There’s been all sorts of speculation, so the National Institutes of Health conducted an elaborate study this year to determine […]15 years ago
Putting the national debt into perspective
Listen to Dave Ross’ Commentary: Putting the national debt into perspective At last check, the total amount of money owed by the federal government was over $15.1 trillion. Do you know how much that is? If you spent a dollar a second, $15.1 trillion would last close to 470,000 years. Or, if you turned $15 […]15 years ago
Slowest population growth since the 40’s
Listen to Dave’s Commnetary: Slowest population growth since the 40’s Latest figures show that the US population is growing at a rate of .7 percent. In large part because people don’t feel they can afford kids. The official cost of raising a child to age 18 is now $190,000 and many American parents are saying […]15 years ago
Scare a drug thug, make pot legal
Listen to Dave’s Commentary: Scare a drug thug, make pot legal This is John McKay talking about the black market in marijuana: “DEA’s own estimate, up to 60 percent of the income of international drug cartels is the American marijuana market. That means the people that are killing people, putting them in pits in Mexico […]15 years ago
Why don’t more people get married?
Listen to Dave’s Commentary: Why don’t more people get married? Latest figures show just 51 percent of all adults 18 and over are married. That’s about where it was in the 1890’s, but way below what it was in the 1960’s. Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at Washington State’s Evergreen College. “I don’t […]15 years ago
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