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Regula-nation: A Land Of The Free Special

June 6, 2011

A lawless group of thugs known as Orlando Food Not Bombs has been on a crime spree, but the police finally caught up to these scofflaw marauders, arresting three of them on wednesday. Their crime ? Brace yourself, and send the kids out of the room. This ain't pretty. The Orlando Food Not Bombs group [...]

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GOP Plans Attack

January 3, 2011

When the new Congress convenes, the GOP-led House is planning to move on several fronts. 1. They are going to try to repeal ObamaCare: The new Republican-controlled House plans to schedule a vote to repeal the sweeping health care overhaul before President Barack Obama delivers his annual State of the Union address late this month, [...]

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Brave Bureaucrats Crack Down On Public Health Threat

August 6, 2010

Pictured above is 7-year old Julie Murphy from Oregon. Though it may not seem apparent at first glance, she is a dangerous scofflaw, a serious public health threat. Why?, you might ask. Well, I'll tell you why. This little criminal was guilty of….of….this is going to be shocking, so I hope you're sitting down….this diminutive [...]

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Relearning American Greatness

June 21, 2010

Reading several recent news stories, it occurred to me that other countries understand what made America great better than we do these days, or at least better than our current leadership does. There are several lessons we need to relearn. The first lesson comes from a news item I read about how China will soon [...]

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From The Far Side…And A Couple Health Care Tales

March 10, 2010

Quote Of The Day: "we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it" – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) === Burning Fiscal Issue: "he's trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative. And yet just in recent weeks, two weeks ago it has come out [...]

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A Recession-Proof Industry

December 11, 2009

When times get tough, as in the current recession, businesses are forced to cut back. They halt expansion plans, reign in expenses, and lay off workers. We've seen a lot of that in the last couple years, as over 7 million people have lost their jobs. Individuals also cut back on expenses. However, there is [...]

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A Few Things That Just Aren't True

August 31, 2009

1. Japanese officials were executed for waterboarding prisoners during World War II. Wrong. Japanese officials were executed primarily for mass murder and for waging war against other countries. Torture was among the charges, and among the numerous torture charges was Japanese water torture (aka, water cure), not waterboarding. The two are not the same thing. [...]

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Stuart Joins The Senate, And Other Matters

July 17, 2009

Certain things defy explanation. For example, Bill Ayers went from being a domestic terrorist bomber for the Weathermen to being a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Chicago-Illinois. There is no rational explanation for how that happens, for how a radical like Ayers gets in a position to shape impressionable young minds when [...]

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House Moves Forward On Destroying Economy

May 26, 2009

The House Energy And Commerce Committee has approved the American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009 (cap and trade). Although no members of the committee actually read the nearly 1,000 page bill, the House did employ a speed reader for a day to read part of the bill aloud (think Pittsburgh Pete), which didn't [...]

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Sunday Political Stuff

March 29, 2009

The following chart illustrates what percentage of CO2 greenhouse gases are attributable to man: The rest of the greenhouse gases consist mostly of water vapor (95%). Read the Global Warming Primer for more information. Also keep in mind that the proposed cap-and-trade system of taxation being proposed by Obama, which would cost trillions of dollars, [...]

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Balancing The Federal Budget Today

February 27, 2009

Every American presidential administration comes up with a plan to balance the federal budget. The plan is almost always the same. It is a long range plan that will take many years to accomplish, usually ending after the administration proposing it is out of office. Then, when the balanced budget plan fails, the administration can [...]

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Government And The Gas Tax

January 15, 2008

A two-year government commissioned study proposed that federal gasoline taxes should be increased up to 40 cents per gallon over five years. The purpose of the massive tax increase would be to fix aging bridges and roads, and reduce traffic deaths. Calling for immediate action, the congressionally created panel warns that "applying patches" is no [...]

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