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The Incredible Reinvention Of Barney Frank

October 27, 2010

One of the mysteries of this election cycle is how Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) could possibly be leading his congressional opponent, Sean Bielat (R-MA), by 13 points in the polls. I confess I know next to nothing about Bielat, but I do know a lot about the incumbent Frank. Given this knowledge of Rep. Frank, [...]

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Shazzam ! Responsibility Gone !

August 11, 2010

Liberals, after 8 years of complaining about President Bush running up the federal debt (as did I), and after 20+ years of complaining about President Reagan running up a relatively minor amount of debt (Obama ran up nearly as much debt in his first year as Reagan did in two full terms), now wholly embrace [...]

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The Kanjorski Connection

July 12, 2010

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) is a great guy. He really likes to use taxpayer dollars to help people…especially if those people are members of the Kanjorski family. Some years ago, Rep. Kanjorski secured earmarks of $9 million in federal grants for an energy company called Cornerstone Technologies LLC. Cornerstone was run by members of the [...]

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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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James Clyburn On Plant Life, Compassion

June 14, 2010

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has been making quite a name for himself lately. In the Democratic primaries in South Carolina, the voters nominated a completely unknown Senate candidate, Alvin Greene, who hadn't even campaigned, who hadn't attended the S.C. Democratic convention, who can barely speak coherently, who faces felony obscenity charges, who is [...]

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Congress Critters And PC Pros

May 10, 2010

I haven't had time to generate a new post for nearly a week now, so I have a few different topics I want to comment upon briefly. — The other day I heard NBC news bemoaning the fact that Rep. David Obey (D-WI) will not seek re-election. NBC practically deified the guy in it's failed [...]

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The Goldman Sachs Diversion

April 26, 2010

On April 16, 2010, the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil fraud suit against Goldman Sachs, alleging that the Wall Street investment bank sold mortgage-backed securities to investors that were secretly designed to fail. About a week later, A Senate subcommittee investigating the financial crisis released internal Goldman Sachs e-mails that seemed to [...]

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Why Do We Bother With A Constitution ?

April 7, 2010

Left-wing political mythology holds that President Bush referred to the U.S. Constitution as nothing but "a goddamned piece of paper" in 2005. Bush allegedly said this in frustration over constitutional issues with the Patriot Act. Though it is very unlikely Bush ever spoke those words, many left-wingers still believe he did say them, even though [...]

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The End Justifies The Means

April 5, 2010

Watching the health care debate over the last year has made me almost physically ill. It confirmed all my worst suspicions about our federal government. The lies, the spin, the ignorance, the corruption, the backroom dealings, the phony cost estimates, the buying of votes, the use of government force, the subversion of the Democratic process, [...]

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Vandalism, Threats, And Exploitation

March 26, 2010

I don't really want to write about this subject, but the media has been obsessed with it for days, so I guess I should. If you have been near a tv news program, you already know there has been some ugly language directed toward members of Congress, there have been a few instances of vandalism [...]

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Social Security Scam Falling Apart

March 15, 2010

After nearly fifty years of ripping off the American public, the government scam known as Social Security is coming undone. In 2010, Social Security revenue will not be enough to pay benefits to retirees. The Associated Press reports: The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the [...]

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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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