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Pelosi Lies About Waterboarding Knowledge

April 24, 2009

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was the ranking House Democrat on the Intelligence Committee in 2002-2003, when the enhanced interrogation techniques were used on high-level Al Qaeda detainees, says……she didn't know nuthin' 'bout no waterboardin'.

Bull. Crap.
From the New York Times:
As was common with the most secret programs, the C.I.A. chose not to brief [...]

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Obama's Endless Campaign

April 12, 2009

Last fall, when I kept hearing that the Obama presidential campaign would accept fraudulent campaign donations, I decided to test it out for myself. I tried to donate $15 to the Obama campaign using my credit card and a phony name. The name I used even signaled my fraudulent intentions. It was 'Campy Aignfraud,' (as [...]

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The GOP Alternative Budget, Part II

April 2, 2009

The GOP took to the steps of Capitol Hill on wednesday to announce their alternative to Obama's budget, and this time, the GOP budget included some numbers (sorta), or at least things that can be extrapolated into numbers. Yippee ! The GOP is starting to catch on to what comprises a budget. Here's GOP [...]

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Firms Not Allowed To Return Bailout Money

March 31, 2009

An increasing number of banks and Wall Street firms that took bailout funds from the government under the TARP program want to give the money bank. One problem – the government won't let them. I'm not kidding.
"It should be called 'TRAP,' not TARP," said Brian Garrett, chief executive of Bank of the Bay in [...]

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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, aims [...]

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The GOP Budget That Wasn't

March 27, 2009

Most times I look at the GOP and Democrats as a case of Dumb and Dumber. The argument over the federal budget is a perfect example.
On the Democrat side, President Obama has unveiled a budget that leads the country on a path to bankruptcy, and then has the audacity (of hope?) to say his [...]

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The Politics Of TARP Funds

March 24, 2009

Congress gets very upset when TARP bailout money goes to corporate employee bonuses, corporate jet rides, and corporate golf tournaments.
What Congress doesn't get so very upset about is when TARP bailout money goes to Congress, in the form of campaign contributions.
In recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the political action committee for Bank [...]

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The AIG Follies

March 18, 2009

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) says allowing AIG executives to keep their $165 million in bonuses is "rewarding failure." Barney is right. It is rewarding failure. What Barney doesn't say is, it was Barney Frank and company (the federal government, under both Bush and Obama) who enabled the bonuses to be paid in the first place, [...]

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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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What A Difference A Day Makes

February 26, 2009

During tuesday's speech to Congress, President Barack Obama spoke of the need for fiscal responsibility, eliminating wasteful government spending, and cutting the deficit in half, among other things. Republicans and Democrats alike cheered. Sitting directly behind Obama was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who appeared positively ecstatic with our new President (was I [...]

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Oh, Those Wacky Democrats

February 16, 2009

Campaign promise:
"sunlight is the best disinfectant…and when there's a bill that ends up on my desk as President, you, the public, will have five days to look online and find out what's in it, before I sign it." – Barack Obama
Reality:
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – wasn't put online.
The SCHIP expansion – [...]

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Stimulus Passed, Catastrophe Averted

February 14, 2009

America narrowly avoided disaster yesterday, but three patriotic Republicans in the Senate broke with the failed ideas of the past to join Democrats in saving our country. The $787 billion American Recovery And Reinvestment Act (stimulus bill) made it through Congress and will be signed into law by President Obama soon.
Whew. That was a close [...]

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