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If I Had A Hammer…

October 11, 2009

Let's get the crazy train rolling at high speed right off the bat with this first quote…
“The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists – the Taliban and Hamas this morning – in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize.” – Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse (link).
Let me [...]

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Enemies Of The People

July 31, 2009

Barney Frank (D-VT) wants the federal government to decide how much Wall Street executives (and all other executives of private companies) are paid. Barney also wants the government to decide how they are paid. Legislation to ban incentive-based pay for private corporations has been approved by the House Financial Services Committee.
I don't know where [...]

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Our Radical New Science Czar

July 12, 2009

Upon taking office, President Obama vowed to "restore science to it's rightful place."
Enter John Holdren, whom Barack Obama recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Holdren's informal title is [...]

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Getting Beyond Race

June 30, 2009

The Senate formally apologized for slavery yesterday, one hundred and forty four years too late, one hundred and forty four years after slavery was abolished.
Do we all feel better now ? A bunch of people who had nothing whatsoever to do with slavery have apologized for it. Now we know that America doesn't condone slavery [...]

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All The News Not Fit To Print

June 8, 2009

Not by the leftmedia, anyway.
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Ever since Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain's running mate last year, she has faced a barrage of ethics complaints. No less than 14 complaints have been filed against her, for everything from firing Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner, to taking trips out of state, to conducting television interviews [...]

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Political Tidbits Of The Week

April 11, 2009

What if Bush or Palin said this ?: "It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing — and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, [...]

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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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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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Greasing The Wheels Of Justice

April 12, 2008

Lawyers give more money to political campaigns than does any other industry. During the 2004 elections, lawyers donated $183.8 million. So far in 2008, they've given $103 million, and we have 7 months to go until the election. Approximately 75% of the lawyer's money goes to Democrats. Lawyers, and specifically trial lawyers, are the Democrats [...]

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The Emperor's Club

March 12, 2008

The Emperor's Club…is that the 796 Democratic superdelegates who are poised to trump the will of the people at their whim during the Democratic primaries ? Or is that the Democratic National Committee, who disenfranchised voters in two entire states during the Democratic primaries ?
Naw, it isn't a group of politicians at all. It's a [...]

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Vote For The CAGW Porker Of The Year !

January 25, 2008

It's time again to vote for the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) Porker of the Year.
The public outcry over the tens of billions of taxpayer dollars thrown at special-interest, pork-barrel projects reached a fever pitch in 2007. But who truly stood out as the worst custodian of your hard-earned money last year? Cast [...]

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The People vs Pelosi

December 31, 2007

Here's House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi's summation of the performance of the Democrat led Congress in 2007, according to The Washington Post:
"the Democratic-led House is listening to the American people and providing the New Direction the people voted for in November. The House has passed a wide range of measures to make America safer, restore [...]

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