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Vote Yes On Issue 2

November 6, 2011

On tuesday, Ohio voters will vote on Issue 2, which is a referendum on Senate Bill 5 (SB5). Voting 'Yes' on Issue 2 is a vote to keep the SB5 legislation in place. Voting 'No' on Issue 2 is a vote to repeal SB5. I went to the union-backed website WeAreOhio.com. The unions want to [...]

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A Right To Work ?

May 12, 2011

Recently, the Boeing Corporation announced plans to build a $1 billion commercial jet production plant in South Carolina. With the national unemployment rate at 9%, and manufacturing jobs leaving America in droves, it's certainly good news that Boeing is building it's new plant right here in the good old USA, eh ? While it may [...]

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Public Sector Unions Explained

April 22, 2011

Here's Andrew Klavan of PJTV to explain why you should support public sector unions. Enjoy: To sum up, public sector unions pay big money to elect Democrats, and then Democrats reciprocate by giving more and more money to public sector unions, all at taxpayer expense, of course. Once elected to office, all the Democrats have [...]

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Fixing Ohio

March 25, 2011

Before we get around to fixing Ohio, we have to identify Ohio's problems. 1) Ohio has an $8 billion budget shortfall. Here's how the Cleveland Plain Dealer described the problem last March: COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state of Ohio is steering straight toward a cliff. At the bottom of that cliff is a hole nearly [...]

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Who Needs Unions ? They Have The Kleptocrats

March 8, 2011

How many of you remember that old Schoolhouse Rock video/song called "I'm Still Just A Bill" ? It explained to kids how a bill becomes a law, providing a nice civics lesson for the children about how the democratic process works. But thanks to Wisconsin's Fleebagger Democrats, the democratic process has changed. Our new democratic [...]

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Din Of Democrat Density

March 2, 2011

I find it curious that left-wingers, who are more than happy to steal away the fruits of another man's labor to "redistribute" as left-wingers see fit, are up in arms in places like Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, where politicians want to take something away from a left-wing constituency. Apparently, sacrifice is for the other guy, [...]

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Teach Your Children Well: A Wisconsin Protest Pictorial

February 21, 2011

Liberals dishonestly condemned the protesters of the Tea Party movement as racist, fascist, extremists bent on violence. There was no violence by those protesters. They were peaceful, and they weren't racist or fascist either, but liberals found a few signs in the crowd that sounded kind of extreme. They used those signs to endlessly condemn [...]

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Who Speaks For The Taxpayers ?

February 19, 2011

If you want to know why it's so difficult to reign in government spending, look no further than Wisconsin. That state faces a $3.6 billion budget deficit over two years, and to help balance the budget, Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker is trying to pass legislation that asks public employees to contribute a small portion [...]

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Of Oil Spills And Big Government

June 20, 2010

Let's start with this heartbreaking three minute video from ABC News, showing state/local governments and citizens trying to take matters into their own hands to stem the oil spill tide. These folks are tired of waiting for the federal government to give them permission to prevent the destruction of their ecosystems (I apologize for the [...]

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Twenty Questions

December 6, 2009

1. How can President Obama hold a jobs summit and not invite the Chamber Of Commerce ? That's like holding a football game and forgetting to invite the offense. 2. How can the unemployment rate drop from 10.2% to 10% when 11,000 more jobs were lost in november 2009 ? 3. From 1776 to 1913, [...]

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The Free Market Is Nonsense ?

October 21, 2009

If you want to know why the White House wishes to discredit Fox News, look no further than this post. Today, I'm going to post something I first heard from Glenn Beck (cue the liberal wailing and gnashing of teeth). This is from a 2008 speech by Ron Bloom, President Obama's Manufacturing Czar: Here's are [...]

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Obama's Union Payoffs

September 1, 2009

"We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama" – Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). "I owe these unions." – Barack Obama Obama hasn't forgotten he owes the unions, who were instrumental in getting him elected President. In his first two weeks in office, Obama issued three pro-union executive orders. In [...]

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