Sunday, July 5, 2009
What is More Newsworthy: Tea Parties, or Michael Jackson?
Between 1,400 and 2,000 tea parties were held in cities and towns across the country over the Independence Day weekend. Attended by anywhere from a handful to thousands of conservatives, the parties were rallies held to protest the actions of Congress and the Obama presidency. From first-hand...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Should We Be Optimistic about America?
On each Independence Day since I belatedly learned to truly appreciate the day and its meaning, I’ve absorbed myself to one degree or another in thoughts on what a wonderful country this is. Each Independence Day, the road before America seemed to open wider and range further and higher. This year,...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Crap and Tax Legislation Passed by Sale of Votes and Liberty
A number of Misrepresentatives who voted for Crap and Tax did so because they sold their votes in order to gain favors for themselves or their districts. Each of them wanted some goody at taxpayer expense, so they would not vote for Crap and Tax unless those goodies were given to them. The process...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Franken Victory Gives Democrats Undisputed Control of Senate. Good!
After months of litigation, former talk show host Al Franken has been declared the winner of Minnesota’s contested Senate seat. The decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court to award him the seat gives the Democrats a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. A couple of stray thoughts on this. First,...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Four Questions You Need to Ask About . . . The Stimulus Package
In his inaugural address, President Obama made this promise: “And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Cap and Trade, Health Care and Card Check All to be Voted on Soon!
These pieces of legislation are going to be voted on very soon, perhaps as early as tomorrow (Friday the 25th). What follows is an open letter to my senators and misrepresentative concerning these fell bills: Do NOT vote “yes” for the “Cap and Trade,” “health care reform” or “Card Check” bills that...
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Four Questions Old Iron Collectors Must Answer
Although the subject of this essay is specific to collectors of old machinery, the theme applies to anyone whose liberties and property rights are being jeopardized in the name of "change." I alluded to the questions posed herein in a previous posting. Mr. Brian DiPietro has for years donated...
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Friday, June 12, 2009
The Big Hate: How Liberals Demonize Dissent
Award-winning liberal columnist Paul Krugman of the New York Times has published a notable column, in which he fulfills every liberal stereotype and fantasy of dissenters as hate-filled extremists. (The title looks like a pun on retired baseball star Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas’ nickname.) Here are...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Left’s Selective Appreciation of Foresight
Here’s one that made me scratch my head. A liberal of dear acquaintance lauds the clichéd American Indian tale of thinking actions ahead to the seventh generation, while praising everything President Obama does – including the trillion dollars a year in new deficits that will bankrupt the seventh...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Who is Being Sacrificed to Obama’s Auto Industry Agenda?
President Obama has no more idea of what constitutes a sacrifice than did an ancient priest sending victims to the altar. Just like the Mayans who gouged the beating hearts out of the chests of their victims, Obama defines sacrifice as what the unwilling are forced to surrender, rather than what is...
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