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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Local County Commissioner to Solve Foreclosure "Crisis"

A local Democrat has joined her national colleagues in making a public Statement that displays colossal ignorance. Right up there with Shrillary advocating massive government interference in the free market, such as controlling interest rates and forbidding foreclosures, we have one Tina... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Shrilalry Raps Obama for Inconsistency, Not Taking Responsibility for Votes

Time to dust off "Bush is an Idiot?"! In tonight's Democrat presidential debate, Shrillary made a couple of highly remarkable criticisms of the biggest obstacle to her quest for power, fellow candidate Senator Barack Obama. From an article at... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Is Shrillary Smart Enough to be President?

For the last seven-plus years, liberals have had a field day attacking President Bush’s alleged lack of intelligence. Methinks they would be better served paying more attention to that of their own darling Shrillary. Consider two remarks she made recently. In one, she twice offered an analysis of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Your Tax Dollars at Work: IRS Spends $188,000 on One Clerk for 11 Months

From a story at http://apnews.myway.com:80/article/20071220/D8TLEJ500.html: Dec 20, 5:13 PM (ET) By JIM ABRAMS WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service paid a contractor $188,000 to provide one person to do clerical work over 11 months. The contract was included as one example of financial... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Democrats Unite on Taxing Corporations and the Rich

A common theme emerged in today’s debate amongst the Democrat presidential wannabes - tax big business and the rich. Never mind for now the foolishness of this. Never mind the class envy, never mind the impact the negative impact that higher business taxes will have on job creation. Three remarks... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Congress Suspends Alternative Minimum Tax

Heard on the news today the Senate is suspending - not eliminating, of course, but only suspending - the evil Alternative Minimum Tax so 25,000,000 middle-class and upper middle class taxpayers won't get screwed by it on this year's taxes. (The AMT was designed to tax the rich who otherwise... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Senator Shrillary Blasts Congressional Inaction on Subprime Lending Crisis

Yesterday, Shrillary was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo of CNN. Referring to the mortgage and subprime lending crisis, Ms. Bartiromo asked: "Where was Congress during all this? We had a lot of nonbanks in on the scheme with crazy proposals, no documentation, no interest for several months. Did... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Is the CIA Lying About Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions?

The intelligence estimate on Iran that claims Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003 is coming under sharp review. Two - at least - forces are at work. On the one hand is the timing, as well as implications, of the report. Yesterday I wrote about reasons why it may be inaccurate - little... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Do Intel Findings on Iran Nukes mean Bush Lied?

Intelligence reports released today – and, by his admission, sought by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – Nevada) – claim that Iran abandoned its nuclear arms program way back in 2003. Liberals, in the lamestream media and elsewhere, were predictably quick to pounce on this as evidence that... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

America Can’t Win Militarily in Iraq – Murtha

Excerpts from a story at http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/NATION/111200098/1001, with assorted comments thrown in: House Democrats' point man in the war-funding showdown with the White House Tuesday dismissed U.S. military gains in Iraq and vowed to tighten the purse... Sign in to see full entry.

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