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Monday, April 4, 2011

Constitution? What's a Constitution?

Over the past couple of years, various prominent progressives have made Statements that betray their attitude towards Constitutional limits on power. For example: When asked to cite the Constitutional authority by which Congress could order Americans to purchase health insurance, then-Speaker of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Skewed Priorities

In an e-mail newsletter dated January 27, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) boldly announced (sound an imaginary fanfare): “It is time that we crack down on oil speculation, which I believe is partially responsible for driving up (gas) prices at the pump.” Of course, he threw in the mandatory... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Biden Hosts Closed Meeting on Government Transparency

No, I'm not making this up! See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/11/joe-biden-transparency.html. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

So when is a massive electoral upheaval a repudiation, and when is it not?

Evidently an electoral clock-cleaning is a repudiation of a party's and a president's agenda only when the voters reject Republicans. Democrats and their mouthpieces in the lamestream media are still trying to excuse away the nationwide rejection of Obamacracy, even after over sixty Democrat... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Will some please explain this logic?

Progressives love to claim that the Bush tax cuts reduced federal tax revenues and increased the federal budget deficit. The same progressives also do not object to the hypothetical tax cuts that President Obama claims to be implementing. They're also perfectly happy to expand the federal budget... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

THINGS ARE GOING WELL! BUT FOR WHOM?

During his visit to Toledo, Ohio, this past week, Vice President Biden grandly proclaimed that “Things are going well.” His context was clearly the economy, so let's take that as a starting point in gauging the accuracy of his statement. Our gross domestic product's growth tailed off from 3.7... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Right to Lie About Military Medals

That great bastion of liberty, law and respect for the Armed Forces, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, has done it again. A panel of three of its judges has ruled that federal law making it illegal to lie about receiving military medals violates free speech.?????????? That's right. In the name of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

President Greets Troops Arriving from Iraq and Afghanistan!

150 American troops returned home from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan yesterday. Greeting them at DFW Airport was the President himself. Oh, wait... what's that? It wasn't President Obama? Nope - former President George W. Bush demonstrated once again his profound respect for our men and women... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Who Hates the Poor? Democrats Slash Food Stamps to Reward Teachers!

For decades, Democrats have damned Republicans as not caring about the poor. Cliche after cliché has been bandied about that Republicans want to starve kids and force grandma to eat dog food. Well gaw-aw-lee and shazayam! Guess who just voted to cut $12,000,000,000 from the food stamps program? Hint... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Voted for Obama? I Hope You Like Taxes!

President Obama's tax policies are going to cost you a bundle starting New Year's Eve. Summarized in part from an Investor's Business Daily article: All federal income taxes, not just on the wealthy, are going up. Get this: The lowest tax bracket – for the lowest wage earners – goes up the most,... Sign in to see full entry.

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