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October 31, 2009 -
Republican Scozzafava drops out of New York congressional race -
Comment: This is a wake-up call for Republican Party leaders
across the country as 2010 primaries approach. |
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October 30, 2009 -
Path clears for House to OK compromise health bill - Comment:
Just in time for Halloween. If this expansion of government
intrusion into our lives doesn't scare you, nothing will. Note
that new ads are referring to it as the "consensus" health care plan -
as though negotiating agreement behind closed doors among Democrats now
constituted a "consensus" in America. What a farce. Kill
this bill.
Path clearing for House to pass health bill - another version of the
same story |
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October 29, 2009 -
Taxpayer-funded research helps congressmen become more popular -
blog post on the
Tea Party page at BigGovernment.com Comment: Your tax dollars
at work - to ignore you. Did you really expect the National
Science Foundation to be funding this sort of "political science" work? |
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October 29, 2009 -
Obama extols new GDP figures as 'welcome news' - Comment:
For a different perspective, see the
Q3 CEO Survey results from the Business Roundtable, and compare them
to the last recession and recovery period. There's very little
reason for optimism about jobs and investment yet.
The sales may be starting to pick up from the worst
recession levels, but that's still not saying much. We're still
seeing a level of pessimism about job creation and capital investment
that is more like early 2002, except that now the policies which are in
place or in progress seem designed to make matters worse rather than
better. Don't bet on things getting much better in 2010 - until
after November 2010. |
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October 29, 2009 -
AP IMPACT: Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands - Comment: Fuzzy
math or willful deception? I warned at the time of the stimulus
about the myth of government job creation
and how states play games with the numbers when counting
jobs "created or saved".
The story here is not really a few mistakes in reporting the jobs data,
because that would create the idea that the problem is the need for more
government bureaucrats to do a better job of counting all the new or
saved jobs - who in turn would have to find some evidence of job
creation to justify their own existence. |
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October 29, 2009 -
Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses - Comment:
Don't buy into this latest myth that the government is here to help.
He's just trying to placate his growing critics. |
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October 29, 2009 -
Obama considering scaled-down Afghan war plan - Comment:
This shows that his real focus is domestic politics rather than
Afghanistan. He's test-marketing his "strategy". |
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October 28, 2009 -
Afghan strategy to focus on major population centers: report -
Comment: Leaking military strategy ideas for political
reaction before taking a decision is yet another mistake. |
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October 28, 2009 -
US diplomat resigns over Afghan war - Comment: Worth a
closer look. |
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October 28, 2009 -
Obama launches climate push with December goal - Comment: Push
back. |
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October 28, 2009 -
Envoy: No China-US climate pact from Obama visit - Comment:
Still trying to get a deal with China as a stick to beat Congress with
in the effort to pass cap and trade. |
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October 28, 2009 -
AP THE INFLUENCE GAME: Doctors' lobby in tricky spot - Comment:
"The AMA has spent more than $32 million lobbying Congress in
the last two years." What if principled Americans collaborated to
help elect
better politicians in 2010? |
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October 27, 2009 -
Obama on Virginia governor's race: It's not over yet - Comment:
Voters for the Republican candidate shouldn't be complacent, but the
Democrat should lose decisively. |
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October 27, 2009 -
Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy - Comment:
This has little to do with climate change or clean energy. It won't give
us clean power. It will give us more corrupt power through government at
a very high price. Let other countries bankrupt themselves by going down
this path. We should not lead them over the precipice to economic ruin. |
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October 27, 2009 -
Kerry: US leadership at stake in climate debate - Comment:
"America's leadership is on the line here". Absolutely. If
we do this, we'll lose our global economic leadership. |
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October 27, 2009 -
AP IMPACT: Troops already outnumber Taliban 12-1 - Comment:
Superficial paralysis by analysis. This decision should have been
taken months ago, in which case the additional troops would already be
there rather than not available until sometime in 2010 now, if ever.
Gibbs: Obama closer to decision on Afghanistan Not until
after the US election next week. |
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October 26, 2009 -
Pelosi: Health care 'public option' needs new name - Comment:
How about "Dead on Arrival"? Kill the bill, instead of tweaking it
to temporarily conceal the damage, or rebranding it. They already
tried renaming it "health insurance reform" and "competition". It
won't fool us. |
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October 26, 2009 -
Pakistan arrests 11 Iranian guards close to border - Comment:
This is a serious provocation of Pakistan by the Iranian Revolutionary
Guards. In effect, these Guard members have simply invaded
Pakistan like spies after Iran had already said it wanted to send IRG
into Pakistan in search of those who killed some IRG leaders last week,
which Pakistan properly rejected. |
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October 26, 2009 -
Engage and criticize: Obama's split media strategy - Comment:
Media strategy? He should focus on his job, such as a strategy for
economic recovery and national security. He has invested far too
much time on political fundraising and media appearances to push his
agenda.
Carrots and Sticks - later version of the same story. Did
WH spin-masters talk to the AP? |
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October 25, 2009 -
AP FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat - Comment:
The tyrants who are trying to impose this change on us don't really
care about inconvenient facts. We already knew that. |
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October 25, 2009 -
Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate - Comment: Note
how the climate models are distorted by projections of far more nuclear
plants than anyone is planning. When those rosy projections of
reduced emissions based on a technology which they refuse to approve
eventually fail, what will be rammed down our throats as an alternative
to try to hit emission targets? By that time the damage will
already be done to our economy, because the new political power
structure created by cap and trade legislation will already be firmly
entrenched. |
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October 25, 2009 -
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn - Comment:
The destruction of the Aral Sea is a timely reminder of the damage which
statists can do, and how hard it can be to reverse what they impose. Why
don't they talk about this in Copenhagen before they unite to make the
world much worse for the alleged greater good? |
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October 25, 2009 -
AP - THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bill Gates sways govt dollars - Comment:
As with the Annenberg Project in Chicago, philanthropists with good
intentions can expand the ability of politicians to impose changes by
providing both money and political cover for their actions.
Whether those changes will eventually prove to be good or bad may be
open to debate, but it is a slippery slope for private foundations to
try to use government power and influence to impose their own ideas.
Once again, go back and look at the "Get
Schooled" initiative as launched in September by Viacom and the
Gates Foundation at the time of Obama's speech to children in schools.
Think about the "Race to the Top" initiative. |
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October 23, 2009 - Washington Examiner -
GOP on health care: In 568 words, what's wrong with 1,990 pages -
Comment: Yes, there are better alternatives if anybody would
listen to them. |
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October 23, 2009 -
Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund - Comment:
Is there no limit to his bad ideas? Meanwhile -
CAIR Banquet Sold Out, Congressional Coalition Blasts Anti-Muslim Reps
Try looking up CAIR through our "Conservative
Search" tool for background. |
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October 23, 2009 -
Sarah Palin has endorsed Doug Hoffman for Congress in the NY 23rd
District race on her Facebook page. This is a bold move to
back an independent Reagan conservative who is running as an independent
after the Republican Party backed a controversial candidate. It
will be very interesting to see whether this gives Hoffman a bigger
boost than the large recent campaign contributions by the national
Republican Party to back their favored candidate, and the endorsement of
Newt Gingrich.
Palin backs 3rd-party candidate in NY House race - Good move.
Going rogue, as she says. Note that little attention was paid to
the other endorsements Hoffman picked up - Fred Thompson, Steve Forbes,
Dick Armey, Rick Santorum, etc. It's the principled stance of Palin
which scares the heck out of the Democrats as well as the Republican
leadership in Washington. |
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October 23, 2009 -
Dems scrambling for support for public health plan - Comment:
Will they risk a voter backlash by taking action prior to the few
elections this November? The "Blue Dogs" should think very
carefully about how the White House just distanced itself from an
expected defeat in Virginia. Even the
Washington Post, which endorsed Deeds for governor in VA, now
shares commentaries recognizing that
Obama is quickly ditching those who haven't shown unwavering loyalty
and adoration.
Politics at play as Obama helps anemic Democrats - All
campaigning, all about him, all the time. |
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October 22, 2009 -
Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling - Just in time for
the Senate to try to revive and push the
cap and trade legislation next
week while voter attention is distracted by other issues. |
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October 22, 2009 -
Treasury to order bailed-out firms to slash pay - Comment:
Nice sense of timing, releasing this story after midnight, a day after
Obama's big fundraising dinner with Wall Street bankers. |
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October 22, 2009 -
Congress moves to expand financial oversight - Comment:
Note the tie to the story of yesterday (below) about state oversight of
banks. |
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October 22, 2009 -
White House nixes Cheney's charges on Afghanistan - Comment:
They're still trying to deflect or denigrate his criticism without
really responding to it. Thank you,
Dick Cheney - and to Liz Cheney and Weekly Standard editor William
Kristol for launching
www.KeepAmericaSafe.com |
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October 21, 2009 -
Dick Cheney's remarks to the Center for Security Policy - Comment:
"The White House must stop dithering while America's armed forces are in
danger." My own choice of words - back on
September 30, when a decision was
already long overdue. Then there was the news
flash on October 13 that Obama might actually decide to make a
decision within a few weeks. There are similar stories being
floated today about whether to make and announce a decision prior to the
outcome of the Afghan runoff election on November 7, knowing that such
election results won't be available right away.
This is beyond waffling. This seems to be a firm commitment to
failure, now reinforced by lies from Rahm Emanuel alleging no prior
strategic review of Afghan policy since 2001, even though Bush quietly
did one for the transition team. The point is that the Obama team
seems clueless about how to handle Afghanistan at a time when they just
want to focus on quickly pushing their domestic policy agenda through
Congress.
Cheney: Obama's Afghan War Strategy 'Bears Striking Resemblance' to
Bush's When the Obama staff persists in telling lies and
blaming Bush, the gloves come off - even if many in the media will
ignore it. |
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October 21, 2009 -
Education chief calls for teacher prep overhaul - Comment:
Beware of greater federal control over teacher education. This
encroaches on state and local authority in a crucial area. It is
one thing to encourage states to consider such matters, and quite
another to use federal budget resources to impose changes nationally
which will make all new teachers have to comply with federal standards
at some point. |
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October 21, 2009 -
Afghan coalition government is an option, US says - Comment:
Why on earth would the US government get involved in trying to promote
the negotiation of a power-sharing deal or coalition government in
Afghanistan? Instead of creating legitimacy as a truly independent
government chosen by the free will of the Afghan people, that will make
it look as though it was a deal brokered by the U.S. to install a new
regime which suits our interests, even if they have to ignore the Afghan
constitution to do it. That would be a gift to the Taliban, and turn many
Afghans against us. The Obama administration is either clueless,
or is deliberately promoting a path to early failure in Afghanistan with
plausible deniability of accountability for that outcome. In
short, simply let Afghanistan fall apart, and then walk away from it.
Betray the eight years of sacrifices by our military there.
US signals Afghan coalition government is possible - Later
version of the White House talking points. There is nothing subtle
about this. It is direct interference in the internal affairs of
Afghanistan, just like Obama meddling in Honduras. Every nation should
denounce it. This will be perceived as a ploy to set up a weak puppet
regime as the Soviets did, and Afghans will rightly resent it and fight
against it.
It is hard to imagine a more misguided policy, because the blowback will
extend beyond Afghanistan to convince skeptics in other countries that
America no longer promotes democracy, but rather just does deals behind
closed doors to serve the American political agenda.
Afghan ambassador comes out swinging against election critics -
points out that a coalition is illegal. |
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October 21, 2009 -
Kerry becomes all-around adviser to Obama - Comment:
Proving once again the wisdom of the American public to have rejected
Kerry as president, even if Obama may be worse. |
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October 21, 2009 -
23 states report higher unemployment in September - Comment:
The only surprise is that the AP didn't headline that 27 states didn't
report higher unemployment - although some of the declines in the
statistics were because people gave up and stopped looking actively for
work. |
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October 21, 2009 -
House panel ensures state oversight of big banks - Comment: Watch
out for H.R. 3639 as a potentially costly regulatory nightmare for the
banking industry. In short, it creates what is effectively a
federal protection racket, by which banks will need to individually seek
federal exemptions from state regulations according to a highly
subjective judgment of what would "significantly interfere" with their
ability to do interstate business. That should be a boon for
lobbyists and campaign fundraising. |
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October 21, 2009 -
Obama trying to boost party money, morale - Comment:
Invest directly in the campaigns of candidates who you can
enthusiastically support - not the party or PACs. If you really
dislike a candidate, invest in the better one. If not money,
volunteer time and effort for the campaign. |
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October 21, 2009 -
Dems go after anti-trust exemption for insurers - Comment:
When challenged, threaten and intimidate the opposition. Chicago-style
politics comes to Washington. Told you so. |
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October 21, 2009 - AP -
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Firms resist new health rules - Comment:
If it ain't broke yet, government can fix that. |
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October 21, 2009 -
Obama refocuses bailout on small businesses - Comment:
It only took him 9 months to recognize that he had ignored small
businesses while he concentrated on paying back those who had bankrolled
his rise to power. Now that he's facing defeat in 2010 elections,
which could clearly jeopardize much of his agenda, he's looking for
political cover by pretending to support small businesses. Read
carefully to the end. This "plan" would only last until the end of
this year unless the TARP program is extended, which is probably just a
political excuse to continue TARP for other reasons. |
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October 19, 2009 -
White House Boasts: We 'Control' Media, Reports Aaron Klein -
Comment: PR piece from WorldNetDaily with a
link to an article about what Anita Dunn (White House communications
director) said about their manipulative media strategy. See the
video of her
January 12, 2009 speech about putting out controlled propaganda
videos instead of actually meeting with reporters. Note that the
guy behind it was put in charge of developing "Organizing
for America" with the DNC after the election. |
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October 19, 2009 -
Fed boss says US should cut budget deficit - Comment: Duh.
The question is how to cut the deficit while Congress keeps expanding
it. |
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October 19, 2009 -
AP Analysis: Washington's overplayed hand on Russia - Comment:
That's putting it very charitably. How about "Obama and Clinton
both conned by Russian leaders" |
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October 19, 2009 -
Health care bill makes Sen. Roland Burris relevant - Comment:
Pushing the "public option". Is he being set up to be the excuse /
useful scapegoat for including it in the final bill? Since he
won't face election again, he can stubbornly push the party line as
usual, with impunity. |
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October 19, 2009 -
UK's Brown urges progress on climate pact - Comment: What
would really be catastrophic is for the United States to surrender
sovereignty to this global governance nightmare. Note that they
already estimate that this will cost hundreds of billions of dollars per
year - and that's positive thinking by the proponents of such a
regulatory bureaucracy. The good news is that leaders are starting
to doubt that they can reach a deal in Copenhagen this December,
especially as Obama is weakened and there is little evidence of economic
recovery. It will be even harder to push this forward in 2010 as
voters in America wake up to the cost (and maybe even voters in Europe). |
October 18, 2009 -
Biggest economies try again to strike climate deal - Comment:
Let me get this straight. A failing UK government which is facing
imminent electoral defeat is going to try to exert pressure on a failing
US government which is facing defeat next year to agree on how to save
the world from a problem which is not certain to even exist sometime in
the distant future.
Am I missing something? Perhaps there should be higher priorities than
listening to people like Al Gore, who American voters properly rejected
many years ago. Somebody, please save the world from the most imminent
threat of harmful hot air - cut his mic.
See reviews of the timely new movie - Not evil, just wrong.
Jeremy D. Boreing
Christian Toto |
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October 18, 2009 -
White House advisers say Fox News is not news - Comment:
Yes, Fox News is making money, and that's not evil. They do good
reporting and commentary. Thank you, Fox News! The
blowback from these arrogant, clueless attacks on Fox News will be to
draw even more loyal viewers. Even observers at the
New York Times had already figured out that this is a very dumb
move. Later version of the
same story with additional comments. |
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October 18, 2009 -
NY House race seen as test for GOP, Obama - Comment: The
Republican Party may lose this normally secure House seat because of the
controversial candidate it selected. One can only hope that the
independent Republican,
Doug
Hoffman, will win or finish second as a warning shot across the
bow of the Republican Party leadership nationally prior to the more
vital 2010 elections. |
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October 18, 2009 -
House, Senate Dems at odds on health care overhaul - Comment:
They will ram through as much as they think they can safely do now
without losing power in 2010, and then they will keep adding whatever
gets left out over the years ahead. The time to stop them
completely is now. |
October 18, 2009 -
White House says stimulus money still kicking in - Comment:
Right ... and you know where it keeps kicking us. That's where we
will kick them in 2010.
Meanwhile, they're back to their old populist narrative of trying to
vilify the greedy bankers.
Guess what. Americans soon figure out when they are being conned by
specious politicians. They may have been fooled again last November, but
they're not going to be so easily manipulated by these White House
advisors now. It was a nice try today to provide some political cover
for Democrats in Congress as they continue to push the health care
legislation behind closed doors despite public resistance. If they push
this legislation through, the blowback from voters will soon end
everything else on the Obama agenda. The "party of no" may not have the
votes to stop them, but the voters detest this arrogance in Washington,
and will blow them out of power in 2010.
Obama looking at all options for creating jobs - Later version
of the same story. Some AP editor or spin master must have figured
out that the original title as above wasn't the best choice of words.
"The systemic risk today is the Congress of the United
States" . Nice Quote. Judd Gregg is finally starting to get it,
after almost joining Obama's team. What was he thinking? |
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October 17, 2009 -
Biden visits Reno to tout stimulus, support Reid - Comment:
Helping Reid raise $25 million to save his job - while destroying
millions of others. No amount of money should save him. |
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October 15, 2009 -
Anita Dunn: A corruptocrat flack and a Mao cheerleader - Michelle
Malkin blog - Comment: background on the White House communications
director who had the audacity to hope that she could attack Fox News
with impunity. Maybe she can rejoin Tom Daschle now. Chalk
up another one for Glenn Beck in exposing her praise of Chairman Mao in
a recent high school speech. |
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October 14, 2009 -
AP fact check: Health insurers cherry-pick facts - Comment:
Truth is often a casualty of war. Where's the rigorous scrutiny of
the facts on the other side of the debate? Oh, that's right -
despite promises of transparency, they're keeping all the details secret
in negotiations behind closed doors, and are releasing nothing but spin
and misleading talking points while they try to intimidate or buy off
opponents as fast as they can. Americans are smart enough to
figure out who is more trustworthy. |
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October 14, 2009 -
Senate Dems seek higher doctor payments - Comment: Trying to buy
off the doctors by promising higher Medicare payments without having the
money to pay for it. Another
con. |
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October 14, 2009 -
Obama calls for $250 payments for seniors - Comment:
Trying to distract from the $500 million cuts to Medicare. Still
treating seniors like suckers who can be bought off - cheap. |
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October 14, 2009 -
AP sources: Afghan corruption worries McChrystal - Comment:
How much would it cost us to buy off enough
corrupt Afghans to prevail? Surely we have deeper pockets than the
Taliban and Al Qaeda or even the drug lords. We just have to get over
our reluctance to pay local or national leaders off (other than here).
Think of it as inflating the price of corruption until
the enemy can't compete. Pay to play, as they call it here in
Illinois politics. Compare that
Democratic political strategy to the cost of war, or of losing. |
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October 14, 2009 -
Democrats favor repealing exemption for insurers - Comment:
Blackmail. Intimidation. Hardball Chicago-style
politics. Enemies list. Summary: arrogant abuse of power. |
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October 14, 2009 -
Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul Surprise,
surprise - like the prior AP story,
The real female maverick in GOP: Olympia Snowe
Maine voters - please fix this. |
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October 14, 2009 -
Ageing Europe's pension bill to 'dwarf' crisis debts: EU - Comment:
Social Security is a failing
Ponzi scheme in Europe, too. What's their solution?
Work longer to qualify. |
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October 13, 2009 -
Obama: Afghanistan decision in 'coming weeks' - Comment: A
real news flash. Obama may actually decide to make a decision to
change his previous decision within a few weeks. |
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October 13, 2009 -
Fallen Marine's father wants change in Afghanistan - Comment:
I questioned these new rules of engagement as soon as they were made
public. They are almost as crazy as the NATO catch-and-release
policy for Somali pirates, which keeps setting them free.
Could we perhaps get Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to
agree to go there and spend a few weeks with the troops on the front
lines under these rules of engagement, with no special protection other
than perhaps a burqa to avoid offending the local Taliban? |
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October 13, 2009 -
Unions will oppose Baucus bill unless it's changed - Comment: They
are determined to make the bad proposals even worse for our country.
Union leaders are really good at that.
Senate committee approves health care plan - Another Snowe job.
Why doesn't she join Specter? |
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October 13, 2009 -
AP CAPITAL CULTURE: In a word, they are Obama's faves - Comment:
Even the AP seems to be getting tired of the same empty Obama rhetoric.
Let me be clear - we are working hard to solve that problem in 2010 and
2012.
In a skeptical age, Obama is government's face - No, he's just
the mouthpiece or seemingly nice and harmless front man for his radical
friends. He has done nothing but campaign - even after winning - just as
he did little else as an Illinois Senator or by being "present" in the
Illinois General Assembly. He personifies the problem of too much
government in our lives. Rapidly rising costs, and few benefits to show
for it. |
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October 12, 2009 -
White House hits health insurers ahead of key vote How
dare they object now, at such an inconvenient time, after Obama thought
that they had been intimidated or bought off already?
Seniors lobby challenges health insurance report
- If any seniors still believe that the AARP is looking out for their
interests, that's a problem. Cut up your membership cards and mail
them in.
Insurers mount attack against health reform - Comment:
Finally. They were backing it until now because they wrongly
believed that their interests would be served by the changes. |
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October 12, 2009 -
Confronting Al Gore with an inconvenient question - cut the mic,
quickly, when a well-informed critic dares to question their hero with
something as inconvenient as facts
Senate panel to pass climate bill by December - Comment:
The loons in Congress aren't extinct yet. We have a lot of work
ahead to at least drive them out of Washington DC in the 2010 elections.
Energy Secretary Chu hopeful about climate bill - but the fight
to stop it isn't hopeless yet |
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October 12, 2009 - Job losses mar recovery, create woes for Dems -
Comment: How telling that the main concern about all the job losses
and the effective 17 percent unemployment rate (and rising) is about the
impact on Democratic political power and their ability to ram through
their agenda as planned. It may "create woes for Dems" in
Washington, but what about the effect on American families? The
problem isn't that the Dems may lose some seats in Congress. It's
that they won too many last time, and put a naive populist radical into
the White House who is making a bad situation much worse. |
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October 12, 2009 -
Cities lag in preparations for high-stakes census - Comment:
Maybe the cities were counting on ACORN being paid by the feds to do
this, instead of having to budget for it locally.
Why is the more accurate counting of illegal immigrants
part of the plan? It should not be difficult to document the legal ones,
since they have nothing to hide and are used to dealing with the
government after going through all the red tape involved in the
immigration process. In fact, some of the legal ones (especially those
who have fled tyranny in their home countries within their own lifetime)
are very conservative, and don't like the idea that the illegals have
been able to break the law with impunity while they worked hard to
respect it.
Pew report examines Census preparations in Philadelphia and other major
cities Original PR. "Boston,
Chicago and Detroit--already are lined up to receive considerable
financial and organizing support from local and statewide donor networks
established specifically for the Census." Do you think that we
should be worried about private donor networks wanting to influence the
Census outcome? |
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October 12, 2009 -
AP Analysis: Vitriol, invective at the speed of light - Comment:
Where is the criticism of the relentless online attacks by leftists over
the last decade, and the provocative and highly insulting comments by
Democratic politicians, including the leadership rather than just a few
obscure ones like the nitwit in Florida?
Where is the criticism of Daily Kos, MoveOn,
Huffington Post, etc.? What about Nancy Pelosi and others calling
Tea Party participants Nazis or "teabaggers", or trying to portray any
grassroots opposition such as the health care town halls as "astroturf"
rather than genuine? How about the AP's choice to virtually ignore
the huge 9/12 march on Washington, but to give plenty of coverage to the
gay rights folks last weekend and other liberal groups, even when their
gatherings are small and not news?
As for Obama leaving "the doomsayers with red faces"
about resistance to his school speech, the point is that the quick
criticism of it limited the damage even though his radical education
agenda is still being pushed behind the scenes. Wake up and check
out the "Get
Schooled" initiative launched that day. |
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October 11, 2009 -
What did I tell ya? Lindsey Graham signs on to cap-and-tax
- Michelle Malkin blog. Includes links to other recent stories
about Republicans buying into this
cap and trade nightmare. |
October 10, 2009 -
An Iraqi's trek from Sadr City to Monterey, Calif. - Comment:
Great story. Welcome to America, and thanks for your service!
While in California, don't miss the Reagan Library.
Frankly, I'm just a bit surprised that the AP even covered this. The
point which is missed is that there are many foreigners who risk their
lives to work closely with Americans - whether with our diplomats,
military, intelligence agencies, or even just private businesses - in
places where they may be hated just for being associated with us. They
may just be standing up for liberty in their own countries and in their
own lives and families, but that makes them a target. We can go home to
our liberty. They often remain in great danger. We really need to show
more appreciation for their valuable contributions. |
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October 10, 2009 -
Wait for benefits is 3 years if health care passes - Comment:
Pay now, and hope for change to work out OK later - after the 2012
election. Note that the CBO scoring of the estimated cost is
skewed by having the tax revenue up front while deferring the benefit
costs until 2013. Once the bureaucracy is set
up, it will never go away - and the real costs will grow (or care will
be rationed). This is a deliberate investment in failure.
They're just trying to fudge the numbers, like another
ponzi scheme. October 11
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later version of the same AP story. Even
Bernie Madoff was more convincing to his victims. Americans won't be so
easily fooled again after the Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac subprime loan
debacle and all of the so-called "stimulus" spending. How's that working
out for you? Would you trust these people with your health and
life as well as your money? So, Nancy Pelosi,
you've got to to ask yourself a question. Do you feel lucky? Do you? |
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October 10, 2009 -
Obama: Consensus and obstructionism on health care - Comment:
Delusional. The willingness of a few moderate Republicans to consider a
few changes to try to achieve common ground and improvements doesn't
equate to bipartisan endorsement of every big government program idea he
has. They should be obstructionist, because he is pushing a very harmful
agenda. The Republicans are actually being responsive to the public
opposition, while Obama is clearly talking too much and not listening.
Hubris. Arrogance. |
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October 9, 2009 -
Read the health bill! Not as easy as you think - Comment:
That's the point. Legislation needs to be written clearly, without
all the efforts to obfuscate what is being slipped into it. |
October 9, 2009 -
Further reaction to the news of Obama
receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
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GOP, even some liberals, dismiss Obama peace prize - -
Comment: The Nobel Prize for narcissistic rhetoric and
appeasement, and little else, is
now given to Obama as for Carter and Gore in the past. Why not
call it the award for promoting state socialism? The good news
is that Carter lost to Reagan, Gore lost to Bush, and Obama is now on
track to lose decisively in 2012. |
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Obama says he'll accept Nobel as 'call to action' Republicans
should also take this as a "call to action". Get organized ASAP
to defeat the Obama agenda and win in 2010 - 2012. |
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Obama to give $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity. The
Tides Foundation, perhaps? ACORN? Let me venture a wild
guess - it won't go to charities
which support our veterans. |
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Obama's daughters excited about dad's Nobel prize
What about Bo? Did he soil the carpet? How do Bill and
Hillary feel about this, given the Clinton Global Initiative? |
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Gore calls Obama's Nobel Prize win well deserved Look
where he was talking. Watch out for the Copenhagen summit on climate
change this December. |
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GOP chairman scoffs at Obama winning Peace prize Maybe
an award for wealth transfer? Attempted destruction of
American capitalism and global leadership? |
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AP Analysis: Obama's Nobel honors promise, not action Remember,
the deadline for the nominations was in February, shortly after he
took office - and before the Tea Party revolt here. |
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Obama sharply shifts US policy but peace elusive: analysts Failure
is now an option. The irony is that the news came at about the same
time as NASA deliberately
crashed a spacecraft into the Moon while looking for evidence of
ice. Let's search for intelligent life in Washington DC.
We can now safely rule out the need to look for it in Norway. |
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From right and left, questions about peace prize Like
Carter, he should feel humbled and undeserving, because he is
undeserving and should be humbled by the 2010 elections. |
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AP Analysis: A great prize, but will it help goals? |
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Gasps as Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.nobelpeaceprize.org |
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Obama wins shock Nobel Peace Prize |
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Membership has its privileges - Satire by Iowahawk blogger on
Big Hollywood |
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Nobel Peace Prize citation for Obama The official
rationalization of this absurd choice. |
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List of Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1980 Some good
choices, but definitely an odd mix |
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October 7, 2009 -
Fired up? The grass-roots health care battle - Comment:
Organizing for America is trying to explain why they are losing the
debate after arrogantly thinking that they would be invincible.
Their "astroturf" PR blitzes for media consumption are no match for
determined grassroots opposition. |
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October 7, 2009 -
CBO says health care bill costs $829B over decade - Comment:
That's just a first rough estimate, without having the final language of
the bill yet. How often are such estimates reliable?
Remember cash for clunkers? They couldn't even reliably predict the
outcome of a new program for more than a few weeks - and yet we are
asked to believe their forecast for the next decade? |
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October 7, 2009 -
Iran FM accuses US in nuke scientist disappearance - Comment:
Interesting. Did an Iranian scientist defect in Saudi Arabia, and
disclose some of the Iranian plans in recent months? That might
explain why the Iranians recently revealed a hidden facility after
realizing that it had been exposed. |
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October 7, 2009 -
Pakistan's military concerned over US aid bill - Comment:
Domestic politics. |
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October 6, 2009 -
AP Poll: Obama's job approval rises amid concerns - Comment:
Compare this to the
Rasmussen daily tracking poll - which showed a slight stabilization
or bounce in September. Meanwhile, Republicans have taken a lead
in the
generic Congressional ballot poll. It's
somewhat like the arguments that the unemployment picture is getting
better because the number of new job losses has declined somewhat. Maybe
companies are simply running out of jobs which can be easily shed
without serious harm to their future viability as a business, or without
permanently closing down operations at significant expense. Meanwhile,
where are the cuts in federal employment or non-essential spending to
live within their resources? |
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October 6, 2009 -
Al-Qaida showing smaller presence in Afghanistan - Comment:
Starting to make thin excuses for Obama's reluctance to fight the war
which he pretended to support during the campaign. |
October 1, 2009 -
Pelosi: Hot rhetoric interferes with Hill's work - Comment:
Ironic. Of course, Pelosi never says anything inflammatory, insulting,
or highly partisan, right?
Watch for the Democratic leaders to try to shift tactics and pretend to
be more reasonable, while leaving their more expendable junior members
to lead the ridiculous attacks, from which the leaders can then pretend
to distance themselves.That's like issuing a
highly publicized statement to attract attention through the news media,
regardless of truth, and then letting any retraction or apology get
buried in obscurity after the damage is already done. This is a common
tactic among third world despots, who can defile their opponents without
serious media scrutiny and thereby create the illusion through
relentless repetition that their lies and smears are somehow valid.
A lie is still a lie, the liar is still a liar, and Pelosi is a disgrace
to her office. |
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October 1, 2009 -
Jobless benefits extension hits snag in Senate - Comment:
The failed states get more benefits, while those with lower unemployment
levels get left out. Rewarding state policy failures?
Redistribution of wealth from successful states to others? |
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October 1, 2009 -
Baucus hopes to wrap health bill Thursday - Comment: Don't
assume that they got the message in August. What will be done in
conference to reconcile the House and Senate bills? What surprises
will be negotiated at the last minute, and rammed through without any
serious debate? |
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October 29, 2009 -
Taxpayer-funded research helps congressmen become more popular -
blog post on the
Tea Party page at BigGovernment.com Comment: Your tax dollars
at work - to ignore you. Did you really expect the National
Science Foundation to be funding this sort of "political science" work? |
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October 18, 2009 - Cap and Trade debate - Stop harmful emissions
of hot air.
Cut Al Gore's mic.
before the Copenhagen summit in December
puts us on a path to economic ruin.
Listen to Lord Christopher
Monckton. See reviews of the
timely new movie -
Not evil,
just wrong.
Jeremy D. Boreing
Christian Toto
While public attention is concentrated on the attack on our health care
system, this is an attack on our entire economic system, creating an
enormous hidden tax burden and transfer of wealth to destroy our
economy. |
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October 18, 2009 -
White House advisers say Fox News is not news - Comment:
Yes, Fox News is making money, and that's not evil. They do good
reporting and commentary. Thank you, Fox News! The
blowback from the arrogant, clueless attacks on Fox News will be to
draw even more loyal viewers. Since that is self-evident, it
clearly doesn't concern the White House. It is just a ploy
to distract their critics as work proceeds behind closed doors
on the takeover of our health care
system and economic climate change. |
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October 14, 2009 -
Ageing Europe's pension bill to 'dwarf' crisis debts: EU - Comment:
Social Security is a failing Ponzi
scheme in Europe, too. What's their solution? Work
longer to qualify. |
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