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Entries from September 2008

Obama And Your Money

September 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Proposed changes in taxes after the 2008 General election: INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN – 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) OBAMA – Restore the inheritance tax How will this affect you? Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance [...]

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Tags: Election · Money · The Left · The Right

What Is The Obamessiah Trying To Hide?

September 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Doug Ross @ Journal: Excuse me Mr. Obama, I mean Senator Obama, sir. uhm… know you are busy and important and stuff. I mean running for president is very important and . . . ah… I hate to bother you. I will only take a minute okay, sir? Could you help me please find [...]

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Tags: Election · The US

Feminist Army Aims Its Canons at Palin, part 2

September 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

By Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online: The academic feminist left has scared the dickens out of mainstream men and women for so long, the liberal establishment is terrified to contradict feminists’ nigh-upon-theological conviction that female authenticity is measured by one’s blind loyalty to left-wing talking points. This is a version of the Marxist doctrine [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · The Left · The US

Palinmania!

September 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

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Tags: Election · The Right

Feminist Army Aims Its Canons at Palin, part 1

September 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

By Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online: Feminist author Cintra Wilson writes in Salon (a house organ of the angry left) that the notion of Palin as vice president is “akin to ideological brain rape.” Presumably just before the nurse upped the dosage on her medication, Wilson continued, “Sarah Palin and her virtual burqa have [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · The Left · The US

The Mechanics Of The Meltdown

September 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Investor’s Business Daily: Obama in a statement yesterday blamed the shocking new round of subprime-related bankruptcies on the free-market system, and specifically the “trickle-down” economics of the Bush administration, which he tried to gig opponent John McCain for wanting to extend. But it was the Clinton administration, obsessed with multiculturalism, that dictated where mortgage [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Election · Government · Money · Politics · Race · Socialism · Taxes · The Left · The US

New Facts Emerging About Sarah Palin

September 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

Sarah Palin scolded Chuck Norris, calling him “Carlos Ray Norris”, and his testicles fell off. Sarah Palin drives a Zamboni to work. Sarah Palin’s suit is made from 100% dead liberal skin. In the original version, He-Man had the power of Sarah Palin, but the writers felt this would make him way too powerful. Sarah [...]

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Tags: Election · Strange/Funny · The Right

Nero Fiddles While Rome Burns

September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

Says Ed Morrissey: I’m a little amused by the sudden priority of holding a presidential debate today, rather than have two Senators focus on an emerging national crisis that simply can’t be rescheduled. Earlier this week, Barack Obama described the credit meltdown as the worst financial crisis this nation has seen in almost eighty years, [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · Media · Money · Taxes · The Left

The Subprime Bailout

September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

Did you hear of the Grasshopper who sang all summer while the Ant worked hard collecting food? Well, one cold winter’s night a hungry, miserable little Grasshopper hopped by the window of an Ant, warmly lit up by a lamp. He peeped in, hoping to find some food on their table to beg. Looking through [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · Government · Money · Politics · Socialism · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

Commander of the Alaska National Guard

September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units. As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin is briefed on highly classified [...]

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Tags: Election · Military · Terrorism · The Right · The US

Palinmania!

September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

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The Facts Behind The Sub-prime Mess

September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

First let’s correctly define the players in the tragedy, something the Liberal media will not do. From Neal Boortz: OK .. so we all know that a lot of really bad real estate loans were made. The political class would sure love for us to believe that the blame here rests squarely on “greedy” (try [...]

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Tags: Election · Government · Media · Money · Politics · Pork · Socialism · Taxes · The US

A Tale Of Two Parties

September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

Republicans believe in killing taxes and raising babies. Democrats believe in killing babies and raising taxes. – graphic by Leo Alberti Spread The Word:

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Why Obama Cannot Connect

September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Opinion by Gerard Baker at The Times (UK): I can’t recall a US presidential election that has attracted more attention. But neither can there have been a time when the world has watched what goes on in America with the nonplussed, horrified incomprehension it has now. Travelling in Britain this week, I’ve been asked repeatedly [...]

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Tags: Election · The Left

McCain-Palin

September 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

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Tags: Election · The Right