Common Folk Using Common Sense

Found at Newsbusters: * In January 2007 before the Democrats took over Congress, unemployment was 4.6 percent; now it’s 9.6 percent. * In January 2007 there were 7.1 million unemployed people in America; now there are 14.9 million. * In January 2007 the median home price was $210,600; today it’s $179,300. * In January 2007 [...]

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Taken from Macleans: U.S. unemployment rate is around 10%. One in 10 homeowners are behind on their mortgage payments. Home sales are at record lows. Ohio’s Ashtabula County sheriff department was cut again to 49 people and just one squad car for a county of 1,900 sq. km. The state of Michigan has converted at [...]

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From Mark Nestmann at Preserving Your Privacy & Wealth: Do you question authority? Fail to accept conventional wisdom? Lose your temper when you hear a politician make a promise that you know he or she can’t keep? If so, you may be mentally ill, according to the most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical [...]

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From an editorial in the Union Leader: In the 1980s, fewer than a third of Americans received some sort of government benefits. That figure has risen to about 50 percent, At the same time, 45 percent of Americans pay no federal income taxes. If these trends are not reversed, we will soon reach a point [...]

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September 17th, 1787, the day when our Founding Fathers signed the Constitution. And if any one factor can explain why our republic has endured and thrived for 223 years, it is this unique charter, which outlines the form of government best designed to safeguard “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness,” as the Declaration puts it. [...]

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According to our history books: 1979: US embassy in Iran is stormed and hostages held for 444 days. One of those terrorists is now the President in Iran. Sixty-six hostages were taken. Eight US servicemen from a Joint Special Operations Group were killed in an aborted rescue attempt. This attack was done by Muslim terrorists. [...]

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Via CBS New York: George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his [...]

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Starting in 2011 (next year folks) your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by your employer. You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen before. Take your 2009 tax form [...]

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Yep, it’s that time of year again. Spread The Word:

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One in six Americans are now receiving government aid. More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid. Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance. More than 40 million people get food stamps. More than 4.4 million people are on welfare. With this many people receiving taxpayer dollars, is there any possibility of real economic reform? [...]

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Obama‘s first-ever report on U.S. human rights to the UN Human Rights Council makes a slap at Arizona‘s illegal trespasser law. Even though the Attorney General could not make a legal case that it violated any human rights, Obama tells the UN that Arizona’s law is a cause for international concern. The idea that Obama [...]

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