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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 lenders could [...]

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

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 the glass, [...]

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

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

Their View On Protecting Your Right To Keep And Bear Arms

September 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

From the 2008 Republican Party Platform:

We uphold the right of individual Americans to own firearms, a right which antedated the Constitution and was solemnly confirmed by the Second Amendment. We applaud the Supreme Court’s decision in Heller affirming that right, and we assert the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. We call [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · Politics · The Left · The Right · The US

John Edwards DID Have Affair With Rielle Hunter

August 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

Wow.
From ABC News:

John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Media · Politics · The Left

How Presidential Politics Figures Into Individual Rights

July 14th, 2008 · Comments Off

Recently the US Supreme Court decided, in District of Columbia v. Heller, that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm for private use.
The court then held that the Second Amendment “protects an individual right to keep and bear arms”, saying that the right was “premised on [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Election · Government · Guns · Politics · The Left · The Right · The US

Incredible Quotes

May 21st, 2008 · Comments Off

“This election, the decision will be between which mommy seems less naggy.” - Melissa Clouthier
Wow, that just about sum it up nicely, and I agree wholeheartedly.
Thank you Melissa.
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“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is [...]