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With Friends Like This …

January 11th, 2011 · Comments Off

Last Saturday there was a shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and a federal judge that left six dead, including the judge, and 14 wounded. The shooter was a lunatic named Jared Loughner. Within hours of the shooting several media outlets and liberal elites are bemoaning the Glock 19, the firearm used in the shooting, [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Government · Guns · The Left · The Right · The US

Have The Democrats Been Neutered?

December 19th, 2010 · Comments Off

WONDERFUL news via MyWay.com: The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion the 435 House districts to make them roughly equal in population, based on [...]

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Tags: Election · Government · The Left · The Right · The US

We The People Dodged A Bullet

December 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

A massive tax package preventing a big New Year’s Day tax hike for millions of Americans is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature. The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and enact a new one-year cut in Social Security [...]

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Tags: Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

The 25 Best Ann Coulter Quotes About Liberals

November 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

I found this over at Right Wing News: 25) Liberals seem to have hit upon a reverse Christ story as their belief system. He suffered and died for our sins; liberals make the rest of us suffer for sins we didn’t commit. Their claims of how awful ‘we’ are never seems to encompass themselves in [...]

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Tags: Media · The Left · The Right · The US

Back in 1938 …

November 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

FDR was emboldened by his 1936 landslide reelection to expand his agenda and consolidate his control of government. Obama was emboldened by his 2008 landslide election to expand his agenda and consolidate his control of government. Prior to Tuesday night, the largest midterm shift against the party in power was in 1938, and it effectively [...]

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Tags: Election · Freedom/Independence · Socialism · The Left · The Right · The US

A Happy Ending

November 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Years ago I found the blog “mAss Backwards“. mAss Backwards was run by a freedom-lover called Bruce, and it was a daily stop in my reading journeys. The title of the blog was a play on the concept of his home state of Massachusetts being completely backwards in regard to freedom. Like me, Bruce “started [...]

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Tags: Election · Freedom/Independence · Government · Massachusetts · The Right

The Last Best Hope

October 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

In Europe the people have historically been content with being ruled subjects. Not here. This government has abused its tax authority, usurped unconstitutional governing and financial powers, created massive budgets, then bought constituencies and distributed privileges to its allies. This government has created a new class, a new aristocracy. We must take America back. There [...]

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Tags: Freedom/Independence · Government · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

The Socialist

October 7th, 2010 · Comments Off

This is the Hope And Change 67 million people voted for in November 2008. In less than 30 days will you allow those 67 million votes to go un-answered? Do you want Socialism for your children and grandchildren? We The People can take this country back, but only if you vote … and bring a [...]

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Tags: Freedom/Independence · Government · Socialism · The Left · The Right · The US

America: Third World Country?

September 24th, 2010 · Comments Off

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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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

Welcome To Socialism

September 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

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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Tags: Freedom/Independence · Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

Constitution Day

September 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

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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Tags: Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Government · The Left · The Right · The US

America Dependent On The Government?

September 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off

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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Tags: Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

If We Ain’t Free, You Tell Me, What Are We?

September 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Spread The Word:

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Tags: Freedom/Independence · Government · The Left · The Right · The US

Blame Bush?

August 24th, 2010 · Comments Off

Says American Thinker: So the following are facts, based on the government’s own figures. * Obama‘s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War — more than $100 billion (15%) more. * Just the first two years of Obama’s stimulus cost more than the entire cost of [...]

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Tags: Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

The FairTax

August 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

I will support just about any candidate that supports the FairTax … that’s how much I believe in this. The current maze of taxes keep free people in slavery. You may think the current progressive income tax is a heavy burden on you and your family, but do you have any concept of the dozens [...]

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Tags: Freedom/Independence · Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US