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Obamanomics

December 11th, 2009 · Comments Off

Via Reuters:

Hopefully any new plan will have a better ROI than the current stimulus package. Economic analyst Ed Yardeni runs the numbers:
“The Obama Administration is touting that their stimulus program has saved or created 640,329 jobs since it was enacted back in February through the end of October. This number is updated and posted on [...]

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Support for Health Care Plan Falls to New Low

November 28th, 2009 · Comments Off

From Rasmussen:

Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the plan.
Only 16% now believe passage [...]

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Quote Of The Day

November 25th, 2009 · Comments Off

Said Dr. Adrian Rogers, from “Ten Secrets for a Successful Family”:

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. [...]

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Prostitution In America

November 25th, 2009 · Comments Off

Mary Landrieu (D-LA) told the Senate she would vote yes to begin the debate. She didn’t do so because she believed government-run healthcare either demands to be debated nor needs to be silenced. She did so only because, under the cover of darkness, Senate Crime Boss Harry Reid (D-NV) stuck in a 7-page [...]

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The Cost For Your “Free” Healthcare

November 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off

Before this weekend’s vote on the Senate $2.5 trillion health bill, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, offered an impassioned plea for senators to stand with the American people by saying no to a Washington takeover of Americans’ health care system.
But to no avail.
Here are his numbers. These numbers are facts. They are indisputable, no matter [...]

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November 19 is National Ammo Day

November 19th, 2009 · Comments Off

November 19 is National Ammo Day.
It is a nationwide BUYcott of ammunition. You buy ammunition. 100 Rounds a person.
The goals of Ammo Day:
The goal of National Ammo Day is to empty the ammunition from the shelves of your local gun store, sporting goods, or hardware store and put that ammunition in the [...]

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Michelle Obama requires more than twenty attendants

November 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

Says the Canada Free Press:

No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn’t perform any official duties. But this hasn’t deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession. [...]

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Public Service Announcement

November 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Received in an email:

Spread The Word:

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I got nothing

October 29th, 2009 · Comments Off

Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?
A: A fund raiser.
Q: What’s the difference between a large pizza and the typical Obama supporter?
A: The pizza can feed a family of four.
Obama running health care is like Michael Vick running the dog pound.
Q: What do Miley Cyrus and Barack Obama have in common?
A: [...]

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The Stimulus Hopeychangey Thingie

October 16th, 2009 · Comments Off

On February 11 the Democratic-controlled Congress and White House agree on a compromise $790 billion economic stimulus bill.
On February 13 the federal stimulus bill passed the U.S. House.
On February 17 President Barack Obama signs into law the $787 billion economic stimulus bill.
Today Time magazine informs us:

The $787 billion stimulus plan is turning out to be [...]

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The Baucus Bill

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off

The Senate Finance Committee passed the Baucus bill. But don’t get too excited, because whatever ends up being voted on by the Senate will look nothing like the current Baucus bill … it will be much worse.
It will cost $829 billion over ten years. So how does the federal government expect to grab [...]

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Carter Speaks From The Dead

September 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Says CNN:

Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress last week and in some of the opposition the president has faced since taking office.
“I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is [...]

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How Close Have You Been To A Fighter Jet?

September 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

Spread The Word:

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I’m Starting To Get Nervous

August 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

Emperor Obama is trying his best to force Socialized Medicine down the country’s throat, and many of his loyal subjects are not happy.
But rather than try and improve his message, or better explain what he wants to do, Obama and his lapdogs Pelosi and Reid, along with their puppets from local unions, have decided to [...]

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So What Is The Tenth Amendment?

August 8th, 2009 · Comments Off

Taken from the Tenth Amendment Center:
The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution defines the total scope of federal power as being that which has been delegated by the people to the federal government, and also that which is absolutely necessary to advancing those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution of the United States. The [...]

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