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Townhall
Finance... Contempt
For
Holder? Not a Wise Move, by Jeff Carter
Republicans actually have a nice story to tell. The economy sucks.
Anyone with a brain knows it is being floated with money printed by the
Federal Reserve. The world economy sucks. Europe is going to go into a
deep slow down. Italy, Spain, Greece and France will go off the cliff.
The economies of Britain and Germany will be on a hamster wheel. All
their production and growth will go into a state of “just staying
even”. They will be like traders that have a bad position, losing you
money each day, but your... read
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State Department Watch... Giveaway
of 8 American Alaskan Islands to the Russian Government
The giveaway of 8 American Alaskan islands and vast resource-rich
seabeds to the Russians is underway by the U.S. State Department in the
guise of an agreement on a maritime boundary between Alaska and
Siberia. In the mid-1970s countries adopted the concept of exclusive
economic zones (EEZ) and fishery conservation zones extending 200
nautical miles from their coastlines. If two... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Labor
Department wants to ban farm chores for children under 18
by Patrick Richardson - Editor’s
Note: Due to the outcry from rural farmers, this proposal has been
reportedly withdrawn. However, the mentality that suggested it should
be a major point of concern to all. A proposal from the
Obama
administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn
plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now
it’s attracting barbs from farm kids themselves. The Department of
Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would... read
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Townhall
Finance... Dave
Says Do
What You Need to Take Care of Kids, by Dave
Ramsey
Dear Dave, I just lost my job due to company-wide layoffs. I have an
emergency fund, but I’m losing my health insurance. Our state has a
program that covers children’s healthcare in these kinds of situations.
Would it be okay to accept this for my kids until I find another job
and things get better? Paul - Dear Paul, There’s absolutely nothing
wrong with accepting help when you’re down or struggling. On the other
hand, to define yourself as being down or struggling is a really bad
thing. By this, I mean... read
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Kim Komando... Ready
for the FBI
server shutdown?
Q. Hey, Kim. I read in your tip last month that the FBI was going to
shut down some servers on March 8 and that people might lose access to
the Internet. Whatever happened with that? Can I assume my computer
wasn’t affected? -Bob from Harrisburg, PA, listens to my national radio
show on WHP 580 AM. A. Good memory, Bob. Unfortunately, you can’t
assume your computer is OK. The FBI decided to move the shutdown... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... The
Arizona
Model: Five Questions for Former AZ Speaker Kirk Adams
by Lachlan Markay - Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described the
states as “laboratories for democracy.” Policies enacted at the state
level can offer insight into their likely efficacy on the federal
level. Kirk Adams, the former Republican speaker of the Arizona House
of Representatives, has authored legislation that pulled the state’s
budget from billions in shortfalls into the black. He led the way in
reforming the pension system for state employees — beginning with
himself: he voluntarily opted... read
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CNS News... Pelosi:
Amend the
First Amendment, By Terence P. Jeffrey
April 19, 2012 - (CNSNews.com) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on
Thursday endorsed a movement announced by other congressional Democrats
on Wednesday to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would
allow Congress to regulate political speech when it is engaged in by
corporations as opposed to individuals. The First Amendment says in
part: “Congress shall make no law... read
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Redstate...
Romney
explains
Obama’s ‘all of the above’ energy policy,
Posted by Dan
Spencer
Tuesday, April 24th - Obama’s for all the sources of energy that come
from above the ground. Wind and solar. He just doesn’t like the things
that come from below the ground. — Mitt Romney - Speaking at Consol
Energy’s Research and Development Facility in South Park Township,
Pennsylvania the day before that state’s presidential primary, Mitt
Romney took on President Obama’s energy policies, blaming them for
increasing energy prices: “The onslaught of regulations — holding off
on... read
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Townhall... Democrats
Think
You’re Stupid, by Armstrong Williams
Apr 24, 2012 - Barack Obama thinks that you’re stupid. And, if you’re
one of the 45% of us who still support him after Solyndra, after Fast
and Furious, after the GSA scandal, after the voter ID controversy,
after the Buffett Rule, after the Secret Service Scandal, and so on,
you might be. If you don’t believe me that he thinks you’re stupid,
consider the following. I watched Meet the Press recently, and their
roundtable... read
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Columbus
Dispatch...Don’t
wait,
Accurate school ratings should be enacted sooner rather than later
Monday April 23, 2012 - Protests from school officials and teachers who
want a reprieve from tougher grading standards are predictable, but
that doesn’t make them valid. The Ohio School Boards Association,
teachers’ unions and others are asking for a delay in applying new
performance standards proposed by Gov. John Kasich for school grade
cards to be issued this summer. The new system, which places more
emphasis on whether poor, minority, special-education and other
categories.... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Glaciers
on
Asia’s largest mountain range getting BIGGER,
by Robert
Felix
Satellite data shows that glaciers in part of the Karakoram range on
the China-Pakistan border are putting on mass, defying (supposedly) the
general trend toward glacier shrinkage. In an article entitled “Slight
mass gain of Karakoram glaciers in the early twenty-first century,”
Researchers from the National Centre for Scientific Research and the
University of Grenoble admit to “an anomalous gain of mass” for the
Karakoram glaciers. ... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Confidence
in Economy Fizzling, New Poll Shows, by Sarah
Wells
If you ask the American people, they don’t have much good to say about
the U.S. economy. According to a new poll by Quinnipiac University,
most say they are worse off financially than they were four years ago,
and they don’t expect it to get better anytime soon: The surge of
economic optimism may have stalled as American voters say 41 – 35
percent they are worse off financially than four years ago, and 51
percent don’t expect their personal financial situation to change in
the next 12 months... read
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Townhall Finance... Obama’s
2.5
Percent Stall, by Larry Kudlow
Wall Street headlines are full of fears of a springtime stall for the
already subpar economic recovery. And if that weren’t bad enough for
Obama’s reelection chances, a spate of new polls show Mitt Romney’s
economic-approval ratings are far outdistancing the president’s. Even
while the headline surveys basically show an Obama-Romney tossup, it
will be very difficult for Obama to pull out a victory this... read
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Townhall
Finance... Milton
Friedman on Tax Freedom Day, by Chris Edwards
The Tax Foundation reported that Tuesday was Tax Freedom Day (TFD),
which is the day that Americans stop “working for the government”
through their tax payments and start working for themselves. TFD is
calculated by taking total federal, state, and local taxes and dividing
by national income to get a ratio representing the share of income that
the average person pays in all taxes. That ratio is applied to the
365-day calendar. This year the ratio is 29.2 percent, which translates
into April 17 for TFD... read
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Human Events... No
more “Mr.
Obama is a nice guy”, by Michelle Malkin
04/20/2012 - There is a reflexive desire among a certain species of
moderate Republicans to be perceived as “civil” by liberal opponents
who believe that the mere existence of free-market, limited-government
conservatism is an indecent affront to humankind. All aboard the U.S.S.
Lost Cause. This disastrous, bend-over bipartisanship is a hard habit
to break. In 2008, Arizona Sen. John McCain... read
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Townhall
Finance... Why
High
Taxes Will Never Soak Rich, by Daniel J.
Mitchell
April 17, 2012 - Whether it’s through the Buffett Rule, higher
income-tax rates or double taxation of dividends and capital gains,
President Obama often demands that “rich” taxpayers and big
corporations send more money to Washington. But as Americans pay their
taxes by today’s deadline, we might note that trying to get more money
from upper-income taxpayers is like playing whack-a-mole. So long as
tax rates are high, rich people will figure out ways to protect their
income. It... read
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Human Events... Bibi’s
dilemma
-- and Barack’s, by Patrick J. Buchanan
04/17/2012 - “Bibi” Netanyahu was disgusted. “My initial reaction is
that Iran has gotten a freebie. It has got five weeks to continue
enrichment without any limitation.” The Israeli prime minister was
referring to Saturday’s meeting in Istanbul of the P5-plus-1 -- the
five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany -- with
representatives from Iran. Subject: Iran’s nuclear program. After a... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Freedom
or
Fairness in 2012? by Victor Davis Hanson
This should prove to be an ideological election about the economy. Not
all campaigns are so clear-cut. Sometimes moderate Republicans raise
taxes (as George H. W. Bush did); at other times, pragmatic Democrats
cut spending (as Bill Clinton did). But this year, Mitt Romney, the
likely Republican nominee, will run an ideological campaign, calling
for smaller government and lower taxes, against an equally ideological
President Obama, who wants more government and higher taxes... read
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Townhall... Mixing
and Matching,
by Thomas Sowell
Apr 17, 2012 - Apparently the soaring national debt and the threat of a
nuclear Iran are not enough to occupy the government’s time, because
the Obama administration is pushing to force Westchester County, N.Y.,
to create more low-income housing, in order to mix and match classes
and races to fit the government’s preconceptions. Behind all this busy
work for bureaucrats and ideologues is the idea that there is
something... read
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Toledo
Blade... Rewarding
work
Ohio’s unemployment rate has fallen in recent months, but too many
working families still struggle to make ends meet. A liberal think tank
that advocates for low-income households has an intriguing idea that
could help. Last year, Policy Matters Ohio points out, the 21 percent
cut in state income taxes phased in over the past several years
benefited the top 1 percent of earners more than the bottom 99 percent.
Only the top 30 percent of Ohio earners are paid more now than they
were in 1979, taking... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Obama’s
No
Budget, No Plan Budget Plan, by Alex Knepper
President Obama has completely lost contact with reality: Obama said
the “vision” portrayed by the Ryan budget “is of an America where
everybody is fending for themselves, a few are doing very well at the
top, and everybody else is struggling to get by.” Obama added that
under the Republican budget, “the government is shrunk to the point
where things that we take for granted as a society — as an advanced,
responsible... read
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Akron
Beacon Journal... New
era,
new rules
Few industries have changed as rapidly as telecommunications. You can
see the transformation in your cell phone, or the landline at home that
receives less and less attention. It follows then that Ohio lawmakers
must keep pace, making adjustments in the regulatory scheme for the
industry. They enacted changes two years ago. Now they must act again,
Senate Bill 271 promising to update rules that are more in line with
telecommunications of the monopoly era... read
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Townhall... The
Economy Needs No
Conductor, by John Stossel
Apr 18, 2012 - We spend too much time waiting for orders -- and money
-- from Washington. The collapse of the housing bubble gave politicians
a license to do what they wanted to do all along: spend. The usual
checks on extravagance, weak as they are, were washed away. Budgets?
We’ll worry about that later. Inflation? We’ll worry about that later.
As I point out in my brand new book, “No, We Can’t: Why Government... read
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Redstate...
Romney
takes an
early lead - Round one to Romney, by Dan
Spencer (Diary)
Saturday, April 14th - Romney takes an early lead over President Obama.
The FOX News poll released Friday, Romney leads Obama 46% to 44%. The
Rasmussen Reports 2012 Daily Presidential Matchup Tracking poll has
Romney leading Obama 48% to 43%. After Santorum suspended his
presidential campaign on Monday, the Tuesday Rasmussen Matchup poll had
Romney and Obama tied at 45% each. It remained tied through Wednesday.
The Democrats’ war on women blew up in their face... read
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Kim Komando...Physical
therapy
through gaming
Q. My husband’s best friend recently suffered a massive stroke. We
thank God he survived and was able to go home. He lives in a remote
area and his wife still has to work, so attending rehab will be a
challenge. My husband thinks a tablet could be used for therapy. Are
there any applications that could be downloaded? Could you tell us how
to find apps that help with rehab? Thanks very much.
-Linda from Fairport, NY, listens to my weekly radio show... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... The
Truth
About Wisconsin, by Jacob Laksin
Last week’s Republican primary in Wisconsin was not the biggest battle
in the Badger State. That will come this June, when Wisconsin
Democrats, backed by the raging might of state and national government
unions, will attempt to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker in a
fiercely contested general election. It will be a difficult fight for
the embattled governor. That stems in large part from the boldness of
Walker’s 2011 budget reforms, which made him a hero to conservatives
even... read
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Townhall... Obama’s
Misleading
Reagan Reference, by Larry Kudlow
In President Obama’s latest class-war, tax-the-rich gambit, he has
stooped to a new low with misleading and out-of-context quotes from
Ronald Reagan. Apparently, the president is now trying to use the
Gipper for cover while he attacks Mitt Romney with the so-called
Buffett Rule. In an address this past week, Obama cited a couple of
Reagan speeches from June 1985, in which the former president quoted
a... read
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Townhall
Finance... Taking
Earned Money is Different than Earning Money,
by Charles
Payne
I’m your boogie man that’s what I am - I’m here to do whatever I can -
Be it early mornin’ late afternoon - Or at midnight it’s never too
soon—KC & Sunshine Band - “I’m Your Boogieman” was the 11th top
hit
of 1977, a year that saw massive tumult in America, especially in New
York City, which experienced daily fears of violence, the Son of Sam,
and the Blackout. There was a time when boogieman was the dark monster
that lived under your bed or in your closet, but in the disco era, it
became the guy... read
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Kim Komando... Having
‘The Talk’
with your teen
Hey parents. Have you had “The Talk” with your teen yet? No, I don’t
mean that talk. But there’s another one that is almost as important
these days. I’m referring to the talk about staying safe with
smartphones and social-media activity. Haven’t done that yet? If you’ve
been putting it off because you don’t know what to cover, I’m here to
help. A recent report from the Pew Research Center indicates that one
in... read
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| New
York Times... Rasmussen
Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed
Strongly,
By Nate Silver - Every election cycle has its winners and losers: not
just the among the candidates, but also the pollsters. On Tuesday,
polls conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports — which released more
than 100 surveys in the final three weeks of the campaign, including
some commissioned under a subsidiary on behalf of Fox News — badly
missed the margin in many states, and also exhibited a considerable
bias toward Republican candidates. Other polling firms... read
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Human Events... Real
moms of the
GOP vs. White House SOP, by Michelle Malkin
04/13/2012 - The authenticity of conservative women has always been
under attack by radical orthodox feminists, but perhaps not as brazenly
as by someone with such direct and frequent access to the corridors of
the White House message machine as Hilary B. Rosen. The D.C. career
lobbyist and Democratic media strategist took to CNN’s airwaves this
week to craft a left-wing “War on Women” attack... read
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Columbus
Dispatch... Raise
the
bar
State Auditor Dave Yost is right that Ohio needs higher standards and
stricter accountability for charter-school treasurers. As some recent
high-profile cases involving ruined schools and misspent tax funds make
clear, it’s easy for hundreds of thousands of dollars to be lost before
corrective action takes place. The worst case might be that of Carl W.
Shye Jr., who is accused by the Ohio Department of Education of
repeatedly violating the law and failing to accurately report
information, observe... read
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Redstate... Democrats
Now Say
They Never Said ‘War Against Women’?
Posted by Erick Erickson (Diary) - Thursday, April 12th - If you went
to bed oblivious of the news last night, there was a mini-bruhaha over
a comment Hilary Rosen, the former head of the RIAA and a DNC Advisor,
made to Anderson Cooper on AC360 last night. I was on AC360 with both
Hilary and Paul Begala. Hillary said that Ann Romney, a mother of five
sons who has had breast cancer and MS, had “actually never... read
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Townhall
Finance... A
Supreme
Overreach, by J. T. Young
Obama caught himself overreaching in warning the Supreme Court on his
healthcare overhaul. By preemptively declaring the law
“constitutional,” which is precisely what the Court will spend the next
three months deciding, he has raised the specter that any other verdict
would be the reverse. In so doing, he has created a public
relations problem that will translate into a political one, if he is
not extremely careful. On April 2, Obama sought to compensate for what
many have called a lackluster... read
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Mail Magaine 24... Stealing
the
Election – Rampant Voter Fraud Across the Country
by Candice Lanier - Four Democratic officials in Indiana were charged,
earlier this week, with felonies related to petition fraud. The alleged
fraud was committed in Indiana’s 2008 state primary. According to the
South Bend Tribune, “hundreds of county residents’ signatures” were
forged on petitions which led to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama being
placed on the ballet. Two whistle-blowers... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Fund:
‘We
Need Voter ID Laws Now’ by Breitbart News
Attorney General Eric Holder has done everything in his power to
prevent voters from showing ID at polling places. He’s moved to block
states like Texas from implementing voter ID laws. But, as voting fraud
expert John Fund writes today, “When groups sue to block photo-ID laws
in court, they can’t seem to produce real-world examples of people who
have actually been denied the right to vote. According to opinion
polls, over 75 percent of Americans — including majorities of Hispanics
and... read
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Kim Komando News of the Day... Teach
kids to use tech wisely
5/20/2011 - Q. I’m putting together a computer training course for
parents and teens. Part of the course will be about staying safe
online. What topics do you think I should cover? Thanks for your input!
-Jane from Roswell, NM, listens to my national radio show on KBIM 910
AM A. Every child needs to be taught how to use tech the right way.
Unfortunately, many parents are unprepared for the task. They’re
often... read
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Redstate...Right-To-Work Is
Right For Ohio (and Elsewhere), Posted by
LaborUnionReport
Monday, April 9th - As today’s government-union bosses push
higher taxes, establish
dues schemes to fund their bloated salaries and union-bought
politicians, the evidence has become pretty clear: Government unions
have become political, parasitic entities injuring taxpayers and the
communities they control (see Central Falls and Providence, RI;
Detroit, MI; and the once-great State of California for examples). In
the private sector, however, where taxpayers’ pockets are not.... read
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Townhall Finance... Gas
Prices
Skunk Jobs Again, by Bob Beauprez
High gas prices may be hitting the economy right in the gut.
For
the month of March, the pace of new job creation was cut by more than
half compared to the last several encouraging monthly reports.
According to the Labor Department just 120,000 new jobs were created in
March. Over the previous three months an average of
246,000
new jobs were added. Analysts generally believe at least
200,000
new monthly jobs are necessary for the economy to.... read
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Townhall
Finance... Conservatives
And the Courts, by Michael Tanner
Who says bipartisanship is dead? Left and Right have finally found
something that they agree on. They are both unalterably opposed to
judicial activism — except, of course, when they aren’t. The latest
meme from the Obama administration, congressional Democrats, and much
of the media is that if the Supreme Court were to strike down all or
part of Obamacare, it would place the Court’s legitimacy itself at
risk. After all, since only 28 state attorneys general, at least two
District Court... read
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Mail Magaine 24... DHS
oblivious
to unauthorized foreigners In U.S., says new report
by Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner - A number of representatives
from watchdog groups, government agencies and the U.S. Congress are
intensifying their criticism of the Obama Administration’s handling of
illegal immigration and the Department of Homeland Security’s
shortcomings in policing the immigration and visa system. For example,
the successful and well-known “Inside the Beltway” watchdog... read
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Townhall
Finance... Gospel
According to Democrats: Woman, Behold Thy Government Program!
by John Ransom - If you want to help women’s “health” in this country
then the best thing you can do is make sure that the U.S. has a vibrant
economy, centered on good-paying jobs. Lost in the record-breaking
regulatory hurdles that Obama has put in the way of our economy, this
basic truth seems to be a principle that the administration is anxious
not to talk about. For good reason, too. The number one enemy of
women’s... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Holder’s
Letter to Judges Ignores the Issue, by Cully
Stimson
Instead of responding to the 5th Circuit Court’s explicit request
regarding President Obama’s untoward comments about the Supreme Court’s
power to overturn congressional statutes, Attorney General Eric Holder
sent the judges a law student-level brief on the propriety of judicial
review. The letter intentionally ignored the judge’s main question,
which was, in essence: does the Department of Justice and the... read
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The
Vindicator... Opening
a
coordinated attack on human trafficking in Ohio
Wed, April 4, 2012 - Ohio is in the forefront of states seeking to
identify the extent of human trafficking and to attack the problem on
multiple fronts. Last week Gov. John Kasich signed an executive order
that directs state agencies to work together to identify the most
effective ways to rescue victims, get them help, and prosecute those
who abduct and exploit them. The governor‘s task force is an expansion
of the Ohio Human Trafficking Commission overseen by the office of
Attorney General... read
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Good
Friday 2012,
Posted by Erick Erickson
Friday, April 6th - As is tradition at RedState, we post this text each
Good Friday in lieu of a Morning Briefing. Some things are
more
important than news and politics. Have a blessed Easter weekend. Erick
- “And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
And
sitting... read
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Now
President Obama is issuing court orders: Kevin O’Brien
People who work in their robes are questioning the signature policy
achievement of Barack Obama’s presidency, and he has had just about
enough of it. Maybe Obama thinks they’re just conservative bloggers,
because he surely isn’t showing them any respect. The president wagged
his finger sternly at the courts on Monday, implying that if the
Supreme Court failed to fall in line with his plans for government
control of one-sixth of the U.S. economy -- and every U.S. citizen --
the court would make... read
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LimaOhio... Easter
now minus
bonnets, lacy gloves, Bart Mills
April 05, 2012 - The little gloves are the culprit. Sure, the bonnet
plays a part, but it’s those tiny, lacy gloves that break me down every
time. It’s almost Easter, so you know where I’m going with this. At
least, if you are a parent you get it, particularly if you are the
parent of young women who once, not altogether long ago, were little
girls. It’s a nostalgia we’re all guilty of. Well, maybe not all. I
suppose there are parents out... read
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Columbus
Dispatch... Courtroom
spin
The average American is not a constitutional-law expert. That hasn’t
stopped many from weighing in on how and why the justices of the U.S.
Supreme Court should rule on the fate of the 2010 health-care overhaul
commonly referred to as Obamacare. Recent polls show that a majority of
Americans think the law will be repealed or personally favor its
repeal. This isn’t a big surprise since, despite the hopes and beliefs
of its backers, the law has remained unpopular since being passed in a
hyper-partisan push... read
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Townhall... Arizona
to Ban
“Annoying” Behavior on the Internet, by Rachel
Alexander
Apr 04, 2012 - You and I may not use profanity in our Facebook posts,
but what about that crazy relative who puts up the funniest posts that
sometimes cross the line? Almost no one approves of swearing, but with
the exception of broadcasting during daytime TV and radio, it is not
illegal. Now new legislation in Arizona would effectively make swearing
on the internet a crime. Sponsored by Democrats and liberal... read
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Redstate...
Does
Obama Know
How
the Supreme Court Voted? Posted by streiff
The Wink and The Nod - Tuesday, April 3rd - The storm that erupted
yesterday when Barack Obama woke up and discovered the Supreme Court of
the United States was not only not elected but it could overturn “duly
passed” laws, even those passed in the dead of the night by the barest
of purchased majorities, has been more than adequately covered on these
pages and others by actual lawyers and those who think they are. I’m
pretty sure Obama knows what Marbury v. Madison is, even... read
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Townhall Finance... This
Land
is... the Government’s, by Bob Beauprez
Most people understand that the federal government controls a lot of
land, but few know just how vast the holdings really are. The
map
above is courtesy of Investor’s Business Daily. It indicates
the
vast amounts of land, particularly in the natural resources rich
western states, held by the federal government. According to the USDA,
Economic Research Service, of the 2,264,000,000 acres that comprise the
United... read
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Columbus
Dispatch... Kid-centered
research - Ohio’s six children’s hospitals will make a powerful team
Monday April 2, 2012 - Ohio is home to a number of outstanding
children’s hospitals, which in total generated more money for research
last year — nearly a quarter-billion dollars — than those in any other
state. Now, they’re poised to take an even stronger leadership position
in coming years, thanks to a forward-looking gift from Ohio taxpayers.
In announcing a $2 million gift to six Ohio children’s hospitals,
including Nationwide Children’s in Columbus, Gov. John Kasich has
established.... read
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What
I Learned
About a Free Economy When I Worked as a Union Employee,
by
Gary DeMar
One of my first jobs as a teenager was a stock boy at the supermarket
grocery chain Kroger. As with any young person growing up, I was happy
to have a job where someone paid me for working. What I did not know at
the time was that Kroger had a union. I didn’t think much about it at
the time since I didn’t know what a union was. Again, my sights were on
that pay check at the end of every two weeks. It didn’t take me long to
learn that a union... read
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The
Monitor’s View: Christian Science Monitor... Supreme Court wrestles with a
more
dependent world
The high court hears a complaint from states about the health-care
law’s ‘coercion’ to accept an expensive expansion of Medicaid. The
issue reflects a more dependent world in government, trade, and
high-tech. In the last day of its debate over the health-care law, the
US Supreme Court wrestled with a big issue in this interconnected age:
When does voluntary dependency slip into coercion and perhaps even
blackmail? The justices heard a complaint by 26 states about the law’s
expansion of Medicaid... read
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Townhall Finance... The
Amazing
Flexible President, by Marita Noon
President Obama made headlines during his visit to Seoul, South
Korea—though not for his public policy statements, rather for his
private comments, unintentionally broadcast, in conversation with
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Believing he will be reelected,
President Obama addressed dealing with “controversial issues”: “This is
my last election. After my election I have more flexibility... read
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Townhall
Finance... Media
Malpractice in Martin Case, by Jeff Crouere
Once again, our country is being divided by a liberal press that is
engaged in media malpractice. The death of unarmed 17-year old Trayvon
Martin in Sanford, Florida was a tragedy. Questions need to be answered
about the conduct of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman who shot
and killed the youngster. Was Zimmerman acting in self-defense or did
he target a young black male to kill? Did the police act irresponsibly
in releasing Zimmerman or were they following proper procedure... read
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Human Events... House
passes
Republican budget, rejects Obama plan 414-0,
by Audrey
Hudson
03/29/2012 - The House Thursday passed the Republican-backed budget
plan for 2013 spending levels after soundly defeating a half-dozen
other proposals, including President Barack Obama’s plan, which was
unanimously defeated. The Republican version passed on a mostly party
line vote of 228 yeas and 191 nays Thursday, and was authored by Rep.
Paul Ryan (R –Wis.), chairman of the House Budget... read
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Columbus
Dispatch... Boom
gets
bigger: editorial
Lawmakers shouldn’t shy away from modest severance-tax proposal - Any
Republican state lawmakers who balk at a proposed modest increase in
Ohio’s low severance taxes should be reassured by the latest evidence
that the state holds a treasure that gas-and-oil companies want: BP
plans to lease 84,000 acres in Trumbull County. The energy giant has
struck an agreement with the Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley,
a group representing the owners of mineral rights in the shale-rich... read
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Verities & Balderdash... Will
You give this to my Daddy? Edited by Bob
Robinson
Author Unknown - Even though we are wrapping up March it feels like
spring. Who woulda guessed? Spring weather leads thoughts to spring
activities. Evidently I’m not the only one who feels this way. One of
CNO’s readers must as well... and sent this. I’ve seen various
versions, including one where applauding Americans gave up their seats
to returning veterans. I believe I’ve seen this one a couple of
times... read
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