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Townhall
Finance... Taxing
Death,
by Jeff Carter
Doesn’t the government get enough during your lifetime? I understand
the initial sentiment behind the death tax. It was put in place to try
and stop dynasties from forming. Advocates looked at generational
wealth in Europe and wanted each generation to be put at the same
starting line. But, trying to be “fair” never works. The Koch brothers
kids will always have advantages over mine. The great thing about the
US is it doesn’t matter. My kids can be just as successful as the Koch
kids if they create something... read
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Townhall... Gays,
Females and
Equals, by Katie Kieffer
Mar 26, 2012 - Gays are not merely bodies desiring homosexual action.
Women are not walking uteruses. Gays and women are dignified human
beings with reason, spirit and individuality. The Constitution
considers Americans with respect to our humanity and citizenship, not
our sexuality. So when politicians and sexual minority activists lobby
for gay and female “rights” that trump the First and Tenth... read
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Human
Events... Santorum
could
win primary big, but lose delegate race, by
John Gizzi
03/26/2012 - HARRISBURG, Pa.—“Anyone who loses his Senate seat by a
seventeen percentage point margin is in no way a ‘slam dunk’ in the
presidential primary,” former U.S. Attorney and past GOP
gubernatorial candidate David Marston told me in
Philadelphia. He
was referring, of course, to Rick Santorum in his campaign to win
Pennsylvania’s presidential primary April 24. At this point, signs are
strong that, for now at least, Rick Santorum is running well among the
GOP voters who... read
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Townhall... A
Teacher Saving
Lots of Lives, by Bob Beauprez
It is a common cliché; “You changed my life.” But, how many people
really do? Tom Tillapaugh not only changes lives; he
literally
saves them. Lots of them. In 1985 Tom was led by his faith to begin an
education ministry in Denver for the most seriously at risk, often
forgotten, kids in society. He launched the Denver StreetSchool on East
Colfax with the financial help of a business man and three kids in... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Video:
Obama’s Energy Secretary Gives Himself An “A” on Gas Prices
by Mike Brownfield - Gas prices have hit $3.87 per gallon, the highest
ever recorded in March and 30 cents higher than a year ago, but
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu thinks he has done an outstanding job at
working to keep prices down. In congressional testimony yesterday,
Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, asked Chu if he would give himself an
“A minus” on “controlling the cost of gasoline at the pump.” Chu’s
reply... read
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Mail Magazine 24... The
‘Path to
Prosperity Budget’ is Quite Moderate, by
Robert Maynard
As most are aware of by now, Paul Ryan has introduced a budget proposal
entitled “The Path to Prosperity Budget“. This proposal has been
demonized by the left and deemed to be “unfair” by the Obama
Administration. The argument is that the proposal is too radical and
goes too far in cutting the budget. I would like to make the opposite
case. There is a good argument to be made that, given the fact our
total national... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... The
Socialist Apprentice, by Daniel
Greenfield
March 25, 2012 - The question is not a new one though it continues to
be asked over and over
again, as each generation comes into its own, and examines what it is
they want of
government. Most people want there to be limitations on government, but
at the
same time they want government to carry out certain functions for them.
The
tipping point between tool and master kicks in when government gains
the
ability to expand its own parameters independently of the people. It’s
that moment... read
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Redstate...
Media
Matters’
Desperate Need to Focus on Rush Limbaugh,
Posted by Erick
Erickson
Friday, March 23rd - The Washington Times has the story of Media
Matters’ latest effort to drive Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves.
They’ll use radio ads in eight cities. In one of the anti-Limbaugh ads,
listeners are urged to call the local station that carries Limbaugh to
say “we don’t talk to women like that” in our city. Ad time was
purchased in Boston; Chicago; Detroit; Seattle; Milwaukee; St. Louis;
Macon, Ga.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The cities were selected to support
active local... read
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Townhall Finance... The
Reagan
in Romney, by Larry Kudlow
The late William F. Buckley Jr. naturally put it best when he said,
“The wisest choice would be the one who could win. No sense running
Mona Lisa in a beauty contest. I’d be for the most right, viable
candidate who could win.” Bill Buckley’s Law applies to Mitt Romney
today. And it’s worth noting Rush Limbaugh’s recent update to the
dictum. Following Romney’s terrific Illinois victory speech on Tuesday,
Rush said... read
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Townhall
Finance... Sex,
Lies
and Stupidity, by Gina Loudon
American women are watching as pundits and politicians struggle to
manipulate what women really want in terms of politics today.
Politicians on the right have long been accused of being
“anti-woman.” But recent events are exposing a dirty little
secret about who really believes in the intelligence, discernment, and
needs of today’s American woman. The story began to unfold when Obama
mandated that contraception would be covered for women by taxpayers
under Obamacare. This raw political ploy... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Just
when
you thought things couldn’t get worse… by
Michael Becker
There’s a financial tsunami nobody’s talking about. OK, so maybe I’ve
overstated the point. It’s certainly being talked about in the far
corners of the nation, in some cities and towns, and an occasional
state house, but it’s not being addressed on the national level and the
parties responsible – primarily at the state and local level – are
hoping against hope that the federal government will step in... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Hunting
for
Scapegoats Won’t Lower Pump Prices, by Paul
Driessen
When President Obama took office, regular gasoline cost $1.85 a gallon.
Now it’s hit $4.00 per gallon in many cities, and some analysts predict
it could reach $5.00 or more this summer. Filling your tank could soon
slam you for $75-$90. Winter was warm. Our economy remains weak. People
are driving less, in cars that get better mileage, even with mandatory
10% low-mileage ethanol. Gasoline is plentiful. Misinformed politicians
and pundits say prices should be falling. Our pain at the pump is... read
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Human Events... ObamaCare’s
lonely birthday, by John Hayward
He’s just a bill, sitting here on Capitol Hill - 03/23/2012 - This week
marks the second birthday of ObamaCare, among the greatest legislative
disasters in American history. By even the most conservative
estimates, its costs are more than double what we were originally
promised. It’s going to strip 20 to 50 million Americans of
their
health insurance, as overwhelmed employers decide the best course of
action is... read
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Townhall
Finance... Stop!
Don’t
Cut that Wire! That’s a Chevy Volt! by John
Ransom
The “Grab the Cat” scene from the movie Lethal Weapon 3 is being played
out in training rooms across America thanks to a generous $4.4 million
grant from the Department of Energy. If you’re not familiar with the
scene, first responders, Detectives Riggs and Murtaugh, are trying to
disarm a car bomb, while a cat plays nearby. Riggs doesn’t know which
wire to snip, so he just snips one at random. As he watches the bomb’s
timer begin to hyper-accelerate, he realizes that he’s cut the wrong...
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Redstate… The
Nominee,
Posted by Erick Erickson
He Beat the Base. Now Will the Base be With Him? Wednesday, March 21st
- It is a mathematical improbability that Rick Santorum will get to the
magic number of 1,144 — the number of delegates needed to be the
Republican Presidential nominee. It is a political improbability that
Rick Santorum will stop Mitt Romney from getting to 1,144. Last night
in Illinois, Mitt Romney won his first victory without caveats... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Obama’s
Surreal Campaign, by Victor Davis Hanson
As the election year heats up, we seem not to have noticed the surreal
nature of the campaign. One would expect Barack Obama to run on his
record from 2009 to 2012, and especially during 2009–10, when he had a
solidly Democratic Congress and passed his signature Obamacare. But he
is not. Instead, we are hearing only that the probable opposition
nominee, Mitt Romney, will be embarrassed by the similarities between
Obamacare and his own Romneycare in Massachusetts. Examine... read
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News Herald... Editorial:
Take
real look at Kasich proposals
Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Give the man credit. He’s thinking. He’s
studying. He’s got ideas. Gov. John Kasich’s proposals this week to
tinker with state policy on energy, education, health care and taxes
follow the fairly unusual “mid-biennium review” of the state’s budget.
State Budget Director Tim Keen said Kasich got in the habit of such
look-sees when he was chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee in
the... read
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Redstate...
Flashback
to
2009:
Administration Policies Sought to Discourage ‘Overproduction’ of Oil
Now: ‘Just make up some stuff. The rubes will buy it.’ - Posted by
Steve Maley - Sunday, March 18th - In May 2009, four months into the
Obama presidency, retail gasoline prices averaged $2.32 per gallon.
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) wrote Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to
express concern about the impact that the Administration’s budgeted
changes in tax policy would have on the oil and gas industry. Secretary
Geithner clearly laid out the Administration position in his letter
of... read
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Townhall Finance... Liberal
“Smarts” are the New Stupid, by Marita Noon
With gas prices climbing, so is the popularity of fuel-efficient cars.
AltTransport.com, a site “dedicated to giving you the latest news and
the smartest analysis of the shift towards smarter and more efficient
modes of transportation,” reports that “with gas prices rising, car
manufacturers are starting to see some of their most fuel-efficient
cars fly off the shelves.” A call to the Smart Car Center in my area
reveals... read
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Obama
is victim
of Bush’s failed promises, Edited by Bob
Robinson
I’ve seen this several times over the years, but I figured it was about
time to pass it on to those poor souls who might have missed it... and
are still blaming former President of the United States George W. Bush
for the Obama administration’s mishaps. It’s attributed to a “Democrat
reporter, Chuck Green.” This may be true; it may not. I believe I
checked it out once but can’t... Read
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Mail
Magazine 24... The
Perfection of Crony Capitalism: Use Regulation to Destroy Competitors
by Charles Hugh Smith - In the U.S. we now have the perfection of
cloaked crony capitalism: corporate cartels use their vast
concentrations of capital and revenue to buy the political leverage
needed to write regulations specifically designed to eliminate
competition. Recall that the most profitable business model is a
monopoly or cartel protected from competition by the coercive Central
State. Imposing complex regulations on small business competitors
effectively cripples an entire... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Individual
Mandates, Freddy the Freeloader, and Health Care,
by Frank
Hill
Rick Santorum has been beating Mitt Romney over the head with the
proverbial cane over his support for Romney Care in the state of
Massachusetts during his term as Governor. The main culprit? ‘Romney’s
support of ‘individual mandates’ for everyone to be included in the
system. What is an ‘individual mandate’ anyway? An individual mandate
is a requirement passed by government that requires you... read
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Townhall
Finance... Stimulate,
by Charles Payne
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power- the freedom to
choose.”- Stephen Covey - Today the Fed gets together and will have a
chance to make a case for its past policies and future policies. The
thing is if you take a bow for successful past policies why would we
need new policies? In fact, this is the meeting where we should hear
the Federal Reserve is unwinding its byzantine array of policies and
schemes because they were no longer needed. Instead, many stock market
bulls... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Heritage
Foundation: The Truth Behind High Gas Prices,
by Gary
Halbert
As noted earlier, being in the business I am people frequently ask me
why gasoline prices are so high. More recently, people have also been
asking me if President Obama has any idea whatsoever about how the
energy markets work. As it turns out, the Heritage Foundation just
released an excellent report that addresses both questions. It also
lists five specific actions that Congress and the... read
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Townhall
Finance... Obama
Misplaces “My” Jobs Bill, by John Ransom
While news yesterday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that
unemployment remained unchanged and that 227,000 jobs were created in
February shows that the Obama-induced stimulus slide in the economy has
slowed, it also contains some significant bad news for the president.
As the labor participation rates edged back up, the number of people
without jobs also edged up a bit too from 12.758 million to 12.806 in
the last month. And while the 227,000 jobs created for January is
better than less... read
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Townhall... Blitzing
the
Department of Education, by Katie Kieffer
Mar 12, 2012 - Tim Tebow and I both blitzed the Department of
Education; we were both homeschooled. Tebow became the first
homeschooler to win the Heisman Trophy and he’s now an NFL starting
quarterback. And, as someone who was homeschooled through eighth grade
and attended a private high school before graduating from college, I
personally know that young people don’t need the federal government
running their... read
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Redstate...
Can
Republicans
Win
In 2012 Without Leadership? Posted by Dan
McLaughlin
Leading From Behind - Monday, March 12th - Fred Barnes, who is nothing
if not plugged in to the thinking of leading Beltway Republicans, looks
at how the Congressional GOP plans to work with the presidential
nominee: Republicans would like to revive party unity and repeat the
Reagan-Kemp success story. House speaker John Boehner and Senate
minority leader Mitch McConnell are planning to confer with the
Republican nominee, once one emerges. Their aim: agreement on a joint
agenda... read
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Townhall... Defining
Deviancy
Down, by Star Parker
Mar 12, 2012 - In 1993, then Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan published
a paper in which he coined the phrase “defining deviancy down.” He was
ringing an alarm about what he saw as a dangerous social unraveling as
result of our redefining deviant behavior as normal, rather than
doubling down on traditional standards of behavior. It’s through this
lens that we should view the Obama administration mandate that
employers... read
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Toledo
Blade... Prison
reform
Ohio’s overcrowded prisons are getting a needed makeover, building on
previous gains and focusing on turning inmates into productive
citizens. Gary Mohr, director of the Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction, unveiled a plan this week to reorganize state prisons into
a tiered system based on levels of control. Disruptive, violent inmates
would be separated from the rest of the prison population. That will
make other inmates safer and allow officials to focus on rehabilitating
inmates in... read
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Mail Magazine 24... Obama
Staffs
White House with Top Donors, by Wynton Hall
Over half of the President Obama’s 47 top fundraisers--individuals who
helped bag a minimum of $500,000 for his presidential campaign--have
been given jobs in the Obama White House. The latest revelation of
crony capitalism, which was reported by the Washington Post, also found
that nine more top bundlers landed appointments to presidential boards
and committees and that 24 more were given foreign... read
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Wall
Street Journal... Speaking
With the Speaker, By Peggy Noonan
John Boehner talks about the need for Republican unity and why the
House is in ill repute. John Boehner is sighing. It’s one of those
days, or maybe epochs. He’s just spoken to the House GOP conference.
Some members are feeling fractious, disheartened. Time for a St.
Crispin’s Day speech. What did he tell them? “I told them they have
ocular rectitis. That’s when your eyes get confused with your butt, and
it develops into [an unnecessarily fecal] outlook on life.” It’s late
Wednesday morning... read
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Mail Magazine 24... British
Government: Christians Have No Right to Wear Visible Cross or Crucifix,
by Patrick Goodenough - Britain’s Conservative-led government plans to
argue in a European Court of Human Rights case that employers are
entitled to ban the visible wearing of crosses at work because
displaying the symbol is not a recognized “requirement” of the
Christian faith. A document leaked to Britain’s Sunday Telegraph
outlines the argument the government plans to present at the
tribunal... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... Oh
great…
woman wins lottery, still gets food stamps
Not a day goes by that we don’t see a story of government stupidity.
But some
bring about an example that properly shows the entire picture of why
the economy is
collapsing and government sending is completely unsustainable.
Specifically, abuse of entitlements. In this
case, a woman recently won a million bucks in a state lottery. Why she
was buying lottery tickets at a time when she “needed” food stamps to
purchase food is a whole other conversation, but the fact remains.... read
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Townhall Finance... Policy:
Obama Spent $24 Billion on Energy in 2011,
by Bob
Beauprez
The Congressional Budget Office says that the government provided $24
billion of
tax credits and direct subsidies to the energy industry in 2011. Here’s
how it
was divided up: $2.5 billion in various tax credits to the fossil fuel
industry, $6 billion
to the ethanol industry, $16 billion to renewable energy and energy
efficiency programs. So, the
industry that receives about 10 cents of each dollar of incentives the
government provides produces 85% of all.... read
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Townhall
Finance... Presidential
Pork Kills Keystone, by John Ransom
56 Senators voted in favor of a plan yesterday that would allow the
Keystone pipeline to go forward by cancelling the bureaucratic
roadblocks put up by the Obama administration/world-wide bus tour. “The
56-42 vote came after President Barack Obama called Democratic senators
to lobby them to oppose the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which
would carry tar sands oil from western Canada to refineries along the
Texas Gulf Coast,” reports FoxNews. “Even so, 11 Democrats sided
with... read
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Townhall Finance... Fed
Hooey, by Larry Kudlow
I didn’t want to let the latest cockamamie Fed idea for “sterilized”
bond buying pass without a comment. A Wall Street Journal story
explained that somehow the Fed will buy more long-term bonds, print new
money, and then borrow the money back so it doesn’t cause inflation.
It’s all a lot of hooey. Typical Fed tinkering. They can’t seem to help
themselves. The dollar has already fallen about 1 percent since this
story... read
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The
Marietta Times... Kasich’s
tax plan raises hopes for Ohioans’ budgets
March 9, 2012 - Ohio Gov. John Kasich is right about the natural gas
drilling boom in East Ohio. It is big and will benefit the entire
region. Kasich believes gas production may be just the shot in the arm
Ohio’s budget needs to provide tax relief to Buckeye State residents.
Reportedly, he is considering a plan whereby severance taxes on natural
gas and liquids extracted from it would provide enough money to grant
an income tax break to Ohioans. Before than can happen, much will have
to be... read
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Mail Magazine 24... 30
Stupid
Things The Government Is Spending Money On
If you want to get paid for doing something stupid, just turn to the
U.S. government. The U.S. government is paying researchers to play
video games, it is paying researchers to study the effects of cocaine
on Japanese quail and it has spent millions of dollars to train Chinese
prostitutes to drink responsibly. The amount of money that the
government wastes is absolutely horrifying. Do you remember... read
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Townhall...
The
Audacity of
Mediocrity, by Steve Deace
Mar 03, 2012 - If Christians, constitutionalists, and conservatives
were already concerned about apathy gripping the nation at a time when
we need eternal vigilance, I’m guessing a rallying cry of vote for the
guy “that will do the least amount of damage” won’t do much to awaken
our fellow Americans from their slumber. But that’s exactly what was
printed on an otherwise brilliant handout on Christians and political
activism I was given at the recent National Religious Broadcasters
Convention... read
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Christian Science Monitor… Sticks
and stones: the case for civility in American political discourse
By John Hughes, March 6, 2012 - Instead of dogmatism and hysterical
clamor, we need more of the ‘Shields and Brooks’ kind of civility in
our public discourse in America - A Friday night ritual for me is
catching “Shields and Brooks” on the PBS NewsHour. They offer
intelligent analysis and opinion, and though they may disagree with
each other on issues, they do so with good-natured civility. I was
delighted when... read
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Townhall...
Reagan
versus
Obama,
by Bill O’Reilly
Mar 03, 2012 - Last week, I ambled on up to the late Ronald Reagan’s
ranch high in the mountains of Santa Barbara County. Rancho del Cielo
(Ranch in the Sky) comprises 688 acres and one very small home. In
fact, I was surprised by how modest it is. The Reagans purchased the
property in 1974, shortly before the late president completed his
second term as governor of California. The story goes that Nancy Reagan
was not thrilled because the property is so isolated and the house is
tiny... read
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Human Events... Obama’s
remaking
of America, by Patrick J. Buchanan
03/06/2012 - Anyone who believes America’s culture wars are behind her
should have started out Friday reading The Washington Times. The
headlines on the three top stories on page one read: “California judges
asked to say if they are gay.” “’Tebow Bill’ for home-schoolers dies in
Virginia Senate panel.” “Opt-out on birth control defeated in Senate.”
The California judges story dealt with the lately passed... read
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Mail
Magazine 24... 10
Signs
Obama is Panicking, by Kevin Jackson
Obama likes to come off as calm and collected publicly, but he’s far
from it. It is said that Obama is a hot head, and we have come to learn
that he is extremely thin-skinned, when it comes to questioning his
policies or logic. Though there has been a slight shift upward in
Obama’s poll numbers, there are sure signs that he is panicking, and
here are 10 of them. Obama started African Americans for Obama. When
blacks supposedly voted 95 percent for Obama in the last election, one
has... read
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Townhall... Battling
Bigger
Government, by Ed Feulner
Mar 03, 2012 - The archbishop of Philadelphia. The president of
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The head of the Union for
Traditional Judaism. What do these three eminent religious leaders have
in common? They’re among more than 300 distinguished individuals who
have signed a statement by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
protesting the Obama administration’s infamous “contraception
mandate... read
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Townhall...
Afghanistan
Burning,
by Michael Gerson
Mar 01, 2012 - WASHINGTON -- For me, the Quran-burning incident in
Afghanistan brought back memories of the horrible morning at the White
House when photos of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison surfaced. This is
not to argue that an act of negligence at the Bagram air base is
morally comparable to the grinning barbarity of military police at Abu
Ghraib. It is only to empathize with an administration facing events
that aren’t its fault, but that are its problem. The pie chart of an
American... read
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Daily Events... Partial
Repeal
strategy for Obamacare
Fridays with Erick Erickson - 03.02.12 - Republicans and Democrats in
Congress are working on some popular bipartisan legislation to begin
partially repealing parts of ObamaCare — no doubt parts of ObamaCare
that would never have made it in had the Democrats read the bill first.
I think any partial repeal, and we’ve already seen some, is a
disastrous plan for the Republican Party to follow and will almost
certainly ensure... read
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Townhall...
Stop
the
Regulation!
by Michael Whalen
Mar 02, 2012 - In his State of the Union address last month, President
Obama raised some eyebrows in saying “I’ve approved fewer regulations
in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican
predecessor did in his.” While some of the President’s critics
immediately figured him to be playing around with the numbers, others
took it as evidence that the Administration might be more pro-business
than it is usually portrayed. In reality, the statistic was solely a
measure of the quantity... read
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Townhall... Who’s
the True
Conservative? by Mona Charen
Mar 02, 2012 - The theme for this year’s primary season was set back in
May 2011. Recall that the Republican-dominated House of Representatives
had just done something that cynics said would not and could not be
done. They voted for a budget -- the Ryan budget -- that actually began
to tackle the problem of limitless entitlement spending. The cliche
about entitlements (the “third rail”) had been largely true... read
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Redstate...
After
the Fact,
Romney’s Supporters in Michigan Seemingly Rewrite the Delegate Rules
Posted by Erick Erickson - Thursday, March 1st - According to the
Michigan Republican Party rules, each candidate who wins a
congressional district will win a delegate per district. Romney and
Santorum split the districts, so they each got 14 delegates. There are
two statewide delegates. The statewide delegates are divided based on a
mathematic calculation for each candidate who gets over 15% of the
vote. In Michigan, as Right Michigan explains, Romney and Santorum each
got one... read
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Human Events... Obama’s
campaign
bully brigade rides again, by Michelle Malkin
Ed: A chilling “must read”... 03/02/2012 - They’re baaaaaaack. Barack
Obama’s election-year goon squad kicked into high gear this week by
kicking the president’s fiercest opponents in the teeth and targeting
their pocketbooks. Returning to bully business as usual, the Obama
campaign launched a brazen salvo against two prominent conservative
critics and their legions of private citizen donors... read
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Free
the Cleveland schools from weight of bureaucracy,
By Kevin
O’Brien
So, it’s not just theoretical. There really does come a time when an
organization gets so thoroughly mired in rules and bureaucracy that it
can no longer do the things it was established to do. There really does
come a point at which the mission shifts so profoundly that the
original purpose of the organization is lost entirely. The Cleveland
schools have been at that point for quite some time. What was once just
a school district -- a bureaucracy established to educate children --
was ordered decades ago by... read
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Townhall... Dean
Faces Bad News
for Banning Good News, by Mike Adams
Feb 27, 2012 - Dear Dean (Name Withheld): I am writing today with some
very bad news for you. It would appear that, by the end of the year,
you may be removed from your position as Dean of Students at
(University Name Withheld). But, first, let me share the Good News –
that is, if you will promise not to prosecute me for it. I used to be
an atheist. When people tried to share the Gospel with me, I would
hurl... read
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| Redstate...
If
You Use
Georgia
Pacific Paper Products, Barack Obama Wants You To Turn Yourself In,
Posted by Erick Erickson - Thursday, March 1st - Georgia-Pacific makes
a lot of household paper products. Quilted Northern toilet paper, Angel
Soft toilet paper, Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Vanity Fair
napkins, etc. If you use any of them, Barack Obama wants you to report
yourself to the government. No, I’m not making this up. On twitter last
night, whoever the idiot is who runs the President’s twitter feed (I
assume it is not him), put up this tweet reading... read
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Mail Magazine 24... The
coming
civil war… over MONEY! by Michael Becker
There’s a war coming in the US, and it’s going to be a civil war fought
on three fronts rather than the North and South scenario last time
around. The results of this civil war are likely to be much uglier than
the fallout from the war between the states that killed 500,000
Americans and pitted competing economic cultures against one another.
The new civil war is going to pit generations against one another... read
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Redstate...
Time
to end
caucuses
for President, Posted by Soren Dayton
Sunday, February 26th - The discussion of Republican Party rules reform
is beginning in the aftermath of the catastrophe of the new rules that
were created by the RNC leadership in 2010. Many people attribute the
lengthening process to just the new rules, but I would argue that there
are several other factors. Some of the obvious ones are the weakness of
the candidate field and new campaign finance structures. It is hard to
imagine how Newt Gingrich would have been able to compete... read
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Townhall... How
Santorum Fails
Constitution 101, by Katie Kieffer
Feb 27, 2012 - I think Sen. Rick Santorum would make a great community
organizer. Unfortunately, we are trying to remove, not re-elect, a
community organizer in the White House. Both Santorum and President
Obama have a track record of ignoring the Constitution and implementing
their personal ideologies at the federal level. By incessantly talking
about his principles and his seven children, Santorum has convinced... read
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Redstate...
10
Ways Obama
Could
Reduce Gasoline Prices Now, Posted by Steve
Maley
I’ll hold my breath. Saturday, February 25th - Tulsa World headline:
Obama: No magic bullet to lower gas prices - WASHINGTON — President
Barack Obama says there is no easy answer to the problem of rising
energy prices, dismissing Republican plans to address the problem as
little more than gimmicks. “We know there’s no silver bullet that will
bring down gas prices or reduce our dependence on foreign oil
overnight,” Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet
address... read
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Townhall... Green
– the Color of
Rotten Corruption, by Bob Beauprez
As if it were his private stash of fun-money, Barack Obama set aside
$80 billion of the Stimulus boondoggle to artificially pump up the
green-energy industry through a DOE administered program of grants and
loans. When three of the companies that received funding,
Solyndra, Beacon Power, and Ener1, each declared bankruptcy in rapid
succession, a rotten stench started to waft from the DOE and the White
House... read
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