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Heritage
Network… Top
Five Must See charts of 2013
As part of our countdown to the new year, here are Heritage’s top five
must-see charts of 2013. 5. What If a Typical Family Spent Money Like
the Federal Government? While middle-class families are still plagued
by a sluggish recovery in the Obama economy, this is what their
finances would look like if they spent money like the government—and
it’s not a pretty picture. Most families understand that it is unwise
to constantly spend excessive amounts compared to what they take in,
but...
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WND RADIO… Is this Obama's Monica Lewinsky?
'Somebody can lie to you over and over again and do it pretty
convincingly' Lyndon Johnson had Vietnam. Richard Nixon had Watergate.
Ronald Reagan had Iran-Contra. George H.W. Bush had tax increases. And,
as first reported by The Drudge Report, Bill Clinton had an intimate
relationship with a White House intern. Now President Obama has a major
credibility issue that is sure to forever taint his legacy. Obama’s
credibility will be difficult to regain after the failure of his core
Obamacare...
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Heartlander… Study: Hydraulic Fracturing Is
‘Game-Changer’ for U.S. Economy, By Alyssa
Carducci
December 20, 2013 - A new policy study explains the facts about
hydraulic fracturing so legislators and regulators can make
better-informed decisions on fracking issues. The study, authored by
energy policy analyst Isaac Orr and published by The Heartland
Institute, which also publishes Environment & Climate News,
documents the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing, environmental
challenges, and public policy options. From Novelty to Mainstream -
Hydraulic...
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The gray haired brigade is coming,
Sent by a reader
The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net
worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35,
according to an analysis of census data released Monday. If
all
of us “old farts” have all of the money, then let us try to elect
someone who might be near honest and not be after feathering their own
nests. They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies,
geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "Baby
Boomers" getting...
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Evil Preaches Tolerance Until It
Is
Dominant, Then Seeks to Silence Good, By Erick
Erickson
December 20th, 2013 - In 1987, Andre Sarano took a photograph of Christ
on the cross in a jar of urine. It won the Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art’s “Awards in the Visual Arts” competition, which was
sponsored in part by taxpayers. Outraged Christians were told they
didn’t have to see it. They did not have to go to the museum. Their
money, of course, had to fund the National Endowment for the Arts, but
they...
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Sufficient
Reason… Politics,
religion, and life from an
uncomfortably logical and rational perspective
Dear
Liberal…Here’s
Why I’m So Hostile
- by Jeremy N. Choate - This essay is a bit of departure from my
usually reasonable and logical approach to important issues.
That’s not to say that the essay isn’t well-reasoned and is bereft of
logical argumentation, but I freely admit that it’s polemical, in
nature. Sometimes you’re just pissed, and you need to
vent.
Here’s my vent… Lately, I must admit that my hostility towards your
political ilk has ramped up, pretty dramatically. No, it’s
not
because we, at this...
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Heritage Network…Top
10 Broken Obamacare Promises, by Alyene
Senger
December 19, 2013 Since the passage of Obamacare in 2010, many of the
President’s famous promises have been routinely broken. As he so
ironically threatened in 2009, “If you misrepresent what’s in this
plan, we will call you out.” To that end, here are 10 promises of
Obamacare that have already been broken. 1. “If you like your health
care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.”
Reality: Millions of Americans have lost and will lose their current
coverage due to Obamacare. 4.7 million...
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Democrat: Investigate every
homeschool
parent, By Bob Unruh
Proposal gives nearly unlimited power to 'unqualified' social workers -
A Democratic state senator in Ohio has proposed a law that would
require every homeschooling parent to be investigated and approved by
social services agencies before they would be allowed to teach their
own children. The Home School Legal Defense Association calls the bill
sponsored by Sen. Capri Cafaro the “worst-ever homeschool law
proposed.” “SB 248 is breathtakingly onerous in its scope,” says a
report by Michael...
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Heritage
Network… How
the EPA Plans to
Kill Jobs and Reduce Your Income, by Amy Payne
December 17, 2013 - How’s your heating bill? If you feel like you’re
not paying enough, you’re in luck. President Obama’s Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is pushing new regulations on power
plants—regulations that will kill jobs, jack up your energy costs, and
even end up reducing families’ income because of the impact on the
prices of everything you buy. As Heritage experts Nicolas Loris, Kevin
Dayaratna, and David Kreutzer explain...
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Townhall…
Judge
Calls
Obamacare "Totally Ineffective" While Striking Down Contraception
Mandate
By Conn Carroll - Dec 17, 2013 - Yesterday, Judge Brian Cogan of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, not
only struck down Obamacare's contraception mandate as applied to
religious non-profit organizations, but also sent a strong signal that
federal courts were losing patience with President Obama's many
stitches of executive power. Previous courts had ruled against
President Obama's contraception mandate as applied to for-profit
entities (see Sebelius v Hobby Lobby)...
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Townhall
Finance… Death
by Renewables,
by Marita Noon
Dec 15, 2013 - “Even green projects have an impact on their surrounding
environment.” Green energy, specifically so-called renewables, has been
sold to the American public as the answer to a host of crimes against
the planet. But, as Lex Berko points out in her post on Motherboard,
“even green” has its downside. Biomass may be “renewable,” but burning
it releases CO2. Then, it’s expensive: “A 100% renewable-energy mix
from in-state sources...
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Redstate…10
Reasons to
Vote Against the Murray-Ryan Giant Spending and Deficit Increase,
By Michael Hammond
December 14th, 2013 (1) IT INCREASES SPENDING BY OVER $50 BILLION
DOLLARS. PERIOD. “New discretionary spending” would be increased by
$26,300,000,000 this year, $21, 600,000,000 next year (fiscal year
2015), and $8,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2016. Thus, the total
discretionary spending increases for three years is $56,500,000,000.
This budget’s ...
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Patriot
Action Network…A
Father's Letter to his Children, Posted by
Roger
O'Daniel
December 14, 2013 Family wisdom and the life story of family patriarchs
often are lost because parents neglect to pass it on to their children.
This letter is about advice given to me by my father, now deceased. I
was about to enter high school when this conversation took place. It
also includes a bit of personal history that followed that
conversation. Hopefully, you might find a thought or two worthy enough
to pass on to your children when...
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Masters
in Accounting… Follow
the money
Politics is big business, with millions spent each year trying to sway
the electoral process. Which industries, businesses and outside
interests have donated the most to which candidates? How Much Money Are
We Talking About? In short, lots. Here’s a look at what candidates in
2013-2014 have raised for this election cycle...
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Townhall
Finance… Catholic
Capitalist
Replies to the Pope, by John Ransom
Dec 12, 2013 - Dear Holy Father, I say to you Peace Be with You and
Merry Christmas. May God continue to bless your work in spreading the
Good News. I ask especially for your prayers for me. I congratulate you
on your recent selection as TIME Magazine’s man of the year. USA Today
reports that you edged out Miley Cyrus. “Time's other 10 finalists were
a mixed crew,” says USAToday, “President Obama, NSA leaker Edward
Snowden, Syria President...
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Heritage
Network… The
Budget Deal's
Sneaky Tax Increases, by Rob Bluey
December 13, 2013 - The congressional budget deal includes some “user
fees.” For the Washington establishment, that’s apparently the
politically correct way of telling Americans they’ll be paying more to
the federal government. For the rest of us, it’s a tax increase. The
Ryan-Murray budget deal, which passed the House on a 332-94 vote,
includes a number of “fee” increases. One would make flying more
expensive. Travelers are currently charged $2.50 per flight under the
Transportation Security...
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Heritage Network…The
More You Buy, the More You Save, by Amy
Payne
December 12, 2013 ‘Tis the season for sales. But beware of this
enticing line: “The more you buy, the more you save!” Because, when the
bill comes, the truth is: The more you buy, the more you spend. Some
Members of Congress are using this logic in their latest budget
proposal. They’re promising savings—but they’re actually just spending
more (of your money). Yesterday, Representative Raśl Labrador (R-ID)
expressed strong opposition to the budget plan, explaining, “We are
making...
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An
Unlimited Christmas Credit Card, by Amy Payne
December 10, 2013 - What if you had no spending limits this holiday
season? You could take that dream ski vacation you’ve always wanted…and
buy all new ski gear for your family to take on the trip…wait, why are
you renting a cabin? Go ahead and buy that cabin! And don’t forget the
private jet that will take you there… This is basically how Washington
spends your money. While you’ve been planning your expenses carefully,
Congress hasn’t...
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City AM…
If
you really care about the environment
you should love fracking. Here's why
by Guy Bentley - December 6, 2013 - A report released on Friday by the
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has found that increasing use of shale
gas can massively reduce some of the world's deadliest air pollution.
As well as slashing carbon emissions and providing enticing economic
prospects the findings of the report should present a compelling case
for those who value the environment to embrace fracking. PM2.5 are
microscopic dust particles created from burning fuel. These tiny
particles...
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Heritage Network…We
Bet You Haven't Heard This About Obamacare,
by Amy Payne
December 5, 2013 Another push is underway to raise the minimum wage.
But what you probably haven’t heard is that Obamacare has already done
that. The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum
wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates).
Obamacare’s mandate on employers, however, is already scheduled to
raise the hourly cost of hiring a full-time worker past $10 an hour.
The idea behind a minimum wage is to help low-income workers. But
Obamacare’s...
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Santorum
to Obama: Here's The Economic Plan You Asked For
Verona, PA - Following President Obama's invitation to Republicans
yesterday to offer "concrete plans that will actually reduce
inequality, build the middle class, provide more ladders of opportunity
to the poor," former U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate
Rick Santorum re-issued the manufacturing plan that was the centerpiece
of his campaign for president in 2012. "President Obama, you asked for
concrete plans to reduce inequality...
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Heritage
Network… Sick
of Obamacare? We've Got Something
Different, by Amy Payne
December 4, 2013 - The salesman in chief is back on the road. President
Obama will be spending the month of December once again explaining
Obamacare to the American people. Because if he explains it one more
time, maybe people will like it? We expect these holiday greetings will
go over about as well as a three-year-old fruitcake. Obama’s been
selling the law for about that long, yet public opinion has turned
against it. The President said yesterday that he’s “learned not to make
wild...
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Redstate…
Salon.com
Asst. Editor Declares Obamacare
Implementation “Sabotage”
By Erick Erickson - December 4th, 2013 - All I did was demand
Republicans insist Obamacare be implemented as it was designed and
written. After all, the President himself tweeted out his signature on
the law and declared it “the law of the land.” I’m sure Salon.com
Assistant Editor Elias Isquith thinks Obamacare is the “law of the
land” too. But he calls my demands that the law be faithfully
implemented “sabotage.” His view is a reflection of the left’s view
on...
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Heritage
Network… What
Will Happen When (and If)
HealthCare.gov Actually Works
12/03/2013 - HealthCare.gov may or may not be working—for some people.
That seems to be the clearest assessment after the Obama Administration
has flubbed two deadlines to get the Obamacare website working. The
disaster has spawned countless news stories and updates about the
website’s progress. But here’s the most important story: HealthCare.gov
can’t fix anything that’s wrong with Obamacare. Even if it worked
perfectly from Day 1, that would do Americans little good. A slick,
smoothly...
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Townhall…
A
Challenge to Our Beliefs, by
Thomas Sowell
Dec 03, 2013 - Depressing news about black students scoring far below
white students on various mental tests has become so familiar that
people in different parts of the ideological spectrum have long ago
developed their different explanations for why this is so. But both may
have to do some rethinking, in light of radically different news from
England. The November 9th-15th issue of the distinguished British
magazine "The Economist" reports...
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Heritage Network…Beware
of Happy Talk on Immigration, by Ken McIntyre
December 2, 2013 Is immigration reform coming back from the dead? Over
Thanksgiving, both President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner
(R-OH) have indicated that the issue —which has meant amnesty, by any
other name—is alive on Capitol Hill. Obama said last week that
proponents of amnesty should be “thankful” for Boehner’s stated support
for immigration reform and prompted laughter by comparing the
complicated issue to a turkey that could be sliced up. “It’s
Thanksgiving. We...
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Townhall…Finance
U.N. climate change talks: it’s really all about the money,
by Marita Noon
Dec 01, 2013 “Rich countries are still not pledging enough money to
begin financing a shift to a cleaner global economy,” reports the
Financial Times (FT) in its coverage of the United Nations climate
talks in Warsaw that ended with little more than a “vague road map on
how to prepare for a global climate pact they’re supposed to adopt in
two years.” Leading into what has now been called an “unsatisfactory
summit,” predictions ...
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Knockout Game (Aka Hate Crime)
Nothing New,
by Katie Abercrombie
November 29, 2013 - The mainstream media, once again late to the party,
is finally waking up to the popular urban pastime, the Knockout Game.
Well, at least a little bit. FOX News is talking about it, and some
local affiliates of the mainstream stations are reporting about it,
especially if it is happening in their area. The problem is that this
“new phenomena” is not so new and has been around for at least a couple
of years. The Knockout Game is played by urban teens...
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Yes, there are Republican
alternatives to
Obamacare, by Jason Pye
Thu, 11/07/2013 - Since the disastrous Obamacare at the beginning of
October, some administration officials, congressional Democrats,
pundits friendly to President Obama have been, unbelievably, trying to
place some blame on Republicans for the problems. They’ve also
countered the attempts to repeal or delay the Obamacare with the line
that Republicans haven’t offered any ideas or alternatives to this
administration’s ill-conceived law...
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Hillary Clinton Supporters Slowly
Realizing
She Didn’t Do Anything as Secretary of State
by Daniel Greenfield - November 28, 2013 - But that’s okay since
Hillary Clinton also didn’t do anything in the Senate. It could
actually be a good slogan for her campaign. “Vote for Hillary: She
Won’t Do Anything as President Either.” But some people close to Mrs.
Clinton worry that, because of the high profile given to her work for
women’s rights, and the headlines now being generated by the
hyperkinetic Mr. Kerry, her efforts on trickier diplomatic situations
have been eclipsed...
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Townhall…
Thankful
for
Property, by John Stossel
Nov 27, 2013 - Had today's politicians and opinion-makers been in power
four centuries ago, Americans might celebrate "Starvation Day" this
week, not Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims started out with communal property
rules. When they first settled at Plymouth, they were told: "Share
everything, share the work, and we'll share the harvest." The colony's
contract said their new settlement was to be a "common." Everyone was
to receive necessities out of the...
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