Obamacare was on life support after the election of Senator Scott Brown but President Obama is trying to resuscitate it. After a couple of weeks of pretending to make jobs his number one priority for 2010, Obama is pushing hard again on his favorite big government program against the wishes of the majority of the American [...]
GOP mines coal-country anxieties – POLITICO.com
February 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Republicans believe there are three words so powerful that they might reshape the political order in an economically beleaguered corner of the country: War on coal. With Democrats holding total control of the federal government and a cap-and-trade bill still looming, the GOP is fanning widespread coal country fears that the national Democratic Party is [...]
Liberals Whined About Bush ‘Abuses’ Of Power But Don’t Care About Obama’s
February 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Leftists who moaned and whined and screamed endlessly for eight years (and counting) about the Bush administration supposedly abusing its power and trampling on the Constitution are strangely silent now that their hero Barack Obama is president.
“Where are the people on the left who were screaming about the Patriot Act?” asked Glenn Beck on his TV show. [...]
A People’s History of Howard Zinn – The New Ledger
January 29, 2010 By 11 Comments
One of the unwritten laws of opinion journalism is to never kick a man when he’s dead, at least, not until an appreciable amount of time has passed. The question is whether this can or should hold true for those who make their living by doing precisely that. The death at the age of 87 [...]
Michelle Bachmann Whups Air-Bag Arlen Specter On Talk Radio Show
January 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
My mother was a puncher when she needed to punch. She swung a mean left hook and blacked more than one eye during her youth. Horrified, her older sister Audrey ran into my grandmother’s home one day, screaming, “Mother, Mary Elizabeth is down on the tennis court trading punches with some boy!”
Righty Rep. Michelle Bachmann got [...]
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Politicizing Smog – by Rich Trzupek
January 13, 2010 By 6 Comments
The Obama administration’s new smog standards will mean higher costs for millions of Americans.
Obama Hearts Hugo Chavez?
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Why is it that nobody seems to be paying any attention to the similarities
that were seeing now between what Hugo Chavez is doing in Venezuela and what is happening here in America?” asked Glenn Beck on his TV show last night.
It’s an excellent question. The answer probably has something to do with the left-wing biases [...]
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Health Care Bill Is About What SEIU Members Need
January 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Andy Stern, President of the SEIU, tells CNN the true intent of the Democrat’s health care bill.
From the SEIU Bylaws, under To Achieve This Mission:
“We must organize unorganized Healthcare workers, extending to them the gains of unionism while securing control over the Healthcare industry.”
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On the Brink of Disaster – by Jacob Laksin
December 24, 2009 By 119 Comments
Obamacare – and a government takeover of health care – moves toward final passage in the Senate.
Air America Radio closing, filing for bankruptcy – AP
LOS ANGELES – Air America Radio, a radio network that was launched in 2004 as a liberal alternative to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative commentators, on Thursday shut down abruptly due to financial woes. The network once boasted hosts such as Al Franken and Rachel Maddow, but struggled from the outset, including multiple management shake-ups, [...]