Archive for June, 2009

On Friday, the house passed the massive cap and trade climate bill which in effect will force new taxes on the American people.  This bill narrowly passed the house on a vote of 219 to 214.  Backers call this a bipartisan effort in that 8 republicans in the house voted for the bill.  Those...
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Update 6/26 evening: This bill narrowly passed the house 219 to 212 with several democrats voting with republicans.  Now it moves on to the senate where we have our best chance to stop it. Our government moved another step closer today to instituting a new major energy tax that will ultimately be paid for...
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If you pay attention to the news, you know that our government is spending and borrowing as if there is no tomorrow.  Every weekwe see a new plan that is needed “now” to save us from some catastrophe all the while laying the foundation of a new catastrophe caused by ever increasing debt. You...
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During the presidential campaign of last year, I never wanted nor looked forward to much of anything that candidate Obama promised or pledged to do when president.  However, nobody is all bad, even Obama. One of his campaign pledges that I thought would be good was his promise to post bills on-line for 5...
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Congress continues to work on climate change legislation despite evidence contrary to the global warming hoax.  We are told that we need to act now before we have a disaster of global proportions.  Al Gore shows movies of the east and west costs completely underwater.  Yet, the data and observations are contrary to those...
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A Glenn Beck viewer or listener sent Glenn Beck an open letter to the government through email.  Although the letter is not in eloquent prose, it does a fantastic job of summing up the feelings that many Americans have.  This letter is something that you absolutely must read. The author first states several things...
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When the Democrats took over congress two years ago, Nancy Pelosi promised that the Democrats would run the most ethical congress ever.  Since then, we have seen Rep. William Jefferson’s freezer full of $100,000 in marked bribe money, special deals on mortgages to banking committee members, numerous tax issues for several congressmen and the...
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This is an older post from “Like I was Sayin”, but with the pay czar becoming active, it seemed timely again. Not long ago in a speech, the president said that executives that receive bonuses in this economy is in bad taste and as president, he won’t stand for it.  Now, it seems reasonable to...
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Several interesting things happened this week in the world of politics.  Here are some of the stories that you want to make sure you didn’t miss: Krugman Blames Conservatives for Murders - Paul Krugman explains why conservatives are responsible for several recent murders.  He doesn’t seem to blame himself of the left for other recent events, but...
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Earlier this year we heard on and on that we had to pass massive stimulus bill to avert the certain disaster that was inherited by the current administration.  If we did not act “boldly”, we were headed off the cliff.  We were even told that if we didn’t pass the stimulus “now”, unemployment could...
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