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Fixing the economy: We got it wrong - latimes.com
Seeded on Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:47 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
In early January 2009 two White House-bound economists — Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein — predicted that if the stimulus bill were passed, unemployment would peak at 8% by midyear and then start coming down.
Obama to Hold Jobs Summit
Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:25 AM EST (FOXNews.com)
Finally, at long last, the President is focusing on what should have been his number one priority all along: the economy, or more specifically, getting people back to work.
ACORN is A-OK with Prostitution
Seeded on Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:38 PM EDT ( - Big Government)
A famous community organizer once said, "The only way to upset the power structure in your communities is to goad them, confuse them, irritate them and, most of all, make them live by their own rules. If you make them live by their own rules, you destroy them."
Rasmussen Poll Shows Partisan Divide
Seeded on Fri Aug 7, 2009 11:34 PM EDT (Rasmussen Reports)
Given the partisan anger prompted by the town hall meetings, it's not surprising to see a similar divide in the survey.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Freedom from Governmental Excess
Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:33 PM EDT
At the age of 29, I attended my first political protest. I didn't know what to expect, I wasn't sure if I'd fit in; I only knew that I'd been waiting for something like this since about 1998. A little over ten years ago, I started becoming disenchanted with the Republican party.
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Give me Liberty: Tax Day in Albany, NY
Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:51 AM EDT
On Wednesday April 15, 2009 some 2,500+ people turned out in the capital city of New York to protest what they feel is limitless government and taxation.
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Loosely Coalesced Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon
Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:15 AM EDT
Sitting at one of my high-top tables, looking out the window on a rainy afternoon, I was reading the local, hometown newspaper and I noticed something that had previously escaped me.
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Tax Increases For Even The Poorest Among Us
Seeded on Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:07 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
At least 10 states are considering some kind of major increase in sales or income taxes: Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
How Republics Die, Plato's Cautionary Tale
Seeded on Sun Feb 8, 2009 12:23 PM EST (TCS Daily)
I wish that I had written something this good. A cautionary tale indeed.
Poll: Americans are mad as He11 and we're not going to take anymore...
Thu Feb 5, 2009 7:39 PM EST
A Stimulnot Package that contains too much waste is not going to bring this country back. Stop pretending Congress. The slide has started down the mountain towards the Great Depression of 2009 and the people on the Hill don't have the ropes or cleats to pull us back up.
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"GO TO HELL..." Literally
Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:09 PM EDT ()
It's already popular among outsiders, who use the local post office to send tax payments and alimony checks with a Hell postmark.
Political Identity Crisis: Conservative or Neo-classical Liberal?
Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:14 PM EDT
I was born and raised in a conservative household. A catholic conservative household, in fact; mom as a registered "Right-to-Lifer" and dad as a lifelong Republican. So I learned from an early age what it meant to be a conservative, as my parents understood it.
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We Cannot be Ignorant AND Free
Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:45 PM EDT ()
Uninformed people are easily fooled. Thomas Jefferson said: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Obama Tells the Tax Truth
Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:38 PM EDT (New York Post)
An unscripted moment with an Ohio plumber produced a startling confession from Barack Obama Sunday: The Democrat's "middle-class tax cut" is in fact a scheme to "spread the wealth around."
Free Speech? or Thugocracy?
Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:38 PM EDT (The Washington Times)
Once upon a time, liberals prided themselves, with considerable reason, as the staunchest defenders of free speech.
Obama's Tax Plan Explained
Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 10:13 PM EDT (Stanford Knowledgebase)
From the property rights and rule of (contract) law foundations of a successful market economy to the specifics of tax, spending, energy, regulatory, and trade policy, if the proposals espoused by candidate Obama ever became law, the American economy would suffer a serious se …
Another Reason To Support School Choice
Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 8:25 PM EDT (Independent Women's Forum)
Public schools are government-run schools. That should give good liberals the chills--after all, having the government decide what kids are taught in school is an invitation to indoctrination.
NO BAILOUT! This is the smartest idea yet, will congress listen?
Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 2:15 PM EDT ()
Here's a sensible idea which will cost the taxpayers next to nothing, yet still provide a solution to the crisis we find ourselves in. It's short, it's sweet, and it makes sense. So, I guess congress probably won't like it.
How the GOP can take back Congress
Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:06 PM EDT
Two years ago during a mid-term election, the American people voted in the Democratic Party as the new majority in congress.
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Iranian Ayatollah asks Pontiff for help
Seeded on Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:45 PM EDT ()
The Iranian Ayatollah has been jailed for about two years for his opposition to political Islam. He writes the Vicar of Christ, as well as other religious leaders (jewish and islamic) to ask for help in freeing him. It's short, but incredibly interesting.
Don't like your kids anymore? Bring them here
Seeded on Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:35 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
A Nebraska law being abused is enabling overwhelmed parents to drop their kids off at hospitals. I cried when I read this.
Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign's Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
Seeded on Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:35 PM EDT ()
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
Democrats are Squirrels. They love ACORN
Seeded on Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:53 PM EDT (Hot Air)
This was one of the things republicans objected to. Those damn republicans, they just can't do what the democrats want. And it pisses Pelosi off like nobody's business.
The Most Devastating, Must-See Video of The Campaign
Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:22 PM EDT (patriotroom.com)
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