Archive for January 2011
Florida court holds Obamacare unconstitutional UPDATE
Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida has just ruled that the individual mandate in Obamacare, that all must purchase insurance or pay a penalty, is unconstitutional. This was the lawsuit brought by the State of Florida in which 25 other states joined. Given the comments by the court during…
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Challenger 25 years later
STS-51-L took off and flew for only 73 seconds on Jan. 28, 1986. I missed the launch – something I think I tried to watch live back then – because I was in a classroom somewhere on the Catholic University campus in Washington, D.C. Within minutes after the explosion, the TV was on in the…
Read MoreBlumenthal to Tom Brokaw … We Have “Failed To Keep Faith” With Our Veterans
From RCP, some might consider this, irony? The man who himself, failed to keep faith with veterans, repeatedly, is now lecturing the nation on honesty? My take below the fold but I must tell you I have mixed emotions on this. Tell me where I am wrong.
Read MoreHelp us “Find The Cure” for Lupus
Starting at 10AM we will present a special edition of the Jim Vicevich Show. Sandra Raymond, from the Lupus Foundation of America will be joining us, as well as Lisa Sartorius, the President of the Connecticut Lupus Foundation, as we take some time to raise money for Lupus research. Click here to contribute. Look for the “DONATE…
Read MoreRand Paul Speaks … making sense
It seems everyone has a response now to the SOTU but I am choosing to highlight Senator Rand Paul’s response because he does not hold back, he makes sense, and he, unlike so many others, understands the gravity of the problem. “The fact is the cat’s out of the bag …”
Read MoreEPA to regulate milk spills
Yes, you read that headline correctly. The federal government has decided that spilled milk creates a serious enough danger that it needs to be regulated, and, the EPA is just the agency to do so. Follow the bouncing ball, here. It seems that the EPA has discovered that milk contains, a percentage of animal fat, which is…
Read MoreAlan Simpson to AARP and NCPSSM: You’re phonies! Social Security sinking fast(er)!
Social Security is in real trouble and Alan Simpson is spitting mad at the two groups he thinks are standing in the way of reform. Turn em off, says Simpson, they’re all phonies …. and just for good measure, the AARP is just a bunch of marketers. “They sell stuff”.
Read MoreVideo:Paul Ryan and Michelle Bachmann respond: We’re headed for a cliff.
They won’t win awards for warm and fuzzy and they won’t win friends for calling for budget cuts … instead of freezes … but they will, for responding to the American people.
Read MoreCK speaks: Obama solidifies the Democrats as party of big government UPDATE: Obama video plus transcript
Worth the listen … not much commentary needed.
Read MoreObama’s stance on federal regulations
We did a post last week about President Obama’s new executive order concerning federal regulations. He has declared that all federal agencies review their regulations with an eye toward eliminating those that impose “unreasonable burdens on business–burdens that have a chilling effect on growth and jobs”. He will, no doubt, tout this during his State of…
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