Porkapalooza passes … Republicans hold firm – Update: Post

If the numbers I see here are correct … then Republicans refused to cave to this pork filled piece of crap. Some economic stimulus. Money for sod, birth control, HIV and STD prevention, government cars, the arts … not to mention billions for day care centers and let’s not forget ACORN. Please. Stimulus? You decide.…

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Times are tough … even for mistresses

Hey … now this recession has gone too far. I mean … what’s a girl gunna do? This comes from Professor Reynolds at Instapundit. When you click the link below it will take you to his site first … then the link to the article. But here’s a sample. Suddenly, I found myself being taken…

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Pansies!

Get tough DC … there’s a new sheriff in town and he doesn’t like it when school is canceled for an inch of snow. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGv8CWun3s Hmmm …. maybe I like this guy after all.

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DC Mall sodding a stimulus to economy – never mind…

OK … yesterday Gibbs defended the millions of dollars to sod the DC mall as an economic stimulus. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlhLMIrS2I But that became an embarrassment so the Democrats took it out. Today Gibbs was hit with the question today … yesterday a stimulus, today its not? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQajHrOXEIY These guys are starting to look like the gang…

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Obama’s so-called stimulus – bad for the economy

And it’s really only good for government. Volume III of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation’s Economic Learning Series has a new seven minute video that you must watch. Although it is currently featured on the home page, I’ve got it here too. It’s only seven or eight minutes out of your day, watch…

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What Republicans Want – Update: Video 6 million jobs

This is a companion piece to Steve’s on digging into the stimulus package. I thought you might be interested in seeing what the House and Senate Republicans have proposed. No pork … just stimulus. Hat tip to Michelle. Immediate Tax Relief for Working Families: House Republicans propose reducing the lowest individual tax rates from 15…

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Space Shuttle Challenger, 23 years ago today

Twenty three years ago today, at 11:39 a.m. ET, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart and disintegrated off the central coast of Florida during ascent. An o-ring seal failed, and disaster incurred. Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation a few hours after the disaster was one of his most remembered and eloquent. Ladies and gentlemen,…

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Getting all the way in to the stimulus package

Crazy title I know, but along with Heritage Foundations readthestimulus.org Web site, we also have a another site called Senate Conservative Fund that offers the full text – that is searchable – of all 430-plus pages of the bill. Update: New cleaner version of H.R. 1 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. a.k.a.…

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