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Take the debt seriously – cut spending instead of increasing debt ceiling

By Steve McGough / May 5, 2011 /

Wrapping up the economic implications of raising or not raising the debt ceiling in less than two minutes is all but impossible in my opinion, but why not at least try? Bankrupting America does just that in this video after the jump.

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By Steve McGough / May 5, 2011 /

Obama administration will ask to raise debt ceiling $2 trillion – What would China do?

By Steve McGough / May 5, 2011 /

What’s the value of having a ceiling if you routinely raise the limit? At a personal economic level, I can understand providing a higher “credit limit”  if one’s financial picture showed an increase in income and a responsible credit history, but how can the owners of the national debt simply increase the limit with stagnant…

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By Steve McGough / May 5, 2011 /

Congress strikes back: the FCC and the NLRB

By SoundOffSister / May 4, 2011 /

As you may recall, the FCC’s  Christmas present to America was a rule, issued December 23, 2010, that restricts how Internet service providers (like Verizon, or AT&T, or a host of others) manage traffic on their own Internet systems.  The FCC’s rule was “in response” to a decision by the District of Columbia Circuit Court…

Connecticut, what are you doing with your money? UPDATE

By SoundOffSister / May 4, 2011 /

Yesterday, the Connecticut legislature passed a $40.1 billion dollar budget. Of course, it isn’t balanced but, Governor Malloy “hopes” to get $2 billion in concessions from the unions, after which, the budget will balance.  It includes some $2 billion in increased taxes including a “temporary” corporate tax surcharge on a 7.5% corporate tax rate.

Did Obama order to kill OBL, or capture and kill if necessary? Update: bin Laden suicide vest

By Steve McGough / May 4, 2011 /

There is a huge difference, especially to the professionals on the ground tasked with completing the mission. As usual, the Obama administration seems to be talking out of both sides of their mouth in the aftermath of the take-down of Osama bin Laden.

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By Jim Vicevich / May 4, 2011 /

Rumsfeld details how Bush built up special operations unit. Obama says thank you.

By Jim Vicevich / May 4, 2011 /

Okay that last part was just to get your attention. But if President Obama were being truthful he’d be giving a big Obama fist pump right now to Bush 43. He knows it. Now you know it.

Leon Panetta to Brian Williams: Waterboarding led to OBL kill

By Jim Vicevich / May 4, 2011 /

Not the answer the lefties were hoping for, and there will still be the deniers, but Obama’s head of the CIA confirmed last night with Brian Williams on NBC that yes some of the information used to capture Osama bin Laden was gained through the use of waterboarding. All of the humanity.