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More Obamacare casualties

By SoundOffSister / October 11, 2012 /

Darden Restaurants operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. It’s based in Central Florida, so, when it implements significant changes it’s news here.  Although Darden calls this new policy a test, somehow I think it is the wave of the future.

Seniors, be thankful this is not 2013

By SoundOffSister / October 10, 2012 /

Last week the Congressional Budget Office released the “results” of our 2012 fiscal year.  To no one’s surprise, we had another trillion dollar deficit.  But, there is another troubling number in the analysis, if you are a senior, that is.  The growth in Medicare spending was 3%.

What happened to President Obama?

By SoundOffSister / October 4, 2012 /

I did not watch the debate…I leave that to my brother.  But the talk today seems to be that President Obama wasn’t at his best.  And who better than former presidential candidate Al Gore to comment as to why that might be.  Here is what he said,

More union abuse using your tax dollar

By SoundOffSister / October 3, 2012 /

Have you ever heard of a government employee being on “official time”?  That may conjure up images of a federal worker actually doing his or her job, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Laws, who needs them, I’m the President

By SoundOffSister / October 2, 2012 /

This is an amazing display of arrogance and disrespect for our legal system on President Obama’s part.  Let me first give you the background.

This administration keeps partying on your nickel

By SoundOffSister / October 2, 2012 /

Although I am sure you would like to, who can forget the GSA’s $800,000 party in Las Vegas, or their $268.000 awards ceremony.  Then, of course we had the Department of Agriculture spending $2 million on an internship program that employed one intern.  But it gets far better than that, unless you are footing the…

More government waste

By SoundOffSister / October 1, 2012 /

If you have children in school, you already know where this post is going.  If not, read on to learn how the government is wasting your tax dollars in yet another venue.

Obamacare revisited?

By SoundOffSister / October 1, 2012 /

Today is the first Monday in October and thus the opening of the United States Supreme Court’s new term.  One of the orders issued is a bit unusual.

Welcome to Obama’s Medicare

By SoundOffSister / September 27, 2012 /

There was an interesting article yesterday about knee replacement surgery.  Before you tune out, this post has a far more important message.

Religious tolerance?

By SoundOffSister / September 25, 2012 /

President Obama spoke today before the United Nations.  In light of the swelling anti-American demonstrations throughout the world (attributed alternatively by the administration as a reaction to a video, or terrorism), he spoke of the need for religious tolerance.