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Palin getting 2012 election season started
OK, she certainly has not started campaigning for national office yet, but she has taken the first step towards a possible run in 2012. Palin has rolled out SarahPAC, which allows her to collect funds that can be used for speaking engagements that will, well, promote Sarah Palin. From the LA Times… Like others presumed…
Read MoreLimbaugh’s opinion: My bipartisan stimulus
You’ll probably hear about Rush Limbaugh’s opinion piece published to day in the Wall Street Journal during his show today, but here are some of the highlights. The opinion piece really speaks to the attack on Limbaugh by the DCCC in the past few days, where they state “… Limbaugh actually said that he “hopes”…
Read MoreI am sure glad you can’t be my wife!
Former Republican Representative and Majority Leader, Dick Army dukes it out with Salon Magazine’s Joan Walsh over the influence of Rush Limbaugh on the Republican Party. Dick says its all show and just ignore it. The real issue Army says is the Democrats plan to redistribute wealth with this Porkapalooza instead of stimulating the economy…
Read MorePorkapalooza 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.…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreGetting 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.…
Read MoreObama on Al-Arubiya TV: I Have Muslim Family Members
I thought it more than just a little interesting that his first TV interview would be to Al Arubiya TV … especially since the US economy is in free fall here (or is it?). Even more interesting is this portion of the interview. He sends a message to Americans not to fear Muslims, then after…
Read MoreCulture of corruption migrates to Hartford
Many already knew that it had arrived years ago. Hartford mayor, Eddie Perez (D) headed over to Troop H in Hartford this morning to turn himself in after a warrant was issued including charges of bribery, fabricating evidence, and conspiring to fabricate evidence. The warrant was issued after a 15 month grand jury investigation. I’m…
Read MoreWanted: media reports on stimulus pork spending – Updated
We dished out hundreds of billions to the finance system and got pretty much nothing in return. Many of these institutions are now insolvent – whatever that means – but that does not mean the government can not find other ways to spend upwards of $1 trillion dollars to stimulate the economy. I should have…
Read MoreHope and Change Scorecard – Video Added
First Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised us the most honest and ethical Congress (video below) in history. Since then William Jefferson (D-LA) was found with cash in the freezer, Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangle (D-NY) laden with tax problems, a major benefactor of Jack Murtha (D-PA) gets raided by the Feds, not to mention…
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