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Leftist Economist Moves The Goalposts
Another Jobs report was issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Obamanomics recovery is still rolling along. Which means the US economy is stuck in neutral waiting for Obamacare to come and push us over the cliff. “Total … Continue reading
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Never Forget
69 years ago men willingly boarded landing boats, jumped out of planes and piloted gliders not knowing whether they’d live to see another day. There is a good reason why their generation is sometimes called ‘The Greatest’ because I don’t … Continue reading
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#No1040NextYear
I’ve had it! The IRS targeting Conservative groups was bad enough but their smug attitude during questioning made my blood boil and now we find out that this corrupt organization is living the life of luxury. “Already heavily criticized for … Continue reading
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FDA to the Rescue
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently decided to investigate the efficacy and harmful effects of a product that has been on the market for 40 years. “Antibacterial soap has been around for 40 years. But research now shows … Continue reading
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Fair Tax Now!
Corporate taxes and our complicated system of personal income taxes are a main reason our economy will never reach its full potential. With the current IRS scandal and bipartisan outrage against this corrupt department, there will never be a better … Continue reading
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A Liberal Policy Experiment at a Fun Park
Last weekend my son got invited to a party with some of his 2nd grade classmates and something interesting happened that I had not expected – I observed a social experiment that demonstrated the failures of Liberal policy. There were … Continue reading
Posted in economics, politics
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Climate vs. Weather
People on both sides of the Climate Change argument get the terms “Climate” and “Weather” mixed up quite a bit but it’s the members of the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult that have the most trouble being consistent. There was … Continue reading
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Scandalpalooza – Focus On The Real Villain
While Benghazi was still boiling, IRS-gate and DoJ/AP-gate broke this week and it’s very tempting to use these scandals to hammer Obama or (as some have hinted) gin up impeachment charges against The One. As much as I love railing … Continue reading
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How Leftists Really Feel About Obama’s IRS-gate
This story is getting worse by the hour and now it appears even top IRS management knew about the unfair treatment Conservative 501(c)(4) organizations received as Liberal applications sailed through. Surely even Leftists would be outraged at this, right? No. … Continue reading
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The State Run Media Tipping Point
I’ve often wondered what it would take for the State Run Media (SRM) to stop licking the boots of Obama and start doing their jobs as journalists and I think we may have finally reached that tipping point. I was … Continue reading
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David Sirota, Climate Science Suuuuper Genius
The Infinite Monkey theorem states that given an infinite amount of time, a group of monkeys randomly banging away at typewriters will eventually produce the entire works of William Shakespeare. The corollary to that theorem states that it will only … Continue reading
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State Run Media “Slips Up” On Polar Ice
In this NPR story about a trip to remote Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, the SRM censors let something slip out that will not make the AGW cult very happy. “There’s really only 2 ways to get there, by … Continue reading
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Why Do We Want To Be Like Europe?
Over the weekend I heard a friend of mine defending Obamacare using this typical response: “The United States is the only advanced Western country that doesn’t have a national health care system.” Without specifically defining what countries are considered “advanced … Continue reading
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Kentucky Derby 2013
I’ll be scarce over the weekend but ‘weep no more my lady’ for me – I’ll be drinking Mint Juleps and running the betting window at our annual Kentucky Derby Party. If your only knowledge of the Kentucky Derby is … Continue reading
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Like you’ve never seen before….. Catch the last 20 minutes of the Apollo 11 moon landing with full audio of the air-to-ground and Flight Director loops and the video from the window of the LEM. The site even has telemetry … Continue reading
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Obama’s Leadership Style
He doesn’t have one. To prove my point, let’s run down the events of this morning. At 8:50 a.m. the White House announces that President Obama will be holding a news conference at 10:15 a.m. The start time was pushed … Continue reading
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GDP Growth Under Big Government – The New Normal
The 1st Quarter GDP growth measurement was reported last Friday and it came in at 2.5% which was well below expectations. 2.5% GDP growth will not give us the recovery we need to get people back to work but if … Continue reading
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NPR Hypocrisy
NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston reassures us that these Boston terrorists acted alone and were not under the influence of any particular ideology. “As investigators learn more about the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his … Continue reading
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If My Son Were President
My 8 year old son had an assignment today to imagine he were the President of the United States. It was a great assignment and he brought that work home for us to review and his writing made me realize … Continue reading
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Introducing Planet Kepler-69 C
Using the Kepler Space Telescope, scientists have discovered another planet that orbits a star in just the right location to support life as we know it. The star, Kepler-69, has two planets and the planet named Kepler-69 C is the … Continue reading
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