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What Liberals Really Want (Part 2)
(See here for Part 1) If you ever doubted that true Leftist ideology was bad for America, then Katrina vanden Heuvel’s (@KatrinaNation) blog post last week in The Nation should remove any shred of doubt you had. Obama has been … Continue reading
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Obama Didn’t Change That
President Obama admitted today that his first term as President has been a complete failure based on the critera set forth by himself and that he’ll be a failure as long as he remains President of the United States. “The … Continue reading
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Romney Was Right
A “secret” video surfaced this week and if you believe the Leftist media, you can go ahead and call the elections off in November, Obama will crush Romney! But I disagree and in my opinion, this video release will only … Continue reading
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Dive Deeper Into The Polls
The poll numbers are coming fast and furious now and this will not let up until November 7th so I caution everyone to look a little deeper than the poll headlines before they come to any conclusions. I use Real … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Journalists
After the murder of 4 American citizens in Libya, the Main Stream Media (MSM) has been more concerned with Romney gaffes and an anti-Islam movie (that hardly anybody has actually seen) than the breakdown in our intelligence system. I offer … Continue reading
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Why Would You Vote For This Guy?
I was watching Obama’s campaign rally in Las Vegas tonight and I saw it opened up with the crowd chanting “Four more years!” After seeing that, the first thought to enter my mind was “How in the hell could non-mentally-challenged … Continue reading
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Global Temperature and CO2 Update – September 2012
The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult is frustrated that they haven’t been able to convince enough people in the United States to believe their thesis that humans (with their lust for fossil fuels) are altering Earth’s climate and that if … Continue reading
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How Democrats Treat Their Unions
You might want to get a bowl of popcorn before you read this. The Chicago Teacher’s Union is in a bitter fight with the Mayor Rahm Emanual (former Obama Chief of Staff) and they are ready to walk off the … Continue reading
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A Thought Experiment on Entitlement Programs
One of the topics during the 2012 Presidential election is entitlement spending and whether we need to reform these programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Food Stamps and Unemployment Insurance), keep them in their current state or expand them. In … Continue reading
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Who Was The 44th US President?
The Democratic National Convention starts this week and a recent NPR story gave us a sneak peek about what the major themes will be. A few quotes from the NPR article are pasted below with emphasis mine. “Unlike what Republicans … Continue reading
The Value of a Part Time Job (part 3)
This is the 3rd and final post in a weekend series where I am celebrating the Labor Day holiday by reminiscing about what I learned from my first part time job at Wal-Mart that I held beginning halfway through my … Continue reading
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The Value of a Part Time Job (part 2)
This is the 2nd post in a weekend series where I am celebrating the Labor Day holiday by reminiscing about what I learned from my first part time job at Wal-Mart that I held beginning halfway through my sophomore year … Continue reading
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The Value of a Part Time Job (Part 1)
We’re in the middle of Labor Day weekend and Unions use this event to remind us that if it weren’t for them, we’d have to work this coming Monday. But instead of dedicating another post providing evidence how Unions are … Continue reading
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Obama Attempts to Shift the Goalposts
President Obama made the following comments yesterday at the Iowa State campus (emphasis mine): “And, frankly, some folks, they make it their political strategy to try to make you feel discouraged. They’ll tell you over and over again how bad … Continue reading
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An Elevator Pitch For Romney
The November elections are less than 3 months away, the party conventions are starting and soon the debates will be on TV so this is the time when those who only follow politics once a year will start to pay … Continue reading
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New Romney Tactic
Today Mitt Romney made a joke about his birth certificate and it was damn funny! “Now I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born in Henry … Continue reading
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The Inconvenient Truth of Ice Melt
One of the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult lies was revealed last month and yesterday we saw another one exposed. From a recent NPR story we see that there is a new paper published in Nature that shows prior warming … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Union Still Upset and Clueless
From a recent NPR story, it appears the Wisconsin Union supporters are still upset about that smack down Governor Walker laid on them back in June. NPR’s Morning Edition is doing on the street reports from swing states and … Continue reading
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Akin is akin to Stupid
On Sunday, Rep. Todd Akin (who is competing against incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill), made the following comments about rape and abortion: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy after rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in … Continue reading
They Grow Up Too Fast
When my first child was about 3 months old I attended the wedding of my sister-in-law and during the reception my father-in-law walked over to my table and told me that the time between this (he pointed at my baby … Continue reading
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