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March 3, 2010 – 6:39 pm

J.C. WATTS: The mother of all bailouts to come - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com
This so-called “reform” and “consumer protection” legislation authorizes a $4 trillion bailout fund for Wall Street. That is more money than President Obama’s 2011 budget ($3.8 trillion), the gross domestic product of Germany ($3.7 trillion), and between five and six times the amount […]

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What Is Different?

February 14, 2010 – 5:34 pm

Power Line - Unemployment in the Great Recession
Looking at this chart, what occurs to me is the difference between the current recession and the one of 1981. Look at the 1981 recovery and ask yourself, “what did they do then that resulted in such a strong recovery”, and is what we are doing now going […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Congress, Obamatons, Meltdown!!, tea parties, Media, WTF?, Oregon Stuff, St. Obama, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Control The Texts, Control The Learning.

February 7, 2010 – 7:14 pm

What a great idea from David Wu (D-Authoritarian) Eliminate the jobs in the textbook publishing field; and insure government control of the information in the text. It’s a win-win for Democrats. Allow politically connected ‘non-profits’ to insure the right ideas are included; achieve absolute conformity of thought and eliminate jobs in the private sector. (I’m […]

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What He Said.

February 5, 2010 – 7:56 pm

RealClearMarkets - A Federal Budget That Insults All Budgets
The government has no resources. Everything it spends was created by private individuals and still belongs to taxpayers. All government can do is take from the industrious, the inventive, the hard-working and the frugal to dispense on the inefficient, the lazy, or the irresponsible. Government spending bites […]

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Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes

February 5, 2010 – 7:08 pm

FOXNews.com - Justice Department Inspector General Stripped of Investigative Power
In response to a Republican lawmaker who requested a probe into dismissed complaints against the New Black Panther Party, the Justice Department’s Inspector General said he has been unable to investigate because he lacks the authority.
Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine wrote in a four-page […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Congress, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, bureaucrats, WTF?, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Boy, It’s A Good Thing That The Democrats “Saved Social Security” During The Bush Years.

February 4, 2010 – 10:29 pm

next-in-line-for-a-bailout-social-security: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
Don’t look now. But even as the bank bailout is winding down, another huge bailout is starting, this time for the Social Security system.A report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that for the first time in 25 years, Social Security is taking in less in taxes than it […]

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In Wake Of Tax Vote; Chicago Shopping For Oregon Jobs.

February 3, 2010 – 3:13 pm

Why Chicago Loves Portland
For virtuous tax competition, we usually think of Hong Kong. But who would have thought of Chicago as a lower-tax refuge?
The bright idea comes from Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who is looking to lure employers from Oregon after that state’s voters approved a huge tax increase last week. The tax hike […]

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The Things Liberals “Know” That Aren’t Necessarily So

January 26, 2010 – 3:32 pm

The Blue Assumptions
Among those blue-state voters who do put some effort into their politics, I find there are four mistaken assumptions about government that guide their thinking. Government is an exercise of authority, so it’s wise to have a clear understanding of the nature of authority before voting to expand government.The first, and perhaps most […]

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It Must Be the Air.

January 19, 2010 – 7:08 pm

When David Brooks started writing in the NYT I thought he was, not a conservative, but someone slightly right of center. After reading his latest I am starting to think that there is some time of mind altering substance in the atmosphere at the newspaper.
His latest on Barack Obama;
Op-Ed Columnist - The Pragmatic Leviathan - […]

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Oh, Gimme a Break - This Has To Be The Lamest Excuse To Date.

January 15, 2010 – 10:15 pm

Budget director blames old computers for ineffective government - The Hill’s Hillicon Valley
A big reason why the government is inefficient and ineffective is because Washington has outdated technology, with federal workers having better computers at home than in the office.This startling admission came Thursday from Peter Orszag, who manages the federal bureaucracy for President Barack […]

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