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Rewriting History - Clinton’s Balanced Budget? No, Gingrich’s Balanced Budget!

July 6, 2010 – 7:03 pm

This always irritates me. When the MSM doesn’t like how things happen they resort to to the practice of simply imagining things the way it suits them and writing that as news. It’s a tactic as old as history. But with the advent of the Internet it’s getting harder.
Not that it stops them from trying.
Today’s […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in The Church of the Painful Truth, Bush, Media, WTF?, The Clintons, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

More Landmines Located In Health Control Bill

April 2, 2010 – 8:26 pm

States fear that five words in Obama health law will open door to lawsuits
Tucked away on page 466 of President Obama’s 2,704-page health-care bill is a provision that changes the definition of “medical assistance,” the term describing what states are required to provide to Medicaid recipients.
States have in the past been required to provide payment […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Obamatons, WTF?, Betcha Never Thought Of That!, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Good Question…Lousy Answer.

April 1, 2010 – 11:30 pm

YouTube - Phil Hare (D-ill) doesn’t care.MP4

I really thing the question could have been asked in a less strident tone of voice. Yelling at a Congressman like this only gives fuel to the people who claim “tea baggers” are a bunch of nuts.
Keep the questions pointed and let them make fools of themselves.

By John Dunshee | Comments (0)

Ron Wyden Wets His Pants

April 1, 2010 – 8:27 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden wants action on Oregon gold prospector’s assault rifle Internet post | OregonLive.com
A southern Oregon wildland group was organizing an old-growth forest hike last month near the Rogue River. That caught the attention of “spilsnthrils,” a frequent poster to the Oregon Gold Hunters Web site for prospectors.”Out in the woods on their own, […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Oregon Stuff, The Evil Party | Comments (1)

The Show Trials Begin

March 28, 2010 – 3:47 am

The Party doesn’t like it when the Kulaks resist. Accordingly, when their manufactured numbers on the Health Control Bill start melting under the bright lights of private scrutiny they are going to go after those companies with forced show trials.
Look for a lot of huffing and puffing and grandstanding sound bites. Maybe even threats of […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Obamatons, tea parties, WTF?, St. Obama, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Gee, Maybe That’s Why They Are Against Job-Killing Taxes?

March 27, 2010 – 8:16 pm

With No Jobs, Plenty of Time for Tea Party - NYTimes.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Tom Grimes lost his job as a financial consultant 15 months ago, he called his congressman, a Democrat, for help getting government health care.Then he found a new full-time occupation: Tea Party activist.In the last year, he has organized […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Obamatons, Meltdown!!, tea parties, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, bureaucrats, All The News That Fits The "Narrative", St. Obama, WTF?, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

“Change”? To The Victors Go The Spoils.

March 26, 2010 – 11:19 pm

» Politics: Democratic Stimulus Haul is Almost Double Republicans - Big Government
An analysis of the “stimulus funding” shows that the money is not distributed according to need or unemployment, but by political party.
Yeah, “change we can believe in”?

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Meltdown!!, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, WTF?, St. Obama, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

The Morning After

March 23, 2010 – 7:27 pm

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Obamatons, DeFazio, tea parties, bureaucrats, St. Obama, WTF?, Media, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Neal Boortz - What Happens Next

March 23, 2010 – 12:09 am

Neal Boortz runs down what he sees happening in the next few years.
GAME OVER … LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
This will be somewhat of a “stream of consciousness” effort … but here’s the way I see this playing out over the coming years.
Taxes, of course, go up immediately. How much in new taxes? […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in The Church of the Painful Truth, Congress shall pass no law..., tea parties, Obamatons, St. Obama, WTF?, bureaucrats, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Fun While It Lasted.

March 22, 2010 – 10:37 pm

Well, it was fun while it lasted.
The American experiment as a Republic officially ended on March 21 2010. It will be finalized at a White House Signing Ceremony at the White House.
Our Constitution was written largely by James Madison who, in the Federalist Papers #51 noted “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. […]

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