"The nasty little secret is that in some states, government dependence enables you to get a free cell phone with 200 free minutes a month too. That’s right: in Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia, if you are food stamp dependent you can get a cell phone for free. This awkward (and obvious) confusion of needs and wants only highlights the ugliness of government dependence."
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Does Barack Obama want to be re-elected in 2012?
"Few Americans consider themselves bigger than the presidency but Obama might be one of them. The man in the Oval Office, argues Toby Harnden, may already be preparing for a role as a post-president in a post-American world."
Does Barack Obama want to be re-elected in 2012? - Telegraph:
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Scratch Gingrich in 2012: Newt Backs Out of 9/11 Rally Against Ground Zero Mosque
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will not be addressing a protest of the proposed mosque in lower Manhattan on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
The organizers of the rally, Stop Islamization of America and Freedom Defense Initiative, announced Gingrich as one of the event’s confirmed speakers on the Web last weekend. . . .
[A] spokesman for Gingrich, a possible 2012 presidential candidate, told The Hill that the former leader of the House had never confirmed his appearance. Instead, one of Gingrich’s staff had agreed to send a video message from him to be shown at the Sept. 11 rally.
That has since been canceled. . . .
[The spokesman] did not comment on why Gingrich was no longer planning to send a video message to the rally . . .
Scratch Gingrich in 2012: Newt Backs Out of 9/11 Rally Against Ground Zero Mosque : The Other McCain
The organizers of the rally, Stop Islamization of America and Freedom Defense Initiative, announced Gingrich as one of the event’s confirmed speakers on the Web last weekend. . . .
[A] spokesman for Gingrich, a possible 2012 presidential candidate, told The Hill that the former leader of the House had never confirmed his appearance. Instead, one of Gingrich’s staff had agreed to send a video message from him to be shown at the Sept. 11 rally.
That has since been canceled. . . .
[The spokesman] did not comment on why Gingrich was no longer planning to send a video message to the rally . . .
Free speech? Obama song gets coach fired
America... the land of the free and the home of the brave. At least that's what we hear when we sing the National Anthem. Wait... are we still allowed to sing that song and express our patriotism? I know we are still the home of the brave, but it's become clearer that we are no longer the land of the free. Just ask "former" middle school football coach Bryan Glover, who wrote a song about Barack Obama and sent it to people on his e-mail list. Where did this expression of free speech land him? The unemployment line, that's where.
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Dem Congressman Bans Signs at Town Hall, Ignores 1st Amendment
Arrogant Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello institutes a "sign-ban" on his own constituents in Virginia's 5th District.
A clear violation of the First Amendment, Perriello was ordered to rescind the ban or face legal action
A clear violation of the First Amendment, Perriello was ordered to rescind the ban or face legal action
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2010 Sets Record for Cost of Government
Written By: Mattie Corrao
Published In: Budget & Tax News
Publication date: 08/18/2010
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
The average American worker had to toil through the first 231 days of 2010—more than 63 percent of the year—to pay off the costs of their state, local, and federal governments. This leaves just under four and half months for Americans to provide for themselves and their families before the growing tab of the cost of government comes due again.
2010 Sets Record for Cost of Government - by Mattie Corrao
Published In: Budget & Tax News
Publication date: 08/18/2010
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
The average American worker had to toil through the first 231 days of 2010—more than 63 percent of the year—to pay off the costs of their state, local, and federal governments. This leaves just under four and half months for Americans to provide for themselves and their families before the growing tab of the cost of government comes due again.
An Open Letter To President Obama
In today's dangerous world, we need a president with experience, leadership and courage. Unfortunately, you have shown us little of those traits.
Your childhood and younger years denied you the opportunity to grow up as an American man, and that is no fault of your own. Unfortunately, your lack of empathy for and experience of a traditional American upbringing has left you out of touch with those of us who grew up learning the traditions and work ethic of our predecessors.
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An Open Letter To President Obama - IBD - Investors.com
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Associated (Orwellian) Press : The Other McCain
Associated Press Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production Tom Kent sent the following note to the staff about covering the New York City mosque story:
Aug. 19, 2010
Colleagues,
Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington:
1. We should continue to avoid the phrase “ground zero mosque” or “mosque at ground zero” on all platforms.
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Aug. 19, 2010
Colleagues,
Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington:
1. We should continue to avoid the phrase “ground zero mosque” or “mosque at ground zero” on all platforms.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Privatizing marriage: a Libertarian solution
The argument over gay marriage, like many arguments in America, has been falsely presented as a single, binary issue: one is either for or against legalizing gay marriage....instead of legalizing gay marriage, what if each state de-legalizedstraight marriage? Why after all, should the state define what many consider to be a private, religious question?
Privatizing marriage: a Libertarian solution | CAIVN
Elmhurst eye-rolling incident raises questions - Triblocal - Voice of the town
Elmhurst officials are considering creating a "disturbance and disorderly conduct" violation after a resident accused of rolling her eyes and sighing was ejected from a public meeting.
France to expel hundreds of illegals on Thursday
Hundreds of Roma will be expelled from France on Thursday as part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's summer clampdown on members of the minority living illegally in the country.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Mexican officials don't want more Mexicans
A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to say Arizona's new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state.
At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money.
At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Paterson Would Offer New Site for Mosque Away From Ground Zero
Gov. David A. Paterson said Tuesday that he would consider offering state-owned property to the developers of a $100 million Muslim center and mosque if they decided to build it farther from ground zero.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Federal Coked-up Monkey Study stimulates jobs
Republicans critique jobs stimulus program — monkey studies and all
Those stingy Republicans have issued another lame attack on what they call "wasteful spending" in President Barack Obama's $863 billion job stimulus program.In their so-called "report," U.S. Sens. John McCain and Tom Coburn listed 100 instances of what they claim to be government "waste" and "abuse."
These include vital federal projects, like that $89,298 sidewalk in Boynton, Okla. Sure, it doesn't run past a home or business, and yes, it does end in a ditch. But it's extremely smooth.
And that nearly $800,000 program so a Georgia Tech University assistant music professor can hang out with world-renowned musicians and "jam" with them? Can't you dig it?
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Girl texted pics of herself dying
A DESPERATE woman texted photos of herself slowly DYING to her mum as she lay suffering on a hospital bed - being ignored by NHS doctors.
Tragic Jo Dowling, 25, sent over forty messages to her mother and best friend including pictures of a deadly rash spreading across her body as her life ebbed away.
The pretty youngster was diagnosed by her family GP with suspected Meningococcal Septicaemia after developing a purple skin rash and low blood pressure last November.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
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