Having heard “The One” repeatedly excoriated by conservatives for not specifying any spending cuts the lamestream media is circling the wagons to defend their president. Chris “Tingling Leg” Matthews asked Rep. Joe Walsh several times where the cuts were in the Cut, Cap and balance bill. I think that Joe did a splendid job despite …
Category Archive: Politics
Jul
20
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Jul
18
Balanced Budget Amendment
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., likewise bashed a GOP plan to push for a balanced-budget amendment in exchange for raising the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. "The bottom line is those who want to push a balanced-budget amendment are saying ‘I can’t promise you that I won’t steal again, but I will vote for the Ten Commandments,’" …
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Jul
17
Regressive Progressives
Calvin Coolidge would have many lessons for today’s so-called progressives and quite a few for today’s conservatives. Becoming president by succession when Warren G. Harding died in office he was re-elected in 1924 and oversaw the roaring twenties after a recession in 1920-21. His small government views would be considered rabidly right wing today and …
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Jul
12
Presidential Prevarication
In an press conference about the ongoing debt limit discussions Obama stated that professional politicians who do not want to raise the debt limit are being irresponsible as opposed to his stance in 2006 as a senator. The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership …
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Jul
09
Two Simple Points
Here are two simple points for our ruling class to ponder in between golf summits and spending more than we can earn. No taxation without representation. These simple words were the basis for our war of independence from the British crown. Nobody took lightly the threat of war with what was one of the greatest …
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