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The End of Queen Nancy’s Reign?

March 19, 2010

Clyde Middleton of the Patriot Room sees ObamaCare failing miserably, and has written a humorous piece on the end of Queen Nancy’s reign.  I’m not as sure about the defeat of ObamaCare as I was a couple of days ago, though I am still optimistic, but I do believe that Clyde has it right that [...]

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Jersey Woman Seeks to Embrace New Levels of Fatness

March 18, 2010

First Jersey Shore, now Donna Simpson?  2010 is a bad year for Jersey, but I’m telling you, while Jersey girls have their own unique kind of baggage, they aren’t generally that bad!
Speaking of “baggage,” by now you’ve heard the buzz about Donna Simpson, that 600 lbs. woman who’s aiming to be the world’s fattest woman [...]

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Slaughter Solution Opposed by…Chris Matthews?

March 18, 2010

As a Democrat, you know you’ve lost the argument when one Chris “I feel a tingle in my leg” Matthews argues aagainst your position.  Here’s Matthews’ putting forth a common-sense (for once) argument against the Slaughter Solution as a Democrat.  I guess even a liberal shrill like Matthews can be right every once in a [...]

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ObamaCare on Life Support

March 18, 2010

I am getting increasingly confident that ObamaCare as it is currently construed will not pass.  Despite the attempts of the state-run media claiming that Stupak’s supporters are caving (they’re not), despite Pelosi’s continued claim that she has the votes, this bill isn’t gaining momentum.  Both the state-run media and Pelosi are trying to create that [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2010

Ah the perfect pint…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
And to all those in Congress prepared to vote for that Obama Care monstrosity in the coming days, here’s some Gaelic:  pog ma hon! (pronounced pogue ma hone)  Pog ma hone indeed.

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Recalling Bob Menendez

March 16, 2010

New Jersey’s non-comatose Democrat Senator, Bob Menendez, just got some bad news today.  As it turns out, NJ is one of 18 states which has a recall provision on elected representatives, so a Tea Party activist attempted to recall Bob Menendez.  Well, that effort just passed its first hurdle — a three-judge panel has allowed [...]

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Hot Air: From the People Who Brought You DemonSheep

March 16, 2010

From the makers of the infamous Demonsheep ad:  this isn’t Hot Air the blog, but a 7+ minute campaign video featuring Barbara Boxer as a blimp.  No, not a horrifically overweight person, but an actual, flying blimp.  I have to admit, I was glued to my screen for the full 7 minutes, wanting to see [...]

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Busy Supreme Court News Day!

March 15, 2010

As it turns out, today was a busy news day regarding the ordinarily quiet SCOTUS.  Usually, without any major decisions coming down, we hardly hear anything from The Nine*.  Here are three recent stories:
First, Butler University is cool with Chief Justice John Roberts attending his niece’s graduation this May, but think Roberts is simply too [...]

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Slaughtering the Constitution

March 15, 2010

The Democrats released a 2,300 page “shell” bill from the budget committee yesterday.  The bill is actually one of the House versions of ObamaCare that had come out of the Education and Labor as well as the Ways and Means committee last year.  It wasn’t the final bill used for passage by the house, but [...]

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The Astroturfing of the “Coffee Party”

March 13, 2010

I heard a little buzz a few weeks back about some people who are upset with government who want to organize to get this country moving in the right direction by breaking the gridlock in Washington and get our representatives to be more representative.
Sounds great, right?  Kind of sounds like the Tea Party Movement, but [...]

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Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against Democrats

March 11, 2010

The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that the Senate cannot vote on a reconciliation ‘fix’ to ObamaCare until the original bill has become law.  This is a major setback for the Democrats, as they were trying to convince House members to go along with the Senate bill by passing the reconciliation measure first or as part [...]

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Justice Roberts Stands Up for SCOTUS

March 11, 2010

Word came yesterday that Chief Justice John Roberts was upset about the treatment the Justices got from both Congress and the President at January’s State of the Union Address, questioning even whether or not SCOTUS should really even show up anymore.  Here’s my opinion about that address and the treatment of the court who are [...]

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A Ban on Flavor in New York

March 11, 2010

Ok, this whole nanny-state thing is getting freaking absurd and downright annoying.  Earlier this year, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a city-wide campaign against salt, which consisted of wasting money on ad campaigns telling people that salt was unhealthy.  Stupid, yes.  An annoying use of taxpayer dollars, yes.  Now, New York State assemblyman [...]

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Patrick Kennedy at His Whiny Best

March 10, 2010

Enjoy!

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At least his dad was a drunk — what’s his excuse?  … Oh yeah…

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Crist Should Do the Right Thing

March 10, 2010

Charlie Crist didn’t have to get on the bad side of Conservatives.  True, most Conservatives knew he was a moderate, and most Conservatives knew that he would be somewhat of a RINO, but after the thrashing Republicans got in the elections last year, they may have been willing to put up with a Charlie Crist.  [...]

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The Democrats’ ObamaCare Problem

March 10, 2010

Despite talks of optimism from Nancy Pelosi, all the signs are there that the Democrats don’t have the votes to pass ObamaCare, and don’t even have a plan on how to procedurally do it.  The fact of the matter is that the House doesn’t trust the Senate to push through the reconciliation fixes, and most [...]

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Pelosi’s “Read the Bill” Moment

March 9, 2010

When John Conyers ridiculed those who wanted him to actually “read the bill” last summer, we nodded our heads and generally agreed that people like him were the problem in Washington — so, we elect people to pass laws that they don’t even bother to read?  Yup.  We thought it, and it was confirmed in [...]

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More Wasteful Census Spending

March 9, 2010

I’m too stunned even to write a proper introduction to this:
Dear Resident,
About one week from now, you will receive a 2010 Census form in the mail.  When you receive your form, please fill it out and mail it in promptly.
Your response is important.  Results from the 2010 Census will be used to help each community [...]

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TIME Magazine Hurls Ultimate Insult at Obama

March 8, 2010

Mark Halperin at Time Magazine has soured on Obama.  In fact, in a piece this weekend, he hurled the ultimate insult at Obama – that he is similar to the dreaded George W. Bush.  The article compares not necessarily the policies (although there are many differences, Obama has continued many of Bush’s policies that he [...]

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Why Quality is a Problem in America’s Schools

March 8, 2010

The free market is a wonderful thing.  Companies that are run effectively usually succeed, and companies that are run haphazardly or inefficiently tend to fail.  The free market weeds out the bad companies (unless of course, the bad company has a labor union or is “too big to fail” and obtains a government bailout – [...]

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Axis of Right Radio, Show #3, 3/6/2010

March 7, 2010

Episode #3 of Axis of Right Radio is now available. In this episode, Mike, Ryan, and Sal discuss the current state of ObamaCare, from the Health Care summit to the current push for reconciliation; the role of the filibuster in American history; the current state of the media, old vs. new; and the latest [...]

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The Spending Limit Amendment

March 7, 2010

Three House Republicans, Mike Pence, Jeb Hensarling, and John Campbell, are proposing a Constitutional amendment which states that Federal spending shall not exceed 20% of the economy unless in times of war, debt repayment or by the will of a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress.
Known as the Spending Limit Amendment (pdf file), co-author [...]

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NJ Transit: Going Nowhere Fast

March 6, 2010

Governor Chris Christie inherited a huge mess in New Jersey when he took office about six weeks ago.  Since then he’s taken an approach which has dealt with cutting large state expenditures in order to try to deal with the state’s $2.2 billion budget deficit.  His first offensive was against the pension system (which I [...]

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The Next Battle: Amnesty is Back

March 5, 2010

With the ObamaCare debate possibly ending in the next several weeks (hopefully in catastrophic defeat), it is worth looking at what is coming down the pike.  What appears to be on the docket is amnesty.  Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) an  Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC) are gearing up to reintroduce “comprehensive immigration reform” in the Senate (note:  [...]

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I’m Glad Scott Brown is on Our Side

March 4, 2010

Some accused Senator Scott Brown of being a RINO when he voted for Reid’s $15 billion jobs bill. Yet isn’t it worth him voting the wrong way a few times if he’s solid on the real important legislation, such as ObamaCare?

Nicely said, Senator Brown.  I’m so glad he’s MY United States Senator, and not Martha [...]

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Does He Have the Votes?

March 4, 2010

Does Obama even have the votes to pass ObamaCare via reconciliation?  Interestingly enough, the problem may lie in the House, not in the Senate.  Obama has decided to go all-in with reconciliation, but now he must convince his own caucus in the House to unite around a single bill.
The original ObamaCare proposal passed the house [...]

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Obama: Reconcile THIS!

March 3, 2010

Where’s the modern day Paul Revere galloping through the towns this night shouting “The White Coats are coming!  The White Coats are coming!“?  Maybe Paul’s waiting to see how things shake out over the next few weeks.
As it turns out in a speech earlier today, President Obama decided that health care reform simply must be [...]

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New ObamaCare Plan: Lipstick on a Pig

March 2, 2010

The Democrats have lost the health care reform debate:   that much is clear in the polling and by their actions.  However, the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Team are not ready to throw in the towel.  One just has to refer to last Thursday’s “bipartisan” Health Care summit to see that Obama and crew are still trying to [...]

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Will Obama Pivot?

March 2, 2010

Anything could happen in the next eight months until the mid-term elections, but if they were held today, the Democrats would be soundly defeated by the GOP.  This wouldn’t be due to any affection people have to the GOP, but rather the public rejection of the creeping socialism advocated by this administration.  Yet Obama simply [...]

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Excuses, Excuses

March 2, 2010

It looks like the Obama administration is preparing for a bad unemployment report this week, as Obama economic adviser Larry Summers is coming up with excuses, blaming the bad weather of February’s blizzards for increased unemployment.  This several days before the report is to come out, so the administration must be preparing for some real [...]

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