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Is President Obama orchestrating reality TV? By Elizabeth Letchworth Beginning in 2012, President Obama seems to have
The GOP's Rich, White Male Problem By Robert Broadus, Candidate for U.S. Senate http://www.votebro.com When Herman Cain took the lead
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6/3/2011Obama's Cloud Economy
You just know the American economy is out there somewhere. If only someone knew which buttons to push to retrieve it from the storage
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Without a lot of fanfare, the Obama economic recovery officially turned 2 this month. Anyone think we're better off than we were two
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6/1/2011Losing the Future
E.J. Dionne Jr. returns to one of my favorite subjects today, highlighting the need for the United States to strive to be a more effective
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5/27/2011The Underdogs Show Strength
It was striking Monday watching a split-screen of President Obama speaking in front of thousands of adoring fans in Ireland, next to footage
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5/26/2011The Republican freak show
Question: If Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney were on a sinking ship, who would be saved? Answer: America. Cruel.
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5/24/2011Is America Ready for President TPaw?
The TPaw moment has arrived. For the uninitiated, TPaw is Tim Pawlenty, recently departed governor of Minnesota and one Republican who's neither coy
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5/20/2011Too Big to Fail? Geithner Says No
The Wall Street meltdown of late 2008 was, in real life, a harrowing event, triggering a terrible recession from which we’re still recovering. In the
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Newt Gingrich is seductive. Every Republican owes him a debt. He extended Ronald Reagan’s legacy to Congress as the architect of the first GOP
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5/17/2011The budget debate we all deserve
Despite Washington coming to grips with the fact that the debt threat is real, policymakers still are not having the debate Americans deserve.
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5/16/2011Obama can't win without Pa.
If you're looking for ways to boil the 2012 presidential race down to its simplest form, here's one of the easiest: It's nearly impossible
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Forget the fights over health care reform, the extension of the Bush tax cuts and any other controversy previously billed by the media as
5/13/2011Cartoon of the Day
5/12/2011Motley: General Motors 'Jobs Added or Preserved'; Sounds an Awful Lot Like 'Created or Saved'
We have with great frequency catalogued the ongoing farce that is the federal government’s $49.9 billion bailout of General
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels continues to keep the political world waiting, saying recently that he will announce “within weeks” whether he will run
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The number 270 will come to dominate almost every waking moment for the Obama re-election high command in Chicago—as well as for their
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5/5/2011Our Imaginary Debt Ceiling
It is reprehensible how politicians waste our time with whimsical notions about "debt ceilings" and "budgets." A federal debt limit is much like
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People who inhabit our nation’s capital get treated entirely differently than those of us in the Real World. The DC Denizens enjoy a much
The possibility that U.S. spies located Osama bin Laden with help from detainees who'd been subjected to "enhanced interrogation" techniques seems certain to
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4/28/2011Government Creates Poverty
The U.S. government has "helped" no group more than it has "helped" the American Indians. It stuns me when President Obama appears before
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4/27/2011Reliance on Uncle Sam hits a record
Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nation's history, a USA TODAY analysis of federal
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There is no magic formula to driving gas prices down," President Obama told a Pennsylvania crowd earlier this month. Although he was literally
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4/21/2011Obama pitches deficit reduction plan
President Obama opened his sales pitch to voters for a plan to reduce the nation's deficits, visiting the first of three crucial states
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What if all of the familiar sides in the current debate about the economy -- left, right and center -- fail to provide
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The morning Tom Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve’s regional bank here, announced that he would retire Oct. 1, newspapers nationwide reported that henceforth the
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A shutdown? Seriously? All the media and the politicians can talk about is the possibility that the federal government could shut down
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4/7/2011Reform or go broke
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Congress needs to "move the debate from billions in spending cuts to trillions" when he unveiled
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4/6/2011The GOP Path to Prosperity
Congress is currently embroiled in a funding fight over how much to spend on less than one-fifth of the federal budget for the next
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4/4/2011Picking the right fiscal fight
Washington's prolonged fight over the current fiscal year's budget seemed to be wrapping up last week when negotiators for the House, Senate and Obama administration
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4/1/2011Democracy Is Messy
Egypt is a mess. Nearly two months after street protests inspired a democratic revolution, the transitional military-backed government has proposed — you
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3/30/2011The need for the NewDEAL
As President Obama made clear in his State of the Union address, we can’t just stand still to win the future. To compete in the
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Medicaid, the joint U.S.-state health program for the poor, spent $329 million extra in 2009 purchasing 20 brand-name drugs instead of available generic
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While the national spotlight has been on Wisconsin’s efforts to downsize state government and get structural deficits under control, Ohio also has been
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3/18/2011The Anemic Recovery Continues
There's an acidic remark by Dorothy Parker, the New Yorker wit of the 1920s, that just about sums up our present economic predicament. She
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3/17/2011Man Versus Wild
The earthquake and potential nuclear catastrophe in Japan have brought home a set of questions that have haunted philosophers for hundreds of years—and
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3/16/2011You can't cut that
A block from the Lincoln Memorial and right across the street from the State Department, a gorgeous new building is just being completed.
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The PPACA bill is estimated to provide health care coverage for another 30 million U.S. citizens, substantially reducing the population of uncovered persons.
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It’s a strange moment for the economy. Just when it is picking up speed, the risks of another slowdown are also increasing. On
3/9/2011The job ahead of us
Dear Mr. President, Welcome to the Commonwealth, the home of thousands of hard-working families, small-business owners and innovators who are the job
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8.9 percent is a terrible unemployment rate. A drop of 0.1 percent does not indicate a rising economy - it indicates a slight upward tick
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Did you know that those in the federal government -- the folks who brought you $1.6 trillion of yearly deficits, brought you $14
Greed: The word itself has become central to the political debate over the budget, taxes, union benefits, what constitutes ethical behavior, and the shape
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3/1/2011End the Privileged Class
The manufactured Madison, Wis., mob is not the movement the White House was hoping for. Both may find themselves at the
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With the release of results for over 20 states, the 2010 Census has provided some strong indicators as to the real evolution of the country’s
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The Democratic Party’s increasing dependence on public employee unions is a serious disadvantage in the political battles of today and the years to
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President Obama's 2012 budget is not a serious governing document. It's a political one, designed to boost his re-election chances. By repeatedly saying
2/17/2011Cartoon of the Day
THE PRESIDENT PUNTED. Having been given the chance, the cover and the push by the fiscal commission he created to take bold steps to
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2/11/2011Stoddard: Battle begins on GOP cuts
After nearly two years of vowing to slash government spending, all eyes are on Republicans as their first cuts come to the House
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2/10/2011Cronyism Isn't Capitalism
When will you wing nuts stop referring to our economic restructuring as "socialism"? Winning the 21st century is all about business. This week,
2/9/2011Undermining Allies
While everyone's attention seems to be focused on the crisis in Egypt, a bombshell revelation about the administration's foreign policy in Europe has
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In the near week since President Obama’s State of the Union speech, commentators from all sides of the political spectrum have weighed in on
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Everyone is suddenly agreeing that the nation needs more new businesses. Mostly this new view is the result of a failed bet
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1/14/2011DC Spending: Our Dismal Debt Picture
Last year, I reported that the United States fell from sixth to eighth place -- behind Canada -- in the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal's 2010
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The charge: The Tucson massacre is a consequence of the "climate of hate" created by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party,Glenn Beck, Obamacare opponents and sundry other
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1/12/2011Buchanan: Poisonous Politics
On Feb. 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara, delusional and a loner, fired his .32-caliber pistol at FDR in the Bayfront Park area of Miami.
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Today the Republicans will take control of the House and at least de-facto control of the Senate, dealing with the economic and fiscal crises they
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No numbers in the year just ending are more consequential for President Obama than the results of the midterm elections. His party lost
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It was the year that the economy started to recover and then slid back into a slump — only to offer reason for renewed hope
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12/29/2010Nelligan: The Prophecy of Dave Walker
You might have missed it, but lately there's been some concern expressed about federal government finances. The markers are all there. Here
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12/28/2010Du Pont: Turning America Around
Barack Obama promised to change America, and he did. Federal spending has increased in two years to $3.72 trillion from $2.98 trillion, a 25% increase.
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Terrorism investigations of jihad in America will commence early in the new 112th Congress with a fearless, no-nonsense New Yorker at the helm. Rep. Peter
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12/21/2010Charity Begins at Home
America is facing the toughest economic challenges in our nation's history. -- Now is the time to put America first and curtail our foreign aid.
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12/16/2010Kristol: H.R. 1 Rescind the earmarks.
I can't believe the Democratic Congress will be foolish and hubristic enough to go ahead and jam though the omnibus appropriations bill with its 6,488
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12/14/2010Obama Plays Russian Roulette
Last week President Barack Obama met with former President Bill Clinton for lessons on how to co-opt conservative Republican fiscal policy so the economy can
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12/8/2010Throw the WikiBook at them
It is understandable for the administration to underplay the significance of the WikiLeaks State Department cables. But while it is wise not to go
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This week marks the beginning of the end of the long national nightmare known as the 111th Congress. Republicans were given a second chance—by default—through
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Just sense the terror accompanying the GOP takeover of the House of Representatives: the huge political battles ahead, the hand-to-hand combat with President Obama, the
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This week marks the beginning of the end of the long national nightmare known as the 111th Congress. Republicans were given a second chance—by default—through
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Last week, by a vote of 143-50, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California was overwhelmingly elected leader of the Democratic minority for the next Congress over
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The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee is warning of the pressing need for stability in the American economy through settled tax
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11/18/2010Hair: First Lame-Duck Votes in Senate
The Senate is set for a cloture vote today on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which requires that employers collect and provide to the government certain
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11/16/2010Hair: Earmark Ban Shootout in the Senate
Early fireworks are expected today in the Senate as the Republicans struggle to end the abuse of earmarks. The intra-caucus conflict is spilling out into
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Listen to the torrent of expected turmoil from GOP takeover of the House of Representatives: the huge political battles ahead, the hand-to-hand combat with President
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is delivering a speech at the Heritage Foundation this morning. His staff made excerpts available to HUMAN EVENTS prior to
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The latest surveys from Democrat-affiliated Public Policy Polling in the Illinois, Washington State, Colorado and Alaska U.S. Senate contests show Republican candidates maintaining leads over their
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11/1/2010Spending Revolt Campaign Update
National Grassroots Outreach Campaign Weekly Report – Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri October 25-30 Weekly Overview: The week started in
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10/26/2010Spending Revolt Campaign Update
National Grassroots Outreach Campaign Weekly Report – Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio October 18-24 Weekly Overview: The Spending Revolt
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Much back and forth has gone on this week over whether Republicans are committed to the repeal of the government takeover of health care known
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The challenge to the constitutionality of Obamacare is being heard in a Virginia court today, for the first time being argued on its merits. Virginia’s lawsuit
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10/19/2010SpendingRevolt Campaign Update
National Grassroots Outreach Campaign Weekly Report – Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware October 11-17 Weekly Overview: The Spending Revolt Tour
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10/13/2010Wednesday's SpendingRevolt Schedule
Matawan, NJ · Time: 2:00 – 2:30 pm · Event: Rally/Bus Signing · Location: Park Place Diner 1040 Route 34
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has forced a public correction to misinformation put out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary at a speech to seniors on
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10/12/2010SpendingRevolt Campaign Update
National Grassroots Outreach Campaign Weekly Report – Pennsylvania October 4 - 10 Weekly Overview: The Tour was in Pennsylvania
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Wilkes-Barre, PA · Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am · Event: Rally/Bus Signing · Location: Public Square Main Street and Market Wilkes-Barre, PA
10/8/2010PA SpendingRevolt Events
Please join us for our Pennsylvania Spending Revolt Events! Harrisburg (Turnout/Press Push) · Time: 9:00 – 10:00am · Event: Liberty Conference
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10/7/2010Spending Revolt Campaign Update
National Grassroots Outreach Campaign Weekly Report –North Carolina & Virginia September 27 – October 3 Weekly Overview: This week
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The House and Senate have set the schedule for a lame duck session in Congress to begin the week of November 15 -- two weeks
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9/28/2010Hair: Obama Kneecaps Airlines
The Obama administration set Big Labor on the easy road to cannibalize the airline and rail industries and last week Senate Democrats stamped their imprimatur
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9/24/2010Jihad to Subvert the Constitution
Security experts want a new dividing line between "moderate" and "radical" Islam delineated not by violence but by a willingness to hold the U.S. Constitution
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9/17/2010ASO: How Congress Works
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters yesterday he is adding the DREAM Act into the Defense appropriations bill that will be
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U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley this week equated an obscure Florida pastor and his congregants who plan to burn copies of the Koran on
9/10/2010Cartoon of the Day
Liberalism under siege is an ugly sight indeed. Just yesterday it was all hope and change and returning power to the people. But the people
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its unemployment figures for the month of August and the national average is back up: 9.6% A
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Another day, another Democratic Congressional scandal. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) has admitted steering $25,000 in Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) scholarships to relatives
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New rules expected from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are causing massive heartburn for Big Labor and fueling a new backroom push in Congress for
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The top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is conducting an investigation into unlawful propaganda efforts by the Obama Administration and
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Washington just can’t stop. On Tuesday, the House approved $26.1 billion in “emergency assistance” for state education and Medicaid programs. The Senate passed the same legislation
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Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash in southwest Alaska after surviving one 32 years ago, was the Republican Party's longest-serving senator in a
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Obama Energy Czar Carol Browner appeared on NBC’s "Meet the Press" Sunday with host David Gregory touting a lame duck session of Congress after the November
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced yesterday she’s interrupting her scheduled six-week summer vacation to hold a special, pro forma session of the House to
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8/3/2010Hair: Rangel's 13 Charges
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), former chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, was officially charged by the House Committee of Standards of Official
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The latest version of the CLEAR Act is slated for a floor vote in the House this week as Democrats look for ways to use
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-Mich.) is refusing to hold public hearings to examine administration plans to implement a new health care
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On Friday, House Republican leader John Boehner (Ohio) again floated the idea of a moratorium on new federal regulations as a means to get American
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The only two U.S. Senator physicians have released a blistering oversight report examining the first 100 days of Obamacare implementation. Sens. Tom
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At great personal and professional cost to himself, General McChrystal has just performed a tremendous service to his country. There is no need to debate
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Last night, the United States Department of the Interior shut down operations by the State of Louisiana to build a series of sand berms to
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6/18/2010In Memoriam: Mark Emmert
AmericaSpeakOn.org first launched in January, 2009. As we began this venture we sought out new voices; people willing to speak out on issues of our
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A new bill introduced by Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania would set up a taxpayer bailout of underfunded, multiemployer union pension plans. The
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6/11/2010Report from Cochise County, Arizona
Being an avid AT reader, and living on the Arizona border in Cochise County, I thought I would provide those who wish to be informed
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The Senate is set for a key test environmental vote this week and the White House is already threatening a veto. On
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Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr. was nominated on Saturday to replace Dennis Blair as President Obama’s director of national intelligence (DNI).
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As many of you loyal followers know, yesterday the House Republicans launched a very confusing campaign mimicking what www.AmericaSpeakOn.org has been doing for almost 18
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The House Energy Independence and Global Warming Select Committee's Democrat leadership actually held a hearing yesterday to complain about what they called the “politicization” of
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The words echoed down a marble corridor in the Treasury Department building, where there was a clamor of Medicare Trustees, two cabinet secretaries, the head
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced a new “tailoring rule” to attempt to postpone the disastrous consequences of their earlier “endangerment finding” that declared
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The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new estimate yesterday of the cost of Democrats’ government takeover of health care. The new estimate shows
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If there’s one thing we’ve learned this year from the global financial crises: socialism doesn’t work. Big government borrowing, taxing and spending has failed on
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Over the past nearly two weeks, supporters of illegal immigration have been literally hyperventilating over Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law -- and spreading misinformation.
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U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb ruled Thursday that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. The ruling came down in a lawsuit brought against
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House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) late yesterday canceled a hearing scheduled for next week designed to intimidate businesses for following the
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4/13/2010Hair: Postcards from the Energy Edge
Remember back in 1992 when then President George Herbert Walker Bush was viewed as out of touch with the average American because he didn’t know
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s home state of Nevada is expected today to join 15 other states that have filed suit to challenge the constitutionality
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I've been a frequent flier for more than 30 years. I've racked up several million "miles," and I've been through security checks hundreds, maybe thousands,
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First off, I agree that the cost of health care must be reduced, a return to the status quo is unacceptable and insurance company practices
The moment I heard the opening presentation and keynote speakers I knew this conference had gathered the best of the best people involved in this
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A forest fire drove a frog and a scorpion to the banks of a raging river. Scorpion: If we don’t go across the
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The reconciliation bill released yesterday would not mitigate the effects of the Senate-passed health care bill, but in fact make them worse: More Tax
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Health Insurance Expansion · Makes the tax credits for health insurance premiums more generous for individuals and families with incomes between 250% and 400%
Rep. Parker Griffith, M.D. (R-Ala.) switched parties recently to escape the far-left policies of the House Democratic leadership. The newly-minted Republican is set to lead
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Democrats are plunging ahead with their game of healthcare-bill chicken with the American people, literally daring people to throw Democrats out of office in November.
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Meetings between House and Senate Democratic leaders and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel lasted on into Tuesday evening and were aimed at crafting
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By ALAN FRAM (AP) WASHINGTON — Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will
Just when we thought the health care debate could not get any more tortured or bizarre, enter Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.). The now former Congressman
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By: Connie Hair Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) took a leave of absence -- but pointedly didn’t resign --from the chairmanship of the House Ways & Means
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This month marks the 37th anniversary of the homecoming of our POWs from Vietnam -- still the longest-held group of POWs in our nation's history.
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On Sunday, the White House again went on the offensive, trying to redirect continuing fallout from its own disastrous mishandling of the Christmas Day panty
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By Bob Keefe The Atlanta Journal-Constitution WASHINGTON -- As if the White House isn't already hearing it from others,
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The Supreme Court on Thursday opened wide new avenues for big-moneyed interests to pour money into politics in a decision that could have a major
The House Judiciary Committee this week voted down a resolution of inquiry that would have required the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explain to Congress
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Democrats continue to take heavy fire over their apparent refusal to honor eight separate promises made by then candidate Barack Obama to open health care
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By: Connie Hair The Free Flow of Information Act passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday by a vote of 14-6, a measure that gives
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President Obama is sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and is ordering military officials to get the reinforcements there within six months, White House officials
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At a time of record deficits and a $12 trillion national debt, President Obama and the Democrats are pulling out all of the stops to
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Democrats moved one step closer to passage of their $2.5 trillion government-run health care boondoggle on a straight party-line vote Saturday night, proving once again
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With the president's year-end deadline for health care reform looming, congressional Democrats know they'll almost certainly have to short-circuit the legislative process to
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11/11/2009The History of Veterans Day
What Do You Know About Veterans Day? Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of
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11/10/2009Understanding Reconciliation
Created thru the Budget act of ‘'74, the reconciliation process was created to change current law, in order to bring revenue, spending and debt-limits into conformity with
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By: Connie Hair Despite Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s pronouncement yesterday that the health are “reform” bill may not come to a vote in the
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11/3/2009An Unhealthy Chunk of "Change"
The Associated Press reports that the House Bill to be voted on later this week costs $1.2 Trillion over the next decade. This, the 1,990
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10/13/2009Hair: Pelosi Wants Another Stimulus
By: Connie Hair As Democrats consider another round of so-called stimulus spending, Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means have compiled a
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Yesterday, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the Obamacare bill still being drafted by the Senate Finance Committee will cost a whopping $829 billion
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ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis yesterday blamed the Bush administration for the organization’s woes and accused Republicans of “ACORN McCarthyism.” Lewis blamed
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Yesterday State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley referred to Gitmo terrorists as “refugees.” During the daily State Department briefing, the Assistant Secretary of State unveiled the
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President Barack Obama can't be faulted for following the failed Rose Garden strategy of some of his predecessors. Instead, he is inventing a new approach
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9/24/2009O'Keffe: Telework Tango
Back in college, ballroom dancing was the largest club on campus – but, ask as I might, I could never find a single student who’d
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9/22/2009Hair: Obamacare Special Report
By: Connie Hair If there’s one thing the Obama administration knows, it’s how to exploit a good crisis or -- if none is handy --
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The Critical Role of States in National Health Reform: It is a pleasure to be here with all of you this afternoon. As
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9/16/2009America's Healthy Future Act of 2009
Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009
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9/9/2009Dear Representative
**Pressure from voters is the only thing that might stop Congress from passing legislation that will radically change the access to and quality of our
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9/2/2009Kristol: A Loyal Opposition
By: William Kristol Six months into the Obama presidency, conservatives and Republicans have occasion for some good cheer. It's not simply that key
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By: Steve O'Keeffe You see, my stepfather was a bookie — "turf accountant" as they're known in the old world — so, I know
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8/27/2009Kennedy dead at 77
Liberal lion of the Senate, symbol of family dynasty succumbs to brain cancer Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who carried aloft the torch of a
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8/19/2009Hair: Obamacare on Life Support
By: Connie Hair As reported in HUMAN EVENTS, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius suggested Sunday the “public option” that facilitates the government takeover
8/18/2009Glassman: Town Hells?
By: James K. Glassman Deep concern about the government’s healthcare activity is nothing new, and politicians who believe that the opposition to
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By: Connie Hair Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Ca.), the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, yesterday released a Staff Report on
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8/13/2009Levin: Real Health Reform
Republicans have a chance to advance some market-oriented reform ideas. By: Yuval Levin This has been a most unhappy summer for liberal
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By: Connie Hair President Obama and Congressional Democrats continue to attack the “special interests” that have lined up to oppose Obamacare. It’s the usual Obama
By: Connie Hair Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), Chairman Emeritus of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is one of the driving forces behind the Democrat
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8/7/2009Hair: Town Hall Twilight Zone
By: Connie Hair The bizarre Democrat reaction to their own constituents -- the ones they invited to Congressional town hall meetings -- morphed yesterday from
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8/4/2009Pulling No Punches
The maverick on Obamanomics, Sarah Palin, and the media. By STEPHEN MOORE John McCain is red in the face and hopping mad.
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7/29/2009The NICE Road Ahead
At the debut of his own health care reform plan in June, Bob Dole recalled some words of encouragement from Ronald Reagan: Get me one
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7/27/2009Bachmann: DMV Healthcare
Submitted by: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann From what we’ve seen from the Democrats so far on health care reform legislation, it’s clear that they are more
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By: David Pollock Several new polls suggest that the United States is gaining ground in the "Arab street," and that President Barack Obama's latest overtures,
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By: Congressman Walden and Congressman Pence
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7/21/2009Card Check Deal In The Works?
By: Connie Hair Senate Democrats on Friday floated a huge trial balloon announcing a possible compromise deal on the Orwellian-named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
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By: Connie Hair In a stunning report (pdf) released yesterday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the current financial crisis was traced
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7/8/2009Sotomayor Comes into Focus
By: Connie Hair Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotomayor told the Puerto Rican ACLU that U.S. judges should consider foreign law in deciding unsettled issues.
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7/2/2009Hair: Franken Declared Winner
Just when you thought things couldn’t get more farcical in our nation’s capitol, the Al Franken Circus heads to town. Franken was declared the winner
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7/1/2009The Defenestration of Economics
The House of Representatives’ passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by a narrow margin late Friday is a reminder of the emerging
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If there’s one thing the American people should demand of their elected representatives, it’s that’s we should know what’s in bills before we vote on
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6/26/2009Hair: Cap and Tax Vote Today
By: Connie Hair The House vote on the highly controversial Waxman-Markey “global warming” tax bill is scheduled for today as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-Cal.) is
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The War Supplemental conference report passed the House of Representatives last night by a roll call vote of 226-202 with six members not voting.
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The Heritage Foundation Randy Pate On Tuesday, former HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt debated former Senator (and former Obama nominee for the top HHS
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The Small Business Association Myles MacDonald Nothing seems more important to Congress right now than healthcare reform. Who better qualified to debate the issue
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Watch today's Health Care Reform debate between former Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, and former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Tom Daschle live.
Relief won't go away, but changes likely, experts contend COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The tax-favored status of employer-provided health care coverage likely will be scaled back
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6/1/2009Health Reform's Savings Myth
"Health-care reform is entitlement reform" has become a mantra of the Obama administration. The idea is that Congress can add a massive health-care program this
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5/28/2009Questions for Sonia
Submitted by ASO member: Ignatius Reilly Obama thinks big. To borrow from Stephen Skowrownek, a professor of political science, President Obama seems to
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Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) introduced yesterday a Republican health care reform
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5/15/2009Remembering Irving R. Levine
Irving R. Levine was my mentor and I am deeply saddened to learn of his death as we were very close friends. He taught
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President Obama yesterday met with a group of health care lobbyists at the White House then emerged from the meeting trying to sell America on
It is vitally important to national security and economic security that President Barak Obama fulfills a pledge that he made on the campaign trail concerning
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4/21/2009Beyond Health Care
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America has just released a new report: Beyond Health Care. At a time when
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Not what the kids thought was going to happen when the "Easter Bunny" visited... Talk about a happy
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When the milk runs dry, the Obama farm is known to focus on pork.
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Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelt of Elderberries!
Okay, so President Obama held this electronic town hall thing at the White House last week where he answered questions from ‘regular people’ on topics
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3/30/2009The Reluctant Optimist
I’m fascinated by the delicate “plate spinning” the Administration is using to avoid a calamitous crash. It feels like they keep adding another plate (a
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Wouldn't it be nice to always see the world through rose colored glasses?
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An amzing look at what child's play has become. AIG vs. the rest of us is the new cops and robbers.
3/19/2009The Day Without End
$787 billion worth of bailout money – much of it being pumped right into the already behemoth federal government. The thought of those rivers of
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Who would have thought a business on the brink of failure would make questionable financial decisions?
3/18/2009Tax Payer Teaparty
Watch this video about taxpayers from all across the country protesting Government spending and the burden it places on future generations: Taxpayers
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I'm also proposing Dick Vitale as my Deputy Secretary... can I get a "Yeah Baby?"
3/17/2009Cartoon of the Day: A Change in Tone
All that negativity was bringing everybody down.
The Nancy is currently headlining a tour of fiscal irresponsibility.
3/15/2009The Reluctant Optimist
This would all be the height of hilarity if it wasn’t actually happening. When the screaming in my head stops, I have quiet
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In light of the recent stock market bounce, we can see that Obama is sure trying hard... if only that was enough.
3/10/2009Cartoon of the Day
Take a look at today's Cartoon of the Day. Obama and Gibbs sure seem to feel differently about Limbaugh.
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Wouldn't it be nice if the right hand knew what the left was doing?
3/9/2009Op-Ed: The Republican Problem
Submitted by ASO member: Grant Woods I am an Arizonan. It used to be easy to be a Republican here. We had
The Senators argue: We've let bad small banks fail, so we should let bad big banks fail as well.
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A look at the way our Administration puts out a fire. Burning good money after bad.
In the wake of the Stimulus Bill, that was so hurriedly rushed through Congress that not one Congressional Member read the bill before voting on
Since the inauguration of President Obama, our country has embarked on a big money, big government spend-a-thon. After passing a $1.1-trillion-plus economic “stimulus” package and
A transcript of Rush's show today:"But I have an idea. If these guys are so impressed with themselves, and if they are so sure of
Soren Dayton at The Next Right has a good post warning why he believes the Fairness Doctrine Fight is not over. Take
3/3/2009Cartoon of the Day
Check out today's cartoon of the day. A look at the various stimulus packages that have and will be passed by the Administration. It's back
President Obama will today nominate Kathleen Sebelius to be his Health and Human Services Secretary. According to the New York Times, Ms.
3/1/2009Cartoon of the Day
Take a look at the "new monopoly board". I wonder who will claim Park Place?
Obama lays out his budget this morning, which suffers from a $1.75 trillion dollar deficit.
2/26/2009Senate Prevents F.D. Revival
From FoxNews... The Senate approved an amendment Thursday that would outlaw the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," an off-the-books policy that once required broadcasters
But only if the slain soldier's family agrees to allow the photos to be taken.The AP has the details.
2/26/2009Congressman Pence Writes...
The American people love a fair fight and so do I, especially where the issues of the day are debated. In a free market, fairness
2/26/2009Fairness Doctrine Prohibited
Today the Senate adopted an amendment to the DC voting rights bill offered by Senator DeMint and other GOP Senators that would prohibit the Federal
2/26/2009Cartoon of the Day
Take a look at today's cartoon of the day. A look at the Administrations desire to be perceived as centrists...
Politico has a preview of what to look for in Obama's speech at 9 pm ET tonight.
The Democratic Congress (with a lot of Republican help) is seeking a 6.7% budget increase over 2008.Ugly.Politico has the full story.
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According to the New York Times, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to stop President Obama's plans for Social Security reform.The article may be
From an article in the Washington Times today:As CPAC begins in the nation's capital later this week, the conservative movement has much to contemplate as
2/22/2009Governor Bobby Jindal Interview
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was on NBC's Meet The Press this morning. On the show, Governor Jindal explained why he planned on turning down a
2/22/2009Cartoon of the Day
Take a look at today's Cartoon of the Day. A humorous look at how our legislature operates.
2/21/2009The Case For Nationalization?
The Wall Street Journal ran an article yesterday about New York University economics professor Nouriel Roubini and Mr. Roubini's case for a government takeover of
Dear President Obama: I have a straightforward question, which I hope you will answer in a straightforward way: Is it your intention
2/20/2009The Friday Laugh
"Loewe Sound"A funny and clever commercial.Happy Friday ASO community!h/t Sullivan
The video clip may be found here.Fairly incredible footage.
2/19/2009Cartoon of the Day
On her blog at Daily Beast.As a blogger and daughter of the 2008 Republican Presidential candidate, Ms. McCain knows of what she speaks.The post is
Because of near unanimous opposition to the poorly planned and poorly developed economic stimulus bill many Republicans are facing the ire of the Democrats and
The summit will be next week at the White House.The New York Times has the preliminary details:The White House is finishing plans for what it
The more things change, the more things stay the same?
2/18/2009Obama's Silver Lining
For all the criticism of the early Administration, President Obama should be commended on one thing, his opposition to the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.
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2/17/2009Another Example Of The Unequaled Sophistication Of President Obama's Communications Operation
The White House today released a photo slideshow telling, they claim, the story of the stimulus debate.And everyone knows that a picture is worth 1,000
2/17/2009Recovery.gov Goes Live
The Obama Administration's website for tracking stimulus dollars has gone live.
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2/17/2009Fairness and Localism
O'Reilly and Beck clip on the Fairness Doctrine and Localism:
“Labor – rather than the nation’s quantity of gold and sliver – is the cause of increase in national wealth.” This phrase was postulated almost
2/13/2009No Time to Read?
It was so important to get this Stimulus Bill passed and have it on the President’s desk by the Inaugural. So important that if it
2/13/2009The Friday Laugh
The FixerRight now, folks throughout the country are viewing on television the massive political machinery of Washington, D.C. and by that, I mean the press
Editor's Note: AmericaSpeakOn is tracking how President Obama's stimulus package is being received around the country. We are encouraging our readers to send us local
Ugly.And very, very expensive.
Just this morning, I reported that Sen. Debbie Stabenow has backed off on the idea of holding hearings for radio accountability, something she discussed last
2/9/2009ARE YOU MAD YET AMERICA???
$1.6 billion of your taxpayer bailout money has gone to failed bank executive's pockets this year. In mid-December 2008, well before "normal" bonus time
2/9/2009Stimulus Clears Hurdle
From CNN....The Obama administration's $827 billion economic stimulus plan survived a key vote in the Senate, putting a compromise version of the bill on track
2/8/2009Leader Boehner: Featured Blogger
“Stimulus” Should Unleash America’s Potential – Not Government’s Appetite for PorkOn Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported more troubling news that the American economy
2/7/2009Your Weekend Links
- Did you expect Change so soon?- The Stimulus Hurts, it really, really hurts.- Weren’t we supposed to be past “The politics of Fear?”- From
Sen. Stabenow wants hearings on radio 'accountability'; talks fairness doctrine This morning, radio host Bill Press brought up the recent closing of liberal station
The Stimulus bill now making it’s way thru the Congress isn’t so stimulating, especially if you are a young person in America. Believe it or
2/6/2009Your Nightly Dose...
From CNN...WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. senators debated a massive economic-recovery package Friday evening after sources said a working coalition of Democrats and some Republicans had
Okay, so the House passed a bill that seems pretty unlikely to provideanywhere near the stimulus the economy needs - and might do long-termdamage in
Loved last week’s Walter Williams piece http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/30/no-free-ride-claus/ on the "stimulus" plan. It gives a good explanation of how government spending impacts private spending and the
2/4/2009The Bailout
247 to 188; these are two numbers we should keep in mind over the upcoming months and years.Other than immediately attempting to remedy our Nation's
1/21/2009Cyber-Bullying: Free Speech?
America, SpeakOn This... When does the public good of protecting individuals from harassment outweigh our constitutional right of free speech?
NPR's The Kojo Nnamdi Show has an excellent piece on how e-government is changing the way grassroots communities communicate with elected officials.You can listen online
1/17/2009Dying For Freedom Of Speech
A member of the AmericaSpeakOn community wrote us this week to let us know about the life and death of Lasantha Wickrematungo.
1/16/2009"What Freedom Means To Me"
AmericaSpeakOn has heard from people from around our country who are interested in creating homemade videos answering the question, "What Freedom Means To Me".
On Fox News the other morning (at about 1:17 into the clip):
1/14/2009Barack Obama 2.0
You might not agree with President-elect Obama on the issues, but his team sure does know how to organize at the grassroots level.And there is
1/14/2009Editor Of Human Events Wants AG Designate Eric Holder To Answer Questions About Fairness Doctrine
Jed Babbin, the editor of the popular conservative website HumanEvents.com, wants Eric Holder, Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, to answer questions about the Fairness
The New York Times reported yesterday that President-elect Barack Obama has selected Julius Genachowski to lead the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC
1/9/2009Fairness Doctrine - Not so fair!
I, like most Americans, am thankful that the elections are behind us and a peaceful transition of power will occur on Jan. 20, 2009. This
On Wednesday, January 7, Senators DeMint and Thune and Congressmen Pence and Walden reintroduced the Broadcaster Freedom Act. The bill is identical to HR
#### Press Release####For More InformationContact: 202-621-1785Jan. 7, 2009AmericaSpeakOn.org Applauds Legislation to Protect Free SpeechWashington, D.C. AmericaSpeakOn.org applauds Senators DeMint and Thune and Representatives Pence
From: The Honorable Mike PenceSupport Real Fairness on the AirwavesBecome an Original Cosponsor of the Broadcaster Freedom ActDear Republican Colleague:The American people love a fair
12/4/2008Our Great Conversation
Over the last few months, we have had an amazing series of conversations and debates with friends, family, and even strangers. Incredibly, the range of
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced yesterday she’s interrupting her scheduled six-week summer vacation to hold a special, pro forma session of the House to
12/31/1969Cartoon of the Day
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