Monthly Archives: July 2009

A Report From The Front

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Gaius

From the TEA Party folks who badly outnumbered the MoveOn folks in Texas. You’ll have to go over there to read it. But the video is out: Tweet

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Surprise!

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Gaius

I would have loved to have been at this little clambake. When MoveOn members showed up to protest in from of Texas Seanator John Cornyn’s office in Dallas, they found themselves heavily outnumbered by TEA Party protestors who were already … Continue reading →

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Ready, Fire, Aim

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Gaius

Now you know why Obama needs his teleprompter: President Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Friday to address the spiraling controversy over his comments on the Monday arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates by … Continue reading →

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Oh, Oh

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Gaius

Did the New York Times just turn on Obama? This article, calling Obama out on patently false and misleading statements from his presser last night appears to do so – rather bluntly. Mr. Obama said doctors, nurses, hospitals, drug companies … Continue reading →

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The Ice Floes

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Gaius

Betsy McCaughey in The Wall Street Journal: The assault against seniors began with the stimulus package in February. Slipped into the bill was substantial funding for comparative effectiveness research, which is generally code for limiting care based on the patient’s … Continue reading →

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1,647,111

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Gaius

That is the number of Americans filing first time claims for unemployment in just the past three weeks. The number includes an upward revision of last weeks number plus an increase week over week of 30,000. This time I see … Continue reading →

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Devastating Numbers

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Gaius

Whoopsie. These are killer numbers. As in political career killer numbers. The health care reform legislation working its way through Congress has lost support over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% of U.S. … Continue reading →

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Wah! I WANT It

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Gaius

The floor-kicking tantrum of a frustrated child or the speaker of the House of Representatives? We report, you can figure this one out for yourself. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said she’s open to keeping the House in … Continue reading →

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The Health Choices Commissar

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Gaius

Robert Book and Robert Moffit on the House “health care” plan: “If you have health insurance, then you don’t have to do anything,” Obama said on Oct. 15, 2008. “If you’ve got health insurance through your employer, you can keep … Continue reading →

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There Are Two Ways To Read This

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Gaius

The first is exactly how Jammie Wearing Fool does: It is all about Obama as far a Obama is concerned. Well, that’s nonsense. Of course it’s all about him. A telling episode recounted by Senate Finance ranking member Charles Grassley … Continue reading →

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Destroying The Myth

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Gaius

This item popped on Memeorandum. The Washington Times reports that no less an institution than the Mayo Clinic has blasted the House health care “reform”. A world-renowned clinic that President Obama held up as an example of good medicine said … Continue reading →

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Real Trouble

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Gaius

This is real trouble for Democrats. Listen to the laughter when the Democratic lawmaker claims that ObamaCare will produce savings. Listen to the question at the end of the clip – and the crowd response. People are refusing the Kool-aid. … Continue reading →

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Still Greasy After All These Years

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Gaius

The ever-treacherous Mark Malloch Brown is finally leaving British government, but not without gnawing on the hand that fed him. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Foreign Office minister also called into question Gordon Brown’s insistence that the … Continue reading →

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All Your Luggage Are Belong Us

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Gaius

The Animal Uprising™ takes a new turn – and that lovely summer dress your wife just bought. A group of tearaway baboons are wreaking havoc on a safari park after learning to crack open rooftop luggage boxes and escaping with … Continue reading →

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Obama: Health Care Reform=Greater Inefficiencies

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Gaius

A wonderful gaffe: “The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system,” Obama said in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers. “And greater stability and … Continue reading →

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