Monthly Archives: August 2009

Line Crossed

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer have crossed a line in an op-ed they published in USA Today. They called the anti-health care “reform” people showing up at lawmaker’s town hall meeting “un-American.” However, it is now evident that an ugly … Continue reading →

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Obama: The Factor Of Four

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Gaius

Obama has publicly excoriated George W. Bush for running up a $455 billion deficit. Apparently, we missed the nuance there. It wasn’t high enough to suit Obama. So he’s going to quadruple it. Bailouts for financial firms and billions in … Continue reading →

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CBO Cites Facts, Democrats Whine

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Gaius

The Congressional Budget Office works for – wait for it – Congress. What a surprise, right? Well, when the CBO cites authoritative studies to back up their analyses, Congress and the current Obama spokesperson insist that the CBO just isn’t … Continue reading →

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Harry Hunkers In His Bunker

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Gaius

Wow. Harry Reid: Coward. He’s refusing to actually meet with his constituents and will only talk to them – or rather lecture them – over the phone. A day after holding up a square of Astroturf to denounce the orchestrated … Continue reading →

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Carter On Steroids

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Gaius

E. Thomas McClanahan, writing in The Kansas City Star: What we’re seeing in Washington these days is beginning to look like Jimmy Carter II. Carter, like Barack Obama, started out with the idea of stimulating the economy. His plan was … Continue reading →

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Ah, The Good Old Days

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Gaius

Like before last November. ‘Way back then, dissent was “patriotic”. Now, we are assured by the same Democrats and the media (redundant) that dissent is outright Nazism. Just ask Nancy Pelosi: The truth is that for my adult lifetime, “protest” … Continue reading →

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Only Approved Community Organizing Will Be Approved Of

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Gaius

Mark Steyn: Reporting dissent is the highest form of patriotism! Is your neighbor suspiciously “well-dressed”? Is he mouthing off about cancer survival rates under socialized medical systems while wearing a cravat? Give us his name, and we’ll give you his … Continue reading →

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No Pressure Here

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Gaius

Reading this piece from The Washington Post, two things are pretty evident: The writer, Charles Lane, a member of the Post’s editorial page staff, is not a particular fan of Republican or conservative attacks on ObamaCare. The second, more important … Continue reading →

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Travel

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Gaius

Today, I accompanied my wife on another trip she had to make for her work. We are out in California for several days. I had to buy my own plane ticket (her company travel agent will book that for me … Continue reading →

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Triple Cross

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Gaius

The big pharmaceutical companies thought they had bought some form of peace with a “secret”  White House deal that limited their exposure to the new health care “reform” by paying off the Obama administration (and that is exactly what it … Continue reading →

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Terrifying Us

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Gaius

Peggy Noonan in The Wall Street Journal: We have entered uncharted territory in the fight over national health care. There’s a new tone in the debate, and it’s ugly. At the moment the Democrats are looking like something they haven’t … Continue reading →

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Obama’s White House Encouraging Thuggery

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Gaius

Time to point this out. Past time, really. White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina on Thursday reportedly made this statement: “If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard….” And lo and behold, on Thursday evening hired … Continue reading →

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Thugs Show Up

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Gaius

Congratulations, Democrats. You actually just succeeded in making things even worse for yourselves. By bringing in your hired union goons to assault peaceful, if loud, protesters against your health care “reform” you will only achieve a backlash. SEIU is sending … Continue reading →

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Sold Cheap

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Gaius

Not so very long ago, the left was screeching about “Big Pharma”, one of their favorite bogyman. Notice how utterly silent they are about trotting that one out right now? Maybe because they have been told to shut up about … Continue reading →

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Forget Digital, Let’s Get The Real Thing

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Gaius

Unions will be sending paid thugs to town hall meetings to “confront” protesters who do not favor ObamaCare. We now have real paid organizers promising to produce bodies to confront the citizenry showing up at townhall meetings to loudly voice … Continue reading →

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