Monthly Archives: August 2009

ObamaCare: Forcing Failed Policies Nationwide

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Gaius

The Wall Street Journal points out the truth about health insurance and what ObamaCare will do to it. The short answer is that this is going to cost you and I a lot more than the schemers are promising. Because … Continue reading →

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Fishy, Fishy, Fishy

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

Here Fishy. Matthews to Obama protester: Why’d you bring a loaded gun to a town hall with the president? Good question, especially given the sign this guy was carrying. Considering the lengths to which the Secret Service normally goes to … Continue reading →

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Apparently, They Did Stop Driving That Hod Rod Lincoln

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

Now all of a sudden she started to knockin’ And down in the dips she started to rockin’ I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin’ The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln (C. Ryan/WS Stevenson Hot … Continue reading →

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Get Tough

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

Rasmussen has another new poll out. Yesterday I posted about the disastrous results of a previous poll - disastrous for Democrats, that is. People in that poll were strongly against a single payer (socialized) health care. The newest poll today shows that … Continue reading →

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Numbers

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

I was talking to a British man a couple of days ago and he told me something about the British National Health Service that I had not known. It seems the NHS employs some 1.3 million people. That is the … Continue reading →

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Air Pelosi Falls To Earth

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

We regret to inform readers that a budding new player in the field of congressional glad-handing has faltered. Yes, Congress will not be getting its new fleet of luxury jets with which to spend massive amounts of taxpayer money on … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Shrinking Economy

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

USA Today reports on the record setting Obama deficit – and adds in some more grim news: While revenue continues to decline, government spending is rising as a result of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan passed six months ago. Stimulus … Continue reading →

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Did Obama Just Throw Pelosi Under The Bus?

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

This appears to be the jettisoning of some unappealing baggage. Obama’s deputy press secretary was trotted out to make the announcement – just in case Obama has to backpedal from this position, too. “I think there’s actually a pretty long … Continue reading →

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Disastrous Poll For ObamaCare

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

This is why the Democrats are lashing out like wounded water buffalo. Rasmussen’s latest poll shows ObamaCare dropping like a rock in public opinion. As in approaching two to one against. Worst of all for Obama’s plan, the ratio is … Continue reading →

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

One of Hugh Hewitt’s listeners catches Paul Krugman “liberating” a catchy phrase or two from the late William Butler Yeats. Reeling, the president went to Virginia to try and aid the sinking Deeds campaign for governor and revive the administration’s … Continue reading →

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Pelosi: SEIU Un-American

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

Well, this would be embarrassing – if Nancy Pelosi was capable of embarrassment, that is. Just this morning, Nancy told the world – and especially those Americans opposed to her plans that, “Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American.” Mary … Continue reading →

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Taxing The Poor

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

The department of unintended consequences: Cash for Clunkers will impose what amounts to a new tax on the working poor: Hundreds of thousands of “clunkers” headed for scrappers may cause already rising prices for used cars to head even higher, … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Cake

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

The mask slips: Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) manages to answer the question that Keith Ellison (D-MN) and the rest of her Obama-care supporting colleagues in both the House and Senate have avoided. The crowd, however, didn’t like the response very … Continue reading →

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Not Exactly

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

Oh, it is time to rejoice, fellow citizens! Big profits on Wall Street and a one tenth of one percent drop in the official unemployment rate are being heralded as the signs that the recession is over. Everybody dance now! … Continue reading →

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Just Making It Worse

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Gaius

Robert Samuelson, who has been relentlessly warning of the impending demographic train wreck of out-of-control entitlement spending for as long as I can remember, looks at ObamaCare and judges it more of the same: Even higher unsustainable spending into a … Continue reading →

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