Category Archives: Issues

Preview of Obamacare #1

via Drudge & The Daily Mail UK HEALTH SYSTEM: Babies born in hospital corridors: Bed shortage forces 4,000 mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets… Technorati Tags: UK,Health Care,Obamacare,maternity

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Role call of H.R. 2454

Quick & Dirty roll call of Cap & Trade bill.  See source here   Alabama No AL-1 Bonner, Jo [R] No AL-2 Bright, Bobby [D] No AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R] No AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R] No AL-5 Griffith, Parker [D] … Continue reading

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Cap and Trade: Stand Up Today; Take Back Your Government – Make A Call

Call and tell your representative they work for YOU, tell them YOU want them to vote NO and YOU will actively organize to ensure they do not get re-elected if they do not represent YOUR wishes. This is YOUR country, take it back, take back YOUR government. Continue reading

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To My Representatives Re: Cap and Trade

Here is a copy of the email I sent to my representatives yesterday via Visible Vote:   My name is {insert name}. You are my elected representative.  As you know, Ohio has some the of the highest corporate, income and … Continue reading

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Cap and Trade – End of the American Lifestyle

From the Heritage Foundation: Cap and Trade Top Ten List1. Cap and Trade Is a Massive Energy Tax2. It Will Not Make A Substantive Impact on the Environment3. It Will Kill Jobs4. It Will Cause Electricity Bills and Gas Prices … Continue reading

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And there will be bread lines…

Does it not seem that the Obama administration is doing everything it can to ensure that American is cast into a position of being a ‘third world country’? It’s a frightening thought.   How much damage will this guy do before … Continue reading

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The Value of Beauty…The Beauty of Value

Probably most of you have seen (or at least heard) of Susan Boyle’s first audition on Britain’s Got Talent. It reminded me so much of the Paul Potts audition a couple of years back on the same program. Because they are both talent people, you say? Well, yes. But that’s not why. Continue reading

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On Tea Parties & Tyranny

Newt Gingrich has some interesting and depressing numbers here. An ever-lasting legacy Your obligation on the INTEREST (not principal) of the Obama budget deficit: If you’re 50 years old: $81,000If you’re 40: $132,000If you’re 20: $114,000 Why so many people … Continue reading

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Just say No!

Personal responsibility is an inherent part of personal freedom. You cannot have one without the other…

Unless you’re in government. Continue reading

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Filed under Blood from a Turnip, In the news, Politicians, Taxes, Wake up America

Tax Day Tea Party

Building upon the success of the February 27th “Chicago Tea Party” Rallies, many of the organizers are now working to develop an even larger day of protests set to happen on April 15th, 2009.

These protests are known as the Tax Day Tea Party rallies. Continue reading

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What about the children??

Doing it to for the children Via Redstate.com   Technorati Tags: cartoon,redstate.com,democrats,socialism

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Frankenstein – Researchers take the next step

In another sign of the times and another display of the devaluation of human life: Lawmakers back animal-human embryo research The lower house of parliament approved legislation Wednesday allowing scientists to create animal-human embryos for medical research, in the biggest … Continue reading

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Car Loans, Main Street, Sweet Pork

Where are we headed?  Here’s a clue for ya from MotorTrend: Are you the type who regularly checks your credit score and stays on top of every little change at the major credit bureaus? If you’re like many Americans, the … Continue reading

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AIG: Bailout $ not enough for them to buy a clue

I don’t know how many of you saw the nice comment I got from AIG BlogResponse to my last post about AIG.  I can’t confirm it was from AIG, but an email I sent to the email address, did not … Continue reading

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Truth about taxes…room for the middle class at the poor house

From the New York Post today OBAMA TELLS THE TAX TRUTH (below): Original source story here.  Emphasis in red is mine. By the way, as regards the checks from Washington sited below – where I live, that’s called welfare.  I … Continue reading

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