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Entries from February 2009

Which State Will Receive Most Attention During Barack Obama’s ‘State of the Union’ Speech?

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Among the seven mystery states created by then-candidate Barack Obama on the day he told Americans he had visited 57 states, which one will receive the most attention in his just-like-a-State of the Union speech tomorrow night?  Read the summaries below and click on any of the images or links to see enlarged versions of [...]

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Supreme Court to Hear Veterans Memorial Case (Update)

February 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear the case regarding the Mojave Desert Cross, a memorial to World War I veterans that has been declared unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after standing for 75 years.  That is good news, according to a news release from Liberty Legal Institute, and a [...]

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Saint Louis Tea Party Set for Friday Morning (Updated)

February 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Last week, CNBC’s Rick Santelli launched a call for a “Chicago Tea Party” from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  As explained in this post Saturday, his call spurred a movement that soon spread to cities nationwide.  Now, it appears that movement has reached St. Louis. On Friday at 11 a.m., the Saint Louis [...]

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Obama’s Anti-Israel Stance Surfaces in State Department’s Participation in Racism Conference

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The United States government’s participation in the United Nations World Conference Against Racism appears to line up with President Barack Obama’s anti-Israel stance — the same one that inspired the creation of a State of Israel coin as part of Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection launched Jan. 16. On Feb. 14, the U.S. [...]

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Fair Tax Offers ‘Jumper Cables’ for Economy (Update)

February 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

FairTax.org, the grassroots campaign to replace the income tax with a national retail sales tax, announced in a news release they are running full-page ads (pdf) in papers across the country praising the FairTax as “The World’s Biggest Economic Jumper Cables.” today that they have begun running. Ads will run this week in the Los [...]

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Too Late for Cold War: Nuclear-Grade Duct Tape

February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

As an Air Force veteran who once served as a member of Strategic Air Command, I can’t help but wonder how the world might have been different if only we had had 3M™ Performance Plus Duct Tape 8979N (Nuclear Grade) during the Cold War. Hat tip:  Dave Barry’s Blog

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Obama’s ‘Stimulus’ Hurts Future Generations (Updated)

February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Call it what you will, but a movement is starting to pick up steam, powered by Americans upset with the reckless actions being taken by elected officials in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.  Apparently, people have reached the point where they’re ready to stand up to politicians who seem more than willing to mortgage the futures [...]

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