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Entries from July 2009

Are Involuntary Cash Transfers Part of Obamacare?

July 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Electronic funds transfers are not new, but the language of President Barack Obama’s America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (HR 3200) makes me concerned about the way they might be used in the future if this bill becomes law. As explained on lines 4 through 8 of page 59 of the bill, several measures will be [...]

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Honoring Fallen Heroes — July 21, 2009

July 21st, 2009 · No Comments

U.S. Army soldiers pay final respects during a memorial service July 20, 2009, honoring three fallen comrades killed in action from a rocket attack on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, July 16, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 34th Infantry Division’s 34th Military Police Company, Special Troops Battalion.

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Videos Address Subject of Health Care Reform

July 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Talk about President Barack Obama’s so-called “health care reform plan” is running rampant online and offline.  Two videos, in particular, address the subject. On Saturday, Let Freedom Ring released the video below that’s aimed at voters and interested citizens who were drawn to candidate Barack Obama’s messages of “Hope” and “Change” are now beginning to [...]

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Bill Ritter Refuses to Endorse Waxman-Markey

July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Colo.) refused to endorse the Waxman-Markey climate change bill while testifying before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today.  Watch the video below to see how the Colorado Democrat responded to quizzing from Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) about his presence at the EPW hearing. Perhaps Governor Ritter read my posts [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: July 20, 2009

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

In this week’s installment of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay tackles a number of subjects, ranging from the 40th anniversary of man’s historic landing on the moon to the 40th anniversary of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s crash-landing at Chappaquiddick.  In addition, he recalls the close friendship between Walter Cronkite and President Richard Nixon.  Of [...]

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Obama Birth Certificate Issue Causes Uproar at Delaware Congressman’s Town Hall Meeting

July 20th, 2009 · 23 Comments

Thanks to Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), I have more material to add to my laundry list of more than two-dozen posts related to the issue of President Barack Obama and his refusal to produce a long-form copy (a.k.a., “vault copy”) of his birth certificate that would prove he is a natural-born citizen of the United [...]

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Contract Gives Whole New Meaning to ‘Pork’ (Update 3)

July 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Nowhere on the web page for FARMER JOHN® Premium Spiral Sliced Half Hams could I find a “2-lb. frozen ham sliced” priced at $1,191,200. I could, however, find a contract summary (shown below) that appears to reveal that the Department of Agriculture paid Clougherty Packaging, L.L.C., $1,191,200 for a “2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED.” The [...]

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