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Entries from September 2009

AARP’s ObamaCare Ad Raises Serious Questions

September 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Two weeks after an AARP health care town hall in Dallas went “South,” news outlets reported 60,000 membership cancellations.  Hoping to stem their losses, spokespersons for the organization — which purports to represent the interests of American seniors — were quoted during the days that followed as saying the group does not back “everything” in [...]

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Tea Party Draws 1.5 Million to Nation’s Capitol (Update: 2 Million)

September 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

A speaker at the Tea Party in Washington, D.C., said an ABC reporter estimated 1.5 million people in attendance.  Judging by the photo above from Shane Vanderhart at Caffeinated Thoughts Darren Labrum I think that might be low. See also: Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit reports that 12,000 people descended on Quincy, Ill., today for [...]

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Quincy Tea Party Happening Now!

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

It was just over four months ago that patriotic activities in the Mark Twain-crazy community of Quincy, Ill., popped up on my radar.  In a post May 5, I chronicled the incident in which local businessman Steve McQueen was denied his Constitutional right to be heard at a city council meeting because of the fact [...]

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Doctors March in Opposition to ObamaCare (Update)

September 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., Thursday to show their strident opposition to ObamaCare.  The messages communicated in the photos above and below, shot by El Marco of Looking at the Left, shatter the government-created myth that there is unanimous support amongst health care professionals — including [...]

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9/11 Photo Essay: ‘Never Forget, Never Give In’

September 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Photographed over three decades, El Marco’s 9/11 memorial photo essay offers a moving tribute to the workers and rescuers who perished 8 years ago in New York City. Some two-dozen previously unpublished photos of the Twin Towers combine with scenes photographed after 9/11 to provide unique insight into America’s loss and strength. Click on any [...]

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Sen. John Kerry’s Been Moonlighting as Ad Man

September 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Just a few days ago, the Guardian newspaper reported that the conservation charity WWF and an ad agency admitted that a press campaign comparing the loss of life in the New York 9/11 attacks and the Asian tsunami “should never have been made” (see ad campaign image at right). Today, a Washington Independent report highlighted [...]

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Republican Calls Obama ‘Liar’ on National TV! (Update)

September 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Thanks to Rep. Joe Wilson, a post I published almost five months ago about the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (a.k.a., “Card Check”) is receiving a lot of page views tonight.  Why?  Because the South Carolina Republican was courageous enough to call President Barack Obama a liar on the floor of the U.S. House of [...]

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