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Entries from January 2010

‘Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection” Marks One-Year Anniversary

January 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

In a post one year ago today, I introduced the nation to “Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection.” Today, I share updated details about the unique and collectible coin set that continues to remind Americans of the seven mystery states that, on May 9, 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said he had visited while [...]

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Nuclear Weapons Facility in Texas on Lockdown! (Update)

January 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration PANTEX Plant, the nation’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility located 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas, is on lockdown, according to a news release from the facility, the text of which appears below: NEWS RELEASE Pantex Activates Emergency Response Organization The Plant is in a [...]

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Online Poll: 63 Percent Say President Obama Hurting More Than Helping U.S. Economy

January 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

A friend pointed me to an AT&T-Yahoo online opinion poll today that asks visitors to respond to a single question about President Barack Obama and the economy. The question is worded this way:  The president’s progress with the battered economy has been both praised and criticized. How well are his efforts measuring up with you?  [...]

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Domestic Drilling Activity Drops 37 Percent in 2009

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments

While the estimated number of U.S. oil and natural gas wells and dry holes completed in 2009 – 39,068 — was 37 percent lower than 2008, according to officials at the American Petroleum Institute, there is some good news in the Oil Patch. Fourth-quarter totals of 10,609 completions were 19 percent higher than the third [...]

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Do We Really Need Obama’s Council of Governors?

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Only two weeks after he signed an executive order tasking the Postal Service with distributing countermeasures in case of bioweapon attack, it appears President Barack Obama is at it again.  On Monday, he signed another executive order to establish something he calls a “Council of Governors.” Among the national news media, only the Los Angeles [...]

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Check Out My Latest Piece at Pajamas Media

January 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Hey folks, check out my latest piece, Small Group of Bureaucrats Hampering Use of Anti-Terror Technology, published today at Pajamas Media. Based on an interview Monday with Professor James Chapman, the world’s foremost authority on the use of Computer Voice Stress Analysis® as a tool that can be used by law enforcement, intelligence and military [...]

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Why Must Liberals Resort to Violence?

January 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Another Democrat.  Another smackdown. Why must liberals resort to violence?  Are they out of ideas? The video below shows a member of liberal Democrat Martha Coakley’s entourage appearing to assault John McCormack, a Weekly Standard reporter, after he attempted to ask the candidate a question about why healthcare industry lobbyists were supporting her campaign. This [...]

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