With news out of Washington, D.C., that House Republicans will, today, begin their push to repeal ObamaCare (a.k.a., “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”), I’m offering another look at my video interviews with doctors, patients and others on the subject of government-run health care. The first video (below) appeared in a March 25 post, [...]
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Republicans Begin Push to Repeal ‘ObamaCare’
January 19th, 2011 · 3 Comments
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2010 Interviews Tackled Politics and Combat
December 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Every year, it gets more difficult to decide what to include in my end-of-year wrap-up stories. This year, I decided to reflect on my favorite interviews of 2010. They appear below: Roy Blunt Needs Education About Tea Party Folks — During a Feb. 26 interview with Roy Blunt, the seven-term congressman who would go on [...]
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Saving America, Sharing the Pain
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Dec. 3, Barack Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (a.k.a., “Debt Commission”) voted on the plan they had developed to save our country from utter fiscal ruin. The vote fell three short of the fourteen votes required by rule to send the plan to Congress for [...]
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White House Issues 111 ObamaCare Waivers
November 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The White House granted waivers allowing 111 organizations to escape the unfair, unConstitutional, job-killing aspects of President Barack Obama’s health care reform (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”). The Fox News Channel video below explains. To read other BMW posts mentioning ObamaCare, click here.
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Postal Service Loses $8.5 Billion
November 13th, 2010 · No Comments
The U.S. Postal Service’s just-released 2009 Annual Report contains some hard-to-swallow numbers about the agency’s efficiency, effectiveness and long-term viability. Most disturbing among them is the number reflecting net losses during fiscal year 2010: $8.5 billion. The USPS only lost $3.8 billion the previous year despite, according to a Nov. 16, 2009, news release, implementing [...]
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How Will ObamaCare Impact Future Fitness Trends?
October 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment
When I read the results of a survey of fitness trends released today by the American College of Sports Medicine, I couldn’t help but think about how the recent government takeover of the nation’s health care system might affect future fitness trends. Take a look at the Top Ten fitness trends, then leave a comment [...]
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Difference Between Barack Obama and Chilean Miners: The Miners Wanted to Get Out of the Hole
October 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), speaking before a crowd at a Las Vegas political rally Monday, compared President Barack Obama to a group of 33 people who’ve been in the news quite a bit lately: “It was like the Chilean miners, but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said [...]
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