This afternoon in Pensacola, Fla., Judge Roger Vinson ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”) signed by President Barack Obama March 23, 2010, is UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Below is the conclusion portion of the decision issued by Judge Vinson in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida: The existing problems [...]
Federal Judge Rules ‘ObamaCare’ Unconstitutional
January 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments
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API: ‘President can do more to create jobs’
January 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Even before President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address tonight, the good folks at the American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard had issued a strong rebuttal, saying, “The President can do more.” The complete text of that rebuttal appears below: “The American people spoke loud and clear in the last [...]
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Truckers React to DOT Mexican Trucking Proposal
January 7th, 2011 · No Comments
I’ve written about cross-border trucking and other issues related to the trucking industry several times during the past few years. For instance: In a post June 2, 2009, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program was being vetted by [...]
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‘Big Oil’ Urges Washington to Promote Energy Policies That Will Aid Recovery, Reduce Debt
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments
Earlier today, I encouraged my readers to Watch ‘State of American Energy’ Speech Live. Below, I share the text of an API news release about the important speech delivered moments ago by Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.: “U.S. oil and natural gas companies are [...]
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Top Three Defense Stories of 2010 Revisited
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
During 2010, I researched, wrote and published several stories about issues impacting people on the front lines in defense of this country. I revisit some of those stories below: MICHAEL BEHENNA 1st Lt. Michael Behenna On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st. Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a [...]
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Media ‘Carrying Water’ for Democrat Congress
December 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment
WARNING: To ensure you realize you’re not in the middle of a bad dream, pinch yourself before watching the Breitbart.com video below. Every thinking American knows the 111th Congress was, perhaps, the worst — definitely not the “most productive” — Congress in this nation’s history as news anchors nationwide might have us believe. The new [...]
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Understanding ‘The Jack Maskell Memorandum’ (Update)
November 25th, 2010 · 61 Comments
By Paul Hollrah, Guest Blogger By far the most frequently asked question in America since August 28, 2008, the closing day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, is this: “Does Barack Hussein Obama meet the constitutional qualifications to serve as President of the United States?” With every reason to believe that he does not, the [...]
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