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Top 10 Headlines Obama Doesn’t Want to Read

January 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Below are the “Top 10 Headlines President Barack Obama Doesn’t Want to Read” following Republican Scott Brown’s victory last night over Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts: 10. Brown to Toss Coin at Super Bowl 9. NBC Names Brown Host of The Tonight Show 8. Brown Wins, Obama [...]

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Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans

December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games.  Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who’s sponsoring this year’s post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas [...]

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Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Member Steve Chapman Newest Resident in ‘State of Denial’

October 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Steve Chapman, a member of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, has established residency in the State of Denial, one of the seven mystery states then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said he had visited while on the campaign trail May 9, 2008. In an editorial published today, Chapman writes: Obama, it’s true, has done things that involve [...]

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Let the College Football Season Begin With Humor

September 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Ardent fans of superstar quarterbacks like Florida’s Tim Tebow, Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford and Texas’ Colt McCoy might soon find themselves falling into a trap similar to one that members of the Obama Administration and Congress found themselves earlier this year — that is, they’ll be telling their buddies that their team’s star quarterback is, like [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: July 13, 2009

July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In today’s episode of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay apologizes for not being able to record a show last week due to his need to attend Michael Jackson’s memorial service at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.  In addition, he tackles such subjects as continued unrest in Iran, the surprise resignation of Alaska [...]

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DeMint Calls GM Debacle ‘Political Bankruptcy’

June 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a letter e-mailed to friends and supporters today, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) issued a scathing retort about the bankruptcy filing by General Motors.  The text of that letter/e-mail appears below: Dear Friend, The bankruptcy filing of General Motors last week didn’t have to be this way. GM could have – and as many of [...]

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‘Dealergate’ Continues to Undermine Obama

June 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The video above shows representatives of Chrysler and General Motors auto dealerships appearing before members of a U.S. Senate committee recently to discuss “Dealergate,” the scandal that reveals auto dealers who contributed to Republican candidates as yet another set of victims in President Barack Obama’s sinister plan to redistribute wealth in the United States. Uncovered [...]

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