Six months ago, public school teachers in Milwaukee were demanding free Viagra® as part of their contract. Today, I spotted an advertisement that seems to take into account that unconventional demand. It’s aimed at those teachers as well as other Wisconsin public union employees upset over their loss of collective bargaining rights and the prospect [...]
New Ad Targets Wisconsin Public Employees Claiming to Suffer From ‘Electile Dysfunction’
February 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Why Are States Embracing Federal Control of Education While Siding Against ObamaCare?
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
As evidenced by two recent reports, a chasm exists between the ways state government officials nationwide view federal control of education and health care: On Feb. 2, the Heritage Foundation published an article in which they highlighted the fact that the majority of states (see graphic at right) have succumbed to pressure to adopt national [...]
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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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Survey: Primary Care Physicians Fear Extinction
October 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Eighty-seven percent of 1,400 physicians said they are not well represented in the halls of power (a.k.a., government), and that’s not all, according to recently-released results of The Great American Physician Survey 2010. More troubling, however, is that nearly half think primary care physicians will eventually be extinct, replaced by cheaper non-physician providers. Something else [...]
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‘One Nation’ Proves ObamaCare Bad for America
October 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
If you’re still not convinced that ObamaCare is bad for Americans, pay attention to what transpired Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Communists, Marxists, progressives, socialists and others of the liberal stripe gathered in the nation’s capitol for “One Nation Working Together,” an astroturf-intensive rally described by its organizers as an [...]
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Senate Must Defeat Law of the Sea Treaty
September 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since launching this blog almost four years ago, I’ve written and published several posts about a dangerous piece of legislation known as the Law of the Sea Treaty. Today, I share the update below about the recent passage of the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act of 2009 by the U.S. [...]
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