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ObamaCare Damage Eerily Similar to Bio Attack

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Experts at the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced today the results of a study about two primary ways the United States could be harmed by a large-scale biological attack.  In reviewing the study, I recognized two eerie parallels between the devastating aftermath of a bio attack and the negative [...]

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Heritage Foundation President: ‘Intolerable Acts’

March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

In a video below, Edwin J. Feulner, president of The Heritage Foundation, describes the actions leading to the passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill opposed by the majority of Americans as “intolerable acts.”  Watch and share.

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Missile Defense Documentary Demands Action

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent (D-Mo.) and Ambassador Ann Wagner hosted a screening Saturday afternoon of the Heritage Foundation-produced documentary, 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age (see trailer below).  When the film ended and the overhead lights came on inside the St. Charles (Mo.) Convention Center meeting room, many in the audience [...]

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’33 Minutes’ Screening Saturday

February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Earlier today, I received — and accepted — an invitation from former U.S. Senator Jim Talent (R-Mo.) to attend a screening of the film, “33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age,” at the St. Charles (Mo.) Convention Center Saturday at 3 p.m. CST.  A trailer for the film appears below. This film, produced [...]

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‘Death Tax’ Poised to Kill Family Businesses

January 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Hancock Lumber company has been around longer than most states and survived the Civil War and two World Wars, but will it survive the Obama Administration?  After listening to Hancock Lumber President and CEO Kevin Hancock discuss the future of his company in the video above, I’m not so sure it will. The financial burden [...]

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If Passed, Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Cost You Dearly

May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups closely following the legislation. In a three-page document (pdf) forwarded to me early this afternoon, American Petroleum Institute officials warn that people who [...]

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Obama ‘Cap and Trade’ Energy Tax Plan Costly

March 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments

President Barack Obama’s “cap and trade” energy tax plan is drawing a lot of negative attention this week — and for several good reasons! Yesterday, officials at the American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement that is critical of the plan: “The White House’s unofficial new estimate for the cost of capping the nation’s greenhouse [...]

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