UPDATE 12/10/09 at 12:58 p.m. Central: Yes, this is the subject matter mentioned on Rush Limbaugh today. By Allen Quist, Guest Blogger There is a huge middle-class marriage penalty hidden in the House and Senate health care bills. The penalty becomes evident by evaluating questions like the following: How much would two single people, each [...]
Health Care Bills Contain HUGE Marriage Penalty (Update)
December 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Al Franken Perfect ‘Fit’ for Obama Administration
January 8th, 2009 · No Comments
An article in the Wall Street Journal Monday summed up the situation surrounding Al Franken, the washed-up comedian-turned washed-up Air America Radio talk show host who decided to make a run for the U.S. Senate seat of incumbent Republican Norm Coleman: Strange things keep happening in Minnesota, where the disputed recount in the Senate race [...]
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Kansas Defeats Minnesota in Insight Bowl — Yawn
January 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Big 12 North’s Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Big Ten’s Minnesota Golden Gophers, 42-21, late yesterday afternoon in the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. Because the game was aired on NFL Network, I didn’t watch it and will not give spend much time writing about the efforts of these two unranked teams. I will, however, [...]
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Bowl No Holiday as Cowboys Fall to Ducks, 42-31
December 31st, 2008 · No Comments
It appears I blew it when it came to predicting the outcomes of the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl played last night in San Diego. In my second annual college football bowl game predictions post, I had picked #13 Oklahoma State to defeat #17 Oregon, 29-20. Unfortunately, the Ducks had other plans for the Cowboys of [...]
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College Football Bowl Game Predictions Offered
December 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Due to the fact that there are seven — count ‘em, seven — Big 12 Conference teams involved in college football bowl games between Dec. 29 and Jan. 8, I decided to include all of their games as well as all of the BCS bowl games in my predictions this year which appear below: Monday, [...]
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‘Hurricane Barack’ Losing Strength
September 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Once a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Barack is beginning to weaken, according to election forecasters. Below is a time line of the storm’s track: July 27, 2004 — The storm first appeared on the political radar, having surfaced from the weather underground as a no-name tropical depression during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. [...]
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John McCain’s Top 12 Acceptance Speech Lines
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Below are the Top 12 Lines from John McCain’s nomination acceptance speech delivered tonight at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn: To Americans who have yet to decide who to vote for, thank you for your consideration and the opportunity to win your trust. I intend to earn it. And after we’ve won, [...]
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