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SHOCK! Liberal Media Blame Bush for Suspending Airlift of Critically-Ill Haitians to United States

January 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The headline above isn’t true, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see headlines like it pop up during the next few days following news that senior Obama Administration officials had ordered a suspension of airlifts of critically-ill Haitians to the United States. While driving to St. Louis Lambert International Airport earlier this evening, I heard [...]

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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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Tiger Woods Seriously Injured in Car Wreck – NOT!

November 27th, 2009 · No Comments

UPDATE 11/27/09 at 4:13 p.m. Central: Incredibly, it appears members of the mainstream media either jumped to conclusions or just plain got it wrong.  Tiger is, according to the latest report from his publicist via ESPN, in good condition and has been released from the hospital: Breaking News: Golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in [...]

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One Dead in Orlando Shooting (Update #7)

November 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Breaking News: The Orlando Sentinel and other media outlets are reporting that eight people have been injured in a shooting incident in downtown Orlando.  Is it a copycat shooting less than 24 hours after the massacre at Fort Hood?  Developing… UDPATE #1 11/6/09 at 11:55 p.m. Central: Fox News is reporting that the shootings took [...]

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HUD Secretary Promises Help to Floridians Impacted by Hazardous Chinese Drywall

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan promised weary and impatient homeowners in Florida “help is on the way” for them in dealing with the impact caused by the use of defective building materials — specifically, Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes — in the construction of their homes. That news, according [...]

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Grab a Slice of the Pie — Before It’s Redistributed!

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Today is National Pie Day, a day dedicated to the celebration of pie. As a pie lover and conservative, I wish I had a pie chart to accompany this post.  In lieu of one, I’ll use this occasion to suggest every American take advantage of this day and grab his slice of the pie (a.k.a., [...]

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Biden Tosses Second TV Station ‘Under the Bus’

October 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today, a new video surfaced, showing the Democratic Party vice presidential nominee facing an on-air grilling at the hands of Chris May and Angela Russell, co-anchors of the 4 p.m. newscast at KYW-TV “CBS 3″ in Philadelphia.  And, for the second time in a week, the Democratic Party vice presidential nominee has tossed a local [...]

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