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Does Obama Plan to Soak Taxpayers in Ethanol?

April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Earlier today, I highlighted the fact that, despite new advertising claims made by General Motors, taxpayers were still on the hook for the bailout money the automaker received.  Now, I can report that the Obama Administration appears to be preparing to “soak” taxpayers again — this time by touting cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative [...]

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Obama, Media Show Signs of Desperation

September 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Today, I found two items worth sharing that serve as evidence that Barack Obama and the mainstream news media (i.e., ABC News) are showing signs of desperation in their effort to defeat Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin: The first item highlights the poor research done by the Barack Obama campaign prior to releasing a new [...]

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UK Unaware It’s Committing Suicide

May 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Yesterday, Mark Steyn concluded his article at The Corner on National Review with the statement below. Strange to witness one of the oldest and most successful of nations commit suicide without even being aware of what it’s doing. To see how he reached that conclusion, click here. I think you’ll find his observations spot-on.

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Byron York Offers ‘Must Read’ on Michelle Obama

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s late on a Friday night, and I just came across Byron York’s must-read piece at National Review‘s The Corner about Michelle Obama, gleaned from her words during a recent appearance in Zanesville, Ohio. The piece offers incredible — yet frightening — insight into the extreme-left liberal socialist views that make up the belief system [...]

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I know it when I see it! Corn Ethanol is..

January 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart used the phrase, “I know it when I see it,” in the opinion he wrote about a landmark 1964 case that decided whether a French film, The Lovers, was an example of pornography. Almost 44 years later, another scourge has surfaced and holds the potential to inflict great pain and [...]

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Lowry’s Fairness Doctrine Observations ‘Spot-On’

June 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Rich Lowry’s offers some “spot-on” observations about the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” in his post, Balancing Act: Rush to Control the Airwaves at National Review.com’s “The Corner” blog today. In particular, the second paragraph sums up the reasons why the left feels it necessary to impose new government regulation on talk radio, the market-driven media forum [...]

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