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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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Terror, Travesty and Tales of Suppressed Evidence

January 24th, 2010 · 9 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: I waited to publish this piece until after the Army Clemency and Parole Board made public it’s decision concerning the case of 1st Lt. Michael Behenna.  Why?  Because I did not want to divert anyone’s attention from the 26-year-old Army officer’s case and what seems like overwhelming evidence to suggest, first, that Army [...]

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Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming! — Headline Touts Bumper Crop of Crude Oil in America’s Future

January 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Take a wild guess at the name of the national publication in which the headline above recently appeared.  Was it: The Wall Street Journal The Weekly Standard; The Dallas Morning News; or BusinessWeek. If you guessed Business Week, you would be right.  For the first time I can remember, I recommend you read an oil [...]

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Nebraska Senator Says ‘Yes’ to ‘HEALTHSCARE’

December 19th, 2009 · No Comments

“Put a fork in it!” “The fat lady is poised to sing.” No matter what words you use to describe it, the fact is that Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) appears to have reached a compromise (a.k.a., “sold out the American people”) with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the road to government-run health care [...]

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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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Sunoco Oil CEO Says U.S. Policy Threat to Refiners

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

In my continuing effort to offer extensive coverage on fossil fuels-related subject matter such as the oil and natural gas industry, climate change and cap-and-trade legislation, including Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer, I point you to the exchange above between Sunoco Inc. CEO Lynn Eisenhan and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at the WSJ’s CEO Council. In [...]

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NFL’s Biggest Problem is Players, Not Limbaugh

October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Members of the mainstream media are having a field day after it was announced today that Dave Checketts, owner of the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues, had decided to drop conservative radio talk show legend Rush Limbaugh from the group interested in purchasing the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams.   Conveniently, they ignore the [...]

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