The truth about ANWR

Pictures showing the size of the actual proposed drill area in ANWR. The article also shows comparisons of the typical pictures you see in the media to what the drill area actually looks like.

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Read the Constitution lately?

It is truly disgusting what our elected officials do on a daily basis with the power we lend to them.

This article will, on it's surface, appear as though it is about the abortion debate. While that is a debate that I engage in, and am more than motivated to discuss, I wish to highlight what might otherwise be overlooked. This is supposed to be an Iraq War Supplemental Bill and one of our illustrious "representatives" felt it was a good idea to tack on a provision that has nothing to do with the war. Now, you can agree or disagree on the war, and you can agree or disagree on the abortion issue, but you must, in all candor, be with me when I say that the name of any bill should be in close alignment with it's contents.

One of the sneaky little tricks in Washington is something called an earmark. It occurs on both sides of the aisle and it is, in this humble thinker's opinion, tantamount to blatantly violating one's oath of office. In its essence it is a money laundering scheme with Tax Payer dollars and You should be thrown out of office for doing such things.

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Communism or Commerce: The Debate Drones on...

This is really good, The Senate is talking out of both sides of their mouth, as usual. Any common sense person can see the hypocracy here. Boy I sure hope Obama gets in there because he represents change!!

Global Warming: Logic or Big Government Hoax?

This is one of the most concise and honest assesments of the current debate you will see. You must, however, open your mind because much of what you have heard about this debate are lies and deception designed to strip you of your liberties. This post is not intended to scare or to whip up emotions, but rather to inform and enlighten.

The Audacity of Democrats

The often times shocking statements of The Democrat Leadership causes me to wonder to whom they assign their allegiance. Is is to The US Constitution (as their OATH of office would have you believe) or to the reacquisition of their power AT ANY COST? The link in the title has this quote to add,

"Deliberately or not, the Democratic Party and the left wing media, with their endless criticisms of the Iraq conflict, and their endless public comparisons of that war to Vietnam, sent a direct message to the rag-tag army of ultra-violent terrorists in Iraq who were detonating car bombs in crowded marketplaces, beheading and mutilating civilians and killing American and Coalition soldiers: "Keep the violence up just a bit longer. We'll take care of wearing down America's will to win from within, just like during Vietnam."

It does not make good sense to me and forces me to ask the question, "Are we really that blinded by political ambition that we would rather see our beautiful republic destroyed rather than let the other guy get his way?"

Beethoven for President

Local Newscaster Jack Atherton waxes eloquent on the virtues of hard work and sacrifice. A lesson our political leaders would do well to emulate.

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The Power of Four Dollars

If you define yourself as politically Liberal...you must read this.

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Income Redistribution: Rangel’s Reward

Democrats sure know how to say thank you. Or perhaps it’s just coincidence that a bill passed by the House last week contains a special tax perk for trial lawyers—one of the largest contributors to Democrat campaigns. Buried in the Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 is a provision, offered by House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), which would let trial layers deduct the up-front expenses they incur while chasing ambulances—er, filing contingency-fee lawsuits—whether or not they anticipate future reimbursements for these expenses. Under current law, these expenses, deemed “loans” to clients, are deductible only if not repaid. Rangel’s Reward would allow lawyers to claim deductions now and, in essence, defer tax payments until they receive reimbursements—which, as we know from watching infamous class-action lawsuits unfold, can take years.

A Rangel spokesman claims, “This is purely a matter of fairness and tax equity. The individuals who would benefit from this provision are already eligible to deduct expenses related to contingency-fee lawsuits, the only question is when.” In reality, though, the bill gives trial lawyers a green light, no speed limit, and free gas to launch a convoy of ambulance chasers.
Of course, as a rule, tax cuts are a good thing, but when they come in the form of special-interest loopholes that reward often-frivolous, economy-wrecking lawsuits, we hardly see the “fairness and equity” in that.

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Regulatory Commissars: How to lower prices

The spectacle of liberals in fiscally strapped states making unrealistic and unsupportable promises of government-controlled health-insurance schemes is providing Republicans with a chance to campaign on conservative ideas in the field of healthcare. Some conservatives have begun to take action on this topic.

In Florida, the state legislature unanimously approved Republican Governor Charlie Crist’s proposal to allow insurers to sell cheaper insurance containing fewer of the costly government requirements that price consumers out of the market. Only in overregulated markets does the idea of shedding costly government requirements to enable entities to meet consumer desires seem radical. In New Jersey, where the health-insurance market was destroyed by state-government intervention in the 1990s, Republican Assemblyman Jay Webber will introduce legislation to let residents purchase low-cost health insurance from any policy issued in any other state. Despite New Jersey’s costly mandates, Webber’s reform will prove ineffective unless the state also discards the guaranteed-issue and community-rating laws that increased premiums for a family policy anywhere from 500 to 700 percent. (No, that’s not a misprint—New Jersey insurance costs are about double those of states lacking these laws.)

Health-insurance reform is an issue conservatives can win on—if they quit acting like big-government liberals. Billions in unsustainable debt through expanding bankrupt government programs is never a good idea, nor is it conservative. Conservatives succeed only when they act like conservatives.

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Futures Markets hold a valuable social function

Here is just another tidbit to answer the myriad of accusations regarding the recent spike in prices. Most people choose to grasp for the most popular villain, which just happens to be those operating in the free market, The news media is happy to agree and run ex posse after ex posse claiming moral authority. The truth is much different.

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