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Fabianism – The Gradual Transformation to Socialism
I was reading a book on economics the other day when I came across the word fabian. I had no idea what it meant, so I used my Kindle’s dictionary feature to look it up. One more reason I love… Read More ›
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Larry King & Teabaggers
While I was traveling for work last week I just happened to have Larry King on in my hotel room. While I was working I heard someone use the term “teabagger” in referring to participants in the Tea Party Movement… Read More ›
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Canadian Official Decided to Come to the U.S. for Heart Surgery
The often-cited government-run Canadian healthcare system that is used as support for Obamacare to show how well a government run system can work, was apparently not working well enough for government employee and Canadian Premier Danny Williams to trust his… Read More ›
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Obama’s Financial Reform Bill A Stunning Success
Obama is expected to sign the reform bill next week. Please consider the following from Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis… To fully appreciate how amazingly good this piece of legislation was, we must look at the pluses (what the bill… Read More ›
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Congressman Peter Stark Mocks Minutemen: Says Border “Is Secure”
Stark asks the Minutemen, “who are you going to kill today?” He goes on to make fun of them, says the southern border “is secure” and generally just acts like a bully. This is a Congressmen that is completely rogue, out-of-touch and… Read More ›
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Hezbollah Terrorists Cross Into The U.S. Over Mexican Border
Update: 7/17 – Additional blog post on terrorists establishing themselves on Mexican border found by clicking here. Update: 6/28 – Link repaired. Also uploaded report here: Border Report Investigation Something you won’t hear in the news, but our own government… Read More ›
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Politicians Admit They Don’t Understand The Laws They Are Passing
Lest anyone forget this pearl of wisdom from Nancy Pelosi on the passing of the Healthcare Reform Bill… “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of… Read More ›
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An Economic Recovery Driven By Foreclosures? Interesting idea…
In roaming through my research sites, a fascinating possibility was offered up to account for the “green shoots” and “economic recovery” that we have heard so much about lately. The theory starts with the millions of foreclosures in the United… Read More ›
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Steve Wynn, “Macau and China is stable, Washington is not” as investments (and the jobs that go with it) leave the United States
I never thought the day would come, but China is now a more stable and safer place to invest than here in America. Steve Wynn is an American casino resort and real-estate developer with a net worth of $1.5 billion… Read More ›
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Obama Limits Aid On BP Oil Spill – Only Labor Union Help Allowed
Never one to let an opportunity to help labor unions go to waste, Obama is not allowing non-union skimmer ships that could assist in cleaning up the BP oil spill to join the cleanup effort. As a result, many oil… Read More ›
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Foreclosed Homeowners In California Get $100,000 To Pay Their Mortgage
As reported today by the Sacramento Bee, The federal government has stepped in to help California homeowners in foreclosure by confiscating $420 million from taxpayers all over the country to assist overextended home debtors who bought homes they couldn’t afford… Read More ›
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Meet The Poor In America – Warning: You May Find This Disturbing
Did you know that 46% of all poor households own their own homes? Or that 75% of them own a car, while 30% of them own two cars? That 78% have a VCR or DVD player and 62% have cable… Read More ›
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$1.8 Billion Spent At Casinos By Welfare Recipients & Prisoners Collect $9 Million From The Homebuyer Tax Credit
In discussions with people about the pros and cons of welfare and other social programs, my biggest argument against such programs is the rampant fraud. Today, U.S. News reports that the IRS uncovered $27 million in fraudulent claims from the federal “home buyer tax credit,” including a four… Read More ›
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431,000 Jobs Added in May But 411,000 Were Temporary Government Workers
In a country where it takes 200,000 new jobs a month just to break-even as young people enter the workforce and newly arrived legal immigrants seek employment, only adding an estimated 20,000 private sector jobs is a massive net loss… Read More ›
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Housing Market Double-Dip Roller Coaster, Hang On To Your Hats!
The fact that the housing market recorded its largest ever home sales decline in history last month proves yet again that government stimulus does not work, and in fact makes things worse, while articles such as the one today continue to… Read More ›
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Federal Stimulus Dollars Spent in Irvine, CA – Number of Jobs Created: 0
I was cruising the website for the city of Irvine, CA when I stumbled on their “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)” page. ARRA is the $800 billion federal stimulus package that Obama said would create 3.5 million jobs in… Read More ›
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President Issues Letter to G20 Nation Leaders – Chock Full of Typos
C’mon! Really!? The leader of the free world can’t be bothered to click on spell-check before issuing a letter to the world’s leaders? How embarrassing. From the White House website found here, is an important letter from the President of… Read More ›
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