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Friday, November 20, 2009

Obama Redisributes Drew Brees Pass To Kid Who Didn’t Even Try To Catch The Ball

It’s not a public service message.  It’s a metaphor per a Hot Air commenter who says: “Brees is … throwing…...

Liberal Tolerance: San Francisco Booksellers Not Selling Palin’s Book

They’re claiming that they’re not carrying it because their customers don’t want it, but c’mon.  Nobody in San Francisco wants…...

Wow: Hoeven Leads Dorgan In Possible Senate Match Up 55% To 36%

Last night I posted about Byron Dorgan, facing a possible challenge from popular North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, having a…...

On Headline News: Todd Palin Is A “Bum” For Being A Stay-At-Home Dad

For what it’s worth, Todd Palin has won the 2,000 mile Iron Dog snowmobile race four times.  He also, before…...

Great Britain Sending Inspectors Into People’s Homes To Make Sure They’re Safe For Children

I wonder how the children of Great Britain ever survived before they had government bureaucrats inspecting their homes for safety.…...

Post Office Loses $3.8 Billion, Owes The Taxpayers $10.2 Billion

Brought to you by the same people who want to make your health care more efficient for you: The quasi-government…...

Senator Inhofe To Barbara Boxer: Get A Life

After her shenanigans holding committee meetings all by herself to cram cap and trade legislation through, Senator Boxer richly deserves…...

Remember: A Vote To More The Health Care Bill Forward Is A Vote For Government Health Care

Over the weekend the Democrats will be forcing a vote to begin debate of the health care bill in the…...

Under The Bus: Democrat Says It Was Holder’s Decision To Put Terrorists On Trial In New York

The decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court in New York is not sitting well…...

Hacked Emails Show Climate Scientists Manipulating Data To Support Global Warming Theories

And not just manipulating data, but also plotting with one another to keep data inconvenient for their global warming alarmism…...

Shocker:  Canad Inn’s Guests Don’t Pay the City Hotel Tax

The Grand Forks Alerus Center Financial Disaster on the Prairie We all know that the Alerus Gang was desperate to…...

Board of Higher Education Rules That State Money Will Be Used To Pay For NDSU Overruns

The NDSU President’s House debacle continues.  You remember that the state legislature set a limit on the new palace for…...

The World Is Not Enough

Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the grand damme of far left tax and spend liberalism, reportedly sees no reason why her authority…...

SF Gate’s Morford: Hey, You Know What’s Really Evil? Cruise Ships. Yep. Cruise Ships

You know, whether you detest the writer and his myopic, shrieking, hair-on-fire liberal view of the world or not, you…...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Senator Byron Dorgan Has A Health Care Bill Problem

An interesting analysis from Peter Robinson, who notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes to pass the…...

Ouch: Obama Has 51% Disapproval Among Independents, Opposition To Health Care Bill At Record High

Don’t expect Obama’s to be hitting the campaign trail very often in support of his fellow Democrats in next year’s…...

After His Party Tripled The Deficit, Earl Pomeroy Wants To Keep Paying People To Use Biodiesel

Sure.  Why not.  We’ve got money to burn, right? Legislation has recently been introduced in the House of Representatives that…...

Federal Government Looking To Get More Involved With Your Internet Connection

The excuse they’re using is that not all Americans have sufficient access to broadband internet.  That’s the “crisis” they’ve manufactured…...

Obama To Fox News: Accounting Is An “Inexact Science”

I’ll be sure to use that one the next time I get audited.     President Obama brushed off criticism…...

Anti-Abortion Language In Senate Health Care Bill Is A “Bookkeeping Gimmick”

So says Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska: Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska said in a Thursday conference call that Harry…...

Democrats Add $200 Billion In Deficits To The Health Care Bill

They passed the “doc fix” bill takes cuts in payments to doctors out of the House health care bill.  Previously…...

The Scariest Animated National Unemployment Map You’ll See All Day

This map (first posted by Whistler over in the forum) shows rising unemployment rates, by county, from 2007 to September…...

Fred Thompson: The War In Afghanistan Is Lost

I gotta admit, I disagree with Fred on this one: “It really doesn’t matter how President Obama divides the Afghan…...

Grand Forks Herald Reporter Gleeful That the Alerus Center Made a Profit One Month In a Row

The Grand Forks Alerus Center Financial Disaster on the Prairie Of course that’s counting the hospitality tax as operating revenue…...

Cost Per Job Of The Top Ten Stimulus Projects: $1,181,155 Per Job

Here’s a list of the top ten biggest “stimulus” spending projects by dollar amount and the amount each of those…...

Another Obama Administration Member Caught With Tax Problems

What is it with these liberals and not paying their taxes?   President Barack Obama’s choice for a top job…...

Geithner Wants Banks That Got Government Bailouts To Increase Lending

Dow Jones News is reporting this morning: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday called on banks that received government…...

Democrat Response To The Minot Tea Party: Ed Schafer Is A Hypocrite?

Why, exactly is he a hypocrite?  Because while he was Governor and Secretary of Agriculture he, uh, got his health…...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Standing Room Only At the Minot Tea Party

Impressive. I think the organizers should be congratulated as well as the folks that turned out to stand up for…...

Lindsey Graham To Eric Holder: What Happens If Khalid Sheik Mohammed Wasn’t Mirandized?

It’s kind of sad that Eric Holder has to be told during a Congressional hearing, after already choosing to put…...

Sarah Palin Gives Oprah Winfrey Her Best Ratings In Two Years

Like it or not, this woman is a star: Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the…...

Obama Administration Backpeddling On Mammogram Pronouncement

After taking office, Obama established a task force to study how to health care more efficient, and thus cheaper, for…...

Government Only Wasted $98 Billion In Improper Payments Last Year

An increase of $26 billion from the year before.  But here’s the thing: The rate of improper pay outs stayed…...

North Dakota Blue Cross Wants Government To Fine You If You Don’t Have Health Insurance

North Dakota Blue Cross Blue Shield has been a target for Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm.  I think that BCBS made…...

Democrat Wants To Pass A Bill Banning Complaining

Well, that’s one solution I guess.  Don’t solve the problems.  Just tell the people complaining about them to shut up…...

CNN Poll: 61% Of Americans Oppose Tax-Funded Abortion, 63% Oppose Most Or All Abortions

Bad news for Democrats who are thinking they’ll just rip the pro-life amendment that was key to the health care…...

Byron Dorgan’s Brilliant Plan For Creating More Jobs: More Government Spending

The national debt just clicked past $12 trillion and even Obama is making noises about deficit reduction (not by cutting…...

The Taliban Wing of the Democratic Party

You know how those on the left like to compare religious conservatives to the Taliban? Oh, yes! With much glee,…...

Al Gore: The Temperature Of The Core Of The Earth Is Several Million Degrees

Remember, folks, this guy is supposedly the chief representative of a scientific consensus on climate change. The problem?  Well, the…...

After Tripling The Budget Deficit, Obama Warns That Too Much Debt Could Lead To A Second Recession

It wasn’t all that long ago that the Obama administration line had it that “elevated deficits are beneficial.”  But now…...

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