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Kevin on February 16th, 2009

Hat Tip: The awesome Sondra K via Ms. Understimated.

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Kevin on February 13th, 2009

According to President Obama, this stimulus bill is the only thing standing between America and an economic catastrophe. I don’t care what your political persuasion is, there is no way any clear thinking American cannot be outraged by these stories below. This entire process has been a disgrace and has demonstrated with clarity that our […]

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Kevin on February 13th, 2009

This is what happens when you elect someone to the highest job in the land who has no real political experience, no real world experience, who has never created a job or run a business. The only business Obama has ever been interested in is Obama, Inc. First Judd Gregg, his latest Commerce nominee, withdrew […]

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Kevin on February 12th, 2009

Polio in the 1940-1950s and pensions in the new millenium. Devastating, crippling and unnecessary. Any talk of what ails us as a city, state and country is a diversion unless it squarely addresses the pension issue. Public employees should have a 401K plan like the rest of us, period. This situation has not been created […]

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Kevin on February 8th, 2009

The stimulus was at the top of everyone’s mind tonight. My position, as a taxpayer I’m feeling insulted. The stimulus bill cannot be both the only thing standing between America and a Great Depression AND a pork laden orgy of liberal interest group payback spending. I feel like the permanent political class has largely created […]

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We all know about the vetting problems with Timothy Geithner, Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer. Today was a new day, and yes, we have another tax problem for an Obama nominee, this time Rep. Hilda Solis, Obama’s would-be labor secretary. I guess it really is that hard to find Democrats who have as much enthusiasm […]

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Rep. Rangel (D-NY) at his beachfront villa in the Dominican Republic, where he failed to report rental income for years Without question, the Democrat Tax Cheat Champion is Charlie Rangel, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. You know, Ways and Means, the committee that decides where and how to spend our (not […]

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