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Read it and weep - Obama address to
Congress of February 24, 2009 Look at this for perspective
on what actually happened in the following months, including the rapid
growth of the Tea Party movement. |
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News Archives: Headlines, Links, and Comments
for March 2009 |
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March 30. 2009 - Obama puts GM, Chrysler on short leash - Comment:
This is setting a very bad precedent - scapegoating a CEO while pushing
a politically-driven reorganization. It's one thing to say no to
GM and Chrysler requests for a bailout, and quite another to direct how
they will operate. Both should seek bankruptcy protection -
including protection against government intervention in their plans.
See also
Who will call the shots at last-chance GM? See our
prior
editorial on this subject. |
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March 28, 20090 - China challenges US global financial leadership -
Comment: Read this carefully. China is boldly asserting the
superiority of their one party, central state planning model.
Ahead of the G20 summit, it is pushing for more global regulatory powers
and a global currency. |
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March 28, 2009 - GOP says Obama budget threatens future prosperity -
Comment: Judd Gregg states the obvious differences on energy
policy, health care, etc. as spending spirals out of control. |
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March 28, 2009 - Democrats, GOP duel over small business taxes -
Comment: The link between higher tax rates and less job creation
remains an argument which won't be settled by presentations of facts by
politicians or interest groups on either side. It is fundamentally
an argument about whether government adds or destroys value beyond the
shared need for some very basic social infrastructure.
The looters who believe in
gaining benefits through larger government will favor more taxes at any
cost, because they don't expect to be among those who must pay the tax
costs. Those who use resources efficiently to produce greater
prosperity will want to reinvest in their own continued success, rather
than hand more of their profits over to a growing government bureaucracy
to spend on others as it pleases.
At some tipping point, it's
just not worth the risks to invest in growing a business.
Consumers won't pay more for goods and services just because the
businesses involved are facing higher tax burdens. |
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March 27, 2009 - AP Analysis: New war strategy requires outside help
- Comment: What new war strategy in Afghanistan? Ask the
Europeans for more help? Ask Pakistani leaders to crack down on Al
Qaeda, and rein in ISI collaboration with the Taliban or other Islamist
radicals, despite the recent deal in Swat, while asking Afghan leaders
to negotiate with the Taliban? Is everybody confused yet? |
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March 27, 2009 - Groups find common ground on health care overhaul -
Comment: Watch this as political cover for the health care agenda to
go beyond their vague ideals (without cost constraints) |
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March 27, 2009 - AdWatch: A campaign-style blitz for Obama budget -
Comment: New ad campaign coinciding with the
Organizing for America push to
lobby Congress for Obama's budget |
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March 27, 2009 -
Democratic budget clears Senate committee - Comment:
Symbolic party line vote to move the process forward. Expect a few
ridiculous things to be scratched from the budget in order to make it
appear more rational, and thus be rammed through quickly before
opposition grows. |
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March 27, 2009 - AP - The Influence Game: Obama limits stimulus lobbying
- Comment: This article makes it sound as though lobbyists are
losing influence with the administration just because their
working-level contacts to push pet projects in the bureaucracy are being
curtailed somewhat. Doesn't that just consolidate more power in
the White House and among the leaders in Congress? |
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March 27, 2009 - Financial overhaul plan draws GOP opposition -
Comment: Perpetuating the myth that the
solution is ever more regulatory powers, even though they keep failing
to protect us. |
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March 26, 2009 - AP Analysis: Pendulum swings to financial restraints
- Comment: "Too big to fail is the right size to regulate".
Why do they rob banks? Because that's where the money is.
This is the same logic which is now being regarded as justification for
government regulation? The real question is how we can limit the size
and power of government again, because it is too big and failing. |
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March 26, 2009 - Senate votes to triple AmeriCorps, bolster service
- Comment: See the earlier stories related to the GIVE Act,
below. More federal funding to be steered to community activists? |
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March 21, 2009 - Protesters march by Pentagon, call to end Iraq war
- Comment: This "throng" of a few hundred losers for a Saturday
protest in DC and Hollywood still attracts AP coverage, while the far
larger "tea party" protests are still routinely ignored.
Compare this to what happens on April 15. |
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March 21, 2009 AP Analysis: Obama rhetoric, reality clash -
Comment: "gingerly shifting positions"? Are they kidding?
That's like saying that a ballerina who falls flat on her face in the
middle of a performance showed great poise by getting up again and
stumbling around in shock. |
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March 21, 2009 - Iran's response to US shows mind-set of leadership
- Comment: At least AP reporters in the region seem to
understand how naive and harmful Obama's approach may prove to be.
Like Bill Clinton in Iraq, he may have just thrown any real opposition
movement in Iran under the bus. Ahmedinejad and Khamenei can claim
victory over George Bush's obvious support of regime change. |
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March 21, 2009 - Iran's supreme leader dismisses Obama overtures -
Comment: Nothing lost in translation this time, unlike the
"reset" overture to Medvedev recently. They don't want to be
friends, especially during their election cycle. Happy Nowruz,
Obama. Welcome to the real world, like Carter. Still waiting
for "moderates" to be elected to power in Iran, 30 years later?
Hello? Is anybody there? |
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March 20, 2009 - DNC raises only $3.2 million in February - Comment:
Their efforts to demonize Rush Limbaugh also failed miserably, with a
pathetic 80,000 responses to their highly publicized free competition
(March 10 below) to suggest a slogan for an
attack billboard near his home in Florida.
Is this the best the DNC can
do after Obama got 65 million votes 4 months ago, even with his highly
touted database of 13+ million emails? Besides, some of the
responses may have been pro-Rush. Maybe even Democrats favor a
serious focus on important issues - or is it buyers remorse already? |
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March 20, 2009 - Mexico throws counterpunch in trucking dispute -
Comment: Interesting move which the rest of the US news media has
largely ignored during all the focus on the AIG story. The gist is
that, faced with restrictions on truckers from Mexico, Mexico has
imposed tariffs which are clearly designed to get the attention of key
members of Congress whose districts will be adversely affected. |
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March 20, 2009 - Senate Republicans brake rush to tax AIG bonuses -
Comment: Slowing down the rush for political cover by the
Democrats who approved AIG bonuses in the stimulus bill, that is. |
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March 20, 2009 - $1 trillion deficits seen for next 10 years -
Comment: Irrational exuberance makes a comeback. These
are optimistic scenarios, without taking all plans into consideration
yet. Remember, this is an AP story - not some conservative source.
Read it. While he was on Leno ... |
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March 20, 2009 - US deficit forecast to hit $1.8 trillion this year
- Comment: Remember, that's just the down payment. There
are
trillions more in the pipeline of federal spending plans. |
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March 20, 2009 - Obama urges states to use recovery money carefully
- Comment: Funny. What about the nearly 9000 earmarks in
the Omnibus bill, and any future spending plans? Will there be
open disclosure of ALL money which goes to ANY pet projects of
lobbyists? How about any service contracts to favored groups like
ACORN? Will those get the same scrutiny as Halliburton contracts?
Will federal agencies and states be prohibited from funding them as a
political conflict of interest? |
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March 20, 2009 - Dodd's political stock tumbles in Connecticut -
Comment: Never forget. |
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March 20, 2009 - Obama returns to campaign-style tactics for budget
- Comment: Get ready for the
Organizing for America network of
Obama loyalists to lobby Congress for his budget plans. |
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March 19, 2009 - Obama: immigration needs 'comprehensive approach' -
Comment: Cautious to keep his wording as vague as usual,
unlike what Nancy Pelosi said in San Francisco recently. |
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March 19, 2009 - Conservative and moderate Democrats flex muscles -
Comment: Really? Will they rein in spending, or is this just
more grandstanding in the face of criticism, like the AIG circus? |
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March 19, 2009 - Obama asks Americans not to expect too much -
Comment: Hello? We want him to stop doing so much
damage. Yet another website -
http://www.makinghomeaffordable.gov/ |
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March 19, 2009 - Fed's treasury-bond gambit: mother of all rescue plans
- Comment: There goes another $1 trillion to try to jump-start
inflation again. Will it work, as some hope it will? Does
anybody else remember how George Soros got rich - by betting heavily
against the Bank of England? |
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March 19, 2009 - Health care overhaul cost may reach $1.5 trillion -
Comment: This looks at the potentially much larger costs beyond the
initial $634 billion "down payment" in the Obama budget. It could
be worse. Trillions are
just the initial estimates - and those aren't usually reliable.
This is also likely to produce worse
health care services, as proven in other nationalized health care
systems. |
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Action Alert: GIVE Act - thanks to Conservative Allies of PA for
calling this to our attention! Look into the
details of HR 1388, which expands "volunteer" service programs under
federal government control. Look for more coverage of the
"Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act" through tools
such as the Republican Senator and
Republican House search tools, or our
Conservative Search tool. See also
Fox News coverage of quick House passage of the bill on March 18
AP -
House backs bill to increase service opportunities
This is a $6
billion expansion of
AmeriCorps and other federal government-sponsored initiatives to
hire 175,000 more "volunteers" to provide services in local communities. |
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March 18, 2009 - Pelosi tells illegal immigrants that work site raids
are un-American - Comment: So, it's un-American now to
enforce our immigration laws as passed by Congress? This is an
interesting precedent, like recently telling the DEA to back off the
enforcement of drug laws in CA. Federal laws can now simply be
waived if interest groups in a particular state don't like them?
Isn't the Executive branch obligated to administer and enforce even the
most stupid laws passed by Congress? If members of Congress object
to any such laws, then change them - and take the responsibility for it.
If we object, then we'll take responsibility for changing the members of
Congress as soon as we can. |
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March 18, 2009 - Obama calls on Americans to support budget -
Comment: Obama is directing the
Organizing for America movement to
lobby members of Congress to pass his budget. Is it legal? |
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March 18, 2009 - Fox News - ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census -
Comment: Thwart this by competing at the "grassroots" level to
do the Census work, and fight to keep the Census non-partisan.
Here's the follow-up interview in which the ACORN
spokesman argues with Megyn Kelly of Fox News.
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March 18, 2009 - Commerce pick says nation needs new jobs strategy
- Comment: It needs to recognize that government doesn't
create productive jobs by selectively favoring some industries. |
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March 18, 2009 -
Newsmax - Obama wants to disarm U.S. pilots Comment:
Insane priorities. See the original Washington Times editorial of
March 17, "Guns
on a plane" and related comments. |
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March 17, 2009 -
Obama May Charge Veterans' Private Health Insurance for Service-Related
Ailments - Comment: Playing politics with health care for
veterans as a ploy for
nationalization? |
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March 17, 2009 -
Congress looking at huge taxes on AIG bonuses
- Comment: This is where populist tyranny
leads - the power to target any individual or group through the power of
government. It may be politically expedient to attack AIG today,
but this will set a horrible precedent. Why not freeze all
Congressional pay until the GDP grows again? Focus on important
issues - not vindictive populism. |
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March 17, 2009 - Stimulus plan: Spend now, details later (promise) -
Comment: Haste makes waste. |
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March 16, 2009 - Obama budget: restoring income equality in the US?
- Comment: The liberal academic economists are happy, at least.
They wanted social engineering to redistribute wealth. |
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March 16, 2009 - Obama plans small-business lending boost - Comment:
Note the final bit about "Organizing
for America" going into action this week to try to defend Obama's
budget. This SBA move is just a transparent attempt to deflect
criticism about the harm to small business by Obama's plans. |
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March 16, 2009 - Bernanke says recession could end in 2009 -
Comment: He is now prepared to declare the glass may be half
full, rather than half empty, in the renewed spirit of irrational
exuberance. |
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March 16, 2009 - Frank assails bonuses paid to executives at AIG
- Comment: Part of AIG was a nightmare, but much of it was
successful. What about all the compensation and political
contributions of Frank's friends at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Why is there no action to claw all of that money back? This is
populist political demagoguery by one of the main architects of this
economic disaster. |
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March 14, 2009 - Republicans criticize Obama's budget plan -
Comment: They don't want to raise taxes until 2011 because
they are already worried about losing the election in 2010. This
is about rewarding and retaining political power - not what works to
create a stronger American economy. See also
Obama shifts to more upbeat economic message as the new spin of
the day. |
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March 14, 2009 - Brown, Merkel insist G-20 will deliver results -
Comment: "You're going to see a massive change in the supervisory
system".
"We must act to reshape our financial supervision. Regulation in one
country must cooperate with regulation in another country," Brown
said. Will this be voluntary coordination between countries, or a
new global bureaucracy as European leaders envision? See also
G-20 officials wrestle with policy divisions - and the Chinese
warning about the dollar. |
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March 14, 2009 - AP - INSIDE WASHINGTON: Moderates in Congress win clout
- Comment: Is the
New Democratic Coalition really going to moderate the new policies,
or just serve as political cover by slowing down some controversial
votes or making a few minor changes at the edges? Is "having the
ear" of Barney Frank really worth anything? The problem is between
the ears. Remember, Barack Obama and Rahm Emmanuel regard
themselves as alumni of this group in Congress. Moderates?? |
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March 12, 2009 - Household net worth plunges by record amount -
Comment: Reality check. Related U.S. News & World Report story
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American's Net Worth Down $15.5 Trillion See below. |
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March 12, 2009 - Obama: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think'
- Comment: Lecturing
top executives at the Business Roundtable on
such things as his commitment to quality education - just a day after he
signed a bill which destroys a successful voucher program in Washington
DC. So, it wasn't as good as we thought in 2007 - but that makes
it OK now to keep making it worse until 2012? See what the
Business Roundtable executives have been saying in their
quarterly CEO Surveys. |
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March 12, 2009 - Texas gov. rejects stimulus money for unemployment
- Comment: Rick Perry joins those who are concerned about new
federal mandates which may come back to haunt states. |
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March 12, 2009 - Source: attorney withdraws from Treasury job -
Comment: Regardless of the reason, Obama certainly does seem to be
having some trouble attracting talent you can believe in. |
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March 12, 2009 - DA, architects ask questions about Carrion's home
- Comment: It may seem to be just another small past due bill from
2007, but does it reflect the "pay to play" mentality again? |
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March 12, 2009 - Source: Obama official on leave after FBI raids -
Comment: No proof of any complicity yet, but one heck of a job
performance reference for the new information technology czar. |
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March 12, 2009 - Washington Post -
Workers' Health Benefits Eyed for Taxation - Comment:
They're still trying to find a way to fund the nationalization of health
care by stealth to limit opposition. |
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March 12, 2009 - New debate on how to decide best health treatments
- Comment: A few words may have been changed for
temporary political cover, but the scheme remains the same. |
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March 12, 2009 - AP Analysis: Obama stands with his allies, of course
- Comment: The audacity of hope was for so many people to foolishly
believe that Obama would lead by doing the right thing in office, when
there was no track record of any real commitment other than to support
far-left policies. |
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March 12, 2009 - White House objects to UN calling US 'deadbeat'
- Comment: What a perfunctory and tepid response to seek some
political cover after Ban clearly meant what he said. |
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March 11, 2009 - In Congress, UN chief calls US 'deadbeat' donor -
Comment: Recall what Gordon Brown said at the
World Economic Forum about "a
breach of the promise of global prosperity". Maybe the time
has come for some severe budget cuts and job losses at the UN, too.
Reality check. |
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March 11, 2009 - Feds spending millions on Kennedy legacy in Mass. -
Comment: Why is this an urgent federal budget priority at a time of
economic crisis? It would be outrageous at any time. |
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March 11, 2009 - Official warns Congress not to force lending -
Comment: Are you listening, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and all your
friends? Responsible community bankers don't trust you to dictate
what their lending practices should be now. That's how this
housing mess was originated - by government sponsored entities like
Fannie and Freddie forcing political agendas against business logic. |
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March 11, 2009 - Obama, Geithner: recession requires global action -
Comment: Still not saying much yet about the European-driven push
for a new global regulatory system for financial markets. |
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March 11, 2009 - Obama urges other nations to take stimulus action -
Comment: Preparing for the G-20
summit in April and creating a more global regulatory process over
financial services. |
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March 11, 2009 - Obama says he accepts 'imperfect' spending bill -
Comment: Too bad. We accept that he has proven himself
to be a liar when it comes to earmark reform and transparency.
Passed by a voice vote among the swine in the Senate, and signed without
any ceremony this time. |
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March 10. 2009 - Congress approves massive $410B spending bill -
Comment: By a voice vote, rather than a roll call. The
earmarks are just part of the problem. Remember this day in 2010. |
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March 10, 2009 - PR Newswire - Democratic National
Committee press release -
The Party of No: 50 Days of GOP Obstructionism - Comment:
Hilarious. Attacking "Limbaugh Republicans". The DNC
obviously doesn't get it. Obama's approval will decline to rival
Congress before 2010. The threat to their power ambitions isn't
from talk radio or Rush Limbaugh. "It's your economy, stupid." |
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March 10, 2009 - State GOP loyalists say they support Steele -
Comment: Many of the reforms need to come from the bottom up
in all of the states, rather than top down from new leadership in DC. |
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March 9, 2009 - Health overhaul tests Obama's political skills -
Comment: Note the intended use of the "Organizing
for America" activists and other pressure groups to selectively
target opponents |
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March 9, 2009 - Senators vote to preserve back-home pet projects -
Comment: We're still not seeing the promised transparency to "make
them famous" and defend their specific pork projects. |
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March 9, 2009 - AP - The Influence Game: Lobbyists defend earmarks -
Comment: If all of this spending is so justifiable, then why
aren't all the politicians involved standing up to defend it? It's
not particularly surprising or newsworthy that the paid lobbyists favor
their own earmark proposals. |
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March 9, 2009 - AP Interview: Salazar pushes for wind energy -
Comment: How about wind turbines between Congress and the White
House? Put their hot air carbon dioxide emissions to use. Or
how about propeller-head caps to readily identify those in Congress who
are pushing wind farms? |
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March 8, 2009 - Recession on track to be longest in postwar period -
Comment: When the economy finally starts to recover, expect
the spending increases and tax hikes to kick in to thwart it. |
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March 7, 2009 - AP Analysis: Obama recovery plans sowing some unease
- Comment: Fumbling through. Patience will soon wear out.
Celebrity will not trump performance as promises are broken. |
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March 7, 2009 - Life in Obama's shadow a change for Pelosi, Reid
- Comment: Too many cooks in the kitchen? Still
asserting that Obama is a moderate in the center? A mess is
brewing. |
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March 7, 2009 - Health overhaul could stall over government role -
Comment: Why would employers continue to offer private health
insurance plans if government offers coverage? As in the UK, the
result will be quality private health care only for those who can afford
to both pay their tax burden to support nationalized health care, and
pay the private insurance and bills to get better services. The
poor and middle class will be condemned to inferior care which is
rationed by budget priorities. |
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March 6, 2009 Jobless rate bolts to 8.1 pct., 651,000 jobs lost -
Comment: Obama may dismiss the stock market decline as no more
important than a political opinion tracking poll, but businesses in
February were already responding to the economic disaster which Congress
is busily creating. If they had real confidence in all of these
new plans, they would begin hiring now, not laying more people off. |
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March 6, 2009 - Senate bogs down over $410 billion spending bill -
Comment: "Bogs down"? Actually, it sounds more like progress -
perhaps a glimmer of hope. |
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March 6, 2009 - Obama: Every voice must be heard on health reform -
Comment: Heard as political cover, not respected. Note
that the 3000 meetings in 50 states plus DC during the campaign already
provided cover to push their agenda, by attracting 30,000 people.
How about a "tea party" of a
larger scale for those who don't want government to nationalize or
dominate our health care system? |
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March 6, 2009 - How long will Americans wait for economic change? -
Comment: Only a few months. After all, the Democrats in
Congress helped to create this financial mess over the years. |
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March 5, 2009 - Bankruptcy home loan bill heads for House passage -
Comment: Just say no. |
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Look back at this Financial Times column by
Gideon Rachman - December 8, 2008 -
"And now for world government". We can give up our
sovereign power through treaties - in effect, trumping our
Constitutional protections if the President and Congress agree to
subordinate us to global deals. |
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March 5, 2009 - AP Interview: Gorbachev criticizes Putin's party -
Comment: Note the comments about the role of the G-20, as well
as what Vaclav Havel said about Gorbachev's legacy. |
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March 5, 2009 - Rudderless Republicans court radio king - Comment:
So much for any pretense of the AP being non-partisan. Parroting
the White House talking points about Rush Limbaugh. This is all
just a red herring to distract attention from the agenda which is being
rammed through Congress. |
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March 5, 2009 - Chavez orders expropriation of Cargill rice plant -
Comment: This is where populist socialism leads - expropriation of
businesses, regulatory shakedowns, unchecked power, etc. |
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March 4, 2009 - Senate Democrats preserve controversial earmarks -
Comment: The fight over the $410 billion Omnibus spending bill may
not be a lost cause yet. H.R. 1105 at
http://thomas.loc.gov/ |
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March 4, 2009 - Key Democrats oppose Obama's tax deduction plan
- Comment: Already looking for political cover on reducing
charitable deductions. Such moves would hurt contributions to
charities at a time when they are already under pressure from the impact
of the recession. This creates more dependence on government
social programs, and less on private charity and non-profits. |
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March 4, 2009 - US schools chief wants DC kids to keep vouchers -
Comment: Retreating from a policy which was clearly going to hurt
many poor, minority children in DC. They may make an exception for
DC as political cover, but still impose the same policy elsewhere,
thanks to the unions. |
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March 4, 2009 - Crisis may cost Puerto Rico 30,000 jobs: governor -
Comment: Look at what happens when 7.5% of the population works for
the government. Sooner or later, it's unsustainable. |
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March 4, 2009 = Obama seeks major change in federal contracting -
Comment: Allegedly looking for $40+ billion in cost savings through
more competitive bidding, especially defense contracts. |
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March 4, 2009 - Obama administration launches housing
plan - Comment: For more details, refer to
http://www.FinancialStability.gov and
House set to approve bankruptcy mortgage workouts as well as
Housing plan aims to help 9M, but leaves out many |
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March 3, 2009 - Genachowski named to head FCC - Comment: Watch
for the "fairness doctrine" to return through radio station licensing,
diversity of ownership rules, community content rules, etc. |
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March 3, 2009 - Press Release - Coalition for a Democratic Workplace
- Comment: Urging Biden to recognize that even many union
members are opposed to the proposed "card check" rules. |
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March 3, 2009 - House Democrats reach deal on mortgage relief bill
- Comment: A deal with fellow Democrats, that is - to allow
bankruptcy judges to force banks to modify mortgage terms. |
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March 3, 2009 - British PM set for key White House talks - Comment:
Get ready for the G-20 April summit and the EU push for a global "New
Deal" and global financial market regulation.
Wake up. |
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March 2, 2009 - Trade nominee is 4th pick to owe back taxes -
Comment: All we need is a few million more such appointments
and we may make some minor progress on the budget deficit. |
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March 2, 2009 - Obama names Kansas gov as health secretary choice
- Comment: It's official. Get ready for the rapid growth of the
Department of Inhumane and Unhealthy
Services. |
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March 2, 2009 - Obama beats early retreat on promise to fight pork -
Comment: Didn't he just promise this once again over the weekend, as
in his speech to Congress? Does anybody believe him? |
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March 2, 2009 - Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos -
Comment: Who does this really benefit? It's a red herring as
political cover for other initiatives, and to intimidate Republicans.
See also
Bush-era memo claims unfettered rendition powers - and note the
final line about such early opinions on the topic later being changed.
Only politically sensitive early memos were released? |
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March 2, 2009 - Ousted Illinois governor to write book - Comment:
Tales from the dark side of politics, to be released in October.
Who will want to read it? Note: indictment deadline April 3. |
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March 2, 2009 - Decline in newspapers renews idea of nonprofits -
Comment: Newspapers as non-profit public service investigative
organizations with funds from wealthy donors? Bad idea. |
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March 1, 2009 - AP Analysis: Playing to win could be a loser for GOP
- Comment: Try not to laugh at this transparent attempt to
intimidate Republicans with Democratic poll analysis. |
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March 1, 2009 - Maverick Specter's toughest vote could be ahead -
Comment: The praise from Joe Biden that
"In his heart, I know he's a Democrat"
will be fodder for his defeat in 2010, especially if he becomes the
swing vote on the budget, "card check", and other issues. It's
time for term limits, if not as a matter of law then as a matter of
Republican Party policy. Seniority is not always a virtue. |
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March 1, 2009 - Budget chief: Obama will sign spending bill -
Comment: It's not just the 9000 earmarks in the $410 billion
Omnibus bill which are the problem. It's the whole budget and
other plans. This is not "last year's business". It is
turning a serious recession into an economic disaster. |
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March 1, 2009 - Confusion a part of health care plan in stimulus -
Comment: Wake up, business owners. This is going to cost you -
even retroactively - by extending COBRA benefits to employees who were
laid off since September. What ever happened to ex post facto
limits? |
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March 1, 2009 - Farrakhan: Followers must continue 'Obama energy' -
Comment: Look who's back on stage in Chicago with an estimated
14,000 followers, including Rev. Michael Pfleger again. |
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March 1, 2009 - Iran has fissile materials for bomb - Comment:
Maybe, maybe not yet. Time is clearly running out as the Supreme
Council and the barking mad dog out front keep stalling for time. |
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March 1, 2009 - States' budget woes will outlast the recession -
Comment: Businesses have to make cuts in recessions, and boost
their financial strength in good times. States keep spending every
dollar they can tax and borrow, and then face a crisis when their
economies and tax flows decline. Isn't this the definition of
insanity? It happens cycle after cycle, with no real
accountability, because the taxpayers are always expected to be there to
pay for it all in some new way. It's a
Ponzi scheme. |
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March 1, 2009 - Problems face Sebelius if she is next health chief -
Comment: Once again, the White House narrative is that Republicans
are just being intransigent despite efforts to involve them. |
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some point links may no longer work because the other websites involved
will purge their content, but a Google search for the same headline may
still find them through other sources for reference. |
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tool was created to make it easier for conservative voters to go back
and find relevant political stories long after they have disappeared
from the current headlines. In some cases these stories were
hardly even mentioned at the time in the liberal news media, or quickly
disappeared from the news, so many voters may be completely unaware of
them. Some of the stories display obvious bias by the reporters,
but readers can be the judge of that. The comments reflect our own
editorial opinion on these stories. |
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