TAX INCREASES AREN'T GOING TO CUT IT

A blogger by the name of Keith Hennessey has done a great analysis of how the Congressional Budget Office has virtually destroyed the House Democrat healthcare plan. Take a look at the first conclusion and then explain to me why there are still people in this country who buy into ...

• 8:24 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2009

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Sonia Sotomayor officially cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Obama administration will "require" health insurance plans to cover some weight loss programs to help fight obesity. I still like my idea better .. a FAT tax. This is not good news for Barack Obama. A majority of Americans believe exactly ...

• 8:19 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A NATION OF BLUBBERBUTTS

There's no other way to say this, and it's not as if you haven't already noticed. American is becoming a nation of fat, disgusting lardasses. We are a nation of overindulgent blubberbutts. One third of American adults are obese. Visual observations would point you to a higher number. But it ...

• 8:59 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A POSTER CHILD FOR GOVERNMENT EDUCATION

The location is Santa Cruz, California. The event is a meeting of the city council. The format is, apparently, citizen comments. The citizens of Santa Cruz get to walk up to the podium during a city council meeting and have their say. So ... the crowd is hushed. The council ...

• 8:46 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

KEEP THE TAXES COMING

The Democrats are still scrounging to figure out more ways to tax the tar out of Americans in order to fund their government healthcare scheme. The latest idea they are said to be considering is a 10% excise tax on cosmetic surgery .. face-lifts, tummy tucks, hair transplants, etc. It ...

• 8:44 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

CHANGING THE GAME PLAN

Yesterday I told you about the Congressional Budget Office estimate that said the House Democrat healthcare plan would save virtually nothing in terms of healthcare costs over the next ten years, yet it would cost about $1 trillion. Now that's some serious money. The Democrats have finally figure out how ...

• 8:34 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A GREAT NEW TITLE FOR YOU!

Don't remember where this came from ... possibly from Twitter, maybe from an email. But someone has come up with a name. This is a new name for the people who think that they have a right to make someone else pay for their health care - and the politicians ...

• 8:29 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

ROBERT GIBBS GOT ONE EXACTLY RIGHT

Man do I get the hate mail when I bring up the subject of Barack Obama's birth certificate. Apparently White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is just as frustrated as I am about this 'birther' crowd. Yesterday he was asked what he thinks it will take to make the birthers ...

• 8:26 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

GOING STRONG!

Just a few months ago someone published a book slamming the FairTax. I checked Amazon.com today and that book is currently No. 193,091 in book sales. The FairTax Book was published what ... five years ago? It is number 9,961. Oh yeah ... I would like to see it doing ...

• 8:21 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

READING ASSIGNMENTS

I hope you got the chance to read more of the things that Jamie Dupree is uncovering in this healthcare bill. For example, sections that are spending money but then claiming that that money shouldn't be counted in the overall cost of the bill. There are basically two things wrong ...

• 8:12 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009

STILL GOING STRONG

This email from a listener over the weekend: "I just read your book (Somebody's Gotta Say It) during a vacation across the upper Midwest of America and I have decided I would make a terrible caller! I would be one to agree on mostly any subject you bring up. It ...

• 8:53 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

YEAH ... WE NEED A DIALOGUE.

Isn't that what they're saying in the aftermath of Obama's little slam against the Cambridge, MA police? I'm getting a bit tired of hearing so many self-described experts telling us how this whole Henry Gates incident should bring us all to the table so we can have a dialogue on ...

• 8:49 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

IT'S A SCAM, FOLKS

Barack Obama has much of the country convinced right now that the only way we are going to turn our economy around is if we get the price of healthcare under control. Right? Was that not his message the other night during his presser? This all comes under the "never ...

• 8:47 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

TAXING GOLD-PLATED PLANS

While the White House is not so crazy about the idea of taxing employee benefits, what it now considering is a plan to tax "gold-plated, Cadillac" insurance policies. A top White House official told the POLITICO, "A premium charge on top of the most expensive packages is one of the ...

• 8:37 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

PANDERING TO THE UNIONS

In case you were worried about the United Auto Workers union lately, you needn't be. It looks like they will be taken care of just fine. As for other workers in the auto industry, they may not be so lucky. Take a look at the latest from the Wall Street ...

• 8:35 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009
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... BUT IT IS RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT

Last week we got some news about the federal Franking Commission. Basically this is a Congressional entity that regulates official Congressional mailings. The news from last week was that the Franking Commission was blocking the Republicans from sending a flier about the Democrats' healthcare plan. That was bad enough. But ...

• 8:27 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

THIS MYTH ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES

Over the weekend, Barack Obama tried to push the point that his healthcare plan would help small businesses. Obama bases this assumption on the fact that businesses will be able to buy into healthcare plans that are cheaper (and run by the government). Meanwhile, what he fails to tell you ...

• 8:20 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

SARAH PALIN'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

• 8:19 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Here's a must-read from Peggy Noonan: Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare. Nancy Pelosi says, "When I take this bill to the floor, it will win." Ok, Princess Nancy. Thomas Sowell explains how Barack Obama can't trick the public into believing that he can implement a government-healthcare program without raisings costs. ...

• 8:15 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2009

BIRTHERS, AGAIN

Lou Dobbs is on the birther bandwagon. Since Neal just brought this up, here's America's Most Trusted News Source(TM) on the issue. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c The Born Identity www.thedailyshow.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day

• 11:47 a.m. Friday, July 24, 2009