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The GOP is Limiting Their Base

Posted on March 1, 2010 | Leave a comment

The more and more I watch, follow this stuff and learn, I begin to feel that there is no party for me.  I see these far far off the map religious kooks and I’m like “Jeez!  That’s not even CLOSE to me!”

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March 1st, 2010: Chance of Recession in the Next 12 Months — 00.043%

Posted on March 1, 2010 | Leave a comment

Using data from the New York Federal Reserve, the chance that the United States will enter a recession in the next 12 months is 0%.  The Vikings have a better chance of wining the Super Bowl!  For perspective, you have to go back to September of 1983 to find a period in time when there was less of a chance.

Hat Tip- Mark Perry: Carpe Diem

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Capitalism: Millions of People Are Being Yanked Out of Abject Poverty Daily

Posted on March 1, 2010 | 3 comments

It’s a pretty familiar refrain “Everything is made in China, that’s why it’s so cheap!”

This is usually followed up with the typical “slave labor” and “sweat shop” and other oft trotted out horror stories.

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Do You Ever Wonder?

Posted on February 28, 2010 | 4 comments

Do you ever wonder why the Liberal,  claiming to represent the common man, derides Sarah Palin for being common?

Do you ever wonder why the Liberal, claiming to represent the poorest of us, guarantees that those very people can find no work by raising the minimum wage above what that person can produce?

Do you ever wonder why the Liberal, claiming to want to extend coverage to more Americans, wants to make that coverage more expensive?

If you have, then this video is for you:

Hat tip:  American Elephants

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The Party of No

Posted on February 27, 2010 | Leave a comment

So, I was watching and then listening to some of the Health Care Summit the other day.  Through out the whole thing I couldn’t help but wonder how the Democrats are winning the commercial message concerning who is truly the party of No.  Every conversation that I heard was based on the fact that we all agree health care reform is needed, and how.  The only request is that the Dems abandon their bill and start over.  Clean sheet, clean slate.

Their answer?  “No”

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I am Going Shopping

Posted on February 25, 2010 | Leave a comment

When I was young, my dad told me that I needed health insurance.  I kinda laughed it off.  However, through my 20’s, I went through periods where I did and then did not have coverage.  Looking back, I should have maintained coverage for the duration; I never should have taken insurance “holidays”.  But where I was right when I did have coverage was the type of policy I bought.

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The Virtue of "No"

Posted on February 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

All too often folks on the Hill who don’t agree with the Liberal agenda are cast as the “Party of No”.  As if all they wanna do is stall legislation and attack for pure political points.  Then we’re told that Washington is broken.

“Washington right now is broken,” Vice President Joe Biden told “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith. “I don’t ever recall a time in my career where, to get anything done, you needed a supermajority – 60 out of 100 senators.”

“I’ve never seen it this dysfunctional,” added Biden.

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An Amazing Article

Posted on February 17, 2010 | 2 comments

You know that feeling?  The one where you are getting your head slammed into a wall and then it suddenly stops?  Oh how it feels so good.  Which, if you are like me and believe that all people are good and will eventually see the light, only makes the shattering of hope all the more painful when the beating continues.

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You Can Tell A Lot About a Person

Posted on February 16, 2010 | 1 comment

When faced with adversity.

This sums up EXACTLY what I feel about Liberals.  Hat tip Cuatro Pachyderms

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How to Sell More Beer

Posted on February 16, 2010 | 3 comments

Many of my friends work in the service industry.  Some either currently own or have owned their own joint.  Many have managed one.  When discussing politics or economics with the more liberal of them, I often get push back on my thoughts and ideas.  The concept that a free’er market would help everyone is foreign to them.  The idea that reducing or eliminating the minimum wage is a horror story; they run away screaming.

But I just go back to the bar room.  And I ask 1 simple question:

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