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Archive of entries posted on July 2009

aSide Order

ACLU is at it again Veterans are in another battle, which ought to become our battle as well, to preserve a 75 year old memorial to veterans located in the Mojave desert. After all this time one might ask, who is in this battle against our veterans? The answer is, its the ACLU. Sandwich shop [...]

NJ Corruption Nets One Body, So Far

Update to corruption in New Jersey. JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Authorities say Jack M. Shaw, a top political consultant who was one of 44 people arrested in last week’s massive New Jersey political corruption scandal has been found dead in his Jersey City apartment. Mr. Shaw was a longtime Democratic operative who cut his teeth [...]

What's In The Health Care Bill?

Here are some of the highlights of some of the change the President has in mind for our health care. Complete bill here. {UPDATE 11/10/09: This is the old version, as of July 2009. The latest version is H.R. 3962. We’ll call it Obamacare v2.0. You’ve come here due to a net search. The latest [...]

Michael Vick Job Hunting

Vick, the former star quarterback who served a 23-month prison sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting ring, was conditionally reinstated by the league Monday. The decision makes Vick, 29, eligible to sign with a team, join it during training camp and play in the final two preseason games. Resume: Professional football player, quarterback. Hobbies: Dog fighting [...]

Who's Passing Bills Without Reading Them?

Listen how Obama characterizes the Bush administration’s reaction to keep the terrorists from killing our people and our economy with their quick reaction to the 9/11 attacks with the Patriot Act. Compare that to what the Obama administration is doing to merely kill the economy. The hypocrisy is priceless. Wait. On second thought. Under his [...]

Corruption In New Jersey

So what else is new? In a New York Times article on the recent arrests of 44 people for corruption, the Times ponders the question why. A decade-long building boom has flooded towns with millions of development dollars, as well as wealthy businessmen eager to secure sewer permits and zoning waivers. The Democratic Party firmly [...]

Pensacola's Grass Politics

Under the guise of frugal landscape management, the Pensacola City Council is poised to limit and restrict the use of Plaza Ferdinand VII. In doing so, they are stomping on our constitutional rights to assemble in public places. There is no shortage of grass seed, sod, or landscapers in the area as far as I [...]

Obama, Not Man Enough?

It’s been a few days now since President Obama’s derogatory and racially charged statement against a Cambridge police officer and the entire department, and still no apology. Obama conceded his words had been ill-chosen, but he stopped short of a public apology. I have to agree with the President when he says this is a [...]

Obama's Pan American Health Care

Last Friday, Democrats in Washington were forced to show their hand when it comes to providing taxpayer-funded health care to millions of Mexican citizens, PG 50 Section 152 of H.R.3200. The House Ways and Means Committee nixed a Republican-backed amendment that would insure that whatever health care legislation comes out of Washington will not include [...]

Obama, Republicans Just Don't Care

There will always be people that just collapse at the mention of  Barack Obama, a few Democrats in Washington excepted. But tonight’s performance of President Obama’s fourth press conference to sell his health care plan was, thank you Dick Gebhardt, a dismal failure.  He rambled on to obfuscate answering questions to the point beyond which [...]