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So Obama is once again passionately attempting to sell his healthcare nightmare to the country. Why is this? A) Poll after poll show that an overwhelming majority of Americans do not want to eat this crap sandwich. B) Every time he promotes Obamacare, public support seems to drop off even more, and most importantly, C) The President, Pelosi and Reid have made it abundantly clear this monstrosity will be passed, by whatever means necessary, REGARDLESS of public opinion So why is he trying to sell it again? Maybe the insanity card is in play here. Insanity by definition is doing...

Sure there has been outrage regarding Holders decision to hold trials in New York for the 9/11 suspects. We all know this will A) Be a media circus that will make the OJ trial seem like nothing, B) Put our intelligence gathering at risk, C) Will take years and cost tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars and D) Put these guys on pedestals that will be used as terrorist recruiting tools. While its true The One wants to expose the "evil torture" used by the previous administration as a bone to the left, lets be honest about whats...

Further analysis on this story from Ed Morrissey: posted at 9:30 am on October 30, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly By which we should deduce that over a million jobs got saved or created, indirectly, according to the White House. The official report will come out later today, but Jake Tapper grabs the advance leak from the White House and runs it down. Pay very close attention to the sources of this data: The Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus bill directly saved or created about 650,000 jobs as of the end of last month, administration officials...

posted at 6:43 pm on October 13, 2009 by Allahpundit What can I tell you. He had a good few months there, though, didn’t he? Welcome back, chairman. The Internet has been around a while, now. But, I still find it an amazing platform for innovation, not just in technology, but in life. Beyond admiring the way it powers so many inventions and businesses, it has become a personal thing for me. I love the fact that, wherever I might be, I can use technology to see my family and chat with them, and Social Media to tap into what...

<p>The House ethics committee revealed Wednesday it is investigating allegations involving three lawmakers in unrelated incidents.</p> <p>The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, commonly known as the ethics panel, issued separate statements Wednesday identifying inquiries into Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.).</p>

So by now were all aware of the damning videos taken at the Baltimore & Washington, DC offices of ACORN teaching people how to break the law. 4 employees have been fired, and the U.S. Census has severed all ties to the organization. Despite this, they continue to receive taxpayer dollars from HUD (Housing and Urban Development) and to my knowledge Obama has not said one word condemning ACORNs activities, despite his close ties to the organization. Does this make The White House look complicit? You bet it does, especially considering how "Stupid" he said the Cambridge police were during...

Now that White House "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones has resigned, what's next? Inevitably, the American mainstream media - ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, et al - must be held to account for sitting on the sidelines as this major story kept building without them, went viral on YouTube, and then became so large that a key appointee of President Obama was forced to step down. But with their decision to ignore the Jones story, they may have actually done Mr. Obama far more harm than good: Who vetted this guy? How did...

Watch the video http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/08/31/republican_promises_to_reverse_obamacare_if_gop_wins_in_2012.html

One of the more troubling components of the ObamaCare bill wending its way through the House is the inclusion of individual mandates to carry health insurance. What gives Congress the power to dictate that choice to American citizens? A single document enumerates Congressional power, and former Department of Justice attorneys David Rivkin and Lee Casey have some trouble finding that power in it. They argue, with appropriate citations of precedent, that HR3200 and any other bill that attempts to impose mandates will violate the Constitution: Although the Supreme Court has interpreted Congress’s commerce power expansively, this type of mandate would...

Fellow Freepers- I think we have all been inspired by the outpouring of support at Democratic Townhalls in opposition to Obamacare. Even Independents are now turning against it, thanks to Democratic leaders saying its all orchestrated by Nazis, the KKK and that anyone who opposes it is "Un-American." And were not even halfway through August, so lets hope the momentum continues. Worst case scenario: Some think that The One will ram H.R. 3200 through no matter what. Many in Congress dont believe the opposition is real, and may vote it through with a simple majority, AKA "The nuclear option." This...

August 1, 2009 Dear Congresswoman Tsongas- Thank you for your letter regarding my healthcare concerns. You indicated that our healthcare system is flawed, and I agree with you. Costs are high and going higher. However, I must disagree with your assertion that a public option is necessary for the following reasons: · As this article illustrates, our own government run healthcare program here in MA is flawed and its costs are skyrocketing: MASSACHUSETTS has been lauded for its healthcare reform, but the program is a failure. Created solely to achieve universal insurance coverage, the plan does not even begin to...

As has been the case since November 4 2008, conservatives need a champion - someone to extoll conservative values, bring the party together, rally the American people, and most importantly, be a strong voice against The Ones radical agenda. Conservatives wanted to tread lightly while Obama was basking in his post election honeymoon, but its clear that the honeymoon is over, especially considering how healthcare continues to crash and burn. Unfortunately no one seems to be stepping up to the plate, at least not yet. There are many candidates, and while we dont know who it will be, we know...

Dear Congresswoman Tsongas- I write you today asking you to join me and many other concerned Americans in opposing the healthcare reform bill currently being debated on Capitol Hill. President Obama is urging immediate action to recklessly pass this $1.5 trillion dollar legislation, which he claims: · Will reduce the overall cost of healthcare - False. The CBO has clearly stated this bill will increase, not decrease the cost of healthcare. · Will keep insurance providers "honest" - Also false. Whenever a Government run plan competes with the private sector, the private sector will fail eventually, leaving patients only one...

An excerpt from The Ones speech in NM last week.... But the long-term deficit and debt that we have accumulated is unsustainable.� We can’t keep on just borrowing from China, or borrowing from other countries — (applause) — because part of it is, we have to pay for — we have to pay interest on that debt.� And that means that we’re mortgaging our children’s future with more and more debt, but what’s also true is that at some point they’re just going to get tired of buying our debt.� And when that happens, we will really have to raise...

Martin Feldstein doesn’t exactly sugar-coat this peek into a bleak future of high unemployment, loss of American competitiveness, and essentially all the worst parts of the 1970s and 1930s in American economics. The former Reagan advisor and now Harvard professor says that Barack Obama has learned all the wrong lessons from history. While Obama’s tax cuts are mainly illusory, the tax hikes are very real, and will kill any hope of a recovery this year, and perhaps ever: Mr. Obama’s biggest proposed tax increase is the cap-and-trade system of requiring businesses to buy carbon dioxide emission permits. The nonpartisan Congressional...

We all know about the reporter who got a "Tingle going up his leg" when The One spoke. Well what Dick Morris said last night on O'Reilly sent a shiver up my spine. Anyone familiar with him knows that Dick knows his stuff. The issue was the redefining of the Republican Party. He said that if Obamas radical agenda works - big govt, nationalized healthcare, out of control spending, etc. we will all have to become Democrats. If it doesnt work (which I believe is the most likely outcome) the GOP will make a big comeback in 2010 and 12....

Anyone else out there scared? Democratic leaders are threatening to impose the use of reconciliation - a simple majority vote - to defeat a GOP filibuster on The Ones Universal Healthcare package. No negotiation, of course. They will say its my way or the highway. The GOP is threatening "all out war" if the Rats try to pull this, but honestly I dont think the Dims are too scared. We know what a single payer healthcare system like Obama is proposing would mean. All we have to do is look to Canada & Britain: -A flood of millions of new...

Recently while shopping at my local mall, I came across a store I have not visited for some time - Spencer Gifts. They are a nation-wide chain that focuses on humor and novelty items. I recall they had quite a bit of anti-Bush merchandise, which is why I had not given them any business. With the "change" now in place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I decided to look them over. Sure enough, there was plenty of pro-Obama merchandise: T-shirts, posters, bumper stickers, etc. but oddly enough, no anti-Obama gear. So I asked the clerk what she had. After searching the...

Below is how I responded to RNC Chairman Steeles latest request for funding: February 28, 2009 Dear Mr. Steele- Congratulations on your appointment to RNC Chairman. I sincerely hope you are successful in taking our party back to its conservative principals and majorities in the House and Senate. 2 major obstacles within our own party stand in the way of these goals: 1) The GOP needs to swear off earmarks AS A PARTY – Republicans have been slamming Democrats for earmarks and “so-called” earmarks recently. Unfortunately, 40% of the earmarks put forth in the recent omnibus spending bill are not...

<p>When President Obama charged that Reagan-era "trickle down economics" didn't work, not only was he wrong, but he's also wrong to think that his own trickle-down plan to grow government will stimulate the economy.</p> <p>So writes Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, in a recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal.</p>