Monthly Archives: January 2012

Progressives: Outside your event horizon

Russ Douthat: Government and Its Rivals

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STILL Not too late to stock up

Bought a 16 pack of 60w incandescent light bulbs at home depot this very morning for $2.97. Gotta love it. Yes, yes… I know, it’s the 100w that are going away in the immediate future.

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SOTU

Victor Davis Hansen: What We Do Not Want to Hear Anymore The State of the Union could have been written by a computer program. All the now familiar Obama furniture was in the room: the mock outrage at “them,” the … Continue reading

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“But the main point is this, neither one of these men, whether they’re really conservative or not, whether they’re a rino, liberal, progressive, or just opportunistic, is Barack Hussein Obama. And that’s enough for me.”

Me too.

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A new upper class that makes decisions affecting the lives of everyone else but increasingly doesn’t know much about how everybody else lives is vulnerable to making mistakes.How vulnerable are you?

How thick is your bubble? Boulderite’s bubble is very very very thick. Talk about out of touch. The subtitle of this blog fits into this as well. I don’t claim that I’m not a bubble member, but I DO know where … Continue reading

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‘1000 days’ button

From ‘The Hill’

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“I’m on the hill today, visiting with Congressman, and we are finding that many of the GOP members are saying, “It’s against House rules to wear the ’1000 days’ buttons at the SOTU tonight…”

reports Keli Carendar as posted by Instapundit. She then points out… Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it “against the rules” to not pass a freaking budget for 1000 days??? If it’s convenient I guess rules means something, if … Continue reading

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1000 days part 3 (and 4)

From Powerline blog: John Hinderaker: What Can You Do In 1,000 Days? Lots of difficult and important things, as this excellent video from the Heritage Foundation points out. One thing you can’t do, however–at least, not if you are the … Continue reading

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1000 days part 2

“I think they should all wear a 1,000 Days pin on their suits tonight. That would force the MSM to report the issue.”Yea, I keep waiting to read about this in the local paper. Hah.

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How do I qualify?

Becoming depending on government. Gotta love it. Lead the way progressives.

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Debate moderators

“…As long as they can make the Republican debates look like a circus and the candidate chosen seem irrelevant, the better chance their candidate has of squeaking out a second term.” “ More examples here.

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1000 days tomorrow

Since Democrats last passed a budget. In other news today, Obama announced that he will not meet the statutory deadline to submit his budget to Congress–again. Of course, no one is holding his breath awaiting the president’s budget proposal. Obama’s … Continue reading

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Fast and Furious update: 5th amendment

Oh, this is a big problem. It’s every citizen’s right to take the Fifth Amendment in court and Congressional hearings when testifying. When the sitting chief of a criminal investigation division for a US Attorney’s office does it, though, it … Continue reading

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Obama take down from Canada

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Obama Admin: Beyond unbelieveably stoopid

REPORT: State Department To Reject The Keystone Pipeline Transcanada will however be able to reapply with an alternate route going through Nebraska I suspect Transcanada isn’t that stoopid. They will do one of two things: Build the pipeline to Canada’s … Continue reading

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United States: We have a problem

Lawmakers Proposed $1 Tril In New Spending Last Year Despite endless talk of spending cuts and fiscal restraint in Washington over the past year, lawmakers continued to act as though the government doesn’t spend nearly enough. Imagine that. Don’t worry, … Continue reading

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Elite: Thy name is Kennedy

Unbelievable.

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How dare this man keep campaign promises, govern soberly, balance the budget, and refrain from raping the taxpayer?

We’re talking Wisconsin’s governor, Scott Walker.

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Fastracks

Fastracks cost projections continue to increase. Back in 2004 when voters approved FasTracks, they were told the Northwest rail line would cost $565 million. In just four years that figure ballooned to an alarming $894 million because of construction add-ons, … Continue reading

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Vermont delegation rewarded staffers with $236,830 in bonuses

Can I get a job with these guys? As demands for fiscal austerity dominated debate in Washington, Vermont’s three congressional lawmakers gave their staffers a combined $236,830 in bonuses last year.

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