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Saturday, February 28, 2009

IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES IS LOSING READERSHIP AND MAY GO UNDER…..

Have a look at JOHN HINDERAKER’S ANALYSIS over at the blog called POWERLINE.
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In this blog post, he compares the Times’ reactions to GW Bush’s budget proposals back in 2004, and the analysis they applied at that time, to what is being said about the current spending plans in Washington D.C. 
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Here’s a short excerpt:
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NYT, September 2, 2003:

      The White House serenely brushed off a detailed caution from the Congressional Budget Office last week that the growth in the deficit is more likely to roar than retreat across the next decade, fed
      by the three Bush tax cuts and other debt-fattening indulgences. If that warning was not enough, how about the concern reported at the International Monetary Fund that the administration has no
      credible plan to restore budget balance? Yes, the I.M.F., which must lecture the profligates of the globe, is worried that a structural deficit will push up interest rates and restrain growth as America
      ceaselessly borrows to steer red ink from imbalanced budgets onto future taxpayers.

Now that his planned deficits are four times larger, does Obama’s budget contain “debt-fattening indulgences?” Has the Times denounced them? Does the Obama administration have a “credible plan to restore budget balance?” Given that Obama’s intended budgets—put aside how optimistic his numbers may be—far exceed the actual deficits during the Bush administration, is the Times still “worried that a structural deficit will push up interest rates and restrain growth as America ceaselessly borrows to steer red ink from imbalanced budgets onto future taxpayers?” If not, why not?

READ THE WHOLE THING

 

Posted by Earl on 02/28 at 10:19 PM
Politics • Domestic • Economics • Media Bias • Comments •

WHO DO YOU SUPPOSE IS *MOST* IN FAVOR OF GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION?

Who do you think?
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Democrats?  BZZZZZZZZZ!  Wrong answer.
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Women?      BZZZZZZZZZ!  Wrong answer.
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The Brady Center?  BZZZZZZZZ!  Wrong answer.
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The Right Answer?

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Posted by Earl on 02/28 at 09:47 PM
Politics • Domestic • Second Amendment • Comments •

Saturday, February 21, 2009

RICK SANTELLI SPEAKS FOR EVERYONE WHO FAITHFULLY PAYS ON A MORTGAGE FOR A HOUSE HE CAN AFFORD….

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Posted by Earl on 02/21 at 07:30 PM
Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage • Economics • Comments •

Saturday, February 14, 2009

MUZZAMMIL HASSAN STARTED A NEW YORK TV STATION TO COUNTER ANTI-MUSLIM STEREOTYPES…..

In this photograph,
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That’s Muzzamil on the right…....but his efforts at improving the image of Muslims would appear to have failed.

Why?
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Posted by Earl on 02/14 at 08:26 PM
Miscellany • Religion • SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE • Politics • Domestic • Iraq • Comments •

ARE YOU WONDERING ABOUT “PORKAPALOOZA”, AKA “THE STIMULUS BILL”?

REASON MAGAZINE has an analysis, including a big list of projects that made it into the bill - that OUGHT to make your blood boil.
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It’s a terrible bill, in other words, both on its face and in the details. For the reasons I detailed HERE, it won’t stimulate the economy. It violates many of President Obama’s promises. Most of the deals that created it were made behind closed doors, meaning that there is virtually zero transparency and no real way to track where, how, or why money is being spent. On top of that, the bill is still packed with items that any vaguely impartial observer would call pork.

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READ THE WHOLE THING…..and weep for our children and grandchildren, who will be paying for our lack of restraint for many decades.

Posted by Earl on 02/14 at 08:13 PM
Politics • Domestic • Healthcare • Government Outrage • Economics • Comments •

Monday, February 02, 2009

ARE YOU FEELING SAFE, HERE IN “FORTRESS AMERICA”?

Well….have a look at THIS TRAILER, and then tell your political leaders you want them to invest in protection, rather than in the “porkapalooza” they’re calling a “stimulus package”!
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MORE HERE….

Posted by Earl on 02/02 at 10:06 PM
Politics • Domestic • International • Iraq • Comments •

Thursday, January 29, 2009

THE OLD STORY IS THAT THE AUTO COMPANIES KILLED THE ELECTRIC TRAMS ALL OVER THE U.S…...

....and now, guess what?  The electric automobile is being KILLED IN CALIFORNIA, and guess who the murderer is, this time? 

Would you believe….?  It’s the CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD.  On the surface, this really seems bizarre, doesn’t it?  I mean….electric cars will take gasoline-powered vehicles off the road…..and plug-in electrics can supplant the WORST-polluting type of driving that exists - the daily commute.  So, what’s the deal?

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Posted by Earl on 01/29 at 09:29 PM
Science • Environment • Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage • Comments •
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