Monthly Archive: February 2009

Feb
19
2009

A Nation of Cowards?…

Our new Attorney General, Eric Holder–America’s top law enforcement official, thinks that we in America are a bunch of cowards when it comes to racial matters. He said so. (If you are unable to see the embedded video below, please click here.) “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, …

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Feb
19
2009

WTF?: Monkey Love…

What the f***?? Travis, a two hundred pound simian who starred in several television commercials, enjoyed a life where he ate filet mignon, lobster tails, ice cream and even drank wine out of a glass.  He had developed human traits–he dressed himself, bathed himself, brushed his own teeth and even used a human toilet.  He …

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Feb
14
2009

Detailed “Stimulus” Spending…

Stimulus is spending, but not all spending is stimulus…especially when it’s the Government spending money on the Government. ProPublica.org released a list of all the government appropriations in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The appropriations section of the bill details spending in excess of $311 billion for programs ranging from Pell grants …

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Feb
13
2009

Taxation Without Representation…

1,071 pages and 8 inches thick. That’s how big the Obama Stimulus Package–the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009–is.   It’s a bill that, according to the Associated Press, stands to combine “$281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses with more than a half-trillion dollars in government spending. The money would …

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Feb
12
2009

WTF?: Judd Gregg

  “WTF?” will be an occasional series of entries on Conservative Blogger when a politician does something so mind-boggling, that the first response out of my mouth is…well…”WHAT THE F***?” The inaugural WTF? goes out to the senior Senator from New Hampshire–my Senator–Judd Gregg. Today, a mere ten days after being nominated to head up …

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