Archive for September, 2009

The apology game — your tax dollars at work

September 15, 2009

Joe Wilson is under pressure to apologize.  Again.  The house is working up some kind of official admonishment of the guy who shouted out “You Lie” during the President’s address to Congress last week.  Full story is at Breitbart.   Rather than waste our time on this crap (what are these jokers doing while they...
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Senate Health Bill another Union Payoff?

September 10, 2009
Senate Health Bill another Union Payoff?

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Mark Mix outlines how the Senate version of the health plan appears to empower SEIU and force providers of healthcare services to become members of the union.  Maybe that’s why the union has started sending its legbreakers to town halls. ...
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The Convenient Fantasies of Barack Obama

September 9, 2009
The Convenient Fantasies of Barack Obama

Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner. Among the health care fantasies: We are going to save money by spending money. We are going to solve our fiscal problems with a program that will increase the national debt by $1,000,000,000,000 over a decade. We are going to guarantee you can keep your current insurance with a...
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Sarah Palin on Healthcare Reform – a little common sense, please.

September 9, 2009

The standard meme that this woman is an idiot needs to end, particularly in the face of this, in which Gov. Palin makes more sense than a hundred Nancy Pelosis. But then, for the left, it isn’t really about healthcare, is it? ...
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Michiana 9/12 Project

September 8, 2009

Michiana 9/12 Project has launched a new website tied into Meetup and Facebook. The 9/12 Project is a national movement with chapters across the country, dedicated to principles of liberty, capitalism and family values. We attended one of the group’s (overflowing) meetings at the Bristol, IN American Legion Post, and were impressed with the passion and...
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How to cough. Your tax dollars at work.

September 8, 2009
How to cough.  Your tax dollars at work.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
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Healthcare for America: preventing debate is the same as winning it, right?

September 1, 2009

Apparently the way Healthcare for America intends to fight the battle is to prevent hard questions from being asked. This video shows paid demonstrators being instructed on how to disrupt healthcare “reform” opponents’ questions and prevent them from being seen or heard. More at I Hate the Media ...
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Podcast

Smoking bans and mustaches

Commentary on the Elkhart Truth's stance on expanding the smoking ban, plus Elkhart City Council follies and a few choice recommendations.
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Tea Parties and more

In this, our first episode for some time, we talk about the recent anti-tax tea parties, the media, and a few news items. ...
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A special video message for Congressman Joe Donnelly

Video commentary on our Congressman, Representative Joe Donnelly, Indiana’s Second District.  Donnelly, like almost all the Democrats in the House, voted for the stimulus...
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Barack Obama-rama

In this episode, we talk about Obama’s recent big win, and there’s an interview with the director of Elkhart Civic Theatre’s current production. There’s...
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