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    Morning Bell: A Sobering Wake Up Call

    August 26, 2009 at 9:16 am

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    Defending mounting job losses despite his administration’s $787 billion stimulus package, Vice President Joe Biden told ABC News George Stephanopoulos last month: “The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy. The figures we worked off of in January were the consensus figures and most of the blue chip … More

    Morning Bell: The Left’s War On The CIA

    August 25, 2009 at 9:29 am

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    In June of 2008, while campaigning for the election of President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder promised the leftist American Constitutional Society: “We owe the American people a reckoning.” Yesterday, Holder escalated his “reckoning” campaign by appointing a prosecutor to re-investigate nearly a dozen CIA interrogators and contractors alleged … More

    Morning Bell: The Obama Fiscal Responsibility Farce Continues

    July 29, 2009 at 9:17 am

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    The federal government is estimated to run a 2009 budget deficit of $1.845 trillion. While it is true that President George W. Bush handed President Barack Obama a $1,186 billion deficit for the year, Obama has only added to that total to the tune of $659 billion. Worse, President Obama’s … More

    President Obama’s Unprecedented Debt

    June 5, 2009 at 6:10 pm

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    The national debt is skyrocketing. In 2009 publicly held debt is projected to jump to 54.8 percent of GDP, up from 40.8 percent in 2008. A year-to-year increase of this size hasn’t occurred since World War II. While the main causes of this massive increase – $787 billion economic “stimulus” … More

    Obama Jobs Deficit Now at 6.4 Million, and Climbing

    June 5, 2009 at 11:33 am

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    The economy shed 345,000 jobs in May and the unemployment has jumped to 9.4 percent, its highest level since 1983, and this is regarded as good news? Yes. In a way, it is good news, as it agrees with other evidence that the rate of decline in the economy is … More

    Morning Bell: The Largest Expansion of Government Ever

    May 28, 2009 at 9:17 am

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    Speaking to a celebrity studded fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Beverly Hills last night, President Barack Obama humbly proclaimed he “would put these first four months up against any prior administration since FDR.” Actually, let’s do that. Since taking office, President Obama has: Continued to fast-track government control … More

    Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor in Her Own Words

    May 26, 2009 at 3:57 pm

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    Issues Facing Latino Judiciary symposium sponsored by the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, October 2001: I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn’t lived that life. … More

    Taxing Everyone to Hide Spending

    May 24, 2009 at 2:59 am

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    This video clip from Your World with Neil Cavuto demonstrates how President Obama’s tax hikes won’t just affect the top 5% of American wage earners. And why all the taxes? Because President Obama and Nancy Pelosi can’t stop spending tax dollars. Watch. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW5NmivjLCU[/youtube]

    Obama’s Ban on Soccer Moms

    May 20, 2009 at 4:51 pm

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    Time for practice. Time to pile into the…Toyota Prius? Maybe the Yaris. Or surely the Smart Car will do. Those are three of eleven cars that meet President Obama’s new emissions standards that include “nothing larger than a midsize sedan, even when you include hybrids.” We’ve pointed out how bad … More

    Dude, Where’s My Truck? It’s Been Hijacked by Obama’s New Emission Standards

    May 19, 2009 at 12:52 pm

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    From ABCNews: President Obama will issue the toughest emission and mileage standards in history for new cars sold in the United States on Tuesday, in a move environmentalists hail as the first step ever by the U.S. government to curb global warming. President Obama will tomorrow announce a “historic” new … More

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    Morning Bell: Immigration Reform in One Infographic

    The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill on Tuesday. It will go to the Senate floor after the Memorial Day recess. Heritage has pointed out the problems with this “comprehensive” approach — including the staggering costs of amnesty and a failure to secure the border. SHARE … More

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