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Youth Service

Liberals (and, to be fair, some compassionate “conservatives”) like to tout the value of youth service. Youth service at McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell or Wal-Mart is worth roughly $8 an hour, depending on location. Unwilling service at the point of a gun (Obama and Rangel’s national service proposals) or service paid for by unwilling […]

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The real CIA scandals

According to AP reports, the CIA program about which Dick Cheney supposedly kept Congress in the dark was an effort to gain intelligence and carry out killings of Al Qaeda leaders at close range, rather than through air strikes that risked collateral damage. Congress wasn’t informed because the program never got far enough to justify […]

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It started with a tea party…

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and […]

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Amerika 2009 with Apologies to Martin Niemoller

First they came for the heroin and crack addicts and I didn’t speak up because I don’t use heroin or crack. Then they came for the smokers and chewers and I didn’t speak up because those are nasty habits. Then they came for heavy drinkers and I didn’t speak up because speakeasies sounded fun. Then […]

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I'm from the government and I'm here to help the auto industry

As predicted, the Chrysler bankruptcy case has raised questions worthy of Supreme Court review and the Court has just temporarily stayed the sale of Chrysler to Fiat. It will be interesting to see whether the Court that surrendered the private property rights of homeowners in Kelo will be as quick to rewrite the long standing […]

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10 Cars That Won't Make Obama's Grade

Here for your amusement and edification are ten cars that won’t meet President Obama’s fuel efficiency standard – and I didn’t even come close to listing the Hummer or the Lamborghini Gallardo. The Mini Cooper with a combined 29 MPG. The Hyundai Accent with a combined 29 MPG. The Ford Escape Hybrid with combined 28 […]

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