February 2012
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Feb 24th
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“I believe I am kindly enough in nature, and can be moved to pity and to pardon...”
– Abraham Lincoln, refusing to pardon Nathaniel Gordon, who was executed for slave trading. (via politicalprof)
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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“There’s no clearer example of just how wrong the president’s blueprint is than...”
– Read it all.
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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Your Tax Dollars At Work: $1.6 Billion Dollars In... →
talkstraight: Last year, a federal program paid out $1.6 billion to cover free cell phones and the monthly bills of 12.5 million wireless accounts. The program, overseen by the FCC and intended to help low-income Americans, is popular for obvious reasons, with participation rising steeply since 2008, when the government paid $772 million for phones and monthly bills. But observers complain that...
Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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Federal Workers Overpaid, and CBO Agrees
Here’s some news that federal bureaucrats in Washington — and indeed around the country — don’t want to hear: According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released this week, federal workers are paid higher than their private-sector counterparts. The “alarming news” hit the national media yesterday, but there’s a funny thing about the report. None of it is really “news” — in fact, The...
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Obama Regime Offers $75,000 Grants To Sign Up More... →
talkstraight: Over the last three years, the number of Americans on food stamps has skyrocketed by two-thirds and stands at a record-high 46 million citizens, or one out of every seven people in the United States.  Despite the historic rise in food stamp use, however, the Obama Administration believes not enough people are receiving food stamps who should be and is offering $75,000 grants to...
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Warren Buffett's Secretary Likely Makes Between... →
Interesting. And here’s the truth about Warren Buffett’s tax hike pleas. conservativebrew: From article: Warren Buffet’s secretary, Debbie Bosanek, served as a stage prop for President Obama’s State of the Union speech. She was the President’s chief display of the alleged unfairness of our tax system – a little person paying a higher tax rate than her billionaire boss… …The IRS...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“School Choice: It’s not a conservative issue or a liberal issue, Republican or...”
– Celebrating School Choice Week.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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WE DID IT!
vimeo: Thanks to everyone who took a stand with us against SOPA and PIPA — the bills have been effectively squashed, at least for the immediate future. Long live free speech!  
Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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“It’s neither stable nor democratic, frankly speaking. The terrorists are hitting...”
– Iraq’s former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, in response to a question regarding President Obama’s claim that Iraq was now a stable democratic country, during an interview on CNN (via talkstraight)
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