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If Obamacare passes, so does Taxpayer funded abortion
by The Banter-er on March 11
The Family Research Council blog has 8 expertly documented reasons to believe that taxpayer funded abortion will be included in Healthcare overhaul underway in Washington. With Rep. Bart Stupack raising a raucous with his opposition to the Senate bill’s lack of the Hyde Amendment language, abortion has taken center stage in the debate. And while pro-lifers have taken heart in this tiny coalition who appear to be holding firm on their support for pro-life measures, those who understand... Read more...
North Korean Gothic
by The Banter-er on February 17
The Drudge Report has linked to an article citing the rise of power and influence of North Korean First Sister, Kim Kyong-Hui. Apparently the 64 year old woman has seen an increase in her day-to-day responsibilities around the country. Honestly, I have no comment on the article, but the picture of the Kims Drudge chose to display looked a little familiar: If only we could all be this happy. Spread the Wealth Around: Read More →
Tea Party Celebrities Should Stump Against McCain
by The Banter-er on February 10
It has been widely published that the two biggest faces of the tea party movement will head to Arizona to stump for John McCain in his Senate primary against former Congressman J.D. Hayworth. Both Sarah Palin and newly elected Senator Scott Brown will endorse McCain sometime in the near future. 2YAKN7RQKCHQ I’ve got a serious problem with this, both as an Arizonan and a tea party supporter. Here’s why: Palin has become a household name by representing the heart and soul of America.... Read more...
Obama White House: There’s Not an App for That
by The Banter-er on February 9
Following two highly successful commercials promoting the new Obama iPhone application (here & here), the White House has released a rejected ad that highlights what exactly the application doesn’t do. Spread the Wealth Around: Read More →
Hope Index – 2/8
by The Banter-er on February 8
Bring on the debt! A week after a State of the Union address and several other speeches where he renounced deficits and called the country on it’s reckless spending habits, Obama released his new budget that grows the deficit to record levels. Hope with absolutely no change – just a whole lot of IOU’s that will come due decades after Obama has done his work. It is clear that Obama intends to freeze spending at historically high levels. Scott Brown is now in D.C. (which proves,... Read more...
iPad & iHealthcare: How Arrogance Invites Letdown
by The Banter-er on February 5
What do the iPad and healthcare reform have in common? More than you would think. Watching last week’s iPad keynote address from Steve Jobs left me with an inescapable sense of deja vu. What I was hearing and feeling was eerily similar to how I’ve felt while following the healthcare debate raging in Washington D.C. and throughout the country. Both issues are seemingly unrelated; one is a consumer product developed under the leadership of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and the other, overarching... Read more...
Deficit be Damned: Government to Grow
by The Banter-er on February 4
We know from the State of the Union that Obama at least superficially understands that the US economy is still struggling to recover from deep recession. He knows people are increasingly out of work and growing more and more worried about the rapidly expanding federal government. He also acknowledged that deficits are dangerously high and that he is trying his best to address the issue. So how does the anointed president respond to the biggest challenge his presidency? By doing the exact... Read more...
Limited Government: Citizens Need a Veto Pen
by The Banter-er on February 2
The system of checks and balances brilliantly crafted by the founding fathers has been circumvented by big government politicians who write their own job security into public policy legislation. While most of this growth of the federal government is slow and subtle, times of “crisis” can lead to a tsunami-like lurch in size and power. Citizens are at the mercy of elected officials and unelected czars as they chart a course for bigger government. Through elections, American voters have always... Read more...
Wait, you mean Obama was lying about taxes?
by The Banter-er on
No freaking way! Give me a second to put on my surprised face. So when Obama repeatedly declared that he wasn’t going to raise taxes on “folks” making under $250,000, he wasn’t being entirely honest? Apparently not, according to the proposed 2010 budget unveiled by the Obama administration yesterday. In the world as the President sees it, a promise not to raise taxes is not broken if he simply allows existing tax cuts to expire. When your tax bill goes up by 3% and... Read more...
Rep. Clyburn Talks His Way Out of Common Sense
by The Banter-er on February 1
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), House Majority Whip, made a classic liberal Freudian slip when talking about his approach to fixing the economy: We’re not going to save our way out of this recession. We’ve got to spend our way out of this recession… While it’s true that spending is essential to a recovering economy, mounting deficits have a disproportionately negative affect on whatever stimulation investment dollars create. Smart investors will look at how leveraged a company... Read more...