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Finally

Posted by Always To The Right on Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:48:13 PM

Obama: “The buck stops with me”

When things go wrong, they want to see action and a sense of responsibility for the breakdown. On that score, Obama did well by stating the obvious very firmly, although it would have been better to hear that kind of approach on December 25th, not January 7th.

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No More Bailouts

Posted by Always To The Right on Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:21:53 PM
After $787 billion in stimulus spending and $700 billion in bank bailouts, the nation’s bulging debt is now $12.1 trillion.

The Obama administration’s latest $3.8 billion bail out of GMAC makes taxpayers the majority owners of the firm.
 
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Witness The Power Of The Fully Operational Porkulus

Posted by Always To The Right on Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:23:26 PM

AP again sees jobless claims rise “unexpectedly”

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Shell Games, Cont’d

Posted by Always To The Right on Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:14:19 PM

Cash for Clunkers cost taxpayers $24,000 per real sale

The Cash for Clunkers program provided federal subsidies of up to $4500 for those car owners willing to buy a more fuel-efficient vehicle in exchange for certain classes of gas guzzlers.  In all, the C4C program generated over 690,000 sales in the few weeks that it ran, with an average subsidy of $4,348 per sale.  How many of these, though, would have bought a new car in the near future anyway?  According to a new study by Edmonds, an industry analyst, only 125,000 of these sales would have not been made without C4C — which brings the subsidy to about $24,000 per actual successful incentive (via Snapped Shot)

In the end, almost all C4C did was steal sales from the new model year.   Dealers unloaded last year’s models, and their new inventory will sit on the lots without the buyers they may have had otherwise.  The destruction of used cars will make it more difficult for lower-income earners to buy vehicles, thanks to a shortage of about 700,000 in the national inventory. That will impact employment and consumer spending indirectly, which will mean a drag on future GDP growth.

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BHO Read This

Posted by Always To The Right on Friday, October 16, 2009 11:46:58 PM


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Senator Graham Steps Out Of Senator McCain’s Shadow Right Into His Shoes

Posted by Always To The Right on Friday, October 16, 2009 6:08:46 PM
The new McCain

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime friend and ally of Sen. John McCain, is now going a step further, Democrats say, and actually becoming the new McCain.

Senior members of the majority party say the South Carolina Republican has displaced his Arizona mentor as the dealmaker on two big agenda items of the Obama administration: climate change and immigration.
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Healing

Posted by Always To The Right on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:37:04 PM

Friendly reminder from ACORN chief Bertha Lewis: You’re racist

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Michael Moore, Closet Supply-Sider

Posted by Always To The Right on Monday, October 05, 2009 9:48:29 PM
Michael Moore is at it again, attacking capitalism and corporate America, this time with the film "Capitalism: A Love Story." Capitalism is "legalized greed," and "anti-Jesus," he says. And ... More »
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Olympics

Posted by Always To The Right on Friday, October 02, 2009 5:25:05 PM

Video: World’s biggest celebrity wonders where it all went wrong

Comedy gold: CNN anchor in utter disbelief as Chicago is eliminated

Limbaugh on Chicago: “Who knew the Olympic Committee was a bunch of racists?”

Breaking: Chicago eliminated from Olympics voting — in first round; Update: Total shock in Chi-town; Update: Rio gets the games

Newsweek: Actually, not getting the Olympics is good for Obama

Axelrod: We got robbed on Olympics because of “politics”

Video: Obama addresses IOC, promises to restore diversity to America or something

CNN expert: Actually, Chicago’s Olympics bid was “almost unwinnable”


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Warped

Posted by Always To The Right on Friday, September 04, 2009 6:44:46 PM

American Legion spitting nails over photo of dying soldier

The American Legion has issued a blistering statement about the Associated Press decision to publish a photo of a dying Marine over the objections of the Marine’s family.

I’m not sure I can put this any better, although I recommend reading Mudville Gazette’s take on the matter. Politico has a comprehensive report about the Pentagon’s outrage, and it should be noted that Politico did not run the picture with the story

I’m not sure which is more despicable — the decision to run the photo, or their self-serving claptrap afterwards about honoring the service of men and women in the war by exploiting their death. It demonstrates truly warped thinking and values. The AP should apologize immediately and withdraw the image, although that would probably not stop its dissemination now.

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Cap-And-Trade Is Refinery Killer

Posted by Always To The Right on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:32:51 PM
A new study shows that Waxman-Markey will increase prices at the pump, deepen our dependence on foreign oil and shred our ability to turn crude into gasoline. Even fuel-efficient cars will still need fuel.

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The fate of the Waxman-Markey climate bill rests upon two myths about so-called "clean coal." The first is that coal, as used today in the U.S., is a dirty fuel. The other is that coal can be made "clean" by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants and storing them underground in geologic repositories.

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A Rail Boondoggle, Moving At High Speed

Posted by Always To The Right on Monday, August 24, 2009 9:56:10 PM
Obama’s not serious about high-speed rail, is he?
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The Mask Slips

Posted by Always To The Right on Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:26:12 AM

WaPo poll: 7 in 10 Democrats now say war in Afghanistan wasn’t worth fighting

Remember, this is supposed to be the “good war” they were all pretend-itching to fight once Obama undid George Bush’s terrible, terrible mistake in Iraq. It was just over a year ago, as I recall, that Harry Reid was talking up how well things were going to boost The One’s campaign promise to secure the country.

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ObamaCare News

Posted by Always To The Right on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:12:48 PM
Don't Fall for Democrat Head Fake on Ditching the Obamacare Public Option
Whether they call it a "public option" or not, this is going to end with the government running your health care. That's what Obama wants: Control over your life.

AT: A Student Challenges Obama on Health Care

Taranto: Palin Wins on Death Panels

We just don't want nationalized health care. They can't defend their position, so they cry, "Racist!" For 21 years, liberals have tried this smear and failed.

"Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items.  We individuals will no longer exist.  The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever."

Whether they call it a "public option" or not, this is going to end with the government running your health care. That's what Obama wants: Control over your life.

Rasmussen: 54% Say Passing No Healthcare Reform Better Than Passing Congressional Plan

AP: 60,000 Angry Seniors Quit AARP

Taranto: Palin Wins on Death Panels
 
“What all these people on the left have wanted for 50 years is for the government to run health care. Whether they call them health care ‘exchanges’ or a ‘public option’ or whatever phrase they use, there's not going to be a health care plan that doesn't get us there at some point.”
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Change

Posted by Always To The Right on Friday, August 14, 2009 9:53:07 PM

What we want from the Republicans

. . . We need a Republican leadership that can address the basic immorality, and inevitable disaster, of Big Government spending sprees, rather than just offering a few adjustments to spending priorities and calling it “compassionate conservatism.”

Republicans should take this unique opportunity to attack the horrendously mistaken, supposedly invulnerable assumptions which have guided the devolution of our federal government since the New Deal.

We need leaders with the courage to head down into the basement with sledgehammers, and start knocking Roosevelt and Johnson’s nightmare machine to pieces. It’s not enough to just roll the current madness back a little, then let the whole tragedy play itself out again, with our children as the captive audience.

We’ve had enough of people like Obama trying to use the government to change us. We’re tired of being slammed with thousand-page bills that tell us what we have to sacrifice, and what we’re not allowed to do. We want to see some one-page bills that list things the government is not allowed to do.

We reject the assumption that virtue is the exclusive province of the State.

We expect politicians to cheerfully submit their proposals to public debate… and when those laws are ratified, we expect politicians to obey them. We elect representatives, not rulers. Self-government means the political class is obliged to live in the world their legislation creates.

We absolutely do not need any Republican politician stupid enough to think he can get away with something just because Barack Obama did.

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