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[ 8 May 2012 ]
Tammany_Ring_vote_fraud

It’s one thing when a supporter of a presidential candidate chooses to attempt to support that candidate fraudulently, or with stolen money. It’s another thing when the candidate is facilitating the process:

It has been reported that the Obama campaign this year, as in …

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[ 8 May 2012 ]
Stack_of_money_pork_spending_taxes_debt_deficit

From Human Events:

President Barack Obama has displayed an insatiable appetite for higher taxes, but Americans are wary of trusting him with any more of their money.

He has demonstrated staggering economic incompetence, manifested in his weak “recovery,” a $1.3 trillion deficit, doubling gas prices, …

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[ 8 May 2012 ]
iowahawk_julia_parody

The online bayeux tapestry-style slideshow of the “Life of Julia” story put out by the Obama campaign is causing strong reactions among conservatives, largely because it is, as Paul Ryan described it, “creepy” and “demeaning.” I myself have had several strong reactions to …

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[ 8 May 2012 ]
blue-tarp

When surveying support for and opposition to government’s recent big-spending adventures, one finds a great variance in support for TARP vs. other efforts like the American Recovery and Relief Act (a.k.a. the $800 billion stimulus) and Obamacare. Simply put, you get a lot more people …

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[ 8 May 2012 ]
Video: Europe chooses delusion

Voters in Europe have chosen the welfare state delusion over reforms that would enable the region to become prosperous again.

In Greece, and now France, outright socialists have taken control of the levers of power.  The person responsible for the maximum 35-hour workweek in …

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[ 8 May 2012 ]
Locomotive_Great_Northern_Railway_train_railroad

The effective tax rate of the 1% is 3 times higher than the entire 99%

Yesterday, we posted a comparison between the absolute dollar amount in taxes paid by the top 1% and the bottom 50%. Since the Occupy crowd and their ilk are …

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[ 7 May 2012 ]
Video: WFP Interviews Tom Bearup, Candidate for AZ Pinal County Sheriff

At the Waking Up America Conference in Phoenix, May 5, WFP’s Brad Zinn interviewed Tom Bearup, candidate for Pinal County Sheriff.

The interview below is a brief introduction to Mr. Bearup and his campaign. Full details can be found at www.tombearup.com.

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[ 7 May 2012 ]
Video: Does Government Have a Revenue or Spending Problem?

Conservatives and libertarians, especially those who follow the issue, know the answer: we definitely do not have a revenue problem, and we most certainly do have a spending problem. Getting this fact across to others is always an uphill climb, against a stiff headwind from …

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[ 7 May 2012 ]
Tobin, Andy

Speaker of the House Andy Tobin (R-Dist. 1)

STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX (May 7, 2012) – Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, Andy Tobin, officially announced today that he is not running for Congress. Instead, he plans to run for re-election to the State House of …

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[ 7 May 2012 ]
Alaska_Pipeline_and_caribou

Because Barack Obama repeats himself so often, I’m never sure when I see him on TV insisting that his energy policy involves “all-of-the-above” whether I’m watching one of his 2008 campaign speeches or one that he delivered yesterday afternoon.  Either way, I know he’s lying.

The …