Demo “health care” rolls on “I doubt whether there are many Americans who think Congress has either the right or competency to choose where they live, what clothes they wear or what cars they drive. Yet many Americans stand ready to allow Congress to decide what doctors they go to and what treatments they receive. [...]
Archive for June, 2009
24 Jun
Boxer out of line, disrespectful over ‘Senator’ address
via: Heritage An Iowa congressman says an Army general was not out of line when he addressed Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) as “ma’am” during a recent Senate hearing. Brigadier General Michael Walsh, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying last week before Boxer’s Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works about the progress [...]
24 Jun
Disorder in Iran — seeds of a revolution
via: onenewsnow A best-selling author and critic of Islam says there’s a real possibility that the protests against the recent election results in Iran could be the seeds of a new Iranian revolution. On Friday Tehran residents climbed on to their roofs and began to shout “God is great!” and “Death to the Dictator!” in [...]
24 Jun
Teacher fired for conservative website: “You refuse to conform” and “you just don’t fit in.”
via: onenewsnow A Kansas teacher says he was wrongfully terminated for his conservative views. Tim Latham has been teaching history and U.S. Government for over 19 years. But after teaching for just one year in the Lawrence School District in Lawrence, Kansas, Latham says his contract was not renewed because school officials did not like [...]
23 Jun
Farah’s $10,000 birth certificate challenge
Editor encourages readers to help him up the ante WASHINGTON – WND Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can prove he or she was present at the birth of Barack Obama – and he’s asking Americans to donate to the cause in hopes of raising the [...]
22 Jun
CBO Grossly Underestimates Costs of Cap and Trade
via: Heritage Last week, the Congressional Budget Office released their analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill that had proponents of the bill claiming we could save the planet for just $175 per household. That was the figure CBO estimated cap and trade would cost households in 2020, which “includes the cost of restructuring the [...]
22 Jun
DC Voters: Let Us Vote on Marriage
via: Heritage Last Wednesday several DC voters filed a lawsuit (PDF) asking the DC Superior Court to allow DC residents to vote on whether same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions should be recognized in the District. The lawsuit followed a ruling from the DC Board of Elections and Ethics that DC residents should not be allowed [...]