Rubio: Spending Deal Full of ‘Typical D.C. Gimmicks’

Boehner, Obama and Reid cut a deal…will cut $78.5 billion from Obama’s original fiscal 2011 budget, resulting in spending of $3.755 trillion. Senator Rubio voted NO! At last a Senator of REASON! [...]

BBC: US budget: Talks go on as government shutdown looms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13015909

BBC North America editor Mark Mardell notes that while President Obama has made it clear a shutdown would damage the fragile US economic recovery, it would also do huge damage to the already battered image of Washington politicians.

Obama said in a statement that the US government could not continue to operate on a [...]

Sam Wells: What a Libertarian Is – and Is Not

by Sam Wells, from a post on laissez-fairerepublic.com

A libertarian is a person – any person – who consistently advocates individual freedom and consistently opposes the initiation of the use of coercion by anyone upon the person or property of anyone else for any reason. (Coercion is here defined as any action taken by a [...]

Let’s talk about suffering …

We need to show more sympathy for the minority. They travel miles in the heat. They risk their lives crossing a border. They don’t get paid enough wages.

They do jobs that others won’t do or are afraid to do. They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language. They rarely [...]

Video: An Obama Shutdown: How Could We Tell?

YouTube Video from the Heritage Foundation

To all Members – Edit your Profiles

I’m sorry to ask this of you, but WordPress triggered a couple of recent problems.

At the top-left bar on this page you’ll see your username.  Hover there for a sec and you’ll see

“Edit my Profile” – right-click on that and choose “open in a new tab”

Then on the top line

“Visual Editor [...]

The price of Gas versus Printer Ink

All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are….

You will be really shocked by the last one! (At least, I was…)

Compared with Gasoline……

Think a gallon of gas is expensive?

This makes one think, and also puts things [...]

Conservatives, Take Back Your America!

It’s wonderful to be able to address a group of people who are conservative thinkers! This group can accomplish a lot if we don’t hang ourselves. One thing I love about conservatives is that they know what they think and aren’t wishy-washy. That said, if we want to succeed in pursuing the agenda of taking [...]

Americans Dislike Universal Care; Why Isn’t Congress Listening?

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By ROBERT J. SAMUELSON Posted 09/29/2009 06:11 PM ET

What’s driving the great health debate of 2009 is not a popular clamor for universal insurance.

“Many Americans are balking again at the prospect [...]

Peter Schiff: You’re the First to Know

You’re the First to Know

Dear Friend,

Well, it looks like you have made a difference.

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