Pakistan Makes a Taliban Truce, Creating a Haven. Shoves it in Obama’s face.

Pakistan Makes a Taliban Truce, Creating a Haven – NYTimes.com Just days after demanding more money from the United States and bombing the bridge from Pakistan to Afghanistan which is used as a supply route for our troops, Pakistan shoves it in Obama’s face again.  That makes five times in just over three weeks.    They [...]

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Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package – washingtonpost.com

Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package – washingtonpost.com This is a  graphic breakldown of the Stimulus Bill for those of you who haven’t yet gotten a handle on the details.  Hope it helps.  I am just sick every time I look at one of these because I seem to find more and more spending [...]

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Letter from Congressman Larry Kissell

February 17, 2009 Dear Brenda, Thank you for contacting me to share your views.  It is a pleasure hearing from you, and I would appreciate your continued input on important issues facing our nation.  Please know that I welcome the opportunity for open conversation. I ran for Congress so the people of the Eighth District [...]

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Union Pressing TV Stations To Yank Employee Free Choice Act Ads | The Plum Line

Union Pressing TV Stations To Yank Employee Free Choice Act Ads | The Plum Line It seems that what is sauce for the goose is not for the gander. The unions have been pushing the Employees Freedom Choice Act for   months now with TV ads and in newspapers.  Now that some opponents to the bill [...]

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How About A Stimulus For Life? Getting what you asked for and don’t want.

The Stimulus Bill was a grab bag of many Obama/Democrats long wished for programs.  They were slipped in under cover and in obscure wording.  and of course it was a rush rush right now thing so the Congressmen voted on something they hadn’t read let alone studied.  At 1000+ pages with changes going on up [...]

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Newest US troops in dangerous region near Kabul

Newest US troops in dangerous region near Kabul “the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division moved into Logar and Wardak provinces last month, and the soldiers from Fort Drum, N.Y., are now stationed in combat outposts throughout the provinces.” I found this article personally interesting because I am quite familiar with Fort [...]

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Really? – The Claim – Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold – Question – NYTimes.com

Really? – The Claim – Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold – Question – NYTimes.com Aha!  Vindication at last.  I have been telling people this for years.  An old Army doc told me years ago not to blow, sniff instead if I wanted to  stop getting ear aches and  sinus headaches.    I [...]

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Computerized medical records: stimulus or socialism?

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 02/16/2009 | Computerized medical records: stimulus or socialism? “Robert Moffit, the director of the Center for Health Policy at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, said that the provision is nothing more than a Trojan horse for the Obama White House’s true aim — transforming the nation’s health care policy [...]

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Obama didn’t OK Palestinian migration to U.S.

Obama didn’t OK Palestinian migration to U.S. Well, fair is fair and I posted the Presidential determination so I will post this article that refutes  it.   Of course I can read as well as the next person and I am fairly sure I did not misunderstand what was written and what was meant in that [...]

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Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown … | Business | The Guardian

Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown … | Business | The Guardian This is a very interesting article from The Guardian (Great Britain) about the men they blame for the financial meltdown and world wide crisis. The article gives indepth coverage to each person and tells what they did to either cause and/or [...]

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