Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
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State of the Union
Posted on January 25, 2011
There is a television show called “State of the Union” on CNN. It’s not doing very well in the ratings. Just like the country. The President is going to step...
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The Era of Big Government Is Over
Posted on January 24, 2011
In January of 1996, Bill Clinton proclaimed in his State of the Union Address, the “era of Big government is over.” Ah, if that only were the case. That remarkable...
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Symbolic?
Posted on January 20, 2011
The House of Representatives votes to repeal a massive, intrusive, expensive new health care law, and the press calls it symbolic. John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and, umm, (Harry Reid, the...
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Insanity Makes An Entrance
Posted on January 11, 2011
It was Charles Manson who said: “Years ago, it meant something to be crazy. Now everyone’s crazy.” It sure seems that way. You just have to take a look at...
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Russell Weston, Jared Lee Loughner and Political Civility
Posted on January 10, 2011
On July 24th, 1998, just as the House of Representatives concluded debate on contentious health care legislation, Russell Weston stepped into the Capitol building, fired a gun, killing Officer Jacob...
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