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The Politico reports that a Rasmussen poll found 55% of those surveyed (49% of Democrats) believe that Obama’s federal mortgage subsidies “rewards bad behavior”. As you recall, CNBC’s Rick Santelli passionately argued last Thursday against the mortgage bailout and stimulus plan. The White House press secretary, Bobby Gibbs, brushed off Santelli’s comments, dismissing him “as a know-nothing derivatives trader out of touch with Main Street”. Although proponents... Read More→

The Baghdad Central Prison, formerly known as Abu Ghraib, reopened, its halls now decorated with plastic flowers, streamers, and fresh paint. The prison was turned into “something like a resort” where prisoners can find some R&R reading at the library, enhancing their gardening skills, chatting online, or building muscle. “Now it is a place where law and justice are respected and prisoners are rehabilitated” and is sure to be a model for the new Gitmo located in Pennsylvania’s... Read More→

Apparently, the stimulus bill to nowhere includes a $20 billion incentive encouraging medical record digitization. The intent of health IT is to gain a better understanding of health trends and outcomes. If you recall, Mr. Daschle proposed in his book “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis,” that the federal government be given massive powers in health care regulation, thereby imposing price controls and determining the drugs and treatments to be used for patients under... Read More→