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The White House claims the stimulus plan has created or saved 150,000 jobs since it was enacted 100 days ago. Jared Bernstein, chief economic adviser to VP Joe Biden, admits that the figures are not a hard count of new hires, but are instead derived from a projection of what the White House believes the unemployment rate would have been if the stimulus had not been enacted. Essentially we’re relying on the White House’s optimistic estimate of its accomplishments minus the White House’s... Read More→

From USA Today: Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink An excerpt: The latest increase raises federal obligations to a record $546,668 per household in 2008, according to the USA TODAY analysis. That’s quadruple what the average U.S. household owes for all mortgages, car loans, credit cards and other debt combined. The current rate of government spending is simply unsustainable. It must change or we’re doomed.  Read More →

American Solutions has posted an online petition to call on Congress to reject legislation that will establish energy taxes and a cap-and-trade system that will lead to crushing utility bills for all Americans. Sign the petition here.  Read More →

Charges Against ‘New Black Panthers’ Dropped by Obama Justice Dept. Here’s a case of two black men caught on videotape standing in front of a polling place on Election Day 2008 in Black Panther garb, one of whom is holding a nightstick. It’s an open-and-shut case of voter intimidation. The same type of voter intimidation that took place throughout the South for generations against blacks. It was wrong then. Why isn’t it wrong now?  Read More →

Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) is proposing an end to “birthright citizenship,” the practice that allows any child born on U.S. soil to automatically become a citizen, regardless of their parents’ status. Supporters of Deal’s measure note that this practice has been abused in recent years by illegal immigrants looking to gain a legal foothold in the U.S. Deal’s plan would allow babies born in the U.S. to be granted automatic citizenship if at least one of their parents is... Read More→

James Gilmore, former governor of Virginia and chairman of the Republican National Committee, wrote a great op-ed in today’s Washington Times that calls for conservatives to unite around a common message. He contends, and rightly so, that the several fractured arguments within the Republican Party do not serve the GOP. And they surely will not save us from Barack Obama’s “new socialism.” An excerpt: Other lines of conservative thought should be free to develop, but they must... Read More→

The Albany County Legislature has proposed a law that would require local gun dealers to register sales of ammunition. Proponents of Local Law A claim that they are only trying to reduce gun crime, but it’s difficult to see how you do that by forcing law abiding citizens to register when they buy ammunition for their legal firearms. What the law is really trying to do is get on record everyone who purchases ammo and what type of ammo they purchase. A public meeting held last night in Albany... Read More→

#tcot Hooray for the voters of California. They voted down the tax-hike referendums that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed so that the tax-and-spend government in Sacramento could continue pillaging the state’s economy. Liberals said that turnout was dismal, therefore the outcome didn’t mean anything. That’s a pretty poor attempt to explain away the results. In politics and voting, an outcome is an outcome whether it is a landslide or 50 percent plus one. So take your sour grapes... Read More→

#tcot Terror threats are increasingly homegrown Some level of domestic surveillance is necessary to the security of American citizens Radicalization of Muslims doesn’t just happen overseas The Gitmo detainees cannot be brought to the U.S. mainland because they will establish a homegrown terror network among people like those recently caught in New York Read Judith Miller’s article “Watch Out, America, Our Biggest Terror Threats Are Increasingly Homegrown” to find out more.  Read More →

#tcot The mainstream media say Obama is winning the debate with former Vice President Dick Cheney over how best to tackle our national security issues. Many in the conservative camp believe that Cheney has come out ahead. One thing is certainly clear, though. The liberals are worried about Cheney’s public statements and the fact that he doesn’t seem to be going away. Otherwise, why go so far out of their way to attack him with such vigor? If he were truly a crank spinning tales as they... Read More→