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13 Attorneys General will file a constitutionality lawsuit against the healthcare reform bill
According to this article, 13 attorneys general have written a letter to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid stating that they will file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform bill. I think that the focus of this lawsuit ...
Flight 253 aftermath: Two of the plotters were former GITMO detainees released by Bush
In spite of the president’s claim that the terrorist attacker on Flight 253 was an “isolated extremist,” it is becoming more clear that this simply is not true; Al-Qaeda has taken responsibility for planning the failed attack, a ...
Flight 253 aftermath: Chris Dodd amendment cut airport security funding by $4.5 million
The president called the attempted Flight 253 terror attack a “systematic failure” and he is exactly right, he also promised to hold those responsible accountable for their action. (or inactions) We are now learning that Chris Dodd,...
Flight 253 aftermath: Obama dodges reporters by releasing an audio message
For the second time in two days, Barack Obama addressed the American people about the thwarted terror attack on Flight 253. After remaining silent for three days while his administration tried to find the best way to spin the attacks, Barack Obama...
Flight 253 aftermath: Does Barack Obama take terrorism seriously?
When the president finally addressed the American people on the failed terrorist attack on Flight 253, the visual was as striking as the delay in his reaction was confounding. After three days of pondering the proper way to address the Americ...
Flight 253 aftermath: Janet Napolitano admits that the system “failed miserably”
When Janet Napolitano addressed the issue of the failed terror attack on Flight 253 she said that it was proof that “the system worked.” As if that ludicrous and asinine statement wasn’t enough, she later went on to say the foll...
Janet Napolitano on the Flight 253 terror attack: “The system worked”
When Janet Napolitano was asked about the attempted terrorist attack aboard Northwest Flight 253 being thwarted she responded,”the system worked.” What!? Really!? The system worked? I guess the system under this administration a...
Democrats to Obama: “Drop cap and trade”
This could be the best news to come out of Washington DC since Barack Obama became the president; at least six Senate Democrats are urging the president to drop cap and trade from his legislative agenda… at least until after the 2010 elec...
White House admits the attack on Flight 253 was a terrotist act, but still won’t admit the Fort Hood attack was terrorism
Contrary to what this administration and Homeland Security would have us believe, terrorism still exists and even changing the term “terrorism” to “man-caused disasters” has not changed that. The latest example of this can ...
Ben Nelson on healthcare mandates: Congress gets the constitutional authority in the “same place” that gives states the right to mandate car insurance
Senator Ben Nelson– Democrat from Nebraska, and the man whose vote for healthcare reform was secured after his state received a nice little kickback– was asked: “where in the Constitution do you think that Congress gets the auth...
Senator Casey: “There is no provision in the constitution, but healthcare mandates are still constitutional”
Senator Bob Casey, Democrat from Pennsylvania, was asked a simple question: “Where does the Constitution give Congress that authority, for an individual health care mandate?” While this should be a simple question it appears to be vexi...
When asked where the constitutional authority was for healthcare mandates, Diane Feinstein said she “assumed” it was in the commerce clause
When Diane Feinstein was asked, where in the constitution is the authority to mandate healthcare coverage, she responded that she “assumed it was in the commerce clause.” Well, I would assume it would be in the Commerce clause of the C...
Conservative group readies a challenge on the constitutionality of healthcare mandates
With passage of the healthcare reform bill all but assured, the last remaining option to stop this disaster is the possibility of a challenge to the constitutionality of the bill. Some may feel that the deals that Ben Nelson and others struck ...
The healthcare reform debate; politics at its worst
While reading one of my favorite blogs, Political Realities, I came across a post entitled “Senator Ben Nelson will vote yes.” I left a comment on the article, to which one of the authors of the blog, Mike, wrote a reply that got me th...
Senator Whitehouse on the floor of the senate; People who oppose healthcare reform are members of the Aryan nation
I can’t recall a time in recent memory where the people who oppose a president, or his agenda, have been under attack the way that they have been since the election of Barack Obama. According to some of our elected officials there is no r...
Chris Dodd’s $100 million healthcare reform bill payoff
We can add Chris Dodd’s name to the list of senators that received money in exchange for their affirmative vote on the healthcare reform bill. According to this article, Chris Dodd has requested $100 million to aid in the building of a sta...
The great healthcare reform swindle; Harry Reid buys off senators for their votes
Yesterday Ben Nelson, senator from Nebraska, won “concessions” from Harry Reid on the healthcare reform bill and announced that he would vote in favor of the bill. While Ben Nelson threw up a smokescreen by declaring that he would not...
Ben Nelson to vote in favor of healthcare reform bill
There was no way in hell that Ben Nelson was not going to vote in favor of the healthcare reform bill eventually, the only question was, how much will it take? Ben Nelson and Harry Reid have been in marathon “negotiations” to secure t...
Senator Lincoln claims the constitution “charges congress with the health and well-being of the people”
Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln was asked, “What part of the Constitution do you think gives Congress the authority to mandate that individuals have to purchase health insurance?” She responded by saying the constitution “cha...
Harry Reid wants the senate to vote on healthcare reform without even seeing the bill
When congress passed the disastrous and failed stimulus bill nobody in the House or Senate had a chance to read the bill before they voted on it. As dumbfounding as it is that a person could vote on a bill without bothering to read what they ar...
The far left turns against the senate version of healthcare reform
In an effort to win one senate vote– Joe Lieberman’s– in order to pass the healthcare reform bill, the senate has alienated many on the far left. Harry Reid gave Joe Lieberman the concession that he sought by dropping both ...
The rift is growing between Democrats on healthcare reform
I know that I shouldn’t allow this to happen, but I am beginning to get optimistic once again that the healthcare reform bill may be in trouble in the senate. The source of my optimism still revolves around the man that let us down with his...
Massachusetts student ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation for drawing a crucifix, but drawing an ejaculating penis is okay
A teacher in a Taunton Massachusetts school asked his eight year old students to draw a picture of something that reminded them of Christmas. One student decided to draw a picture of Jesus Christ on the cross. Leaving aside the fact that the eigh...
Joe Lieberman claims he is against the Medicare buy-in option
Depending on whom you listen to, the Democrats may have abandoned the public option in favor of a “broad agreement” that would allow people to buy into Medicare at the age of 55 and set up a national healthcare platform that would be r...
Journalist removed from Copenhagen summit for asking about Climategate
How often have we heard that the debate is over, the science is settled and man is causing the earth to warm? It seems like we have heard it at least a million times. But Climategate has rocked the global warming alarmists’ world; thei...
The senate is poised to approve another $1 trillion in additional spending
After a test vote earlier this week that won approval 60-36, the senate looks ready to approve an additional $1.1 trillion in additional spending. A final vote could come as early as tomorrow. This bill would increase spending in many federal a...
Is there a “death panel” loophole included in the senate healthcare reform bill?
When Sarah Palin made her infamous “death panels” comment that has given her opponents ammunition to try to denigrate her, this is what she was referring to. There is a potential loophole in the healthcare reform bill that is bein...
Mary Landrieu refuses to state where the constitution authorizes healthcare mandates
When Senator Mary Landrieu was asked where the constitution gives congress the authority to mandate healthcare coverage this was what she had to say: Well, we’re very lucky as members of the Senate to have constitutional lawyers on our staff, ...
Hillary Clinton pollster received $6 million in federal stimulus money
How is that stimulus working out for you? If you are like most unemployed Americans who are waiting for the stimulus bill to create a job for you while the administration continues to flaunt fraudulent “jobs saved” numbers the ans...
Bob Casey may vote for the healthcare reform bill despite abortion funding defeat
I haven’t bothered to write much about the healthcare reform debate that is now taking place in the senate. Not much is known yet, but there have been stories about one senator or another opposing the bill if it contains either a public opti...
