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Harry’s Saturday Showdown at the Senate Corral

Politics

This Saturday evening, the Senate faces it’s first tough vote on Harry Reid’s version of Obamacare. With no room for dissent, the Democrats hope to garner the needed 60 votes to push the bill to the floor. Can the GOP and Moderate Dems stop them?

Obama’s Cruel Re-Opening of 9/11 Wounds

News

Families of the 9/11 victims and the people of New York are about to relive the terror of 2001 all over again. The mother of a victim said this week after talking to AG Holder, “We’d like to close a chapter on this book at some point, but they keep opening this wound and rubbing our faces in it.”

Looks Like New London Was All for Not

Politics

Two years ago New London, Conn. leveled the Fort Trumbull neighborhood after a controversial SCOTUS decision on eminent domain allowed them to confiscate the property for a new Pfizer research park and fancy new neighborhood. Now, Pfizer is leaving and the neighborhood is empty. How’d that work out for ya New London?

AOL’s Struggling Efforts to Survive

Market

AOL, the once ubiquitous ISP, is losing more than 20% of their subscribers every year. In an effort to stay relevant in a changing tech world, AOL wants to be a “next-generation content publishing empire.” Can AOL become an empire of anything?

Newsweek Assaults Palin in Sexist Attack

Politics

The mainstream media has never like Sarah Palin, but Newsweek’s treatment of her in their latest issue is noting less than a sexist assault. A former Governor and Vice Presidential candidate deserves more respect. Was it necessary to show the “Sarah Palin-as-a-slutty-schoolgirl doll”? Absolutely not.

Obama’s Debt Not the Change Some Were Looking For

Market

“It’s another record-high for the U.S. National Debt which today topped the $12-trillion mark. Divided evenly among the U.S. population, it amounts to $38,974.34 for every man, woman and child.” Much of this is thanks to out of control government spending. Thanks Barry.

India Experiments Show How to Profit Off of Poor

News

The true story that served as the inspiration for “Slumdog Millionaire” shows how companies in India have learned to profit off it’s poorest citizens while helping close the “digital divide”.

Move by Obama to Try Terrorists in Civilian Court is About Nothing but Politics

Politics

As Obama and Holder move to try KSM and four other Al Queda terrorists in NYC civilian court, Andrew McCarthy points out that their motivation is nothing but politics. Forget that it’s unsafe or that it will expose classified intelligence to our enemies, it’s the “reckoning” that the Left wants.

It’s Time for Obama to Step Up on Afghanistan

Politics

“The more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose — and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point.” It’s time Mr. President.

Obamacare: Snake Oil at it’s Finest

Politics

“Despite the president’s “Don’t worry, trust me” assurances that the reforms will deliver universal coverage with superior care and at a lower cost without disrupting current coverage, more than half of Americans aren’t buying. They know what snake oil smells like.”

- November 21, 2009 -

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