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BREAKING: In spite of union violence, Michigan becomes 24th Right To Work state

Posted by: ST on December 11, 2012 at 6:25 pm » 11 Comments

Unfortunately, this happened … with people INSIDE the tent: As did this sickening assault on conservative comedian Steven Crowder: Fortunately, it didn’t stop this awesome thing from happening: LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed right-to-work legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in a state that has been a [...]

 

#FiscalCliff: The entitlement explosion in must-see charts

Posted by: ST on December 6, 2012 at 2:33 pm » 6 Comments

Ok, so I’m officially depressed now after seeing this. I knew it was really bad, but seriously underestimated the level. Most Republicans understand this and know tough choices need to be made. Nearly all Democrats, on the other hand, think most entitlements should remain untouched and that instead we should just gut the defense budget. [...]

 

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA): We need a Constitutional amendment that controls speech

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2012 at 5:31 pm » 10 Comments

Frightening: ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – A Democratic representative is calling for an amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow for some legislative restriction of freedom of speech. “We need a constitutional amendment that would allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) was quoted as [...]

 

California: We’re the best worst state! Yay? Updated.

Posted by: Phineas on November 28, 2012 at 2:04 pm » 7 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Now here’s something to be proud of. Thanks to nearly 50 years of  Democratic control of the legislature and the legislators’ kowtowing to public unions in return for donations and  support, the state of California –the Golden State, the land that inspired untold millions of dreams and created unheard of prosperity for [...]

 

Secession? No, try federalism

Posted by: Phineas on November 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas In the wake of the presidential election earlier this month, a lot of people expressed their disappointment with the results by submitting petitions for secession at the White House web site. Petitions were received from all 50 states, and there were several counter-petitions from progressives urging the government to let them go. [...]

 

Pension crisis hits Oregon, collapse of progressive model continues

Posted by: Phineas on November 18, 2012 at 3:30 pm » 8 Comments

**Posted by Phineas From the sound of this post by Walter Russell Mead, it looks like whoever manages Oregon’s state pension fund made the same mistakes we made here in California: expecting the extraordinary returns on investments enjoyed during the boom years to continue forever and then making big commitments based on those faulty expectations. And [...]

 

The mindless, predictable politicization of Hurricane #Sandy

Posted by: ST on October 31, 2012 at 11:58 am » 7 Comments

Well said, Wall Street Journal: We know liberals are worried that President Obama might lose next week, but are they so panicky that they want to suggest even before the storm has passed that Mitt Romney and Republicans are against disaster relief? Apparently so. It’s an especially low-rent tactic, akin to blaming the tea party [...]

 

#FightLikeAGirl: Time to ignore polling numbers, and to start the final #RomneyRyan2012 push

Posted by: ST on September 27, 2012 at 9:53 am » 8 Comments

There has been a lot of talk recently as to the poll numbers that are suddenly showing Obama with a distinct edge in battleground states. Specifically, the chatter is that the heavy oversampling of Democrats is what is giving our celebrity President the appearance of being in the clear lead in the final five weeks [...]

 

BREAKING: Politician refreshingly honest on a topic – media, pundits rush to condemn

Posted by: ST on September 18, 2012 at 10:27 am » 11 Comments

(NOTE: I’m working to fix the Tweet links in this post so that they show up as actual tweets. Thanks.) Sigh. Via The Politico: COSTA MESA, Calif. — Mitt Romney held a hastily arranged press conference here to engage in damage control hours after a video surfaced that showed him at a private May fundraiser [...]

 

Another study confirms red staters are more generous than blue staters

Posted by: ST on August 20, 2012 at 5:53 pm » 11 Comments

Via Politico: Red states give more money to charity than blue states, according to a new study on Monday. The eight states with residents who gave the highest share of their income to charity supported Sen. John McCain in 2008, while the seven states with the least generous residents went for President Barack Obama, the [...]