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What do terrorists and capitalists have in common?

lightduty wrote 1 week ago: In response to the Christmas Day attack, Homeland Security has issued new regulations.  From: http:/ … more →

Tags: conservatism, Government (Federal), Homeland Security!, Terrorism

House unveils new health care bill

lightduty wrote 2 months ago: Read it here The short title for it is: Affordable Health Care for America Act. That’s House b … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), this week in washington, Government Spending, health-care reform, house, Insurance, pelosi, Welfare

By their works, ye shall know them

lightduty wrote 3 months ago: Some progressives may believe that their policies are good. But the fruit of liberal policies is a s … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), Progressive, Results, Spending, statist

Obama discovers Death

lightduty wrote 3 months ago: In an emergency prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama revealed t … more →

Tags: conservatism, Government (Federal), the President, Health Care, Insurance, obama

What is a right? Not health care.

lightduty wrote 4 months ago: Health care is not a right. The topic came up again last night on Hannity. Hannity had a very intere … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, Economics, Welfare, Health Care, Rights, Civil Right, Steele

Obama's health care plan will hurt the poor

lightduty wrote 4 months ago: The arguments in favor of more government health care generally revolve around to providing service … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, Education, Welfare, Health Care, Obama plan, compassion

Government health care - the "death panel" at work

lightduty wrote 4 months ago: Update: Lori Roman writes for the Washington Examiner: ” Government-run health care killed my … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, Welfare, Health Care, death panel, palin, Emanuel, Healthcare, Government Spending

Healthcare spending: An alternative

lightduty wrote 5 months ago: Watching Hannity’s Great American Panel tonight, Juan Williams said that he believes many Amer … more →

Tags: conservatism, taxes, Social Welfare, safety net

Stimulus, part deux? Try stimulus redux

lightduty wrote 6 months ago: Update: July 15.  John Kyl seems to be picking up my vibe.  On George Stephanopoulos, Kyl suggested … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, obama, stimulus, taxes, Unemployment, Pork

Lessons on government healthcare and insurance

lightduty wrote 6 months ago: Way back in 2007, the Washington Post did an excellent expose on conditions at the Walter Reed Army … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, government insurance, state insurance, Health Care, Competition, Inefficiency, waste

2 easy steps to fixing our debt and the economy

lightduty wrote 6 months ago: I’ve got a crazy idea to fix our welfare debt problem. It has 2 components. First, you have to … more →

Tags: conservatism, Economy, Oil, Debt, Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, National Parks

Great news! SCOTUS supports contract law

lightduty wrote 7 months ago: Update: Apparently, they could only support contract law for 24 hours or so. They declined to stop t … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, the President, Courts, obama, Bailout, tarp, Chrysler, Contracts

The War on Drugs vs. the War on Poverty

lightduty wrote 7 months ago: Geraldo at Large had a segment on California’s discussion over legalizing marijuana. Geraldo s … more →

Tags: conservatism, War on Poverty, war on drugs, free car

Obama gets tough with California

lightduty wrote 8 months ago: Noticed this on Drudge. It’s the LA Times’ most viewed story today, even though it’s not close to th … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, the President, obama, stimulus, California, State Budget, state debt, bankruptcy

Help the GOP choose candidates

lightduty wrote 8 months ago: Today, Arlen Specter announced that he’s switching parties.  Cue standing ovation and wild che … more →

Tags: conservatism, GOP, Tea Party, Specter, Donations, Contribution, fundraising

Tea Party results in Rhode Island

lightduty wrote 8 months ago: Michelle Malkin reports on a great early example of success for the Tea Pary movement. Rhode Island … more →

Tags: conservatism, Spending, Tea Party, fiscal conservative, Malkin, Results

Uncle Sam's banking shell game

lightduty wrote 8 months ago: 4/15 Update: Tyler Durden over at Seeking Alpha got an interview with Blackrock’s Peter Fisher … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), the President, Bailout, tarp, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs

Cantor disappoints, again

lightduty wrote 9 months ago: Thanks to Michelle Malkin for getting the story out (after 10PM? Geez!) So, House member Eric Cantor … more →

Tags: Government (Federal), conservatism, Government-Virginia, governance, Congress, Cantor, Politician, Intervention

Some honesty for the GOP

lightduty wrote 9 months ago: Lots of Republicans are arguing that we should oppose Obama’s budget for the sake of future ge … more →

Tags: conservatism, Spending, Big Government, honesty, GOP, Strategy


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