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Give us your tired, your poor, your HIV infected....

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This has been discussed for quite a while, and it has of course been controversial ever since its implementation, but thank goodness we’ve finally gotten around to lifting the ban on HIV infected tourists. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention together announced the [...]

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Pence gives sage advice to Dems on Fox News Sunday

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Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference gave the Dems some very sound advice today when he stopped by to chat with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. 

Chris, I think the message from last night is that Democrats didn’t get the message in August or last Tuesday.

But last night, on a narrow partisan [...]

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Cash for Clunkers: Where’s your money going?

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Thankfully, new polling seems to suggest America agrees, at least a little, with the Gulch about how really miserable this cash for clunkers program is, in spite of some sources hailing it as an ”inarguable success. ”

Ostroy at the Huffington Post calls it a “recession-busting program,” which is something we probably need to share with the recession, [...]

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New plan to pay for health care by… you guessed it! Taxing the rich

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The Dems are mulling over different ways to pay for the enormous Orwellian health care reform we are all supposedly so anxious for.  There were also some proposals to add fees onto employers, taxes onto soda, and other equally foolish plans.  None of these ideas will be able to generate nearly enough money, of course, [...]

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David Carradine’s family asks for FBI to investigate death

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Now, I don’t want to get into personal, family matters, but are you absolutely SURE you want to go down this road?

I mean, I know you’re all broken up about David not being with us any more, but isn’t it best to just let sleeping dogs lie? 

The family of American Actor David Carradine has asked [...]

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CNN: Atlas Shrugged resurgence

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CNN has a brief story about the sudden resurgence in sales for Ayn Rand’s star performer, Atlas Shrugged. 

Of course, it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone even mildly informed these days as to why this book is seeing an increase in sales.  We’re living it, for goodness sake! 

Federal takeovers of giant corporations, government-run [...]

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If you find yourself in Indiana, enjoy that waterslide you bought.

From CNN:

James Brainard is a Republican mayor whose city sits in a Republican county carried comfortably by Sen. John McCain in last year’s presidential race. But at the moment, he is rooting for President Obama.

“Government should be investing in infrastructure,” the Carmel mayor said in his City Hall office. “That is what government is meant [...]

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