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Making Your Option to Purchase Private Insurance Illegal Journalists didn’t get more than 16 pages into 1000+ page House Democrat  “Health Care for all Americans” bill before they discovered a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal. Congress: It didn’t take long to run into an “uh-oh” moment when reading the House’s “health care for [...]

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The following article is crossposted from a Friday Council Member post at The Glittering Eye In reaction to yesterday’s reports of increasing unemployment, predictably Paul Krugman calls for another, bigger stimulus package: O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that? I am an empiricist [...]

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John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence On July 4, 1776, American citizens made their Declaration of Independence known to the world. Although the bulk of the document is a catalog of very specific grievances against George III, the document is remembered for its stirring beginning, describing “unalienable” rights inherent in all human beings, as well as [...]

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No surprise here. Amnesty International released a report claiming that Israel committed war crimes against the Palestinians in the 22 day offensive at the end of last year. The BBC reported the alleged crimes in an article titled “Amnesty details Gaza ‘war crimes’” by citing the findings of the “independent human rights report” in an [...]

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A few months ago good friend and Webloggin contributor Megan Fox got into it with a rude staffer from Illinois Republican Mark Kirk’s office. Megan was all up in arms over legitimate concerns about Mr. Kirk’s voting record. She had called into his office to voice her complaint and was met by a staffer that [...]

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This week’s weekend weasel is a no brainer; especially considering the mind numbingly ignorant claims being made by the recipients. First out of the gate is President Barack Obama with claims he made in a speech that Winston Churchill said “we don’t torture” at a time when London was being bombed by the Germans. The [...]

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Watcher’s Council member Omri Ceren (aka Mere Rhetoric) gets a big fat honorable mention by Michelle Malkin for debunking CNN’s “Top Ten Faux Pas” video by putting into perspective the many “Faux Pas” that the CNN cheerleaders missed while laying tribute to their new master’s first 100 days in office. CNN can’t count By Michelle [...]

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From the “like I couldn’t see this one coming” department: Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according to a statement he released this morning. Specter’s decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in [...]

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Please see Update Below: This week’s Weekend Weasel might turn out to be more appropriately named as Criminal Weasel. I’m serious. My focus for this week’s Weekend Weasel are Open Border Lawmakers that actively undercut and impede the enforcement of our porous borders. This very much includes the idiot brigade at the White House that [...]

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Good morning Weasel Watchers! Welcome to another Weekend Weasel post shedding light on the worlds biggest weasels! This week I invite you into a conversation that my wife had with a delusional liberal friend of the family; for anonymity lets call her “Muttonhead”. This week’s topic, Sharia Law. The Stance: Wife: The expansion of Sharia [...]

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