Stepping Right Up!

• Increased Medicare Costs?

  Hum?Who would have thought this would happen?A government run health care plan price has increased in price by 50% since 2006?Medicare is once again increasing in costs. That is even before Obamacare is voted on.Good grief- Obamacare will cut benefits to Medicare recipients by at least $400 billion. Even so, [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:32am EST
  

• In it to win it?

  Interesting Facebook post from Governor Sarah Palin today:Heading into December and Tuesday’s announcement of our nation’s strategy in Afghanistan, I ask the President to reassure us that the administration is in this War on Terror to win.And I’ll pass along the following from Harold B. Estes, a 95-year-old member of [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:39am EST
  

• Great foreign relations there, Mr. President

  When even the NYT begins to question the President on foreign relations, then you know things are bad:Mr. Obama’s own credibility is so diminished (his approval rating in Israel is 4 percent) that serious negotiations may be farther off than ever.Peacemaking takes strategic skill. But we see no sign that [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:21pm EST
  

• Going Rogue #1

  I have to tell you. I warms my heart to know that former Governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin currently sits on top of the best sellers list.The media attempted to destroy her life and there she is, right there on the front cover smiling at them.New York Times Bestseller [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 6:11am EST
  

• What am I thankful for?

  Hmm. I am thankful for a healthy and happy family. Thankful I got to see my parents a couple of months ago. Not thankful my family lives in Texas and I live here, especially when holidays roll around.I am very thankful for a wonderful local Italian family who have taken [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:40am EST
  

• Who else cooks with a hammer?

  Okay, fess up, who else cooks with a hammer?I finished making chocolate suicide cake today and used my hammer while doing it.I have to add crushed Heath bars in between each layer. Health Bars are the hardest candy ever! Had to use the hammer. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:03pm EST
  

• Republicans were blamed

  Hat Tip Michelle MalkinOver and over again, Republicans were blamed for murdering a census worker in Kentucky. At least it had to be our fault because we were objecting to the ACORN administering the census. The guy was a census worker with the federal government.You see the entire theory was [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:38am EST
  

• Health Care boondoggle: Can you hear us now?

  Ramussen shows that support for the healthcare boondoggle has fallen to a new low.56% Oppose38% SupportSince some of those that read this page think Rasmussen is a right wing pollster, I thought I would wait until there were additional polls out showing low support for the boondoggle.A USA Today/Gallup poll [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:24am EST
  

• Budget

  I got home about 45 minutes ago from a budget finance committee meeting. The meeting started at 5pm. So, long night. You will read some stuff in today's paper that has changed since the paper will printed.Hang tight, for tomorrow's paper for more current information. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:35am EST
  

• Why No One Expects a Strong Recovery by Jeb Hensarling and Paul Ryan

  This is a good article in the Wall Street Journal, even if it is news that we do not want to hear.One of the strongest factors promoting recovery from our 10 post-World War II recessions was an unshakable conviction that, regardless of the immediate trouble, the American economy is fundamentally [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:25am EST
  

• The New Louisiana Purchase

  Those people wondering if your political leaders are still for sale, look no further than Louisiana. Harry Reid has bought Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu vote for healthcare reform. Of course, Harry Reid did not actually spend one thin dime of his own money, he used taxpayer money instead. Total cost [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:50am EST
  

• Snuffaluffagus or Eeyore?

  I am finally able to get caught up with some things after a busy week. The week started off in a pretty interesting way. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett started of the week with a bang(kinda) announcing he was running for governor. Interestingly enough, there was no real bang. Not even [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:43am EST
  

• Team McCain blew it

  I originally posted this at Conservatives4Palin. I have since updated it for my home page.Well, the moment has finally arrived. To those of us that are fans of Governor Sarah Palin, the year in exile has been tumultuous and long.Governor Sarah Palin has been unleashed!After watching and listening to numerous [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:26am EST
  

• Voters reject him, President Obama embraces him

  I do not understand it. Voters have rejected Loophole Louie twice now. Even though the voters have made it pretty clear they do not want Louis Butler sitting in a judicial seat, twice now, the Democrats in charge have overridden the will of the people and placed Loophole Louie into [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:45am EST
  

• Where did our tax dollars go?

  Remember "3 to 4 millions jobs saved or created"?Remember "transparency"?Remember the promise of accountability?All of this is what we were told about spending $787 billion on the stimulus.Now we have the person heading the stimulus who will not verify that Obama's numbers of 1 million jobs created from the stimulus [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:47pm EST
  

• Cut taxes?

  This makes to much sense:To address the highest unemployment levels since 1983, Palin said she would cut taxes. "I would start cutting taxes and allowing our small businesses to keep more of what they are earning, more of what they are producing, more of what they own and earn so" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  

• The disgrace of Stimulus reporting

  I am certain many of you have already heard, the disgrace of the falsified and ignorant reporting for the money spent in stimulus funds.These guys cannot get the reporting right. Congressional districts that do not exist reporting stimulus jobs. Jobs that do not exist. Overreporting by tens of thousands of [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:19pm EST
  

• Votes by Tom Barrett

  I found a nifty little tool here. This link provides insight into Mayor Tom Barrett's voting record during his time in Congress.Typical liberal tax raiser and spender here. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:47am EST
  

• Again?

  Could someone get the President to stop doing this?Americans do not bow to royalty. We never have.H/T James T.Up next, Robert Gibbs will deny that this was a bow. [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:14am EST
  

• Way to go County Executive Kreuser

  Thank you, Jim Kreuser!Taking the bull by the horns, County Executive Jim Kreuser vetoed the insurance raise the county board supervisors gave themselves this week.Thank you Jim Kreuser for taking no chances at letting this travesty against Kenoshans get through.Kenosha News“I am exercising the county executive’s veto authority in the [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:44am EST
  

• Obama: First Pacific President?

  I do not know what that means.President Obama declares himself the "First Pacific President".Declaring himself “America’s first Pacific president” (a description that somehow ignored Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, two Californians), Mr. Obama previewed many of the themes that will shadow him during his weeklong trip, which will also include [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:13am EST
  

• Why are we bringing terrorists to America?

  Thank you President Obama. Terrorists are on their way to America and we have invited them here.WASHINGTON -- U.S. prosecutors plan criminal trials for five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, and military tribunals for five others held at the Guantanamo Bay prison.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, self-described [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  

• Oh my!

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:41am EST
  

• Wisconsin economic climate compares to California?

  You know that your state is in serious financial trouble if your state is being compared to California. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Susan Urahn, managing director of the Pew Center on the States, issued the following statement today responding to claims made by Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Michael [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:09am EST
  

• Hey, don't yell at us

  Once again, I normally try to stay away from local issues, but this latest kerfuffle has exploded in Kenosha.Kenosha county residents are furious at their county board supervisors over sticking taxpayers for health care insurance. They are not angry at all of them, but most of them.Read the KNews story [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:27am EST
  

• The Hillbuzz buzz

  For the forth time in the last couple of days, I have listened or read about the Hillbuzz boys writing on President Bush. The Hillbuzz boys are giant fans and friends of the Clinton family. Big fans of Hillary Clinton.During last year's election, there was a huge change in attitude [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:33am EST
  

• Not just Rasmussen anymore

  A couple of weeks ago, a Rasmussen Poll showing the GOP ahead in the generic poll was trashed by a commenter. Rasmussen was a GOP pollster, so it could not be believed.Well I'll be jiggered...Another respectable pollster just came out today showing virtually the same results as Rasmussen.GallupThe biggest change' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:58pm EST
  

• Thank a Veteran today!

  To all of America's veterans...Thank You.My favorite veteran: Dad [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:30am EST
  

• Great Op-ed from Detroit News on ObamaCare

  When even the liberal newswriters at the Detroit News are pounding you, perhaps the liberals should start listening:The narrow margin that carried the Nancy Pelosi/Barack Obama health care bill to victory in the House late Saturday should inform the Senate as it finalizes its own plan.The bill passed 220-215 with [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:37am EST
  

• Gov. Palin in WI: Don't let anyone tell you to sit down and shut up!

  I posted this early in the morning on Conservatives 4 Palin:First of all, let me start with how Governor Palin looked tonight. We all know that she is a beautiful woman, but that does not come close to describing how she looked. She was stunningly beautiful tonight. Maybe better than [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:03am EST
  

• Sarah was awesome. She talked about life ...

  Sarah was awesome. She talked about life at all levels, also about healthcare and protecting the elderly. She talked about panels of bureaucrats making decisions for us, more later [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:33pm EST
  

• Getting ready to head up to the ...

  Getting ready to head up to the Sarah palin event. Very excited. Will try to Blog as I can. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:12pm EST
  

• Melt the Phones

  Call your congressman, even if you think he will be voting "no" tomorrow on the health care garbage.Once you have done that, call the rest of the Wisconsin delegation also.Here is a list for the entire House. Call them all! [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:06am EST
  

• Obama's economy now

  Obama is busy dithering with healthcare reform, promising to spend trillions more on a program that will take more freedoms from the average American.I will be waiting to hear from President Obama today about his being all of Bush's fault.Of course, it has taken a few months for folks to [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:38am EST
  

• 10.2%

  After Obama's claim of saving and creating 1 million jobs with stimulus funds a week ago, today's unemployment numbers came out telling the real story.Massive jump in unemployment.10.2%!Crap, this is not good! [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:49am EST
  

• Prayers for Victims and families at Fort Hood

  I have heard all kinds of blithering excuses. They are all crap.The soldier that did this was upset that other soldiers called him names. It was Bush's fault because he stressed out the military too much. It was Obama's fault because he had not pulled the troops out of Iraq [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:24am EST
  

• More faked numbers by Obama admin on stimulus

  These lies are not funny anymore.Obama admin claims to have saved 935 jobs at Southwest Georgia Community Action Council:President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there.508 people? [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  

• Obama in Wisconsin

  All the rumors last week after Lawton dropped out of the governor's race was that Obama was coming to Wisconsin on Nov. 4th and the Dems might announce their big candidate for governor this week, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.Oh please, oh please...Let Tom Barrett stand with President Obama today and [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:43am EST
  

• Right out of the gate

  Got up this morning and turned on the computer. The first article out of the gate was from CNN:Election not a referendum on ObamaSecond article out of the gate, NY-23 was a referendum on Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty.Oh good grief.Of course, Obama campaigned for both the NJ and VA [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:43am EST
  

• Obama's "grab a mop" political strategy loses

  I mean pretty much everywhere.The liberal spending policies of President Obama were soundly rejected today.In Virginia, a state that went for Obama last year by a pretty big number last year, got wiped out. Republicans swept everything. McDonnell, a real conservative, clobbered his opponent. The Republicans also won all of [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:44am EST
  

• Today's elections, a referendum on President Obama?

  Are today's election a referendum on President Obama?I am kind of with Dana Milbanks on this today...it depends on who you ask.Of course, if you ask President Obama and the Democrats in NJ, they are trying to sell the idea that it is a referendum on President Bush.All of those [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:24am EST
  

• Obama is not God

  I know the reality has sunk in with a lot of people recently, but I guess I am confused why so many people fell for it.Last year, hundreds of stories were being highlighted by the mainstream media about all of the Republicans that supported Obama. Team Obama was on cloud [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:34am EST
  

• Wow- Dems paying for third party robocalls

  Apparently the Dems do not feel they can honestly win in New Jersey, so they have started paying for third party robocalls.Of course, the Dems denied it until they got caught, then called it an innocent mistake.The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:12am EST
  

• Since when does America negotiate with terrorists?

  Hat tip: Kate Wagner, TwitterISLAMABAD – The emboldened Taliban movement in Afghanistan turned down an American offer of power-sharing in exchange for accepting the presence of foreign troops, Afghan government sources confirmed."US negotiators had offered the Taliban leadership through Mullah Wakil Ahmed Mutawakkil (former Taliban foreign minister) that if they" [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:52am EST
  

• Feel like getting drunk?

  Hey, it is not my idea of a good time, but there is someone out there suggesting it:David Harsanyi RealClearPoliticsThe King James version of the Bible runs more than 600 pages and is crammed with celestial regulations. Newton's Principia Mathematica distilled many of the rules of physics in a mere [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:36am EST
  

• Yes, Professional Baseball Teams are getting stimulus funds

  I heard this on Friday from Vicki McKenna.Stimulus money to be used on D-Backs, Rockies facility The Salt River Tribe will use federal stimulus money to help it build a $100 million Spring Training complex to house the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, who are planning to leave Tucson and [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:52pm EST
  

• Clinton: US taxes everything

  Yes, we know Hillary. The US taxes everything...really that is no reason to brag!“Maybe that’s the case; maybe they’re not gettable. I don’t know... As far as we know, they are in Pakistan,” Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, AFP reported. “The percentage of taxes on GDP (in [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:34pm EST