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• Sign Of Recovery? - WTF Is FOX Doing?

  FOXNews, doing its best impression of the MSM?
  
  The "Sign Of Recovery" headline above leads the current FOX article, from AP of course, on new jobless claims.....Subhead..."...the lowest level in over a year!"
  
  One must read down the article to paragraph 4 to find this little nugget: "Analysts" [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:15am EST
  

• My Mind Is Made UP....Don't Confuse Me With FACTS! - ClimateGate

  The internet is awash with stories, not done by the MSM, which are beginning to show the depths to which alleged scientists have gone to "fix" data to show Global Warming. My readers will know that for as long as this blog has been online (2004) I have maintained that [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:07am EST
  

• Support....Who Needs THEIR Support!!!!

  Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.....
  Ya gotta love these cartoonists!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:59pm EST
  

• Walpin Firing - The Gift That Keeps On, Keepin On!

  Robert Stacy McCain details the scandal still blooming!
  
  I said many months ago that this one, handled by a rookie Obama team like rookies, would come back to haunt them.
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:34am EST
  

• DELUSION!!!!

  Rich Lowry posts the true tale.....
  
  My God!
  
  Are we, as a voting people, unable to stop this travesty?
  
  I hope not!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:05pm EST
  

• Instahtpundit Gets It Right!

  YEPPERS, Insty Has The Stuff
  
  The evidence is overwhelming......Obama is clueless, and amateurish!
  
  Man, we need to get this idiot contained....but that involves a united GOP.....Well, we are in trouble!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:53pm EST
  

• Walpin Firing.....OOPSIE for the DEMs!

  THE TALE IS TOLD1
  
  Thus we find the DEMs, once again, creating fiction as fact!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  

• TAX THE RICH, Times 3-4-5, etc.

  Lets TAX THE RICH for Health Care; Lets TAX THE RICH for This, and Lets TAX THE RICH for everything else.....
  
  The Democrat theme is palpable, real and they really, really feel we can solve ALL problems just by taxing those who make $250,000 or more.
  
  They are [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:27pm EST
  

• Why "NO" On HealthCare - By The Numbers!

  1. Senator Orin Hatch listed the reasons why before the completely tuned-out Democrat majority who wrote this massive legislation behind closed doors with no GOP input.....
  
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  So here are the numbers that Orrin Hatch presented on the floor of the Senate:

  0 - the number of provisions prohibiting" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:59am EST
  

• The Vote Was FIXED....The Result Is Dubious!

  The DEMs who, at the last moment, "Caved" to support moving the Obama/Pelosi/Reid Healthcare bill to a format of "Debate" are just folks who sought and reaped rewards for their delay in accepting the move. Lincoln and Landrieu love the star-qualities of taking LOTS of $ just to vote the [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:48pm EST
  

• It All Is Based Upon Whose OX is "GORE'd".....

  The man knows nothing except his "Oscar-Winning" views of Global Warming....assisted greatly by the complicit Uber-Liberal Media!
  
  However, his views are at the least suspect.....and potentially, completely out-of-sync with reality.
  
  Yet he drives on....allowing NO debate on his statements, and the obviously-flawed data/reporting he used to prepare his [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:14pm EST
  

• It's The Economy Stupid!....Well, Plus The Debt....& Plus The Lack of ANY Success in International Negotiations!

  YEPPERS Folks, we have a PrezBO who wishes one thing, and achieves another.
  
  He speaks to this, and achieves that! REGULARLY!
  
  His message is one of tree-stump mentality, and constant campaign rhetoric......just NOTHING in real, substantive achievement.
  
  He speaks well......IS THAT AN ACHIEVEMENT for a President????
  
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  

• Ration HealthCare????....You Are With Us Even NOW!!!

  OMG!!! Just read!
  
  Mammograms????
  
  Folks, if you, as an informed person do not see the trend of government toward restricting/controlling exams of all types by the evidence of these two findings....YOU ARE Asleep!
  
  The Obamaites are shooting themselves in the foot...perhaps committing some form of [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• The FACTS IS....ObamaCare Costs US ALL!!!!

  YEPPERS! We gots COSTS!
  
  The Obamaites are lost in rhetoric....devoid of facts!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:31pm EST
  

• O M G.....The PrezBO is Declining in support?????

  OOPSIE!!!!
  
  YIKES!!!
  
  Yes he is both vulnerable, and out-of-touch with reality!
  
  PrezBO is not "THE ONE" presumed by the LIBs....
  
  He is....LOST!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:26pm EST
  

• Obamas-Slamma!!!!! - The PrezBO HealthCare Plan is EXPENSIVE!!!!

  From The Line.....
  
  "The additional claim touted by Senate Democrats -- that the bill will reduce the deficit by $130 billion over the first 10 years -- is also coming under fire as "fantasy."
  
  Republicans have countered the CBO estimate with a figure of their own: $2.5" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• American Buffoon!

  Andrew Cline writes all the words I wish I had....
  
  There is no end to the descent from high to that of lackey by this man, and the arrogance is almost visible as he walks and waves.
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Ana Marie Cox Reviewed Palin's New Book....The One She Didn't Read!

  Patterico reports on the debacle:
  
  "I cannot claim to have read Ana Marie Cox’s entire review of Sarah Palin’s new book. I stopped cold when I read this line:
  
  I cannot claim to have completely read “Going Rogue” — I had to skim the last 150 pages" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:41am EST
  

• 875 Congressional Districts.....In 57 States???

  Actually there are just 435 Congressional Districts. However, in the world of PrezBO & his elite, elitist corp of trained idiots, they have added 440 NEW DISTRICTS!
  
  It is ALL right there in the report on Jobs Saved or Created under the (Less-Than) Stimulus bill.
  
  At least [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:28am EST
  

• $12,031,299,186,290.07

  New 12 TRILLION DEBT LEVEL reached!
  
  For my friends who support Obama/DEMs and those pesky big spender GOPs.....You, your spouse, and each one of the children, grandchildren, etc. owe just a shade under $39,000.
  
  Nuff said!
  
  Duke
  [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:43pm EST
  

• Obama Bow-WOW!!! It's NOT Tradition!

  Our GOP Friends at U Conn clear this up emphatically!
  
  Another Obama gaff....intentional or due ignorance????
  
  Embarrassing to me/us!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:53am EST
  

• Rope-A-Dope......Repeat!

  Paul Mirengoff at Powerline in his post "Come Back In A Half Hour & I'll Give You Another Look At It!":
  
  "During a party scene in the movie "Monkey Business," Groucho Marx spots a waiter carrying a drink, but the waiter tells him the drink is for the guest'" [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:07am EST
  

• On Being RINO....& Watching Your Support Evaporate!

  Jennifer Rubin explains that the DEM theme of GOP Left-leaners being popular is W-R-O-N-G!
  
  The coming 1 to 3 years is NOT going to be a good time to be RINO, or left-leaning as a member of the GOP. It is Conservative time, and it appears more and [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:54am EST
  

• GM Lied on Stimulus...1/3rd of Cars Made Outside USA!

  Stimulus-Spendulus....we got your money & we lied...so what?
  
  Ah yes, the truth about the stimulus continues to be unveiled....another major reason the Spend-o-crats have to RUSH HealthCarelessness through before more people become aware.
  
  Where is 2010? Not near enough as long as Scary Harry Reid and his [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:43am EST
  

• The $300 Billion Lie! - Courtesy of Nancy Pelosi

  "God Bless Us Every One!" - The Pelosi Christmas gift that will keep on giving....
  
  Diagnosis: A pain in the wallet, accompanied by deep regret & loss of medical care control!
  
  No wonder more than 54% to 42% of the populace believe this PelosiCare is a really, [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  

• BOW-WOW....PrezBO Goes LOW to Salute Japanese Emperor!

  
  This Idiot BOWs to the Japanese Emperor!
  
  He has bowed to the leader of Islamic countries who have birthed the terrorists who attacked our sovereign soil....he has now bowed to the leader of the folks who initiated WWII in the Pacific. Who else does he [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:28pm EST
  

• It Is About ME!!!!!.....Yes, ME!!!!!

  Obama cannot speak to anything unless IT IS ABOUT HIM!
  
  This man's ego is only exceeded by his lack of ability and knowledge!
  
  Duke' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

• William "Cold Cash" Jefferson Gets 13 Years

  The man who for 13 years represented a Congressional district is going away.
  
  Farewell Crook!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:03pm EST
  

• DIVE-DIVE!!!! CBO Tells PrezBO Deficit Gloom!

  
  The "Boy Who Would Be King" is off to Japan to bow and scrape before The Emperor. Meanwhile he has QUADRUPLED The US Deficit in ONE YEAR!
  
  Hopey and Changey enough for you?
  
  This laughing-stock of the world leaders is proving once again that [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  

• Dither-Dither; Shuffle-Shuffle....

  Hopey-Changey Guy has once again shown his mighty deductive powers in a swift pair of non-decisions.
  
  First, following literally months of dithering on Afghanistan, and meetings by the score with military top leaders, civilian authorities, etc. and nearing a final decision his in-the-field military leader asked be made quickly....WHOA! [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:12am EST
  

• VETS DAY! - A Salute!

  
  I've written before and saluted a Father who carried with him shrapnel, and three purple hearts, to his grave. Paul DeLand, Sr., 1st Lt. USArmy, Ret. You lived on for many years after WWII, but you paid with costs not always identifiable. You are remembered by' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:53pm EST
  

• Voters Opposed To ObamaCare by 54-42 Margin

  BUT This idiot who claims GOP status votes FOR the ObamaCare bill....JUST READ & Believe there is an idiot born every minute....and some get elected to office.
  
  Welcome to the world of reality, Mr. Cao....
  
  May you last as long as the 2 year election to office [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:47pm EST
  

• JOBS SAVED!!!!! - Obama Magic Saves More Jobs Than There Are!!!!

  Okey-Dokey...We employ 290, but we saved 470 jobs!!!
  
  WTF???
  
  ObamaMagic at its finest!
  
  They just keep saving imaginary jobs.....& YOU Want them to handle YOUR Healthcare????
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  

• OUCH...OUCH...OUCH!!!!

  The excuses????
  
  NONE....Obama Stimulus "0".....Etc. To get a much more clear picture...just click on the pic.....
  
  Goollee!!!! The picture is wrong, Mr. PrezBO......We could not be THAT Bad!!!!!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  

• AARP Endorsing ObamaCare....BY WHOSE VOTE???

  AARP sez their 40 million seniors endorse ObamaCare.....
  
  Just one small problem....They N-E-V-E-R asked their 40 million members what they thought!!!!
  
  AARP did not poll members.....they did not listen when members heard their rhetoric and screamed them down in member sessions....they have never asked their member what they [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:41pm EST
  

• AARP....a Day Late & A Dollar Short!...& OUT OF TOUCH WITH SENIORS!

  The news out today is that after months of espousing ObamaCare, but denying they were doing so, AARP is finally going to fess up openly, and endorse the now-delayed/doomed ObamaCare.
  
  Meanwhile, their membership is fleeing like never before....this writer and his spouse included. We are tired of the AARP [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

• Jobs-Jobs-Jobs......

  From the sound of the Obamabots reporting, we have saved more jobs than possible....
  
  Well, at least in Chicago where they have saved more jobs than they have.....????
  
  Instapundit is on this like stink on wet socks!
  
  Actually he does it much better than wet socks. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:19pm EST
  

• Obama "Magic" Gone!

  Professor Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) DETAILS THE CHANGE IN THE N Y POST!
  
  That is by far the most intuitive analysis of the change I have read. The mood swing began even before the elections yesterday when it became apparent to many, including a large number of DEMs, that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:27am EST
  

• "Created or Saved Jobs!"....Primer of Lies!

  Not a clue for the public....but the Obama team sets the rules for all jobs using stimulus money....Patterico details the shamwow of DEM/PrezBO politics!
  
  You just had to know it. & in most other areas the only job "growth" is gummint jobs!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:09am EST
  

• ObamaCare..."The Worst Bill Ever!"...WSJ

  SOoooo...Is this clear enough for you????
  
  Tell your Congresscritter to vote N-O!!!! Period!
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:26am EST
  

• NEWT's BLOG Slammed With Negative Comments!

  The top of Newt's Blog site....For the meat and potatoes you need only read the 1st 100 or so comments on his endorsement of Hoffman following Scozzafava bail-out and DEM endorsement...
  He gets a trip to the wood shed....maybe a permanent trip!
  
  Nuff Said![...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:16am EST
  

• DIVE-DIVE-DIVE...PrezBO Doing a Full Gainer In Polls!

  OUCH!!!
  That's gotta hurt....
  
  Maybe Rush is RIGHT??? Amateur on-the-job-training just is not getting the job done.
  
  DRJ at Patterico's Pontifications has details of the potential for Presidential Embarrassment tomorrow!Sounds good to me.....
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:04am EST
  

• Boeing-Boeing.....Going, Going.....

  Boeing has announced their new 787 construction line will be built in NC!!!!
  
  Yeppers, the goose that laid Washington State's golden eggs is not going to build anything else in the state. Instead they opted for a more employer-friendly state....North Carolina. Unions have a LOT less clout, and the' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:40pm EST
  

• Speaking of RINOs.....How's This Suit You Newt baby?

  RINO Scozzafava has now endorsed her NY 23 Democratic rival over the Independent conservative Hoffman who derailed her campaign.
  
  The RNC dumped $900,000 into the Scozzafava campaign....Newt Gingrich ran to NY and extolled her virtues, despite her adherence to most of the liberal (Democrat) positions.
  
  A number of [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  

• Charlie Crist (RINO-FL Gov) Panics & Goes Amateur Attacking on Rubio!

  Charlie Christ, (RINO-I love to Hug Obama!) is off in never, never land....
  
  RedState covers the amateur attacks....
  
  I have been onboard with Marco Rubio from the start. Christ is no R & certainly not a conservative. When, if ever, will the GOP establishment realize they are [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:14am EST
  

• Tea Party (Palin)....Et al....WINNERS!

  Dede Scoza (whatsits) has dropped out......NY 23rd......Now it is Hoffman (CONSERVATIVE) vs Owens (DEM) in a GOP district.....NEWT came slogging for the GOP RINO candidate....but lost his way. Now Newt magically sees the wonderful of Hoffman....
  
  Beware GOP of the Tea Party folks....they could replace you in a single [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 3:13pm EDT
  

• Government Fiction = Stimulus Success!

  Caroline Baum: "When the government distributes lucre or loot, people spend it. If your interest is national income accounting, spending other people’s money is great. Spending is a back-door way for government statisticians to measure what matters, which is the real output of goods and services.
  
  But the government" [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:55am EDT
  

• Twenty Years of Newspaper (Lack of) Circulation!

  This pretty much sez it all....
  If you want the whole story Read it here!
  
  Nothing to see here....just the death of an industry.
  
  Duke [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:10am EDT
  

• Clueless in DEMland!

  Healthcare is on-the-line & DEMs fail to produce Flu vaccine! Glenn Reynolds is all over the topic.
  
  The government has never run a program well. Usually they are run into the ground.
  
  Oh, and now the figures are out.....each vehicle involved in the Cash for Clunkers program [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:08am EDT
  

• The Tip of The Conservative Iceberg?

  Allahpundit at Hot Air: “Now the establishment Republicans are beginning to panic. Establishment Republicans think that principled conservatives’ taking a stand in this contest will weaken conservatism and the Republican party. The Wall Street Journal recently suggested that ‘Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy.’
  
  “They’re wrong.
  
  “As William [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:42am EDT