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On the Climate Change Crisis: |
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"A climate crisis of worldwide proportions is unfolding right before our eyes, and not even the most powerful world leaders can do anything to stop it. It looks like 2009 may very well turn out to be the fourth straight year of declining global temperatures at a time when carbon dioxide levels continue to rise - the opposite of what was predicted by vaunted climate models...
For now, continuous falling temperatures are truly a global crisis, coming at a time when some very powerful people will soon be meeting in Copenhagen to remedy increasing temperatures. World leaders should stay home and enjoy the weather. Unless, of course, they're not as concerned about changing climate as they are about redistributing wealth." |
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— Anthony J. Sadar, Author and Certified Consulting Meteorologist, and Susan T. Cammarata, Environmental Attorney
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— Anthony J. Sadar, Author and Certified Consulting Meteorologist, and Susan T. Cammarata, Environmental Attorney
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Posted November 20, 2009 • 09:05 am
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On the Obama Administration's Claims of Jobs Created or Saved by the Stimulus: |
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“[T]his whole discussion [of jobs created or saved by the stimulus] has had an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ quality from the very beginning. You can't measure saved jobs. Arguing over the precision or imprecision of the numbers, which are fictional at the beginning, is like arguing that there are [not] 12 angels on the head of a pin but only ten, one of them is a leprechaun and the other flew away on Wednesday. This whole thing has a bizarre quality about it.
"And when you hear these reports, as we're hearing now with the fictional congressional districts, what the risk for the administration is that it becomes an object of ridicule. And once that happens, it's hard to actually stop.” |
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— Charles Krauthammer, Award-Winning Syndicated Columnist
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— Charles Krauthammer, Award-Winning Syndicated Columnist
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Posted November 19, 2009 • 09:00 am
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On the President's Job Approval Ratings: |
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"President Barack Obama's job approval rating is under 50% for the first time, according to a new national survey from Quinnipiac University. The survey, conducted November 9-16 among 2,518 registered voters, shows 48% approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president, while 42% disapprove. That is a slight decline from Quinnipiac's last poll in early October, which showed 50% approval and 41% disapproval." |
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— Tom Bevan, Real Clear Politics Co-Founder
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— Tom Bevan, Real Clear Politics Co-Founder
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Posted November 18, 2009 • 09:08 am
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On Trying Foreign Terrorists in Federal Court: |
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"In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United States, in federal court, as if they were American citizens accused of crimes." |
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— Thomas Sowell, Economist, Author and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
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— Thomas Sowell, Economist, Author and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
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Posted November 17, 2009 • 08:44 am
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On 9/11 Terrorists Being Tried in NYC: |
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"[Khalid Sheik] Mohammed and his murderous crew don't belong in civilian courts, where they will get defendant rights designed for ordinary criminal suspects. They declared war on our nation, were captured on foreign battlefields and deserve no presumption of innocence or other constitutional protections.
"They'll use our liberties to turn the trial into propaganda for their warped cause. Their images and words will fly around the world as fodder for a new generation of jihadists. The federal courthouse and detention center will become a fortress. The judge, prosecutors, witnesses, federal agents and jury will need protection, some for years. It's madness." |
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— Michael Goodwin, New York Post
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— Michael Goodwin, New York Post
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Posted November 16, 2009 • 10:03 am
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Regarding the Ft. Hood Massacre: |
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"Some 3,500 Muslims now serve in the U.S. military. The overwhelming majority of them are loyal Americans who see no conflict between their personal religious duty and service to their country. But there can no place in our military for those persons of any faith who do. America has now seen the horrors of what 'diversity at any cost' can lead to." |
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— Linda Chavez, Author, Syndicated Columnist and Center for Equal Opportunity CEO
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— Linda Chavez, Author, Syndicated Columnist and Center for Equal Opportunity CEO
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Posted November 13, 2009 • 08:52 am
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On ObamaCare's Individual Mandate and the Threat of Jail Time for Failing to Purchase Health Insurance: |
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“In all the sanitized TV news reports about the House-passed health care plan, no one mentions the shocking tax penalties and maybe jail time implicit in the bill's nearly 2,000 pages. This is what could await uninsured Americans who do not want to buy health insurance as the bill demands them to do - or else.
"Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, confirms that failure to comply with the terms of the law that the Democrats passed last weekend could put people in jail. The JCT told the committee that anyone who decides not to maintain ‘acceptable health insurance coverage’ or, absent that, pay the individual health insurance mandate tax of about 2.5 percent of income, would be liable to large fines or prison sentences.” |
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— Donald Lambro, Washington Times Chief Political Correspondent
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— Donald Lambro, Washington Times Chief Political Correspondent
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Posted November 12, 2009 • 09:13 am
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On the Men and Women of the U.S. Armed Forces: |
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“I will always do my duty no matter what the price. I’ve counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice.
Oh and I don’t want to die for you, but if dying’s asked of me I’ll bear that cross with honor, cause freedom don’t come free. I’m an American Soldier, an American. Beside my brothers and my sisters, I will proudly take a stand. When liberty’s in jeopardy, I will always do what’s right. I’m out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight. American Soldier, I’m an American, Soldier.”
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— Singer-Songwriter Toby Keith, "An American Soldier"
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— Singer-Songwriter Toby Keith, "An American Soldier"
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Posted November 11, 2009 • 08:52 am
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On Healthcare and the Free Market: |
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“Advocates of government control want you to believe that the serious shortcomings of our medical and insurance system are failures of the free market. But that's impossible because our market is not free. Each state operates a cozy medical and insurance cartel that restricts competition through licensing and keeps prices higher than they would be in a genuine free market. But the planners won't talk about that. After all, if government is the problem in the first place, how can they justify a government takeover?
“Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians' refusal to give up power. Allowing them to seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems. Freedom will.” |
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— John Stossel, Award-Winning News Correspondent and Co-Anchor of ABC News ‘20/20’
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— John Stossel, Award-Winning News Correspondent and Co-Anchor of ABC News ‘20/20’
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Posted November 11, 2009 • 08:48 am
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On "Terrorism" and the Ft. Hood Massacre: |
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“Islamist terrorists don't all have al Qaeda union cards in their wallets. Terrorism's increasingly the domain of entrepreneurs and independent contractors. Under Muslim jurisprudence, jihad's an individual responsibility. [Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal] Hasan was a self-appointed jihadi. Yet we're told he was just having a bad day.
“Our politically correct Army plays along. Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey won't utter the word ‘terrorism.’ The Forces Command Public Affairs Office guidance for officers never mentions ‘Islam’ or ‘terror,’ leaving you unsure whether there was a traffic accident down at Fort Hood, or maybe an outbreak of swine flu.” |
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— Ralph Peters, LTC, USA-Ret., Author, Columnist and Commentator
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— Ralph Peters, LTC, USA-Ret., Author, Columnist and Commentator
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Posted November 10, 2009 • 08:35 am
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