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It's Not the Economy, Stupid -- It's Limbaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2009/03/05/its_not_the_economy,_stupid_--_its_limbaugh
– A panicked Bush and Congress then voted for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program to "bail out" the banks. … How does the President intend to pay for all these things? He wants to tax "the rich" -- those earning $250,000 or more. … The president promised to eliminate pork, earmarks and/or special projects designed to please constituents.…
Confusion and Contradictions - But Not a Shift to the Left
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2009/03/04/confusion_and_contradictions_-_but_not_a_shift_to_the_left
– favorable terms (68% to 25%). … years, moderates going down (from 45% to 44%), and liberals going up by the same tiny increment (from 21% to 22%). … Sooner or later, the confusion may begin to clear away and the divided, puzzling reactions to Obama-nomics could evolve and clarify…
The Heat Is On True Believers
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2009/03/03/the_heat_is_on_true_believers
– Before Gore flew to Kyoto, the Senate had voted 95-0 in favor of a resolution that declared that Washington should not be a signatory … didn't have to curb their emissions. … To those of us who are global warming agnostics and to skeptics, the emphasis on belief always undercut the science.…
The Court's One-Two Punch
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2009/03/03/the_courts_one-two_punch
– action to non-English education. … contribute to political activities. … to political activities.…
The Anti-Reagan
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2009/03/03/the_anti-reagan
– When Ronald Reagan came to power the highest marginal rate was 70%, and he cut it to 28%. … In contrast, President Obama refuses to keep the 35% rate, causing taxes to increase after next year back to 40%. … And Ronald Reagan tried to do more.…
A Nation Of Sheep
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2009/03/03/a_nation_of_sheep
– ways -- to do particular things, to spend their money in particular ways. … It's also the kind for which only the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party voted last fall. Wanting to be shut of George W. … Bush didn't, and doesn't, meant wanting to turn one's life over to Washington, D.C.…
Obama's Retreat on Iraq
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2009/03/02/obamas_retreat_on_iraq
– his "stubborn refusal to end this misguided war." … Maybe so, but given how much Obama has yielded on his original plan, it's chancy to assume he'll stick to this one. … Though the American people voted for a different policy, the president is reluctant to take the risk of something unpleasant happening…
Time for Some Loyal Opposition in the GOP
https://townhall.com/columnists/marjoriedannenfelser/2009/03/20/time_for_some_loyal_opposition_in_the_gop
– As a legislator in Illinois and a senator in Washington, he voted repeatedly against legislation to protect the unborn against the … Almost without exception, members of the House and Senate leadership have voted pro-life, and I have no reason to doubt that they will … Voters are also unlikely to find much use in an opposition party that can’t find the courage to oppose.…
The Fed's Futile Move
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2009/03/20/the_feds_futile_move
– In an effort to promote liquidity and boost the economy, the Federal Reserve yesterday announced plans to grow the money supply by … another 50 percent to 60 percent. … When Congress voted the TARP program to bail out banks, the banks actually took only a small part of the money.…
A Hidden Agenda Behind the 90 Percent Tax?
https://townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/2009/03/20/a_hidden_agenda_behind_the_90_percent_tax
– And even though the 90 percent tax is a reaction to the AIG bonus fiasco, you have to wonder if the very-liberal-left House Democrats … Though no one in Congress is paying any attention to beleaguered Treasury man Tim Geithner, he explained in a March 17 letter to Nancy … When financial calm returns to the country, the GOP will not want to be accomplice to a confiscatory tax system that will stifle the…
Republicans Vote for Confiscatory Tax
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2009/03/20/republicans_vote_for_confiscatory_tax
– those lawmakers who voted YES. … It was wrong for Congress to vote to give taxpayer money to bail out failing companies. … , to pretend to recoup perhaps one-tenth of one percent of the $160 billion they have given AIG.…
Taxing Bonuses
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2009/03/20/taxing_bonuses
– I firmly opposed and voted “no” on HR 1586. Let’s first understand exactly what the bill does. … It is a terrible precedent to use the tax laws for punishment. … But this is not the way to fix it. Sue them to get the money back. But don’t do this.…
Congressional Outrage Over AIG a Little Too Late
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2009/03/19/congressional_outrage_over_aig_a_little_too_late
– And, in November 2008, AIG convened a working group to figure out what to do with about these very bonuses.  … House floor today, while not mentioning AIG by name, is clearly meant to punish a specific group of individuals in response to public … Rangel, explains his motivation for the bill by saying that he “had an obligation to respond to the fears and anger of the people.”…
The Great Betrayal
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidhorowitz/2009/03/19/the_great_betrayal
– Yet this has not led to a comparable reappraisal by critics of the war of their previous attacks, or to any mea culpas by Democrats … In the fall of 2002, a majority of Democrats in the Senate joined Republicans in voting to authorize President Bush to use force to … This intelligence was available to them, in advance of their vote to authorize the use of force.…
Catching Up With Karl Rove
https://townhall.com/columnists/billsteigerwald/2009/03/18/catching_up_with_karl_rove
– be all they can be -- to develop themselves, to grow, to prosper, to seek their own path in life. … It was a hard thing to do, because not a single Democrat voted for the president’s budget. … read and then to say it in 770 to 815 words and then convey information to support your thesis.…
Lesson from AIG: Time to Stop the Bailout Stampede
https://townhall.com/columnists/trentfranks/2009/03/18/lesson_from_aig_time_to_stop_the_bailout_stampede
– billion loan, then $50 billion to buy toxic assets, and then $40 billion to buy preferred shares of stock. … Confidence in the ability of our national leaders to restore stability to our financial markets is the most crucial factor to encouraging … any clear and constitutional method for the government to recoup the $165 million it allegedly never intended to give to the AIG executives…
There Are Fates Worse Than Bonuses
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2009/03/18/there_are_fates_worse_than_bonuses
– These same senators who voted to nationalize banks with nary a precondition are also, apparently, stupendously talented actors. … Or is the state ready to throw that fundamental value out and bend to the will of the angry mob? … Bush had dictated unilaterally to General Motors, after it took billions of bailout cash, to cut the salaries of union workers retroactively…
The Big Scamulus Con
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2009/03/17/the_big_scamulus_con
– impossible to sell.  … We have a plan in place to get to a good place. … If the media were doing their jobs they would be chasing down the three Republicans and all the Democrats who voted for the bill to
John Galt Calls on Atlas to Strike!
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2009/03/16/john_galt_calls_on_atlas_to_strike!
– taking to the streets. … It’s time for Atlas to shrug—to calmly, consciously and deliberately go on strike for true fairness. … We ask for no special rights—only freedom to take our own risks, to bear our own losses and to experience our own rewards.…
Obama's Stem Cell Disgrace
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2009/03/15/obamas_stem_cell_disgrace
to survive abortions. … Many are also willing to allow some tax dollars to further research in this vein. … Obama, as he is inclined to do, tried to have it both ways at the signing ceremony.…
This Time Abe, FDR, and JFK Can’t Help
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2009/03/15/this_time_abe,_fdr,_and_jfk_can’t_help
to the presidency. … However, I am also quite confident there are some who voted for him who really didn’t expect him to be so aggressive toward the left … It would fall to President Lyndon Johnson to follow through, by that time having full access to political capital generated by the…
Chris Brown the Girl Beating Clown
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2009/03/14/chris_brown_the_girl_beating_clown
– For my readers, if you go over to TMZ.com you will see the police photos of what he did to his “girlfriend.” … Where I hail from (the great nation of Texas) men don’t do that to women, but the guys dumb enough to usually get the stuffing beat … If your boyfriend or husband is verbally, emotionally or physically abusing you, well then to heck with him; life’s too short to spend…
Polls Say Democrats Are Gambling By Taking on Limbaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2009/03/13/polls_say_democrats_are_gambling_by_taking_on_limbaugh
To be fair, Carville is much like Limbaugh. … That's where this Limbaugh strategy seems flawed to me. By taking on Rush, the Democrats are calling attention to his show. … it is highly likely that the curious might just tune in Limbaugh to see what "the other side" has to say.…
A Sellout of Our Unemployed
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2009/03/13/a_sellout_of_our_unemployed
– Robert Rector of Heritage Foundation concurs with the figures on the number of jobs Congress just voted to give to non-Americans. … The Senate voted 50 to 47 to end E-Verify in six months, when current funding runs out. Sen. … Republicans and seven Democrats voted to save E-Verify. But only Democrats voted to kill it.…
CNN Contributor Roland Martin on D.C. Voucher Program
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johnhanlon/2009/03/12/cnn_contributor_roland_martin_on_dc_voucher_program
– , some believe the Obama administration is sending mixed signals because Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said he doesn't want to … But the reality is that after this year, no new kids will be allowed to enroll in the program, and that folks, is killing the program … Otherwise, they would have voted to save the program's funding for next year when an amendment that would have done that was voted
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