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Trying to Make Sense of Nonsense
https://townhall.com/columnists/burtprelutsky/2009/07/13/trying_to_make_sense_of_nonsense
– only managed to do it wearing a lady’s glove. … Darling would have been brought up on charges for allowing their kids to accompany him to Never Never Land. … voters are going to tell them in no uncertain words to move along.…
An Open Letter to President Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2009/07/13/an_open_letter_to_president_obama
– clergy to date. 2. … We want to believe this statement. … Set aside Mondays to email, write or call saying, “We want you to support marriage and to protect DOMA.”…
It's Getting Cold Out There
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2009/07/12/its_getting_cold_out_there
– pledged to not allow the Earth's temperature to rise more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. … And while President Obama led the charge for the G8 nations to agree to an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in industrial … Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said of the bill, "We need to be a leader in the world but we don't want to be a sucker."…
Congressman Kirk and GOP
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2009/07/11/congressman_kirk_and_gop
– Senate Democrats want to tax soda. House Democrats want to tax carbon and higher incomes. … Republicans have begun to fight back and each week brings greater and greater clarity to the debate in D.C. … Then the congressman voted for the Obama-Pelosi-Waxman carbon tax, and Kirk's campaign began to unravel.…
Newsweek: Obama "More Catholic" Than the Pope
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/07/11/newsweek_obama_more_catholic_than_the_pope
– and faithful traditions when it comes to selecting a leader to run the country and not bend to appease 54% of Catholics!  … Afterall, centuries of Catholic truths don't apply to today's "progressive" society--people voted for CHANGE!  … As for me, I'll be sticking with God and continuing to thank Him for term limits.…
"Stimulus" Money: Men (Not) At Work
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2009/07/10/stimulus_money_men_not_at_work
– it was intended to do. … What lawmakers did aim to do was promote a bunch of programs they’d never been able to fund before. … On June 29, the Falls Church, Va. city council voted to ask the federal Energy Department for $25 million in stimulus funds.…
The Bankrupt Party of Porkulus
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2009/07/10/the_bankrupt_party_of_porkulus
– on what they're supposed to be spent on. … " contract awarded to a Nevada nonprofit recently fired for doing the same type of work. … $19,000 to Maryland's House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.…
The Audacity of Hopeless Disasters
https://townhall.com/columnists/christophermerola/2009/07/28/the_audacity_of_hopeless_disasters
– $600 million to convert the federal auto fleet to hybrids; $450 million for NASA to engage in climate-research missions; $600 … Obama, who promised to raise taxes only on the “rich,” has already proposed to add to the punitive income tax we must pay, a national … Manas airbase, and fails to address Russia’s plans to cut off supply lines to our troops in Afghanistan.…
This Time It's Personal
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2009/07/28/this_time_its_personal
– is to get the plan he wants passed. … served to mobilize many pro-life organizations to fight against any legislation that would permit new funding of abortion. … When an individual has to give up things they are used to enjoying in order to pay for their prescription drugs, it is personal.…
Stumbling Governors Signal Trouble for Dems
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2009/07/27/stumbling_governors_signal_trouble_for_dems
– In the two gubernatorial races being contested this year, Republicans seem to have advantages. … None of them is tarred by scandal or not up to the job, as seems to be the case with the nation's lowest-rated governors, Nevada Republican … That seems to have been the case so far in most 2009 special elections and primaries.…
Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens: Digging a Cap-and-Trade Hole for America
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomborelli/2009/07/25/caterpillar_ceo_jim_owens_digging_a_cap-and-trade_hole_for_america
– ’ vote, was reminiscent of Senator John Kerry’s infamous statement “I voted for it before I voted against it.” … agree to reduce emissions. … Importantly, India and China have consistently refused to commit to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.…
Bad Days in Obamaville
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2009/07/24/bad_days_in_obamaville
– Just to rub salt into this polling wound, according to Gallup, George W. … According to the police report, when the officers arrived Mr. … I am willing to accept the notion that the Surgeon General can be the poster-woman for a national effort to lose weight.…
The Legacy of the Jewish Mother
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2009/07/24/the_legacy_of_the_jewish_mother
– eventually led to her nomination to the Supreme Court. … Such thoughts came to my mind watching a new documentary film, which opened in Washington and New York and may soon come to a theater … The show moved to television in 1949 and was quickly second only to "Amos 'n' Andy," which made affectionate fun of blacks just as…
Seattle Liberals Reject Two Attempted Tax Hikes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisfield/2009/07/23/seattle_liberals_reject_two_attempted_tax_hikes
– County (Seattle) killed two proposed tax hikes.First the Metropolitan King County Council's Budget and Fiscal Management Committee voted … down a proposal by Councilmember Julia Patterson that would have asked voters to maintain public-health and human-service programs … We've done enough tax raising," Councilmember Reagan Dunn said before the property-tax vote.Got to love it.…
Just as Intended
https://townhall.com/columnists/dankennedy/2009/07/23/just_as_intended
– It seems to me that leaves open only four possible conclusions, and I’m very curious which of the four those who voted for the President … are willing to own. … a gang of czars to usurp federal agencies' and Congress' power and be well on my way to doubling unemployment.…
Church of What's Happenin' Now
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2009/07/23/church_of_whats_happenin_now
– Like some contemporary "reverends," Reverend Leroy was a con artist who, among other things, once took up an offering to go to Las … Vegas, explaining he had to study sin in order to effectively preach against it. … longer have the power to persuade, much less compel them to conform.…
Quotables: On Sex, Health, Obama, Iraq, Russia, the Economy, Etc.
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmackenzie/2009/07/23/quotables_on_sex,_health,_obama,_iraq,_russia,_the_economy,_etc
– The reigning jobs plan is for Washington to hire workers to take the Census, sign union construction contracts in compliant states, … for President Obama are just beginning to wake up to exactly what they brought in. … He knows how to play it.…
Boxer and Feinstein Play Military Hawks
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2009/07/23/boxer_and_feinstein_play_military_hawks
– The gambit paid off Tuesday as the Senate voted 58-40 to delete that funding -- proving that on rare occasion, Congress can do the … Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer -- voted instead to spend $1.7 billion on F-22s, which the Pentagon never asked for. … those who sent them to Washington to begin with, and at what cost is Congress willing to have the American people continue to subsidize…
F-22 Canned
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2009/07/22/f-22_canned
– After heated debate, the Senate has voted to strip funding from the highly controversial F-22 program. … Defense Secretary Robert Gates fought tooth and nail against a legion of Senators in districts that stood to benefit from the F-22…
Obamacare for Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2009/07/22/obamacare_for_illegal_aliens
– If the congressional majority are truly committed to President Obama's quest to wring cost savings from the system, why won't they … use fake Social Security cards to apply for benefits with little to no chance of getting caught. … The solution is not to give them health insurance, but to turn off the magnets that draw them to enter illegally in the first place…
Beware of Comprehensive Health Care Reform
https://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/2009/07/22/beware_of_comprehensive_health_care_reform
– I was listening to National Public Radio's morning "news" Monday on the way to work, during which the newsperson read the apparently … To most people, the word comprehensive sounds good. … And it's going to set up a system 'to reward hospitals and doctors for preventing' the unnecessary ones.…
Are the Dems Suicidal?
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2009/07/22/are_the_dems_suicidal
– For Obama to ride roughshod over their concerns about a matter so intimate will be too much for them to take. … We will have to revisit the idea that the elderly have, in the words of former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm, "a duty to die." … one voted on the Kuwait war resolution.…
Why No Evangelical Justice?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2009/07/21/why_no_evangelical_justice
– Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford nominated seven to the court. … Only Rehnquist turned out to be a stellar justice, among the best in a century. … , all of whom voted somewhere between two to one and 20 to one for Obama.…
Taxing Small Business to Pay for Health Care
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2009/07/20/taxing_small_business_to_pay_for_health_care
– know precisely what is in a piece of legislation before it’s voted on. … This bias against individual choice leads to higher health care costs and reduces accessibility to care. … expand access to affordable health care and give families the freedom to choose the health care that fits their needs – without imposing…
The Decline of Newspapers
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2009/07/20/the_decline_of_newspapers
– What is happening to the newspaper industry? Denver’s Rocky Mountain News is out of business. … Now, following a series of short-term editors, half of the paper appears to be dedicated to high school sports with few articles on … We get that faster—and more accurately—on the Internet than is possible for them to print it.…
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