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Obama Smuggling Guns and Registering Yours
https://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2011/08/23/obama_smuggling_guns_and_registering_yours
https://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2011/08/23/obama_smuggling_guns_and_registering_yours
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President Barack Obama wants you to believe that America's Founding Fathers were in error when they gave citizens the right to bear … House has voted to withhold funding for the enforcement of the new regulation.As LaPierre wrote in his weekly commentary last week, … To add insult to injury, the ATF recently promoted three key Operation Fast and Furious supervisors, who allowed firearms to be illegally…
Why Are We Baiting the Bear?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2011/08/23/why_are_we_baiting_the_bear
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2011/08/23/why_are_we_baiting_the_bear
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If so, it is going about it the right way.Before departing for a five-week vacation, the Senate voted to declare Abkhazia and South … should behave in lands closer to them than Grenada or Cuba is to us? … Is there to be no end to this country's meddling in other nations' quarrels and wars?…
Same-Sex Marriage Moving Toward the Mainstream
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/08/22/same-sex_marriage_moving_toward_the_mainstream
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/08/22/same-sex_marriage_moving_toward_the_mainstream
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We see a similar change in voters' willingness to elect openly gay candidates to Congress and other offices. … were one of the few groups that voted for John McCain in 2008 in larger numbers than had voted for George W. … Unless the Supreme Court rules there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, this is an issue that is going to be decided by…
Sneak Peek: A Tough Conservative Scorecard
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeneedham/2011/08/22/sneak_peek_a_tough_conservative_scorecard
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeneedham/2011/08/22/sneak_peek_a_tough_conservative_scorecard
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We went to the polls last November to turn the tide. … Conversely, those who say one thing and do another will no longer be able to hide. … Allow me to pull back the curtain just a bit.…
Anti-Americanism Disguised as Ethnic Studies in Tucson Schools
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/08/22/a…ti-americanism_disguised_as_ethnic_studies_in_tucson_schools
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/08/22/a…ti-americanism_disguised_as_ethnic_studies_in_tucson_schools
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A school board member asked the district’s statistician to compare those students’ academic success to others. … The statistician found that students who take ethnic studies are less likely to pass the state’s AIMS (Arizona Instrument to Measure … In addition to filing bullying lawsuits, proponents have also sent threatening letters to various government officials.…
A billionaire's mouth where his money isn't
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2011/08/21/a_billionaires_mouth_where_his_money_isnt
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2011/08/21/a_billionaires_mouth_where_his_money_isnt
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Not even the congresspeople who voted it into law . . . and have the campaign contributions to prove it. … Still, my solution would be to cut income tax rates, not to raise the tax take on capital gains. … And Buffett has urged other super-wealthy Americans to pledge 50 percent of their net fortunes to private charity.…
The View From Martha's Vineyard
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2011/08/19/the_view_from_marthas_vineyard
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2011/08/19/the_view_from_marthas_vineyard
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Now the patience of African-Americans with a president for whom they voted 24 to one is wearing thin. … go to war to defend scores of nations or commitments to entitlement and Great Society programs such as Social Security, Medicare, … Not to worry, we are told.…
Bus Tour a Bust for Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2011/08/19/bus_tour_a_bust_for_obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2011/08/19/bus_tour_a_bust_for_obama
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And to add insult to injury, a recent poll of those who voted in the last presidential election showed that only 42 percent would admit … to having voted for him! … to fail.…
Uncle Sam's IOUs Can't Save Social Security
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2011/09/07/uncle_sams_ious_cant_save_social_security
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2011/09/07/uncle_sams_ious_cant_save_social_security
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She voted for him four times, and firmly defended him decades later, when I tried to convince her that FDR was not the haloed saint … With assets like that, insist the status quo's defenders, there will be enough money to pay retirees' benefits for decades to come. … But in order to spend it again -- to redeem those IOUs -- Congress will have to raise taxes, cut spending, or go deeper into debt.…
Ten Years After
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2011/09/07/ten_years_after
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2011/09/07/ten_years_after
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"All we have to do is go on an airplane ... to see that there's a difference between security and security theater, between federalizing … The contractors just do what they're supposed to do. The politicians are supposed to spend our money well. They don't. … After 9/11, the Senate voted 100 to zero to federalize airport security. Then-Sen.…
Obama's Solyndra-Gate Won't Go Away
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/09/06/obamas_solyndra-gate_wont_go_away
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/09/06/obamas_solyndra-gate_wont_go_away
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OMB selected eight emails between OMB and DOE to make available to Committee staff, and refused to produce the rest of the emails or … The Subcommittee voted to issue the subpoena 14 to 8. … to proprietary information.…
Democrats Running on Empty
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2011/09/05/democrats_running_on_empty
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2011/09/05/democrats_running_on_empty
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their party's long-term survival: Young people, and African-Americans.Young people came out and voted for "hope and change" in 2008 … mainstream Democratic primary competitor), it's crazy to think that idea will go anywhere. … But it's hard to feel sorry for the Democrats, who are indeed trapped in a very sorry situation (at least for now). …
Start Saying 'Electable'
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2011/09/05/start_saying_electable
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2011/09/05/start_saying_electable
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Flippant and unfounded remarks could lead others to blindly subscribe to your way of thinking. … to support Paul this time. … Her authenticity and persistence endear her to a wide range of voters who trust her to listen to them and follow through.…
Outside agitators
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2011/09/04/outside_agitators
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2011/09/04/outside_agitators
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The case went up to the state supreme court. … He had voted to overturn term limits twice and was the author of the first opinion, which doubled the petition requirement. … Last year, I returned to Omaha for three weeks to help friends with a petition recalling Omahas mayor.…
Christian group probed after gay man removed
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/09/02/christian_group_probed_after_gay_man_removed
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/09/02/christian_group_probed_after_gay_man_removed
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The decision to remove openly gay student Will Thomason sparked a backlash against the group and prompted school officials to launch … Critics are lambasting the group for its "intolerance" in posts to its Facebook page and letters to the campus newspaper, which first … The university's official policy seems to support the group's ability to expel a member based on religious belief.…
Have Wisconsin Unions Jumped the Shark?
https://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/09/02/have_wisconsin_unions_jumped_the_shark
https://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/09/02/have_wisconsin_unions_jumped_the_shark
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The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) has been organizing its members to show up to school board meetings to protest the … At one point the police had to be called to restore order. … With calm restored, the New Berlin school board unanimously voted to adopt the handbook, take control of the district and go about…
UNC to Investigate NAACP
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2011/09/02/unc_to_investigate_naacp
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2011/09/02/unc_to_investigate_naacp
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On Sunday, members of the NAACP unanimously voted to remove Thomas, who is a segregationist, for his views on race relations. … “If we allow segregationists to remain members then we really cease to be a civil rights organization,” said Templeton. … body treasurer to prepare a list of the funds allocated to the group.…
Be Nice to Your Children…
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2011/09/01/be_nice_to_your_children…
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2011/09/01/be_nice_to_your_children…
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And he doesn’t seem to be facing a lot of pushback. … When the time comes to pay that “mortgage” off, however, some of today’s youngsters might decide to change the laws instead. … Or we’d better be nice to today’s children, since we’re counting on them to be nice to us when they’re running the country in the decades…
Was Obama Smart Enough to Make It as an Air Force Pilot?
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2011/09/01/was_obama_smart_enough_to_make_it_as_an_air_force_pilot
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2011/09/01/was_obama_smart_enough_to_make_it_as_an_air_force_pilot
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” hand-book, dust it off, and use its previously discredited assaults to go after the surging Perry, a better question to be asked … to become an Air Force pilot. … They are going to hear Perry out. Period.…
Bachmann, God, and the Press
https://townhall.com/columnists/sandyrios/2011/08/31/bachmann,_god,_and_the_press
https://townhall.com/columnists/sandyrios/2011/08/31/bachmann,_god,_and_the_press
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In the words of Herman Cain, “America’s got to learn how to take a joke!” … But the American media doesn’t want to learn how to take a joke when it comes to conservative candidates—especially ones who claim … Seemingly eager to prove themselves as smart as the New York Times crowd, many fail to make critical assessments counter to those of…
BP Ledger, Aug. 29 edition
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/08/29/bp_ledger,_aug_29_edition
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/08/29/bp_ledger,_aug_29_edition
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"By being able to look to neighboring states it opens the door to find untapped resources -- evangelical Christian businessmen and … When PCOS leaders reported the case to police in Wad Madani, they were surprised to find officers reluctant to investigate. … your might to all who are to come.'"…
LIFE DIGEST: Fed gov't to fund N.H. Planned Parenthoods after N.H. says it won't
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/09/16/life…ed_govt_to_fund_nh_planned_parenthoods_after_nh_says_it_wont
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/09/16/life…ed_govt_to_fund_nh_planned_parenthoods_after_nh_says_it_wont
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The Executive Council, made up entirely of Republicans, voted 3-2 in June to prevent Planned Parenthood of Northern New England's six … up and be counted in the days ahead as we seek to become the first state in the nation to grant civil rights to the unborn." … continues, according to the report.…
USCIRF in danger of losing funding
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/09/16/uscirf_in_danger_of_losing_funding
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/09/16/uscirf_in_danger_of_losing_funding
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House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Sept. 15 to extend the life of a global religious liberty panel barely two weeks before … it is set to expire. … The House voted 391-21 to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for two more years.…
Alarming Rhetoric from King - er, President - Obama
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/erikajohnsen/2011/09/16/alarming_rhetoric_from_king_-_er,_president_-_obama
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/erikajohnsen/2011/09/16/alarming_rhetoric_from_king_-_er,_president_-_obama
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President Obama told a Hispanic group in Washington Wednesday that when it comes to the issue of immigration, "I'd like to work my … The President is allowed to speak off-the-cuff and voice his frustrations over his inability to wholesale his political agenda, but … parts the DREAM Act after Congress voted it down.…
Special Election Aftermath: Troubling Tea Leaves for Democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/09/15/special_election_aftermath_troubling_tea_leaves_for_democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/09/15/special_election_aftermath_troubling_tea_leaves_for_democrats
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Among those voters, Turner was leading 71 percent to 22 percent, and he was winning the Jewish vote by a 56 percent to 39 percent margin … early 1920's, prior to this week. … Harry Reid’s 2010 reelection, to Barack Obama’s 2008 election and to the countless governors, senators and presidents who have competed…