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Post: Palin says Obama’s policies have US on road to ruin

Republican Sarah Palin said on Friday an explosion of government spending and debt under President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats had put the United States on “the road to ruin.” In a tribute to former … Continue reading →

Post: Judge Strikes Down ObamaCare

A U.S. district judge on Monday threw out the nation’s health care law, declaring it unconstitutional because it violates the Commerce Clause and surely reviving a feud among competing philosophies about the role of government. Judge … Continue reading →

Post: Trump: Mideast Explosion Could Destroy OPEC, Lower Oil Prices

Donald Trump is mad as hell — and he’s letting everybody know it. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV on Friday, the billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star lashes out at China, OPEC, … Continue reading →

Post: Uncle Sam in the Driver’s Seat

Disregard Barack Obama’s rhetorical cotton candy about aspiring to be transformative. He is just another practitioner of reactionary liberalism and champion of a government unchastened by its multiplying failures. The word “entitlements” was absent from his … Continue reading →

Post: White House Plans to Revamp Trade Agencies

The White House is looking at combining a set of agencies involved in trade and exports as it works to implement President Barack Obama’s State of the Union call to “merge, consolidate and reorganize the federal … Continue reading →

Video: Sen. Rand Paul: State of the Union Response

Video: Palin: “Obama’s WTF Moments”

Former Alaska governor analyzes Obama’s State of Union Address, gives take on cutting government spending. And puts it in terms even Obama’s followers will understand…

Post: Harry Reid blasts Obama on earmarks

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blasted President Barack Obama on earmarks in advance of his State of the Union address Tuesday, when he’s expected to call for a ban. “I think this is an issue that … Continue reading →

Post: Hope, Change and ‘Invest’

I missed the middle section of Obama’s State of the Union address when I took a break to read “War and Peace,” but I gather he never got around to what I was hoping he’d say, … Continue reading →

Article: Platitudes, Platitudes, Platitudes

President Obama’s State of the Union address said more about the state of his approach to governing than it did with the present condition of this nation under his governance. It was an uninterrupted march of … Continue reading →