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For a while, conservatives have known that Obamacare would be a dose of bad medicine. : However, given the axiom that bog government helps big business, the same could be true with the medical industry. : Tim Carney at The Washington Examiner aptly pointed out today, from Bloomberg, Obamacare favors big hospitals, and smashes small practices. In […]
Talking Points Memo is shocked, shocked!, that Republican governors would leave the job of setting up the exchanges to the Central Government Planning Office Late last week more than a dozen Republican governors declared that they will not build the insurance market exchanges called for by the Affordable Care Act, including prominent names like Bobby […]
Before virtually every holiday the believers in “climate change” trot out all sorts of scary stories about how mankind’s release of greenhouse gases will ruin the holiday in the future. This year’s w(h)inner is Mother Jones This Is Your Thanksgiving on Climate Change Thanksgiving is supposed to be all about bounty, right? Cornucopias? Tables groaning […]
The New York Times ran the strangest article about people helping the downtrodden after Hurricane Sandy. It’s strange because instead of lauding the people who’re helping or talking about how we can come together to help each other out in a crisis, it focuses on guilt and on the difficult charity cases who don’t like […]
Happily, John Cornyn is out at the NRSC, but the very first idea Jerry Moran seems to have coming in the door as the Chairman is to start trying to pick the nominees in Republican primaries. That’s a bad idea. Read their lips: no more Todd Akins. In the wake of the GOP’s Election Day […]
By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor This: story about a business owner adding an Obamacare surcharge to his menu is intriguing, but it buries the real lead. While some business owners threaten to cut workers’ hours to avoid paying for their health care, a West Palm Beach, Fla., restaurant owner is going even further. John Metz said […]
When British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was asked what might knock his administration off course, he famously responded,: “Events, dear boy, events.”: There’s a lot of truth to that. At any point in time, an unexpected event can throw the political world into turmoil. However, more often than not, it’s not the blindside hit that gets you […]
Killing the goose that lays the golden egg is one of those old fairy tales for children which has a heavy message that a lot of adults should listen to. The labor unions which have driven the makers of Twinkies into bankruptcy, potentially destroying 18,500 jobs, could have learned a lot from that old children’s […]
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’” — President Ronald Reagan Those wise and yet haunting words spoken by one of our nation’s greatest presidents couldn’t ring more true — especially today, as winter sets in on an estimated 130,000 of our fellow […]
Isn’t it tragically ironic that the man who rode the perfect storm into public office on the horse of national unity has now perfected the politics of division so spectacularly that he won re-election despite the worst record in decades? For when you sift through the rubble from the Republican Party’s 2012 nuclear catastrophe, you […]
The way in which the New York Times reports good vs. evil is one of the most important stories of our time. Take the war between Israel and Hamas that is taking place right now. This war is as morally clear as wars get. Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. […]
States have until Dec.12 of this year to decide if they will set up the insurance exchanges mandated by the Obamacare law. These exchanges will be the marketplace where health insurance is to be sold under the so-called Affordable Care Act. But, each state has the right to decide for itself if it wants to […]
I am the opposite of a foodie. My favorite green vegetable is the pea — fresh or frozen. My second favorite is celery. I: like: iceberg lettuce. At restaurants, I have been known to look longingly at the children’s menu. When President George H. W. Bush admitted he did not like broccoli, I felt as one […]
The euro crisis has begun to feel like an everlasting steeplechase with high hedges and water obstacles blocking the path to economic resurgence on the Continent. Each time a hurdle has been cleared another problem emerges to potentially block the track. The latest developments involve ugly anti-austerity riots across the southern tier and open rifts […]
In the film “Groundhog Day,” Bill Murray wakes up each morning and relives the previous day. A similar scenario is playing out in the Middle East between Israel and her enemies. The deadly “movie” always goes like this: Israel is shelled or attacked by terrorists groups, often called “militants” by the media, each one with […]
No country would allow their citizens to live under a constant barrage of missile attacks and bombs and danger — and the State of Israel will not allow Arab terror to continue.: : The people of Israel — from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem are united that Israel must stop these attacks and act in self-defense against the […]
Hooray!: We can all win all of the time. Our contemporary hunger for equality can border on the comical. When my six-year-old son came home from first grade with a fancy winner’s ribbon, I was filled with pride to discover that he had won a footrace. While I was heaping praise on him, he interrupted […]
“THE DESIRE to prevent harm to innocent civilians in Gaza will ultimately lead to harming the truly innocent: the residents of southern Israel. The residents of Gaza are not innocent, they elected Hamas. The Gazans aren’t hostages; they chose this freely, and must live with the consequences.” –Gilad Sharon The Palestinians willingly chose to elect […]
On November 16, CBS News aired a segment full of praise for President Obama’s visit to Staten Island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. But this positive spin is in stark contrast to the scolding the network gave President Bush when he visited the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.. In the report […]
Melanie Phillips points out just how super duper mean Israel has been so far Here is some information about the war between Gaza and Israel that for some unaccountable reason you may have missed today in Britain’s mainstream media. The casualty rate in Gaza from Israeli strikes is astoundingly low Since the beginning of Israel’s […]
Just to be clear for those who aren’t aware, I’m not fan of Sarah Palin anymore. I was once, having rooted for her to be picked as VP back in early 2008. I still think she has great ideas and can reach people, but the way in which she abandoned any run for the 2012 […]
Please, please, please, I’m BEGGING YOU, Megan — don’t do it! Last Tuesday, Mitt Romney lost–and he lost big. As Republicans, we lost again. I felt sad, exhausted, beaten down, and heartbroken. It was the first time that I considered that the Republican Party, which I love so much, might die. …I know there are […]
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If Mark Steyn is right, and I think he is, when he suggests that America has embraced tribalism, then it’s time to go tribal. To an immigrant such as myself (not the undocumented kind, but documented up to the hilt, alas), one of the most striking features […]
Ever heard of Wraptastic? The basic idea behind this product is that for $25 ($11 for the product and $14 for the shipping and handling), you get a product that is marginally better at dealing with plastic wrap and tin foil than the packaging those products come with. Here’s the thing: Even for someone who’s […]
By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor After John Cornyn was reelected in 2008, he took over as the National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman. Since Cornyn was viewed as smart and conservative, most Republicans were pleased with that selection. However, Cornyn proved to be a DISASTER. To be fair, Cornyn did have a good year in 2010 […]
During the Los Angeles riots of 1992, Rodney King famously asked, “Can’t we all just get along?” The answer should be an easy and unequivocal “yes,” but it seems less and less likely these days. King was speaking in term of race, but the same could be said of political ideology. Liberals, conservatives and every […]
In his first formal press conference in months, Barack Obama showed that getting re-elected can increase a president’s confidence and combativeness. He staked out tough stands on several issues, especially on the looming budget negotiations. Looking ahead to the “fiscal cliff” on Dec. 31, when the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire and sequestration cuts […]
I have to admit that when Obama “won” re-election I became more depressed than Madonna’s audience was when they were forced to watch her strip the other night. For God’s sake, Madonna, put some material on that mess, material girl. I guess she’s going to follow Cher’s path and torture us with her exhibitionism ‘til […]
Stewart Rahr, the flamboyant philanthropist billionaire donated $100,000 this week to The: Salvation Army to directly benefit Hurricane Sandy victims. Rahr made the donations live on the air during a ABC/NY radio show program with the famed Geraldo Rivera. The gregarious Stewart Rahr: is listed as #298 on the Forbes 400 according to Forbes Magazine. Rahr sold […]
One of the many drags about owning a home in the suburbs rears its ugly head around this time a year. Raking leaves is awful drudgery, everyone knows, and here in the middle of November, I’ve already put it off for several weeks longer than I should have. But as I was raking I realized […]