The MN-GOP issued a press release noting the rise of oil prices and the potential of the Keystone XL pipeline project. Some portions : – In recent weeks, Iran has cut oil exports to British and French companies and threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, – The Keystone XL Pipeline would create 20,000 construction [...]
I had to chuckle when I read Erik Paulsen’s Press Release : Rep. Paulsen Votes to Repeal Job-Crushing 1099 Reporting Requirements Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-03) released the following statement today after the House Ways and Means Committee unanimously passed H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act. This bill would repeal the new 1099 [...]
Observation : Financial ruin from medical bills is almost exclusively an American disease. (by Roul Turley) Although healthcare reform now progressing into the implementation stage, that doesn’t mean the battle is over. Karl Rove has alluded to the Obama Administration having an “enemies list” … well, let’s just say that some groups are willing to [...]
ADAGE : Nothing’s Free … somehow you are paying for it. FOUNDING FATHER’s ADVICE : War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes … known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. — James Madison, [...]
QUERY : IF a Team accomplishes a Goal, who wins and who loses ? The Goal as stated by Grover Norquist : “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.“ The Team as written [...]
Survey USA whittled down 1000 potential voters to determine that 656 were likely to vote this November. That’s the first bit of bad news … of the 1000, 926 were registered to vote … a very good ratio , but the drop-off is significant … in a democracy, it does no good to have people [...]
Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) has launched his first television commercial promoting the concept “Spending Less”. As previously discussed, that platitude should be rejected in favor of “Spending Wisely”. The commercial avoids the unanswered question : “What programs would Mr. Paulsen eliminate or reduce?” … no doubt there are many programs that some taxpayers would like defunded [...]
I miss Jim Ramstad. His profile was that of a statesman … putting what is right ahead of what the party leaders dictate … thinking of Minnesota, not of special interests. Too bad that he retired from Congress … he is missed. If Congressman Ramstad was the MN-GOP’s candidate for Governor, he would have my [...]
It seams that there are a lot of angry people out there. No, not the ones fighting over “burn’in” or “building” … no, I am sensing a real anger being represented through the newspaper editorial boards. The anger is being expressed based on the unwillingness by candidates to responsibly discuss fiscal positions in anything other [...]
Did you know : Defense firms poured millions of dollars more into lobbying during the first two quarters of 2010, increasing expenditures by about 7 percent over what they spent in the first half of last year, an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics shows. Between April and June, only the financial services and [...]
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