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Americans Flee Barack Obama

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In a recent piece from the New York Times magazine, President Obama simply makes a fool of himself. He admits that “shovel ready jobs” do not exist and that he spent nearly a trillion dollars learning that lesson. In addition to his failure to grasp the time consuming effects of bureaucracy the president was obviously […]

Tea Party Revolution

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The choice before America today is put plainly here. According to Henry Olsen’s 70 Percent Rule, the GOP is in for major gains in the House and Senate. By his math, the GOP is looking at 9-11 seats in the Senate, and a pick up of between 52 and 57 seats in the House. That’s […]

Tea Party for Growth

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Commentary by Dick Young Senator Jon Kyl has written a very good piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal. He points out that consumer spending can only take an economy so far. Attempts to boost consumer spending beyond the large fraction of the U.S. economy it already represents are misguided. Kyl calls for a “growth,” agenda, […]

The Failure of Progressivism

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Commentary by Dick Young Americans today are looking back over the last 60 years of progressive dominance in government and they are wondering what they got for it all. FDR created myriad social safety nets that have allowed the poor in America to remain poor for their entire lives and to exist in relative comfort […]

You Hired the Taliban

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Commentary by Dick Young The U.S. Senate armed services committee put out a release this week acknowledging that American tax dollars have been used to hire and employ many Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. The Taliban are used as guards or “private security personnel” for compounds and convoys in the country. The men are employees of […]

GOP Sweep? It Could Happen

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Some major players are out with predictions of a GOP landslide on November 2nd. Conrad Black is arguing that the GOP will take control of both the House and the Senate. The road to victory in the Senate runs through two major pillars of the left, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid. Without taking Harry Reid […]

Top 25 American Musicians: #22

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I have lived in Key West for nearly two decades, and no musical artist in the history of this great, eclectic little island city has done more to provide terrific musical entertainment than Jimmy Buffett. He richly deserves his place of distinction. Buffett is truly a master of both lyrics and music. He does it […]

Gallup Predicts a Landslide

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Commentary by Dick Young Today Gallup announced that the GOP is ahead by an 18-point margin among likely voters in a low turn out environment. My guess is that conservatives will be showing up to the polls en masse this year, while liberals will continue to wonder why the voted for Barack Obama, who has […]

Battle for the Senate

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Battle for the Senate – Dick Young Americans are staring down the barrel of a serious lame-duck session of Congress coming after the November elections. Jim DeMint calls it the “Fired Congress,” and wants to bar it from hiking up the size of government. DeMint is arguing for legislation that would prohibit lame-duck Democrats and […]

Pennsylvanians to Clean House

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Commentary by Dick Young John Gizzi of Human Events reports that polls of elections for six House seats held by Democrats in Pennsylvania are currently being led by Republicans. Taking those seats away from the Nancy Pelosi liberal bloc is essential for conservative success in the House. In the 11th District, Congressman Paul Kanjorski, whose […]