The Debt/ Deficit Commission

Co-Chairmen of Obama’s Fiscal Commission Unveil Real Tax Increases and Fake Spending CutsI have many pet peeves, but one that causes me endless frustration is the Washington "spending cut" scam .This happens when politicians increase spending, but claim that they’re cutting spending because they previously had planned to make government even bigger. Dan Mitchell

The Debt Commission Report "Yes, the plan ends the deficit. It does so with lots and lots of spending cuts across the board. There are actually some good suggestions in the plan, but there is one inescapable fact — the proposal has buried in it one trillion dollars in tax increases."  RedState.com

Deficit Commission wants federal travel budget slashed, announces it while Obama on expensive foreign trip  "President Obama's deficit commission announced today that it wants the federal government to slash its official travel budget as part of the effort to close the federal deficit.
"Meanwhile, Obama is winging his way across Asia on a 12-day official trip that arrived earlier today in Seoul, South Korea. Apparently the president's commission failed to coordinate its announcement today with the president because here is recommendation six:"...

LET THE GAMES BEGIN  "Alright, down to the meat. Here are some of the various proposals from [Simpson] and Bowles. Needless to say, many of these are not going to make people feel all warm and fuzzy .. especially for the moocher class and the wealth redistributionists." Neal Boortz

Don't Be Taken In by the Deficit Commission  "Our astronomical deficits are the result not of low taxes, but of profligate spending. So why do we accept the premise that the starting point for deficit and debt reduction discussions must be various tax hikes, tolerating unacceptably high levels of spending, and seeming to take off the table the eradication of programs the government was never intended or constitutionally authorized to establish in the first place?"  David Limbaugh, brother of radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, is an expert in law and politics and author of new book Crimes Against Liberty, the definitive chronicle of Barack Obama's devastating term in office so far.

Lisa Benson, Townhall

Repeal the 26th Amendment!

Ann Coulter " It would almost be tolerable if everyone under the age of 30 just admitted they voted for Obama because someone said to them, "C'mon, it's really cool! Everyone's doing it!"
"We trusted them, and now we know it was a mistake.
"True, Reagan tied with Carter for the youth vote in 1980 and stole younger voters from Mondale in 1984, but other than that, young voters have consistently embarrassed themselves. Of course, back when Reagan was running for president, young voters consisted of the one slice of the population completely uninfected by the Worst Generation. Today's youth are the infantilized, pampered, bicycle-helmeted children of the Worst Generation. "

Department of Justice: Racial Spoils in Obama's America.

Thanks, Karl Rove, for the tip  "Eric Holder has been a disaster as Attorney General. His testimony in front of the Senate regarding Miranda rights and terrorists was embarrassing. ...But his malpractice goes beyond ignorance of the law. He has turned his Department into a political tool to empower Democrats, running roughshod over the principles of color-blind justice so as to shield from the law blocks that are reliably Democratic.  Ed Lasky

Racial Spoils in Obama's America "Is racism stoked when critics of Barack Obama or his policies are called "racists," or when Congressman Charles Rangel says that opposition to health care reform is a "bias, a prejudice, an emotional feeling"?
"After a while, this type of name-calling exacerbates racism. We have seen that race card played too often by Obama's allies and satraps. Barack Obama, a poker player, should realize that it has become a type of tell that someone's interests are being sacrificed on behalf of someone else's agenda.
"Does this administration promise to be, as Victor Davis Hanson writes, "the most polarizing administration we have seen in matters of race since the 1920s"? "

Veterans Day, 2010

American Thinker  "Today we have almost 17.5 million living American veterans of wartime service, about 5.5% of our total population.
"So if you know someone who has served in any branch of the service, wartime or peacetime, or both, this is the day to shake his or her hand and to say "Thank you for what you did for us. We are grateful for your devotion to duty and to our country.""
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What Can Republicans Do About Obamacare?

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE "This move will probably be blocked in the Democrat-controlled Senate, however; and failing that, the president will use his veto pen to save the Democrats’ crown-jewel policy achievement.

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"Then what? Having health care as an issue may actually be a blessing for the GOP. Obamacare has been a gift to the Republican party. It was the single most important reason for their historic gains in last week’s election. Better still, it’s a gift that can keep on giving, if appropriately managed."

Back to the Future with Jerry Brown at the Helm in California

Pajamas Media  "He didn't do a good enough job ruining the state the last time he was in office, so giving him another crack at it apparently made sense to a majority of California voters."
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