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We’re All Mad Here

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

by Jon Coupal | Sacramento
When the Cheshire Cat told Alice, “We’re all mad here,” he could have been expressing how two of California’s most prominent officials view voters.
In a recent San Francisco speech, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a group of educators that the term limits law — Proposition 140 approved by voters in 1990 — [...]

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Liberals: America’s Termites

Monday, October 26th, 2009

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
Back when I was a kid, the two major fears in America revolved around polio and Communism.  Because the first disease was so prevalent and so often fatal prior to the miraculous cures wrought by Dr. [...]

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Liberals: The Enemy Within

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
Feeling as I do about Barack Obama, it’s only natural that I would look for people to blame for putting him in the Oval Office.  I mean, aside from the 63 million oafs who actually voted [...]

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It’s Scary Season for Homeowners

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

by Jon Coupal | Sacramento
When you start to see Jack-o-lanterns around the neighborhood, you know that something scary is about to arrive at your house.  That’s right, it’s property tax season.
Fortunately, as a direct result of Proposition 13, which limits increases in a property’s assessed value to two percent annually, most property owners have a [...]

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Decision Time for the Peace President

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado
Contrary to all the criticism from the righteous right, President Barack Obama was a perfectly logical choice to receive the Nobel Peace Price. He talks incessantly about peace which appears to be the prime qualification. He pursues an apparently endless policy of engagement as have many previous recipients [...]

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Politically Incorrect Observations

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
I was taken aback when President Obama said he was proud of the Afghani people who voted in their recent election in spite of being intimidated by the Taliban.  I mean, how was it he never [...]

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International Law and the War on Terrorism

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado
President Barack Obama seems greatly concerned about what other nations think of us. He has implemented a policy of reaching out to adversaries and consulting with friends. No longer, he says, will the United States go it alone without regard for world opinion, a departure, he implies, from [...]

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From Red, White And Blue To Just Plain Red

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
Before last year’s election, I heard a lot of people claim they didn’t feel they knew who Obama really was.  For my part, I felt I knew him all too well.  Which was why I didn’t [...]

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Catching Up With The News

Friday, October 16th, 2009

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
I wasn’t surprised that Rep. Joe Wilson felt compelled to apologize to President Obama for calling him a liar. I also wasn’t surprised to hear that within 24 hours, thousands of liberals had sent in [...]

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Blowing The Whistle On Waxman

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
I have come clean in the past about having been friends with Rep. Henry Waxman.  We had met in the late 1950s at UCLA and wound up spending a lot of time over the following decade [...]

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