a wakeup call to conservatives posted by john hawkins on november 25 2008 1200 am in . feature 01 conservatism 2.0 elections 2008 media politics us news 21 comments edmund burke once said all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. the corollary to that statement here in the united states could be all that was necessary for the democrat......
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jim coleman cadillac in bethesda maryland is offering 100 shares of gm stock about 350 at todays close to those who buy a cadillac before the end of the month. via......
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in case you were wondering why the stock market had huge increases on friday and monday look no further. it was not the impact of announcing the appointment of new york fed president tim geithner to be treasury secretary. it was the carefully scripted leaks by obamas advisors over the weekend that obama is moving away from his soak the rich campaign rhetoric and will not increase tax rates......
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at the risk of stepping on the toes of sites like my fellow mba member the hedgehog report ive come across a couple interesting polls this morning. actually one was quite accidental because i was updating my yahoo home page and found out i can get a feed from the folks at pew research. so i did that and what was the third poll up there disclosed on wednesday 60 percent o......
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and no not just ron paulstyle lib ertarians 8221 im willing to bet that most of the ron paul crowd voted for obama because they were never really so much about limited government as being antiwar but actual mainstream fiscal conservatives like those members of say the club for growth . from a review of huckabees new book do the right thing inside the m......
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thats my answer to andy roths question in this post over at the club for growths blog.......
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if the appropriations committee isnt interested in scrutinizing the earmarks of a convicted senator i think we can fairly conclude that the appropriations committee isnt interested in scrutinizing earmarks at all. congressman jeff flake and that sums up one of the biggest problems we have right now. hat tip andrew roth club for growth ......
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if were going to have a nuclear holocaust im going to the buffet first national review 2008 post election cruise part 9 and final part errata and final thoughts ill finish this series with some fun additional items that didnt really fit into the serious topics from the first 8 diaries then a closing thought. comedy night one of the highlights o......
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a car dealer in maryland is giving away 100 shares of general motors stock if you buy a cadillac. personally id rather have a free oil change at least its worth something. ht club for growth similar posts the continued decline of general motors microsoft .........
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no one doubts governor jindals intelligence and political skills but i remain sceptical ofahis fiscal conservative credentials. to best explain my reasoning i thought it would be best to repost highlights aofablog posts from earlier this year courtesy of nachama soloveichik from the cfg. for nachamas thoughts on the jindal craze see here here and here ......
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fred thompson had a great article over at townhall today. its basically a suck it up and get it together piece. hes right. its time to drop these battles from the primaries and focus on the big picture which should be recovering from the humiliating defeat the gop just recieved at the hand of the democrats and get its act together. to do so the party has t......
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im at a loss for where to begin.a i guess well jump right in. during last nights episode of hannity and colmes mike huckabee was asked who he sees as a problem within the republican party.a his response huckabee i think they are people who have become in their minds the integral part of the republican party who are in fact not classic republicans. heres w......
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i saw this map and couldnt believe what it showed i travel to new england a couple of times a year to visit family and get annoyed at the 6 tax rate in connecticut and 6.28 in vermont. i was stunned to learn that those rates dont put either state in the top 15 states for sales tax rates. better a sales tax than an income tax of course but still... hat tip club ......
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the club for growth ainterviewed u.s. trade representative susan schwab for its new podcast. among the topics discussed were the columbia free trade agreement trade relations with china the g20 meetings that took place over the weekend and president bushs free trade legacy. schwab had this to say about the colombia free trade agreement if you want a stimulus package that you can......
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in your memoir you describe an early meeting in the oval office with reagan in which he quoted a couple of obscure 19thcentury british freetrade advocates and some littleknown modern austrian economists. how underrated intellectually do you think reagan was he was extremely underrated particularly by the press. the press was very derisive. they were derisive of eisenhower toothey thou......
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whatever you think of the tory tax policy its well worth reading chris dillowaat stumbling and mumbling . its a detailedatake down of the cameron tax proposals and i dont just say that because he kindly mentions me at the end. in the comments to an earlier post iaconfessed total confusion about tory policy at the moment. i still feel this way. i geneuinely......
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from their announcement sen. chambliss generally conservative record guarantees that he will be a reliable vote in a filibuster against the democratic majority. he received a 93 on the club for growths 2007 repork cardthe sixth best score in the senateand has introduced a number of bills to cut government spending. on tax policy he has consistently supported lower taxes a......
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faith endures or why i plan on becoming a happy warrior so it came to pass that on that fateful day in november the year of our lord 2008 the american people chose as the president of the united states a man destined for failure more on this below. he ran on a platform of no platform a campaign of no promises a message of hope and change. and he won. and the expectations f......
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...manent elimination of the death tax and 65 prefer to keep capital gains and dividend tax rates at their current lows. the link contains the results for the 24 questions.......
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republicans have some soulsearching to do. election day was a clear and concise message from the american people there has been enough wasteful spending and enough corruption in government. a good first step would be for the gop to encourage its members to swear off requesting earmarks. wellamore thanaforty members of congress did so in fiscal year 2009 a huge improvement from the year bef......
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a poll commissioned by the club for growth in 12 swing congressional districts over the past weekend shows that the voters who made the difference in this election still prefer less government lower taxes less spending and less regulation to sen. obamas economic liberalism. turns out americans didnt vote for mr. obama and democratic congressional candidates because they suppo......
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from a club for growth poll q would you agree or disagree with the following statement the republicans used to be the party of economic growth fiscal discipline and limited government but in recent years too many republicans in washington have become just like the big spenders that they used to oppose. agree 80.6 disagree 13.0 dkrefused 6.4 it has......
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note this is the sixth of what will be 13 daily posts on why barack obama is a dangerous objectionable and objectively unfit candidate to be president of the united states while many of the other candidates are not. previous posts part 1 obama part of the problem on fan and fred part 2 822 1energy 8221 part 3 822 1punished ......
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i just read an interesting column by pat toomey president of the club for growth .a you can read it here .a he compares actions undertaken by both presidents hoover and roosevelt and comparesathem to the policies that barack obama wants toaimplement should he become president. ......
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il y a 46 ans prenait fin la crise des missiles de cuba. le 22 octobre 1962 le prsident kennedy sest adress la nation pour annoncer aux amricains que le monde tait sur le bord dun affrontement thermonuclaire avec lurss. le lendemain de cette allocution le dow jones a gagn 19 de sa valeur. durant les 13 jours de crise qui ont suivi la volatilit moyenne de l39......
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