Author: David Ridenour

Unemployment Likely to Remain High in Second Term

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Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. With this one statement about global warming in his inaugural address, President Obama demonstrates ...
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Multiple Victim Public Shootings: An Observation

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When was the last time you heard of somebody going on a shooting rampage at a gun show or a meeting of the NRA or a police station? Almost never. You always hear of these things happening at shopping malls, ...
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You’ll Get Zero Benefit From Buffett Rule, Obama Tax Calculator Promises

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The Washington Post's Dana Milbank provides a link to a tax calculator that purports to show taxpayers how much they'll benefit should the Buffett Rule – President Obama’s proposed tax hike on millionaires - be enacted. (See Milbank's excellent column ...
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A Thought About Eli Lilly and its Enduring Love for ObamaCare

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In light of Eli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter’s doubling-down on the company’s support of ObamaCare during the company’s annual shareholder meeting Monday, here’s a list of Eli Lilly products… Eli Lilly is also involved in agri-chem. For example, it owns ...
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President Obama Really Does Make Over a Million a Year

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..We've been seeing all the details of the President's tax returns and how he wouldn't be subject to the Buffett Rule because he didn't make over a million dollars last year. An interesting question: Do presidents declare the value of ...
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League of Conservation Voters Cries Wolf… Again

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The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) just released its 2011 scorecard and noted, "The 2011 Scorecard reflects the most anti-environmental session of the U.S. House of Representatives in history, featuring unparalleled assaults on our nation's bedrock environmental and public health ...
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League of Conservation Voters Responds to My Blog Post

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Via Twitter, the League of Conservation Voters has issued a response to my blog post of earlier today, "League of Conservation Voters Cries Wolf... Again," teasing it (using LCV's own data) for its exaggerated claim that the 2011 Congress was ...
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Liberal Journalist Attacks Obama Critic’s Credibility, but Praised Same Author When He Criticized George Bush

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Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg wrote a column yesterday intended to discredit former Wall Street Journal reporter Ron Suskind. Suskind has just written a book, "Confidence Men," that portrays President Barack Obama in a negative light. Weisberg begins: "As an editor, ...
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Obama’s Lexicon

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President Obama's always talking about his support for "working families." "My administration will be absolutely committed to the future of middle-class and working families" (2008) and "I think putting money in the pockets of working families is the best way ...
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Observation

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Let me see... The head of a union with a history of violence headed by a guy named Hoffa says "let's take out these son of a b**ches [sic] out." Looks less like rallying the troops than taking out a ...
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