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“liberalism”

Gibbs Misleads Public on Obama’s Broken Tax Pledge

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs seems to have forgotten that his boss has already broken his central campaign promise – a “firm pledge” that “no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of [...]

FOXNews.com – Kerry Agrees to Pay Massachusetts Tax on Yacht Docked in Rhode Island

“Senator Kerry will only pay the taxes because he got caught,” party Chairwoman Jennifer Nassour said in a statement. “He should spend more time creating jobs rather than customizing his yacht. Democrats think they live by another set of rules, and the voters of the commonwealth will soon remind them they do not.”
via FOXNews.com – [...]

Migrants sell up, flee Arizona ahead of crackdown | Reuters

“Everyone is selling up the little they have and leaving,” said Villasenor, 31, who is headed for Pennsylvania. “We have no alternative. They have us cornered.”
The two women are among scores of illegal immigrant families across Phoenix hauling the contents of their homes into the yard this weekend as they rush to sell up and [...]

FOXNews.com – Gay Lutheran Pastors to Join Church Roster

FOXNews.com – Gay Lutheran Pastors to Join Church Roster.
So where does it end?  Do we now admit idol worshipers into the ministry because they deserve the same respect?
Everyone should be welcomed into the church family as members with the recognition that everyone sins, but to allow leadership roles to those who blatantly defy God’s word, [...]

Millions for Road Signs?: That’s Stimulating? – ABC News

As the midterm election season approaches, new road signs are popping up everywhere – millions of dollars worth of signs touting “The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act” and reminding passers-by that the program is “Putting America Back to Work.”
A look at where the stimulus money is going.
On the road leading to Dulles Airport outside Washington, [...]

Both parties mull raising retirement age – Washington Times

Besides raising the retirement age for full Social Security benefits to 70 for people now 50 or younger, Mr. Boehner suggested curbing benefit growth by tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than growth in wages, and providing benefits only to those who need them.
“If you have substantial non-Social Security income while you're [...]

John Fund: The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy – WSJ.com

John Fund: The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy – WSJ.com.
The rush to recess gives Democrats little time to pass any major laws. That’s why there have been signs in recent weeks that party leaders are planning an ambitious, lame-duck session to muscle through bills in December they don’t want to defend before November. [...]

Illegals leaving Arizona ahead of new law

So how is this a bad thing?
Arizona’s tough new immigration enforcement law is fueling an exodus of Hispanics from the state seven weeks before it goes into effect, according to officials and residents in the state.
So the illegals, who by definition are criminals, are leaving and this is supposed to somehow be [...]

True straight talk

You don’t hear enough of this.  Governor Christie isn’t pulling any punches.  He’s putting it out there like every politician should.  Most politicians try to pacify everyone into voting for them again.  Apparently Governor Christie doesn’t play by those rules.  He’s playing the straight talk and honesty game that usually gets politicians attacked like he [...]

Another threat to freedom. Hidden in another “treaty”

Here’s something that hasn’t been covered in the MSM for obvious reasons, but needs to be brought into the light.  From Blackfive:
But possibly the worst thing is that the National Security Strategy Obama was introducing resurrects the sovereignty stripping, military weakening, massive income redistributing Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). If you [...]