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Government Healthcare Delivery More Efficient Than Private Sector

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America’s safety net, specifically Medicare is continuously under attack. Many politicians claim that its growth rate makes the budget deficit untenable lest there be substantial changes; in other words, draconian cuts. An article in the Business Insider  by Joe Weisenthal is dispelling that myth. He states The conventional wisdom on the deficit is: Right now […]

Rick Santelli Goes Nuts Over Fiscal Cliff on CNBC–All Bluster No Intellect (VIDEO)

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Rick Santilli turned his 15 minutes of fame into continuous waves of attention by losing his cool on CNBC periodically. He attempts to show righteous indignation at politicians for their level of irresponsibility in solving the country’s economic woes. What Mr. Santelli fails to acknowledge is that he is part of the problem. He has […]

Republicans rejecting Republican ideas major cause of Washington dysfunction

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It is easy to throw all politicians in the same boat when describing the gridlock and dysfunction that is afflicting Washington today. The simple fact is that it isn’t so. Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein wrote about it in their book “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the […]

Prescient Christmas Message From Michael Moore–Read It Objectively

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I must admit that I have a soft spot in my heart for anyone that sticks up for the poor and the middle class. After-all, I do believe I am my brothers and sisters’ keeper. That is the difference between a civilized society and a barbaric society. Can you really watch others suffer and not […]

NRA’s LaPierre Frustrates Meet The Press’ David Gregory With Dismissive Answers (VIDEO)

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The National Rifle Association’s Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre appeared on Meet The Press with David Gregory. LaPierre maintained the same belligerent behavior that he showed when he gave the speech disguised as a press conference on Friday. It was evident that Mr. LaPierre came on the show to deliver a message and not to […]

Experts Say NRA Wayne Lapierre Press Conference A PR Disaster–MAYBE NOT

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Was the national speech disguised as a press conference given by Wayne Lapierre on Friday really a mitigated PR disaster? Is it possible that after a week of silence and likely meetings with scores of media experts and pollsters that a well-funded Right Wing organization like the National Rifle Association would make such a PR […]

NRA’s Wayne Lapierre Heckled At Press Conference w/”NRA Killing Our Kids” (VIDEO)

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NRA leader Wayne Lapierre was heckled at his news conference. The press conference was shocking not because of the heckling but because of the unrepentant belligerence he showed towards any responsibility for the killings at the elementary school in Connecticut. Mr. Lapierre’s press conference was a press conference in name only. It seemed more like […]

Ronald Reagan: "Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit." Obama must not cave!

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Republicans from Newt Gingrich to Paul Ryan claim to be followers of the President Ronald Reagan. They are pressuring President Obama to make concessions on Social Security. Yet as Reagan states in the video below and as most who are interested in understanding the program know, Social Security has nothing to do with the budget […]

NRA’s Wayne Lapierre Press Conference–Love Your Children? Then Arm The Schools (VIDEO Commentary)

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Wayne Lapierre gave his first press conference since the gun massacre. It was a bizarre press conference. Mr. Lapierre came out swinging. Neither he nor his group has accepted any responsibility or causality for the killings in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The full text of his speech reads like that of a […]