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Playing games with military absentee voting…
Tallahassee, FL - The 2000 Presidential election debacle left us with many gifts. The nationally televised statements and actions on everyone's part showed us adults behaving like too many kids in a sandbox. Florida was comedic fodder for years afterwards...

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Socialist Health Care: It's Done.
Clearwater, FL - Everyone reading this blog knows my feelings on Obama-care. There is no point wasting bandwidth with them now. The good side fought the good fight. But the dark side headed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Harry Reid and President Barak...

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More liberal scoffing at analyzing the health care bill before voting on it
Today I caught a sound bite from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Twit-RI) , comparing reading the 2000+ page health care bill to a 13 year old girl blowing through a Harry Potter novel. That's an interesting take on it. For the sake of argument, let's...

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Rep. Tom Price on Health Care
Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) really hit the nail on the head. Never were truer words spoken. I wish he were my congress critter. Better yet, I wish we had a majority that think just like him. “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out...

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Yet one more act of democracy to be held against me…
"Blue Dog Democrat" Rep. Boyd (right) listens to the concerns of a Tallahassee Emergency Room worker. I want one of those T-shirts. I attended the town hall meeting in Monticello, FL where Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL). listened to comments and concerns...

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National Health Care Lies: Part 3 - We can do it better if everyone has health insurance
How many reading this are old enough to remember when liability insurance on your car was optional? All of you old enough think back to that simpler time in your life. The rest of you follow along, there is an example here. Remember the insurance companies...

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So much stupidity and no time to write…
Los Angeles, CA - Based on bits and pieces of various news items I've managed to catch over the couple weeks I've managed to figure out a few things. We have some moron in Congress wanting to tax executive bonuses at 90%. There is another set...

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Doing away with secret ballots
Tampa, FL - One of the most fundamental tenants of our election system is the secret ballot. This method of voting allows voters to cast their vote without fear of recrimination by either the winning party or sore losers. The voter may express their choice...

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Raising taxes, now I get it...
Many things in this life puzzle me. One of those puzzles recently bouncing around in my head is how legislators decide what people and industries should be paying what level taxes and even what should and should not be taxed. It is fascinating to watch...

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Government Bailouts
Yesterday The House of Representatives passed an $800 Billion plus bail out bill. The next step is a trip to the other side of the dome where the Senate will probably pass it. In my view this is a mistake. The United States taxpayer is not in the business...

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