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Senior Aides Shielded Obama On IRS Scandal

Bankrupting America — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:01 +0000

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Senior Aides Shielded Obama On IRS Scandal
The Washington Post reports, “As soon as White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler heard about an upcoming inspector general’s report on the Internal Revenue Service, she knew she had a problem. The notice Ruemmler saw on April 24 gave her a thumbnail sketch of a disturbing finding: that the IRS had improperly targeted tea party and other conservative groups. She shared the news with White House Chief of Staff Denis ...

Brit Hume on the Big Lesson of the Benghazi, IRS, and AP Scandals

David Leeper — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:32 +0000

Most on the Left will grudgingly admit that Big Government can go horribly wrong. The histories of Russia, China, and North Korea are the extreme examples. But, the Left claims, Big Government can work well if the right people are in charge.

In America, those right people were ostensibly those that Obama chose for his version of Big Government. As he himself proclaimed in 2008 to thunderous applause: “We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for!”

So how’s it working out?

Enter the Benghazi, ...

If Obama Has Lost Jon Stewart, Has He Lost His Base?

David Leeper — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:05:35 +0000

In February, 1968, CBS’ Walter Cronkite was arguably the most trusted news person in the country. Having just returned from Vietnam, Cronkite broke from his usual practice and offered commentary in which he cast doubt on the American mission there and its chance for success.

After Cronkite’s statement, President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said that if he had “lost Cronkite”, he had “lost Middle America.” On March 31, he announced he would not run ...

The Benghazi Betrayal — Panetta Had Time for Rescue but “Stood Down” Instead

David Leeper — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:39 +0000

The Benghazi Four were betrayed. They called for help on September 11 but were left to die instead. Since then, Obama’s craven political appointees have tried to cover their backsides, and his, by lying about the time and resources needed to respond.

In the 3-minute May 11 clip below, former Navy Seal Christopher Mark Heben and Col. David Hunt (Ret.) explain how Alert-30 and Alert-60 forces could have been on-site in Benghazi within about 3 hours. Those forces ...

Obama Impeachment?

Cafe Con Leche — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:33:28 +0000

Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made the stunning prediction that Obama will not finish his second term. Huckabee, widely respected and not known for partisanship, may be right! The Political Demise of Richard Nixon Many older Americans remember the Nixon years. Richard Nixon was reelected in a landslide, but the groundwork for Nixon’s [...]

Obama’s Freudian slip on the IRS scandal

mesasmiles — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:36:49 +0000

President Obama’s answer when asked about the IRS scandal is most interesting. Fox News reported that he said: “If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that had been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, … Continue reading →

Lawless

Greg Conterio — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:21 +0000

IRS targets Americans for political reasons, the Administration targets the Press, Sebelius shakes down private businesses, Benghazi lies continue . . . and the media are still yawning

Consider for a moment, if this were still the George W. Bush administration in office. First we have the revelations this past week about the deliberate lies and the cover-up in the wake of the administration’s failures at Benghazi, which cost four Americans their lives. Next comes the bombshell that the IRS has ...

Ordinary Citizens Don’t Support Expanding Medicaid

Guest Contributor — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:20:11 +0000

By Anita Christy

The governor’s plan to add more than 300,000 Arizonans to the Medicaid rolls will do nothing more than facilitate and expand Obamacare. Voters clearly expressed their will to reject implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) via Proposition 106 in 2010.

If this expansion goes through, nearly one-fourth of all Arizonans will receive free taxpayer paid medical care. This isn’t a “safety net” for the poorest citizens. It is an incentive program for socialized medicine.

When Prop. 204 was approved ...

Concerns Over Governor’s Medicaid Expansion Proposal

Guest Contributor — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:30:23 +0000

By AZ State Senator Brenda Barton

Recently I have been asked by many for my thoughts on the governor’s Medicaid expansion proposal. This is a complex issue and there isn’t a simplistic or short form answer. It is my hope that your newspaper will print my thoughts to you without editorializing or editing because this is an extremely important decision and will have significant impacts on the lives of the residents of Arizona and Legislative District 6.

Until a week ago, ...

Governor Brewer Vetoes Hospital Transparency Bill

AZ News — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:45:44 +0000

Last Friday Governor Jan Brewer sided with Democrats and the hospital industry when she vetoed SB1115, a Republican-sponsored health transparency bill. Republicans championed the bill they claim would have required health care providers to make public a list of costs for their 25 most commonly provided services, and would have required health care facilities to make publicly available their prices for their 50 most common outpatient service codes and group codes. Supporters claim the reform would have introduced greater price ...