Politics

I’m Contacting My State, Not the Fed

Posted by Josh Ferguson on April 14, 2010 at 1:59 pm

A couple of weeks ago when we got the returns for the new health care bill, I felt physically ill. It was that noxious feeling of dread. I’m sure there was a significant portion of the population that was elated as well but I tend to believe that a lot more felt the [...]

Reuters Story Pulled at White House Request

Posted by Josh Ferguson on February 2, 2010 at 3:30 pm

Today Reuters put out a story rightly criticizing Obama’s new budget for all of it’s back-door tax hikes on the middle class. The White House called Reuters and asked them to pull the story because of “inaccuracies” which they promptly did.
I found the story in Yahoo! News’ cache and I reprint it [...]

Are you a part of the “mob”?

Posted by Josh Ferguson on August 5, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Apparently if you oppose Obama and exercise your free speech rights, you’re just part of a ruthless mob.

The Definition of an Inalienable Right

Posted by Josh Ferguson on July 16, 2009 at 2:21 pm

In a round-about way, Ted Nugent has a pretty good definition of an “inalienable right”. It’s not a right that we derive from the Bill of Rights, it’s a right that we have regardless. It’s a right we’d have even if we didn’t have a constitution that enumerated it.

Waxman-Markey (Cap and Trade) Bill passes

Posted by Josh Ferguson on June 30, 2009 at 2:24 pm

The Waxman-Markey bill passed in the House of Representatives last week. If you have insomnia, here is the text of the 932 page bill and the 300 page amendment.
Steve Milloy, author of the Junk Science blog and Green Hell blog was on Glenn Beck’s TV program explaining a little of what we have to [...]

The Future of GM

Posted by Josh Ferguson on June 10, 2009 at 10:57 am

I can’t wait!

This Just In…

Posted by Josh Ferguson on November 6, 2008 at 3:21 pm

The Onion News Network has the following report:
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are
Obviously made for fun but it wouldn’t be funny if there weren’t an element of truth in it.

President Obama – Things to look forward to

Posted by Josh Ferguson on November 5, 2008 at 9:49 am

It wasn’t a surprise but the finality of it was kind of sad last night. It’s now official that for at least the next 4 years we’re going to have Barak Hussein Obama as the president of the United States. I could take some comfort in the fact that since we’ve elected the [...]

Are We at the Tax Tipping Point?

Posted by Josh Ferguson on October 22, 2008 at 9:33 am

In the Wall Street Journal today there is an opinion article written by Adam Lerrick, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University. This article states that Obama’s tax rebate that takes money from the top 5% and distributes it to everyone else will place the number of people that do not pay taxes (or even [...]

If McCain Wants to Win

Posted by Josh Ferguson on October 15, 2008 at 3:03 pm

McCain is now way back in the polls. Unless something drastic happens, Obama is going to be our next president. If McCain wants to win, he needs to stand up and give us policies that are new, innovative, and will truly set him apart from Obama and give us a real choice. [...]