Posts Tagged ‘ Obama ’

SOWELL: Back to the Future: Part II

Sep 20th, 2011 | By

Some people are hoping that President Obama’s plan will get the economy out of the doldrums and start providing jobs for the unemployed. Others are hoping that the Republicans’ plan will do the trick. Those who are truly optimistic hope that Democrats and Republicans will both put aside their partisanship and do what is best
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September has not been kind

Sep 19th, 2011 | By

 President Obama has suffered through a very tough time since his return from Martha’s Vineyard. As a multiple choice question, choose which of the following items have occurred since Obama’s summer vacation ended: The President tried to have an additional State of the Union speech to push his new jobs plan, only to discover that
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COLUMN: September has not been kind

Sep 19th, 2011 | By

 President Obama has suffered through a very tough time since his return from Martha’s Vineyard. As a multiple choice question, choose which of the following items have occurred since Obama’s summer vacation ended: The President tried to have an additional State of the Union speech to push his new jobs plan, only to discover that
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LETTER: African-American unemployment

Sep 18th, 2011 | By

It’s funny how things change. Fresh from summering on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama is now getting heat from blacks for the shocking increase in their unemployment under his policies. Then we have Dick Cheney promoting his book by showing up at every show on TV in a limo, with bodyguards and a posse, bragging about how
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HART: African-American unemployment

Sep 18th, 2011 | By

It’s funny how things change. Fresh from summering on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama is now getting heat from blacks for the shocking increase in their unemployment under his policies. Then we have Dick Cheney promoting his book by showing up at every show on TV in a limo, with bodyguards and a posse, bragging about how
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LETTER: Obama has to go

Sep 18th, 2011 | By

Here we go again. Promises to build new bridges, repair or replace highways, high speed rails and build more schools. While he will again be saying this he also is laying off teachers and doing negative things that affects all the above. He doesn’t know anything else to do and all the other government officials
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LETTER: Really? Why watch speech

Sep 11th, 2011 | By

A friend asked me if I was going to watch President Obama’s speech. I thought about it for a second or two, then thought, “Why would I be interested in a speech from someone who is so inept and so ignorant of how this country was founded, and how a Republic operates?” I have videos
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CHAPMAN: Wired for overregulation

Sep 9th, 2011 | By

Outside the Washington headquarters of the Federal Trade Commission is a sculpture of a powerfully built, shirtless man forcibly restraining an unruly horse. It’s called “Man Controlling Trade,” and it captures a common attitude in government: Oftentimes, capitalist firms need to be saddled and broken. That assumption underlies an antitrust suit filed Wednesday by the
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TEXAS VIEW: Cellphone merger a good call

Sep 7th, 2011 | By

With the economy tanking — again — the government needs to start leaving the free market alone. Instead, the Obama administration’s Justice Department last week launched an anti-trust lawsuit to prevent ATT Inc. from acquiring T-Mobile USA Inc. The companies are the second- and fourth-largest U.S. cellphone companies, respectively. The Justice Department’s announcement said, “The
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GUEST COLUMN: Department of Labor app is a joke

Sep 2nd, 2011 | By

Upon entering the iTunes App Store, a plethora of applications doing everything from finding the cheapest gas station to filing your tax return await you. And among these addiction-worthy apps there is one designed by the Department of Labor to help workers or their employers properly calculate their wages. The concept sounds simple enough however
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