Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Corn Conspiracy Ethanol is forever. Geoffrey Norman December 27, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 15 The machine was virtually new. I’d run a mere two tanks of gas through it and now the wretched thing wouldn’t start. I’d pulled the starter cord 30 times, or more, and the best […]
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S. Florida’s West ready to charge Capitol Hill Elected as warrior for ‘tea party’ By Sean Lengell– The Washington Times December 27, 2010 Depending on who is asked, Republican Rep.-elect Allen West is either a hothead radical who will chip away at what little civility remains on Capitol Hill, or is an energetic, principled pragmatist who
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WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will Sunday, January 9, 2011; Consensus is scarce but almost everyone agrees with this: The government is dysfunctional and the Internet is splendid. But last month, the Democratic-controlled Federal Communications Commission, on a partisan 3-2 vote, did what a federal court says it has no power to do: It decided
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REDSTATE What Time Is It? It’s Time To Cheat Posted by Michael Hammond (Profile) Monday, January 10th at 10:00AM EST 17 Comments by Michael E. Hammond, former General Counsel Senate Steering Committee 1978-89. Senate Democrats in the 111th Congress got a lot of mileage from procedural cheating (fiscal and legislative) –- and from extorting concessions
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JANUARY 10, 2011 The Communist Party affirms that ‘central planning and not the market will be supreme.’ By JOSé AZEL With his characteristic intellectual wit, Cuban writer Carlos Alberto Montaner defines communism as “the time countries waste between capitalism and capitalism.” By this account, the Cuban government is now in its 52nd year of wasted
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JANUARY 10, 2011 By making it harder for companies to go public, Congress and regulators tilt the playing field in favor of the wealthy and well-connected. By L. GORDON CROVITZ Facebook raised $500 million last week, but the only people who could invest were the wealthiest private clients of Goldman Sachs. Instead of offering shares
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FORBES Jan. 7 2011 By MALLORY FACTOR As new members are sworn in this week in Congress, the American people will expect Congress to get down to work, rein in spending and address our national debt. While we have cause to be optimistic, Americans need to be aware of a plot brewing to trick Congress
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This is an incredible letter that Skip Stam received from one of his constituents which explains in detail exactly what the problems are that the small and large businesses in this country are facing. The American people and our representatives need to understand why our unemployment rate is staying so high. And to think, many people believe we need
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JANUARY 6, 2011 The Italy of Asia Japan’s entitlement dilemmas are a warning to Washington. Japanese politics is once again in turmoil, with the government’s approval ratings around 20%. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is trying to force out his rival within the Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, which might boost his own popularity but
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JANUARY 6, 2011 The administration waives allies through the health law’s onerous restrictions. By KARL ROVE A primary task for the new Republican House majority is to undo as many of the pernicious effects of ObamaCare that it can. One of these effects is the spectacle of employers going hat-in-hand to the Department of Health
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