DECEMBER 19, 2010 The FCC’s Threat to Internet Freedom ‘Net neutrality’ sounds nice, but the Web is working fine now. The new rules will inhibit investment, deter innovation and create a billable-hours bonanza for lawyers. By ROBERT M. MCDOWELL Tomorrow morning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will mark the winter solstice by taking an unprecedented […]
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TOWNHALL.COM Dennis Prager November 2010 According to polls — Pew Research Center, the National Science Foundation — and studies such as Professor Arthur Brooks’ Gross National Happiness, conservative Americans are happier than liberal Americans. Liberals respond this way: “If we’re unhappier, it’s because we are more upset than conservatives over the plight of those less
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December 16, 2010 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive Public Employee Pension Debt Explodes By Karen McMahan RALEIGH — If government officials were forced to apply the same uniform accounting methods that private pension plan administrators must use to calculate liabilities, experts say the funding shortfall would be five times greater than the amount being reported
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The Omnibus Arrives 1:11 am December 15, 2010, by Jamie Dupree I have been talking about it for weeks, and yesterday it was finally released. A 1,924 page behemoth known in the lexicon of Capitol Hill as the “Omnibus” budget bill, chock full of thousands of home state budget earmarks. Even though it was championed
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Newsmax Romney: Tax Cut Deal No Jobs Fix Tuesday, December 14, 2010 The temporary extension of the Bush tax cuts that President Barack Obama and Republican members of Congress agreed to will not translate into large job growth or investment, and Congress should come up with a better deal, says former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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About Senator Burr | Constituent Services | Contact Me | Share with a Friend Before getting into what we worked on in Washington this week, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family of Elizabeth Edwards. She was a passionate advocate for issues she believed in and a caring and loving mother.
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Crimson Tide Alabama goes very, very red. Fred Barnes November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Birmingham Jim Folsom Jr., the son of former governor “Kissin’ Jim” Folsom, lost his job as lieutenant governor. He was the top Democratic elected official in Alabama. George Wallace Jr., only son of
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) ——————————————————————————– Roadmap Rules Matthew Continetti November 22, 2010, The calls were unexpected. Early in 2010, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, began receiving requests for information about the Roadmap for America’s Future, his ambitious plan to reform entitlements, taxes, and spending. Ryan,
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GOP senator cites new intel, won’t back New START Bond joins Kyl in opposition to nuke treaty with Moscow By Eli Lake– The Washington Times November 22, 2010 A second leading Republican is opposing Senate ratification of the New START treaty based on classified intelligence that the arms pact cannot be verified and that Moscow is
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