60 MINUTES – STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MELTDOWNS
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FCC CONSTRAINS THE INTERNET
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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BOOK REVIEW – DECISION POINTS
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Only Yesterday A president remembers what some have forgotten. Philip Terzian November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Decision Points by George W. Bush Crown, 512 pp., $35 The president left the White House with abysmal approval ratings, and a war which had begun well—enjoying widespread support and historic
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John Locke Foundation Morning Update
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 BILL BOMBSHELL
Republicans and their leadership better find a way to kill this bill. Call them and tell them to stop all lame duck legislation! Throwing Us Under the Omnibus By Chris Horner on 12.15.10 @ 10:20AMAC http://spectator.org/blog/2010/12/15/throwing-us-under-the-omnibus From an indefatigable source on the Hill: As many have been alerting you, there are several FUNDAMENTAL problems with
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OMNIBUS SPENDING – YOUR SENATORS’ EARMARKS
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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LINDSEY GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS MIND ON IRAN
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Speaking Truth to Mullah Power At a conclave of big shots, Lindsey Graham steals the show. Tod Lindberg November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Halifax, Nova Scotia On a dangerously windy early November afternoon, a military plane carrying a delegation of six U.S. senators made four successive approaches
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ALABAMA’S CRIMSON TIDE
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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RYAN’S ROADMAP RULES
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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NEW INTEL ON NEW START TREATY – WHY SENATOR BOND WON’T SUPPORT THE TREATY
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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