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If two dogs bark during the night …

The office of Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) released on March 18, 2010, the following: “An analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee estimates 16,500 new IRS agents will be needed to collect, examine, and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses.  New tax mandates and penalties [...]

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Obamacare Ruling No Favor To Obama

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided the Constitutionality of Obamacare: Obama’s signature piece of legislation has withstood the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. The ruling was 5-4 with Chief Justice John Roberts rendering the deciding vote and siding with the liberal side of the Court. I will tell you that as I [...]

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What have we learned together today, boys and girls?

TED Stockings are white pressure gradient stockings frequently seen on operative and post-op patients, the initials of which stand for Thrombo-Embolic-Deterrent.  In laymen’s terms an embolism is a blood clot and they tend to form in the large venous cavities of the legs when blood flow slows during an operation.  The pressure gradient is greatest [...]

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Dude! Where’s my hoodie?

William F. Buckley Jr. once reflected that universal health care was a happy thought, then went on to clarify, “Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the costs become prohibitive.” Unfortunately, such intellectual reasoning is an automatic disqualifier to serve effectively in Washington today and has been replaced by pandering when obfuscation is not [...]

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Obama won’t obey SCOTUS

The question of whether or not Obama, vis-à-vis the federal government, has the constitutional authority to mandate that we buy health insurance under threat of penalty will now presumably be decided by the Supreme Court. The question that begs an answer is: If the high court rules Obama does not have the constitutional authority to [...]

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Obama ain’t helping brutha’s out

It appears that Maxine Waters has her nose outta joint, because Obama told blacks to shut up complaining and help him get reelected. Funny, I don’t remember Maxi’s nose being outta joint when Obama lied about the Supreme Court during his State of the Union address. I don’t remember Waters having anything to say while [...]

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