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Archive for March, 2010

Joe Biden Drops The F-Bomb During Bill Signing Ceremony

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Skipper had Gilligan. Batman had Robin.
Obama has Joe Biden:

Obama Signs ObamaCare Into Law

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

And so, the deed is done:
President Obama signed a landmark health-care bill into law Tuesday, enacting a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s $2.5 trillion health system.
“The bill I am signing will set in motion reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see,” Obama said before putting his signature [...]

Did I Miss The Five Days Between Sunday Night And Tuesday Morning ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Must have.

So Now, The Federal Government Is Santa Claus

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Obamagasms, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Sad, infuriating, stupid, moronic.
There aren’t enough adjectives in the world to describe this:
Durham, N.C. — Uninsured Triangle residents said Monday that they eagerly await the overhaul of the nation’s health care system.
“It’s just going to be like Christmas,” said DeCarlo Flythe, who lost health coverage for his family when he was laid off almost three [...]

California Bar Investigating Birther Lawyer Orly Taitz

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Some time ago, I noted that an anonymous bar complaint had been filed against birther lawyer Orly Taitz. Since that time, Taitz has had a $ 20,000 sanction entered against her by a Federal Judge who sent a copy of his Order to the California Bar.
Now, finally, it looks like the California Bar is acting:
The [...]

Rand Paul On Freedom Watch

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul

Ken Cuccinelli Talks About The Lawsuits Against ObamaCare

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Health Care Reform, Individual Liberty, Ken Cuccinelli, Legal, Politics, U.S. Constitution, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Ken Cuccinelli on suing the federal government from Beehive Video on Vimeo.

The Top 18 Ways ObamaCare Will Screw You Over

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Brad Warbiany counts the ways.

Will The Courts Strike Down ObamaCare ? Don’t Count On It

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Congress, Health Care Reform, Legal, Politics, U.S. Constitution

Over at The American Spectator, conservative lawyer Stacy Cline points out that the legal challenges to ObamaCare have the odds, and the case law, against them:
Last night’s passage of the greatest expansion of the federal government since the Great Society is a sad day for our country, not only because it may bankrupt our future, [...]

I Know Not What Course Others May Take; But As For Me, Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under History, Individual Liberty

Two hundred thirty five years ago today, Patrick Henry rose to speak to the delegates at the Second Virginia Convention:
St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia
March 23, 1775.
MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen [...]

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