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Wednesday, July 6, 2011 |
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The High Price of Obama's Fake Jobs Scheme
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:36 AM :: 4011 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Sometimes magic tricks just aren't that great, and even the most innocent, wide-eyed child can't be fooled by the illusionist's flourish.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011 |
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Heritage: Beware Obama's Backdoor Amnesty Dream
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:18 PM :: 3444 Views :: National News, Ethics
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From the halls of Congress, those individuals traveled to the gates of the White House, where they "complained that [President Barack] Obama had supported immigration reform with words and not deeds," as Fox News reports.
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Monday, July 4, 2011 |
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Celebrating America's Enduring Principles
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:00 PM :: 3787 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Declaration announced to the world that the American colonies were free and independent states. But this alone does not make the document or America revolutionary. What is revolutionary about the Declaration is not that a particular group of Americans declared their independence under particular circumstances but that they did so by appealing to a universal standard of justice: equality. What is revolutionary about America is that it is built upon a foundation of universal principles, not petty interests.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011 |
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Sowell, Ryan, Heritage: American Identity
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 7419 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, National News, Ethics
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As we are celebrating the 4th of July this weekend, we recommend you take some time to read some substantive articles about who we are as Americans....
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Friday, July 1, 2011 |
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The Founding Fathers’ battle against Slavery
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 5894 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was recently on ABC News in an interview with George Stephanopoulos. During the conversation, Bachmann said that a number of the Founding Fathers opposed slavery and worked to end it, but Stephanopoulos challenged her, “Now, with respect Congresswoman, that's just not true.”
But it is true....
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Friday, July 1, 2011 |
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Harvard Study: July 4th Parades turn kids into Republicans
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 5016 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day.
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Friday, July 1, 2011 |
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PolitiFact: Obama burning up "Pants on Fire Truth-O-Meter."
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:20 PM :: 4647 Views :: National News, Ethics
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the President made the following proclamation in a desperate attempt to recast himself as a deregulator:
What I have done — and this is unprecedented, by the way; no administration has done this before — is I've said to each agency, 'Don't just look at current regulations or don't just look at future regulations, regulations that we're proposing. Let's go backwards and look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them."
Oh, if only it were true....
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Friday, July 1, 2011 |
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Americans for Prosperity Hawaii Chapter Forms
By Tim Phillips @ 2:47 PM :: 10562 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii citizens are faced with a $500 million increase in taxes in the next 2 years to cover the $22 billion budget for the same period. It is clear the Hawaii government desperately needs to hear from commonsense taxpayers like you. That is why I am happy to introduce the co-chairs of AFP Hawaii, Jay McWilliams and Laura Brown.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
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Gaza Flotilla Roster Portends Another Violent Clash
By IPT News @ 8:59 PM :: 12741 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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A flotilla is determined to sail to the Gaza Strip this weekend in breach of Israel's naval blockade on the Hamas-controlled territory. This decision comes in spite of growing international pressure to stop the campaign, damaged ships and fewer passengers than expected.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
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Sumitomo: Ready to go all the way with Rail Contract Protest
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 9215 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Emphasizing this, Gino Antoniello, VP, Transportation Systems and Equipment for SCOA explained: "Our protest--a first for us--was prompted by the conviction that our bid was improperly passed over in favor of another vendor with less experience and a questionable track record that lacked the proper legal qualifications to undertake a project of this scope." ...Antoniello stressed that in starting down this protest path, the company did so with a readiness to go all the way.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
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Heritage: Time For Congress to Lead on the Debt Ceiling
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:18 AM :: 4520 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As we saw at yesterday's press conference, President Obama is not going to lead on the debt ceiling issue. Nor is he going to compromise or play a mediating role. He is more interested in blaming others for his troubles, demagoguing other solutions and running for re-election.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Hawaii Debt, obligations $25K per Taxpayer—4th highest in nation
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 7997 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"If governors and legislatures had truly balanced each state's budget, no taxpayer's financial burden would exist," said Sheila Weinberg, Founder and CEO of the Institute. She continued, "A state budget is not balanced if past costs, including those for employees' retirement benefits, are pushed into the future."
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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CNBC: Hawaii #1 in cost of living, 48th in Business Climate
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 8933 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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From CNBC America’s Top States for Business 2011....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Victory: Obama Admin cancels stealth survey of Hawaii MDs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 8106 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which “mystery shoppers” posing as patients would call doctors’ offices ….
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Kos: Will Hanabusa let Case beat Hirono?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 9182 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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With fellow Rep. Mazie Hirono already in the race, it's hard to see how Hanabusa wouldn't compete for the same pile of votes and risk giving the nomination to DLCer Ed Case in the Democratic primary.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Heritage: Five Ways Obama Is Circumventing the Legislative Branch
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4727 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Obama Administration generally employs one of two strategies to legislate without—and often in spite of—congressional action: (1) administrative decree establishing a new federal rule, or (2) a refusal to enforce existing federal law. In five separate policy areas, the President and the federal agencies under his command have spurned congressional authority to achieve Obama’s objectives.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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SciAm: Biofuels Responsible for Surge in Food Prices
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 AM :: 5631 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Since 2004 biofuels from crops have almost doubled the rate of growth in global demand for grain and sugar and pushed up the yearly growth in demand for vegetable oil by around 40 percent.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Generic Republican Candidate 46%, Obama 42%
By News Release @ 9:50 AM :: 4033 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A generic Republican candidate now holds a four-point lead over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup. It's a fifth week in a row that the GOP candidate has been ahead and the widest gap between the candidates to date.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Rep Michelle Bachmann: “We want to win Hawaii”
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 AM :: 8096 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Bachmann said she plans to win decisive early victories in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina on her way to the White House. She promised to follow that with a national campaign – even in the heavily Democratic state of Hawaii.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Hawaii 8th Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference Sept 20
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 13920 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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HONOLULU – Lesley Jane Seymour, Editor-in-Chief of More magazine, will address delegates at Hawai‘i’s 8th annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (IWLC), taking place on September 20, 2011 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and Resort.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Heritage: Obama Plays Politics in Afghanistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7350 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The nation’s two highest-ranking military commanders have gone on record raising serious concerns about President Obama’s flawed plan to bring 33,000 troops home from Afghanistan by September 2012.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted June 27
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 7137 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Confirmation of Leon E. Panetta to be Secretary of Defense
- House: Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
- House: America Invents Act
- House: Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya
- House: To limit the use of funds to support NATO Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Coalition launches to promote Cut, Cap and Balance pledge
By Selected News Articles @ 11:03 AM :: 5510 Views :: National News, Ethics
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WSJ--The U.S. debt is now above its current limit of $14.3 trillion, a figure so large that it is nearly impossible for the average American to comprehend. Under the budget proposed by President Obama for 2012, the debt would rise to $15.7 trillion in 2021. The annual interest alone would be about $700 billion, and that would only increase with inflation. President Obama's proposed budget was so excessive and fiscally irresponsible that it was voted down in the Senate 97-0.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Resignation call after Audit reveals “ward heeler’s slush fund” overseen by Honolulu Councilman
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 AM :: 16374 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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After the Audit became public, Cox called for Martin’s resignation as Chair of the Council’s Budget Committee. But the December, 2010 Community Benefits Audit hasn’t received much media attention. It almost became news June 21--but just before it was to be discussed on the agenda of that day’s Honolulu Council Recreation Committee meeting, Martin’s council ally Ann Kobayashi got up and walked out, denying the committee a quorum and ending the meeting.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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NYT: Obama Administration Plans Stealth Survey of hundreds of Hawaii MDs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 AM :: 8944 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I don’t like the idea of the government snooping,” said Dr. Raymond Scalettar, an internist in Washington. “It’s a pernicious practice — Big Brother tactics, which should be opposed.”
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Iran developing capability to hit US with Nukes
By IPT News @ 1:48 PM :: 11368 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Iran has also improved its launch capabilities, recently placing a data-gathering satellite into space with its powerful Safir booster rocket. The move will accelerate Iran's program for intercontinental ballistic missiles, bypassing the U.N.'s efforts to control the Islamic Republic and giving it the capability to hit the United States....
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie Admin signs contract to keep prisoners on Mainland for rest of his term
By News Release @ 10:32 AM :: 8113 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The new contract, at a cost of $45.5 million a year, begins July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014, (in other words, until the next gubernatorial election)....
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Am. Samoa Congressional Delegate bought and paid for by Kazakhstan?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 AM :: 12054 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"One Member of Congress, Delegate Eni Faleomavaega from American Samoa, a co-chair and driving force behind the creation of the Central Asia caucus, particularly stands out. In the 2010 election cycle, two of Faleomavaega’s top organizational contributors had been under contract with the Republic of Kazakhstan...."
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Saturday, June 25, 2011 |
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Full Text: City Rejects Rail Bid Protests
By News Release @ 1:25 PM :: 9860 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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The City’s Department of Budget and Fiscal Services (BFS) has rejected two bid protests regarding the awarding of the core systems contract for the Honolulu Rail Transit Project. BFS found “no procedural or legal violations in any aspect of the procurement” for the contract.
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Friday, June 24, 2011 |
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How Much Would a Fully Funded Pension System Cost?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 5731 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Without policy changes, contributions to state and local pension systems in the United States would have to immediately increase by a factor of 2.5, reaching 14.2 percent of the total own-revenue generated by state and local governments (taxes, fees and charges).
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Friday, June 24, 2011 |
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President Obama Abuses Nation's Oil Reserves
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:54 AM :: 4720 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This morning, in a scathing editorial entitled "The wrong reason for depleting the strategic oil reserve," the Post argues the White House is likely more focused on a "political emergency" and "the government should not tap the reserve absent a genuine crisis."
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
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Progressive Network touts Hawaii tax increases and State-owned Bank proposal
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 8194 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Three Progressive schemes Hawaii legislators are trying to implement--and ten more they haven't thought of yet....
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
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Study: Hawaii Economic Outlook Ranks 46th
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 7673 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This new study explains how states can most effectively drive economic growth, create jobs, and improve the standard of living for their citizens.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Ethics Violation? NASA Chief allegedly paid off by Global Warmers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 4465 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A shared $1 million prize from the Dan David Foundation for his "profound contribution to humanity."
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Rationing by Waiting: Medicaid eligibility hiked to $64,000/year for early retirees
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 4886 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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The Truth About Tax Cuts
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:16 AM :: 4914 Views :: National News, Ethics
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All you are likely to hear about low tax rates from liberals and their echo chamber in the media is that they don't work—that they fail to gin up economic or job growth. Exhibit A for this preposterous proposition is the Bush tax cuts. The left wants you to accept it as conventional wisdom that the policy was a bust. Don't believe it....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Pictures of America's Fiscal Nightmare
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:13 AM :: 3967 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There's urgency in Washington to fix a problem that's been a long time coming: America's fast track to fiscal implosion. In The Heritage Foundation's just-released, expanded 2011 Budget Chart Book, you can see just how bad the country's spending problem is and how America racked up so much debt.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Meet your new Defense Secretary: Leon Panetta's War on Reagan's Defense Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 8897 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Senate conservatives proudly call themselves “Reagan Republicans” because of Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength” military policies. But in Leon Panetta, whose nomination comes up for a full Senate vote for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, they are being asked to endorse a man whose Congressional career was dedicated to fighting Reagan’s defense build-up and anti-communist policies.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Former Utah Governor Huntsman Announces Presidential Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 3885 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"I respect the President of the United States. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help a country we both love."
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Hirono, Akaka: Pension’s Perks for Members With a Past
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 7448 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) ... received $45,000 from her state's pension program in 2010.
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 20
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 6756 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Ethanol subsidies amendment
- House: Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations, FY2012
- House: Agriculture Appropriations, FY2012
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to Republican Leaders
By Video @ 1:53 PM :: 4582 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Here is complete video of Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaking today at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. When he finished, the crowd was on their feet chanting, "Run, Rick, Run!"
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Fathers Matter: Involved Dads Impact Children’s Lives and Civil Society
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:25 AM :: 5960 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Given the tremendous personal, social, and economic costs of broken families, national leaders should seek ways to promote the importance of marriage so that more children can grow up in a stable household and experience the unique benefits of a married mother and father.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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NASA-Funded Group Doctors Sea Level Data
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 10955 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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what happens when sea level in the real world does not rise nearly as much as alarmists predict? If you are a NASA-funded gatekeeper of sea level data, you merely doctor the data....
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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Feds: U.S. travel and tourism industry on pace for record-setting year
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 7668 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced international visitors spent an estimated $12.3 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during April. This represents a 19 percent increase from April 2010. Travel and tourism-related exports have increased, on average, nearly $1.4 billion a month in 2011.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Greek Crisis: Moody’s warns of possible First Hawaiian Bank downgrade
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 12223 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Moody's Investors Service placed the stand-alone bank financial strength rating of First Hawaiian Bank on review for possible downgrade....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Free Trade Agreements Deliver More Trade
By Selected News Articles @ 9:56 AM :: 8518 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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the agreements appear to boost manufacturing exports above the overall trend while having no discernable impact on manufacturing imports....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Do Film Tax Credits Live Up to Their Promises?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:53 AM :: 4972 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Film tax credits fail to live up to their promises to encourage economic growth overall and to raise tax revenue....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Health Insurance Doesn't Mean Access to Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 AM :: 5079 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Expansions of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are designed to extend access to high-quality medical care to all U.S. children. However, evidence suggests that the 37 million children covered by Medicaid-CHIP are less likely to receive specialty care than children covered by commercial insurance....
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Al-Qaeda hit list names US writers, generals
By IPT News @ 7:53 PM :: 12380 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Columns and articles by several of the writers and researchers named by al-Qaeda have been and will continue to be posted on HawaiiFreePress.com.
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