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The Senate has voted to use revenues from cap-and-trade auctions to pay for higher gas and electricity prices .. I assume this will be limited to “poor” people.

Rick Wagoner got the boot from Obama in order to “start a new vision” .. why didn’t the UAW’s Ron Gettelfinger get “a new start” as well?

More than half of Americans do not support Obama’s plan to bail out troubled banks.

Lawmakers in Washington want to end the travel ban to Cuba. This one won’t go down without a fight.

Did you really think that every single penny of this economic stimulus package was actually going to be used to stimulate the economy and not wasted on pork projects?

Here are some more details of Obama Motor’s government guarantee. Speaking of which, someone has created a mock phone call to the White House’s auto warrantee department.

What are politicians having the taxpayers cough up the cash for their car payments? Needless to say, they aren’t worried about your wallets.

Mark Steyn quickly highlights what happens when people slip from government “investing” to government control.

Here’s an article from Forbes magazine explaining how our government has gone wild.

Just what we need .. air pollution monitors around our government schools. It’s the kid’s minds that are being polluted, not their lungs.

Residents in Washington are having to smuggle dishwashing detergent from Idaho because of local laws which ban detergents that actually work .. because of their effect on the environment.

Did you know that the taxpayers are funding government education experiments like teaching 4th and 5th graders in Baltimore City about a career in transportation technology?

What happens when a school in Canada installs an illegal cellphone jammer?

A redneck DUI.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

The Republicans have elected a new National Chairman - former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. One of his first statements was to point out that the GOP lost its way in the 1990s and expanded the size of government.

Congressman Jeff Flake brings up a very suspicious rule included in the economic stimulus bill that could prevent earmark challenges.

Iran says that Obama’s offer to talk shows that America’s policy of domination has failed and Western ideology has become passive.

A question floating around the Internet this weekend … Is Obama’s post-partisan politics dead on arrival?

Outrageous: Milwaukee Public Schools will get $88.6 million from this economic stimulus bill for new construction, “even though the district has 15 vacant school buildings, a large surplus of property and no plans for new construction.”

The other day we told you about Congressman David Obey’s son getting billions of dollars in stimulus for his national parks program .. check out how Obey’s office is handling the report.

This is not good news .. while the private workforce is losing jobs, the number of people working for the government is growing.

Obama is considering appointing a Republican senator to his cabinet .. but apparently this will not affect the delicate balance in the Senate as his replacement will be a Republican.

The White House is looking for ways to control the commercial use of Obama’s image.

A ranking member of the GOP wants to reconsider stimulus funding for the National Science Foundation after it was discovered that top staff members spent most of their days surfing the Internet for porn.

I’ll admit that we have been pre-occupied with this economic stimulus bill lately .. and for good reason. But something that is quietly slipping by is the slow implementation of government healthcare, thanks to the Democrats.

Canada and other nations are concerned about the “Buy American” requirement of the economic stimulus bill.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus is at it again .. saying that global warming is a hoax. Gotta love it.

Great Britain’s green advisor says that couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” because they are creating an “unbearable burden” on the environment.

How is California’s experiment with “green jobs” working out? Well .. judging by their current financial woes, I’d say not so well.

Government schools in Pittsburgh are delaying school for 2-hours this morning because of the Super Bowl last night.

Bruce Springsteen is upset that he made a deal with Wal-Mart to exclusively sell his album because Wal-Mart is “anti-union” and Bruce Springsteen is a bed-wetting liberal.

And now for the biggest story of the day .. Michael Phelps has been caught smoking marijuana.

Speaking of marijuana, Barack Obama’s half brother was arrested in Kenya for possession of marijuana.

Do you think someone in the newsroom got fired for this one? You gotta see it. It’s hilarious.

In case you care, YouTube has set up a channel where you can view and vote on Super Bowl ads.

Are you the cool parent that lets kids drink at your house? In Georgia, a woman has been charged for doing just that after a kid died after drinking at her house then driving. With mugshot. And here are Neal’s thoughts on the story from last week.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

Some interesting articles to read:

Dick Morris has another excellent column .. we will enter the Obama presidency as the United States and finish the first 100 days as France.

Al Gore is headed to the Senate next week to testify on global warming.

The New York Times is now saying that tax issues and a housekeeper might have been the reasons why Caroline had to pull her bid for Hillary’s seat.

Obama has decided to receive daily briefings on the economy.

The Senate Finance Committee endorsed Timothy Geithner for secretary of the Treasury. This pretty much guarantees a quick confirmation.

Barack Obama places stringent rules on lobbyists in his administration … but if he wants his choice for the No. 2 Pentagon official, he is going to have to get an exemption from the rules.

US officials intercepted an Iranian ship that they believe was carrying arms for Hamas.

Larry King says that his eight-year-old son wishes he were black, because of Obama.

While waiting for the results of his Senate race with funny guy Al Franken, Norm Coleman has taken a job as a consultant.

A bill in North Dakota calls for a $450,000 grant to have government school teachers teach Native American languages.

I know what is going to get our economy going .. spending $8.4 million on slave memorial project in Pennsylvania.

Obama’s dress codes turned some heads in the White House, as he appeared in the Oval Office without a suit jacket.

A group in Canada is upset with a company’s job requirement: smokers need not apply. The group says it is discrimination. Damn right it is … and that’s the way it should be.

Government officials in Great Britain are now taking thermal pictures of houses to see which ones are wasting energy.

It took a year’s worth of research to determine which type of vehicle gets ticketed the most.

Two girls in Great Britain have been banned from their government schools for “being too blonde.”

All articles were obtained from boortz.com