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Some interesting articles to read:

How about that stock market yesterday? The Dow is now below 7000. That’s change you can believe in!

We’ve lost $3 trillion in American wealth since the election. Investors are walking away. Capital is on strike. Why? According to Investor’s Business Daily, the people with the money just have no confidence in the person with the power. Not good.

Hey! I have an idea! How about a double-dip recession! Now THAT’S change we can believe it. Just do everything exactly opposite of what Reagan did to get out of the 1981 recession .. and expect it to work.

Victor Davis Hanson with an excellent column. He says that Obama didn’t invent dishonesty in political discourse .. but he sure has a talent for it.

Saw this one coming .. Obama is willing to drop the missile shield plan in Eastern Europe so that Russia will help pressure Iran on its nuclear program.

The Obama administration has made public some secret anti-terrorism documents from the Bush administration.

A case being heard today before the Supreme Court might determine just how far the Congress can go in regulating political speech. Heads up.

The Gallup crowd has done a study of American Muslims. You might find the results interesting. They don’t apply to Snoop Doggy Muhammad Dog.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says Iran has enough nuclear material to build a bomb. Iran recently launched a satellite into orbit. If you can launch a satellite into orbit you can launch a nuclear warhead to pretty much any spot on earth. Meanwhile … Obama is talking about canceling our plans for a defensive missile shield. WTF?

Pat Buchanan says that it is pitchfork time.

Blago gets six-figure advance to write a book. Anyone got six-figures? I can start writing as soon as the show is over.

This one is going to cause trouble. Thomas Sowell writes a column on the eloquence of Adolf Hitler. Then he mentions Ronald Reagan and … (gasp!) Barack Obama. Before the end of the day leftists are going to be screaming that Sowell has suggested that Obama is Hitler.

You’re kidding me, right? Madoff wants to keep his penthouse in NYC and another $62 million in assets? If he’s allowed to be one iota better off than the people he scammed then there is something bad wrong with our bankruptcy laws.

The CEO of Freddie Mac is resigning after just six months. That’s never a good sign.

Roll Call columnist Stuart Rothenberg wonders if the Republicans can loose even more seats in congress. Well .. judging by their continuing betrayal of their supports with mucho pork in the latest budget bill… I would say the answer is “yes.”

Attorney General Eric Holder says that “waterboarding” is out of the question as a possible interrogation technique for terrorism suspects. I’m sorry but it is not a form of torture.

Here we have yet another Barack Obama nominee with tax issues. This time it is Ron Kirk, the nominee for US Trade Representatives, who owes nearly $10,000. He says he will pay up.

Democrats want to drag some of the Obama children’s classmates out of their Sidwell Friends school and send them back to government schools. Will Obama stand up for these children? What? Are you kidding me? Not only no, but hell no. Not with the teacher’s unions watching his every move.

A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would consolidate and centralize the information on how banks use bailout money. What a concept!

A bill to regulate cigarettes has been reintroduced in the Congress by Henry Waxman.

More change you can believe it. If you want to give away some money … how would you like for Obama and Crowd to determine who you can and can’t give that money to, and base that determination on racial quotas?

Right now it looks like Arlen Specter is going to be the lone Republican that will support the union card check bill when it comes up for a vote. I’m not too worried though … the guy will be toast in 2010.

Apparently Nancy Pelosi has a naughty list .. would you care to see who is on it? Man I wish I was.

The Obama administration is still trying to fight the birth certificate crowd. Give it up, folks. The guy is president.

Remember the new $621 million Capitol Visitor Center in Washington? Turns out to be more trouble than it’s worth. Sounds about right for government.

Want to take any guesses as to the median price of a home sold in Detroit lately? I’ll give you a hint … $7,500. No I am not missing any zeros.

A study by the Gallup Organization found that Muslims in the United States are far happier than Muslims in other countries.

How much taxpayer money is being spent to cure this guy from his phobia of speed cameras?

A new study is out: “Freedom in the 50 States: Index of Personal and Economic Freedom.” Can you guess which states are ranked as the most “free”?

One out of every 55 residents in Louisiana is incarcerated, making it the #1 incarceration rate in the country.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

Some interesting articles to read:

The Senate voted 87-11 to prohibit the FCC from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. Now, how about that localization issue? Trust me, folks .. this isn’t the end.

Another Obama tax increase will come in the form of pollution caps. And guess where the revenue from this scheme is going to go .. “tax cuts” for poor people.

Dick Morris says that Barack Obama is spreading panic. As Rahm Emanuel said, never let a good crisis go to waste. And is exactly what Obama plans to do.

Just what we need, the Democrat party being even more liberal. Bloggers and unions are teaming up to make sure this happens.

Joe Biden said that 400 people a day lose their jobs in Louisiana. Eh, wrong. Let’s try that one again, Joe. Wait … forget it. We all know that nobody messes with Joe.

How can Obama claim that his budget will allow for $2 trillion in savings over 10 years? Easy, by not spending money on wars that we won’t be in.

What details about healthcare reform are included in Obama’s budget plan? Well, not a lot.

According to the Black Chamber of Commerce, the union card check bill is going to cost blacks their jobs. Oh goodie! Let’s make this a race issue!

Victor Davis Hanson points out that times are tough .. but this certainly isn’t 1932.

Bill Ayers is going to speak at the University of Colorado, and the student groups want the University to waive the $3,000 speaking fee. They say the fee is a restraint on their free speech!

This editorial is coming out of Detroit? Obama can’t win the war on business …

Eric Holder says that the Obama administration is going to reinstate a ban on assault weapons that expired during the Bush administration.

Washington DC is one step closing to gaining its “right to a vote.” The Senate has passed the bill, and it is expected to easily pass the House.

In California, red light camera tickets can be issued by companies with illegal contract arrangements.

If you want an outrageous single mother, welfare, asinine government story .. then read this from the UK.

All articles obtained from boortz.com