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Some interesting articles to read:

A must read: ‘Manchurian Candidate’ Starts War on Business by Kevin Hassett.

Peter Orszag, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, says that the fundamentals of the economy are weak. Yeah, more positive talk to get things moving again.

Are you ready for the battle? Healthcare is taking center stage in Washington. Obama and the Democrats want to make you even more dependent on government. Trouble is .. that’s just fine with most Americans.

Hugo Chavez wants Barack Obama to follow the path of socialism in leading the US out of this economic crisis. Hugo the Horrible needs to pay more attention. Obama is already on that path.

Iran has test-fired a new missile with a pretty hefty range. Don’t you think this is something to worry about, compared to salaries of corporate CEOs? Wait a minute! Was that a CEO I saw getting off that private jet at the local airport last week?

Top Democrats added an additional $524 million in defense earmarks to the 2008 appropriations bill. These are for projects that the Pentagon does not want or need.

Last week Joe Biden made a speech to the AFL-CIO in Miami. Don’t worry, Biden made it VERY clear that unions will be rewarded by this administration.

A state housing agency in Minnesota is launching a new program to offer Islamic mortgages to home owners. Let a state agency offer Christian mortgages and the ACLU will pop a gasket.

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Al Franken’s request for an election certificate that would seat him in the Senate.

Considering the current economic crisis and the current mindset of our leaders in Washington, there has been a lot more talk about Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” Here’s an interesting compilation of blog commentary about “Going Galt.”

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner says that GM isn’t going to get any more bailout money without a plan of how to repay it. Is the House Minority Leader saying that there was no repayment plan for the billions already given to GM? Well, here’s a plan … let them fail. John McCain seems to agree with that .. he says that the best thing for GM would be to let it go bankrupt.

Massachusetts is considering a “Hummer Tax” that would force owners of “gas guzzlers” to pay higher fees when registering their vehicles. Massachusetts is a Democrat state. There is not one penny earned and held by a private citizen that Democrats do not covet.

John Kerry wants to make sure you know that the “Animal House” party days are over for U.S. banks.

The Prime Minister from the UK came to visit Barack Obama last week. That didn’t go over too well. Apparently Obama was suffering from exhaustion from handling our economic crisis.

This column from the Boston Globe pretty much sums it up: the science of climate change is not nearly as important as the religion of climate change. But if you are OwlGore, you get defensive when somebody dares to question the religion of climate change.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn his name from the running for surgeon general. Was this a Bill Campbell moment?

At an Ohio government school, 700 people applied for one job opening for a janitorial position. Government jobs are golden when government is king.

What are your children learning about Islam in their school text books? How about the fact that some textbooks don’t acknowledge the 9/11 hijackers as Muslims.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is spending more than $173,000 to train liquor store clerks to be nice to customers.

What is America’s manliest city?

Obama voters told to leave hunting safety class.

For you aviation nuts, take a photo tour of Air Force One.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

Here’s a concept .. you actually say something positive about the economy, and the stock market rebounds! Did anyone hear PrezBO say anything good about capitalism last night? No? I didn’t’ think so.

Big oops for Al Gore. Looks like Big Al was stretching the truth a bit about some global warming research. I just can’t hide my surprise here.

Hilda Solis is set to be our next Labor Secretary. The labor unions have tingles up their legs. So does Hilda.

Roland Burris is still a Senator. His fellow Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has apparently asked Burris to resign. Burris said no. The Black Congressional Caucus is, of course, screaming racism. Big surprise there.

The Obama administration is well on its way to putting the government in charge of your healthcare. Here are some down and dirty facts on how they can do this with little public fanfare.

Americans are not serfs in need of a czar .. so why does the Obama administration insists on a healthcare czar? I’ll tell you why .. because they want to make you more dependent on government. You haven’t picked up on that yet?

A California politician wants to increase tax revenue by taxing his state’s largest cash crop: marijuana. Good idea!

This is a great column about what is missing from Obama’s housing plan .. common sense.

The Democrats are one step closer to ensuring a full voting member of Congress for Washington DC. Is this even constitutional? Does that even matter?

The Supreme Court upheld a state law that has the unions all gunched up .. it is a state law banning local governments from letting workers use payroll deductions to fund political union activities.

An investigation found that United Nations management of environmental protection programs is “completely out of control and approaching chaos.” That’s about what I expect from the UN.

When the nation is in crisis, guess which city’s economy actually grows? You’ve got it .. Washington DC.

Apparently the New York Times believes that the Obama administration is separate from “the government.” Who knew?

The idea of a gun buy-back program is such a joke to me. But officials in New York City thought it would be a good idea.

A man gets hit by a truck while helping a woman cross the street. As if being in intensive care wasn’t bad enough, the guy was given a ticket for jaywalking.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden found time to sit down and chat with George Clooney this week in the White House. I’m sure Clooney had a lot to offer. Celebrity president being advised by celebrities. Just great.

Just what we need, more excuses for laziness … Working long hours ‘puts us at higher risk of dementia.’

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

• The Dow at a 10-year low.
• A tax cheat running the IRS
• Another tax cheat as the Chief of Staff
• A trillion-dollar plus federal deficit
• Over one-half of voters relieved of any federal tax liability
• Government mandated limits on executive compensation
• Three failed attempts and still no Commerce Secretary
• Tom Daschle rides his free limo into the sunset - after paying taxes he evaded.
• The White House performance czar turns out to be a tax cheat also
• Lobbyists hired to work for the Obama Administration
• The census gets politicized
• Double government spending in one year
• The word “freedom” fades into obscurity
• Increasing home loan mortgage rates across the board
• Millions of Americans made dependent on government
• Moving unionization-by-intimidation forward
• Welfare checks become “tax cuts.”
• Illegal aliens free to work on taxpayer-funded “stimulus” projects
• Welfare reform reversed, states ordered to increase welfare roles
• Move to silence critical talk radio shows
• Selling Senate seats
• Obama books in religious sections of book stores
• More government workers, not private sector jobs
• A government bureaucracy to intrude on doctor/patient relationships
• Stage set for medical services rationing
• Annual welfare checks for middle income families

Within the first three months of the budget year, the federal government has already run up a record deficit of $485.2 billion. Your grandkids will thank you one day.

It’s not really a matter of if the Democrats raise taxes, it is when. At least, that is the mentality of a liberal. There is no other way to stimulate the economy or other tax plan that would give the money and power back to the people.

Union leaders are working on revamping their strategy to ensure that the Democrats pass their card check bill.

Roland Burris will officially be seated in the Senate tomorrow. Glad to see the Democrats finally came around.

Some great news .. yesterday on the show you heard me talking about Barney Frank’s brilliant idea to ban all corporations receiving bailout money from owning or leasing private jets. Well, Barney has now stripped the ban from the bailout bill.

The University of Colorado is planning to bring a “professor of conservative thought” to campus.

Barack Obama’s inauguration is going to be a Lincoln-themed inauguration .. right down to the food served.

The other day we told you about how Bernie Sanders had his boxers in a bunch over George Bush’s plaque in the Smithsonian .. well it looks like Bernie got his way.

As the mayor, when you city is running a $36 billion deficit, it may not be a wise idea to purchase yourself a brand new $30,000 Hummer on the taxpayers dime.

Barack Obama’s inauguration is going to air in movie theaters across the country.

The father of the year award goes to a California man who tried to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage for beer.

A cat has been banned from a post office in Alabama because “he doesn’t pay federal taxes.”

Our current secretary of labor says that our workers deserve a secret ballot. Too bad she is only in office for a few more days.

Hillary Clinton wants to use her position as Secretary of State to fight … climate change because “it could well incite new wars of an old kind over basic resources.”

All articles were obtained from boortz.com