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March 24, 2017

Another good piece of news – another Trump campaign promise kept: Keystone pipeline

Environmentalists are going bonkers.  For the rest of us, lower energy costs will mean a higher standard of living.  After all, all of our modern Society is completely dependent on energy: Trump officially approves Keystone XL pipeline After years of stalling under President Obama, President Trump on Friday approved the Keystone XL pipeline, and the …

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And if you are one that thought that Ryancare SHOULD have passed today, contemplate this:

Obamacare Regulations Drove Up Premium Costs By Up to 68%. And NOTHING in this current bill changed ANYTHING that causes that rise.  Nothing.  Every single item that has been bending that curve upward for the last seven years in Obamacare IS STILL IN OBAMACARE 2.0. Every. Single. One.  Go ahead – prove me wrong. Yes, …

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RyanCare: Pi$$ Poor Planning Produces Pi$$ Poor Performance – the Debacle, Part 3

This post title DOES says it all for me (sarcasm at all the other faux outrage): How DARE House Freedom Caucus hold GOP accountable to its promises!? End Result?  Republicans wasted seven years in uttering hot air instead of doing the actual work – this bill failed their rhetoric. This bill also failed the Trust …

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Puerto Rico: Willing to openly EXTORT other States to save itself?

“Hey, Pedro, nice to see that Puerto Rico is now willing to extort Florida (et al) because you folks haven’t been able to put a sane budget together for YEARS!” My immediate thought was “Nice business ya got there – shame if something were to happen to it”.  The above was part of an email that …

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Quick Thought – Boy, have the Republicans screwed up “Repeal and Replace” – Part 2, The Debacle

No vote today and not vote tonite on RyanCare, thus a few of the headlines du jour.  All because of having a bad assumption (or assumptions) as to what was minimally possible to pass and NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK!!!: Chaos Inside GOP House Conference Forces Speaker Ryan to Cancel Thursday’s RyanCare Vote …The HFC members …

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