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How The Deal Went Down, And Some Charts From Heritage

January 2, 2013

Official photos can be funny – this was snapped shortly after the deal went down… My colleagues have already covered some of the numbers, but Heritage has a nice digest, and some charts showing the pain caused by Obamacare taxes starting today – Happy New Year! Unless you slept through the entire day, you probably [ Read more ]

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Dependence on Government Higher than Ever

September 23, 2012

From the Heritage Foundation (source details after the jump):

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Data Point – Taxmageddon (Obama’s Tax Hikes, Part 1: the Magnitude)

July 31, 2012

(H/T: Heritage Foundation)

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Dispatch from Future of Journalism Summit / NetRoots Nation foray – Van Jones Book Signing Part 1

June 10, 2012

Heh! My role for this merry group of political adventurists was to be “the secondary tracker” (yeah, a meta-meta moment) for our group.  Dana Loesch of Brietbart is an outgoing spitfire as a blogger and a talk radio host and Jim Hoft of GatewayPundit are nationally known bloggers (and Jim being a big 6’4″ blonde [ Read more ]

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Dispatch from Future of Journalism Summit / NetRoots Nation foray – Obligatory rag-tag Occupy Providence post.

June 10, 2012

OK, OK, I know – from the postings thus far, it may seem that I went down for one event but spent my time over at the other: NetRoots Nation.  Non, mon freres!  Frankly, given the drubbing that the Democrats, theLeft, the Unions, and the rest of the associated fellow travelers, that yearly collection of [ Read more ]

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BE BREITBART – Heritage, Franklin to host Breitbart Awards

June 7, 2012

Politico (reformatted here, emphasis mine): The Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity will host an awards dinner this Friday in honor of Andrew Breitbart, the conservative firebrand who passed away earlier this year.  The first annual Breibart Awards dinner, which will take place in Providence, R.I., is part of the two [ Read more ]

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CPAC Dispatch – Part 2 New Directions Foundation

February 10, 2012

New Directions Foundation: A think tank defending conservatism in Europe.  Simple truths like hard work, opportunity, individual responsibility.  Reagan and Thatcher shared a belief in their nations and peoples, not governments.  Geoffrey Van Orden, president, was a Brigadier General in the UK, and notes that Thatcher is the patron of their organization. Noted that Thatcher [ Read more ]

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Heritage Action Score Card – New Hampshire

January 18, 2012

The Heritage Foundation, a cool place Conservatives love, has a legislative scorecard that they update regularly.  So I figured I’d scoot over and take a look.  I admit I was disappointing by the results.   NH NH Sen. Kelly Ayotte R 80% NH 1 Rep. Frank Guinta R 73% NH 2 Rep. Charles Bass R [ Read more ]

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