Recovered from the Memory Hole: Inaugural Rhetoric vs. Reality
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Recovered From The Memory Hole
January 21, 2013
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September 29, 2012
In the U.S. State Department’s De-listing of MEK as a Terrorist Group, the “War on Terror” Loses All Meaning*
“In this world, there are good causes and bad causes, and we may disagree on where that line is drawn. Yet, there is no such thing as a good terrorist. No national aspiration, no remembered wrong can ever justify the deliberate murder of the innocent. Any government that rejects this principle, trying to pick and […]
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September 26, 2012
Rand Paul on Why Foreign Aid Should be Cut to Libya, Egypt, and Pakistan
On Saturday, September 22, 2012 Rand Paul’s S.3576, a bill that would have “provide[d] limitations on United States assistance” (i.e. placed conditions on aid to Libya, Egypt, and Pakistan) was soundly defeated by a 81-10 vote. On the day before the vote, Paul gave an hour long speech (truncated, 10 minute version in the video […]
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August 11, 2012
Recovered from the Memory Hole: Rep. Paul Ryan Urges Congress to Pass TARP
Mitt Romney has selected Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate with great fanfare among conservatives. Paul Ryan, someone with some fiscal sanity on a major political ticket who can offer an alternative to President Obama and his big government, big spending ways. Well, not so fast. Not too long after the news of […]
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July 2, 2012
Recovered from the Memory Hole: Sen. Obama Opposed to the Individual Mandate in ‘08
“If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody buy a house. The reason they don’t have a house is they don’t have the money.” – Sen. Barack Obama during the 2008 Democrat Primary. A long, long, time ago, way back during the 2008 primaries, then Sen. Barack […]
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