A lot of discussion has been taking place about the amount of money our government spends every year. Both on Political Realities and on other blogs and in news stories, the new budget of President Obama has been looked at and dissected, cussed and discussed, if you please. The amount of money in question...
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I wasn’t going to write about the State of the Union address last night, but here goes nothing. As usual, President Obama gave a good speech. One can not deny how well he can speak. In spite of his swelling words however, there were some things in the speech that I did not agree...
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I don’t like to see the government expanding unnecessarily and I especially deplore political pandering with the budget process…aka increased “discretionary” spending and earmarks. The budget bill just passed by the House included another 8% increase in discretionary spending for Congress plus 5200 pork barrel projects costing over $4 billion. Correct me if I’m...
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Even though I did not support Barack Obama for President, I believe I have made it very clear that I would give him credit where credit is due. This is one of those times. How many times have you and I heard about a trash can in the Pentagon costing thousands of dollars or...
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One of the most contentious debates during the 2008 Presidential campaign had to do with something most Americans seem to hate with a passion, namely earmark spending. This is the practice by members of Congress of making sure their pet projects are funded. Barack Obama specifically promised to veto any spending bill that contained...
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As with the first two interviews, ABC News is only releasing excerpts of the interview and even the transcripts appear to be heavily edited. I am not sure the questions are even listed in the order they were asked. You can see the excerpts they have released at the ABC News page and there...
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One of the greatest tragedies of the way Washington does business is the way they allocate and spend our money. You notice I said “the way they spend’, not “how much they spend”. I fully believe our country would not be going bankrupt if our leaders would do away with the habit of spending...
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I have been doing some reading about the operations of the United States Senate and while this information may not be new to you, it is to me.  Did you know the majority leader of the Senate can put a bill up for approval by the Senate by submitting it for unanimous consent?  He...
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Throughout this entire election season, we have been hearing how John McCain being a maverick in the Senate and doing things his way.  I want to introduce you to someone whom you may already know.  He is the real maverick in the Senate.  He is our junior Senator from Oklahoma, Tom Coburn. Tom Coburn...
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