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The very good thing about the Democrats attempting to pass health care is that they are voluntarily and enthusiastically committing political suicide.
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Why do we have guaranteed health care for prisoners but not innocent civilians? What's their crime, other than being born poor?
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One must only be born a U.S. citizen in order to be president. According to a letter writer's definition of "natural-born," Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James Buchanan, Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover wouldn't have qualified. Barack Obama was born a U.S. citizen. That is a fact.
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In recent history, our soldiers have spent more time protecting military contractors' profits than protecting anyone's First Amendment rights. Fortunately, we have the American Civil Liberties Union to do that, and it does a much better job.
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With the history of mistreatment of Haiti in centuries past by the French, it is time for France to step up and make Haiti a protectorate. As Haiti moves into the rainy and hurricane season, this disaster is only going to get worse.
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The world's richest person is now a Mexican cell phone king. Text and tweet on that for a while.
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The stool in a Sunday political cartoon on failing schools should have had another leg besides teachers, principals and parents: taxpayers.
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Let's stop the tail from wagging the dog. Remember that public sector jobs, including USD 259 jobs, are funded by citizen taxes.
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Next time the "coffee party" needs a place to meet, I've got a closet it can use.
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Four-day school weeks and half-day kindergarten would require many more parents to be home. What a recipe to help promote a death-spiraling economy — by forcing fewer work hours.
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I have a novel idea for how to raise revenue from new taxes: Tax all the local automobile commercials that we endure on the radio. The longer, the louder, the more annoying — the higher the tax.
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Tyler Perry gave an inspiring performance last week, selling out Century II and garnering standing ovations. This event came on the heels of his appearance as an Oscar presenter. Why was The Eagle noticeably absent?
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I really, really hate daylight saving time. What kind of sadistic sicko would inflict such a thing on people?
