Posts Tagged ‘maine’
Within one day after President Obama was sworn in for his second term, Harry Reid was putting in motion the vote to eliminate most filibusters. Here is the list of the Senators that think this is such a good idea they chose to co-sponsor it: Sen Baldwin, Tammy [WI] – 1/22/2013 Sen Begich, Mark [AK] [...]
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Forbes Magazine just ran a rather awesome, if not damning, article. I loved it. It listed the states where there are more “takers” vs “makers”. And, it very quickly condemned those states, as well as advising anyone investing to steer clear of those states. One of them, being my own. They chide those states for [...]
Tags: alabama, california, death spiral state, Entitlement Programs, forbes, hawaii, illinois, kentucky, maine, makers, Mississippi, New Mexico, new york, ohio, south-carolina, takers
Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, economic-policy, Entitlement Programs, Legislative Process, National Debt, National Politics | No Comments »
February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package. I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way. As such, I was interested in the numbers. However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at. In essence, [...]
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Posted in Entitlement Programs, Ethics, Health Care Debate, National Politics, Politics | 1 Comment »
One of Obama’s first actions is to restore the auto emissions waivers for several states that requested them under Bush. Bush said no, because mainly they were unenforceable. Those states include: California Connecticut Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington Now, the issue I have would be better reflected [...]
Tags: california, Connecticut, emissions, EPA, maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, new jersey, new york, oregon, Pennsylvania, rhode-island, vermont, waiver, washington
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Kids at King Middle School in Portland Maine haveto be feeling pretty darn good about themselves. The school’s so concerned about their health and welfare that they are passing out birth control for those that feel the urge. I’m just totally stumped by this one. We’re talking 12-14 year olds. For the most part, I [...]
Tags: Education, king-middle-school, maine, Political Correctness, portland, sex
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