Category Archives: Obama Nation

Gambling on the future

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Art Stone

Barney Frank is pushing through a bill to establish legalized online gambling. News Story here Who needs steel mills, aluminum smelting, oil refineries and drop forging press lines when you have Las Vegas in your bedroom?   Let the prosperity begin!

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Fidel Castro is back!

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Art Stone

Miami Herald story If you need any further proof of just how out of touch Fidel Castro is and how little he understands about economics (Michael Moore’s opinion not withstanding…) This line jumped out at me: “Castro noted that CNN … Continue reading →

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Using food as a political weapon

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Art Stone

On January 4, 1980, in response to the Soviet Union invasion in Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter imposed a ban on exports of grain to Russia.  [Heritage Foundation article].  President Carter was still mired down unable to free the U.S. hostages … Continue reading →

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Tracking Me, Tracking You

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Art Stone

The Wall Street Journal looked a few days ago about just how pervasive cross-site web tracking has become. They took a “clean” system and visited the top 50 web sites and then looked very carefully to see how many “beacons” … Continue reading →

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Divine providence vs Manifest Destiny

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Art Stone

So would anyone support the idea of moving Glenn Beck from Political Opinion to Religious Teaching? Glenn is going multiple hours without taking a call, playing to the cameras (“take a look at this”, “is that camera 4 behind me?”) … Continue reading →

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What color are dead people?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Art Stone

Okay, that’s an odd question – but we’re talking government here. The current FCC Commission is obsessed with race and gender and a couple weeks ago rolled out more detailed forms requiring station owners to declare what their Race is … Continue reading →

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Bloombama: 42,000 new jobs (or is it?)

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Art Stone

The “spin” continues…. ADP’s payroll report – which has more credibility because it measures actual people with jobs – has been spun by Bloomberg by saying jobs rose 42,000 Above Estimates. The truth is that in July, employment dropped by … Continue reading →

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Gun Control in Connecticut

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Art Stone

By now, you probably have heard about the 9 dead people in a beer distribution warehouse near Hartford Connecticut. Here are the facts. 34 year old Omar Thomas had worked there for about 2 years and just was promoted to be … Continue reading →

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“Repeal Obamacare” – Part 2

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Art Stone

I doubt the owner of WorldNet Daily is genuinely this stupid. WND: Repeal Obamacare this session? To repeat my prior message, “Anyone who tells you they are going to repeal ObamaCare before 2012 is lying”. President Obama is not going … Continue reading →

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The one thing President Obama won’t say

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Art Stone

Keep an ear out – now that it looks like the BP well is under control, the one thing I don’t expect President Obama to say is “Thank you”…. as in “I would like to thank all of the scientists, … Continue reading →

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6800 psi and rising

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Art Stone

The latest report from the BP well – which is now completely shut in – is that the pressure is at 6800 PSI… From what was known before the accident, the pool at the bottom of the well is around … Continue reading →

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Trouble in Nigeria

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Art Stone

Nigeria is the 4th largest supplier of crude oil to the United States. Energy Dept stats. Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria are all about the same amount, with Canada being our largest supplier. Nigeria’s crude is high quality and easy … Continue reading →

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Progressive Racism

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Art Stone

Bill Press is on vacation this week – yesterday, his group of fill-in people made a staggeringly racist remark. They were generally talking about Alvin Greene in South Carolina, who is the black man who won the Democratic Primary for … Continue reading →

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How big is a “Lion’s share”?

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Art Stone

Ron Insana has a new early morning radio show called the “Insana Quotient”. This morning, I tuned in to hear what the show is like and he was talking to a Gulf Oil Spill “Scare Monger” worried about the toxic … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck’s next history lesson – Fred Hampton

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Art Stone

There is a question that would open the Obama facade wide open if a reporter were to ask it – “Mr President, would you support having the Department of Justice reopen the case of the death of Fred Hampton?”. It … Continue reading →

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