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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/1242b21c-e29d-4641-a15e-a24004f5f5c0 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/1242b21c-e29d-4641-a15e-a24004f5f5c0 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT As you may have heard, the latest numbers on unemployment were released today and merely provide a metric for what Americans across the country have known for a while now; the economy still has not recovered. These... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/c51e1eaa-1d51-4fd1-8cf6-c14f058449d6 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/c51e1eaa-1d51-4fd1-8cf6-c14f058449d6 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:28:43 GMT Factoid of the Day: The Pelosi government run health care plan creates a new 2.5% tax on all medical devices not sold through a retail establishment. That means a new 2.5% tax on everything from wheelchairs and hospital... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/636b475a-76b1-4570-9403-4013cf5a9592 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/636b475a-76b1-4570-9403-4013cf5a9592 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:32:12 GMT Factoid of the day: President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/ba2c8e17-725c-4dab-9de2-7ad8c278c8fe http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/ba2c8e17-725c-4dab-9de2-7ad8c278c8fe Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:00 GMT Yesterday in response to my post on the Greeneyeshade Blog, a reader made a very observant and pithy comment that I wanted to share with the rest of you: "So, let me make sure I get this correct.We're going to pass a... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/5db42027-25b8-40a6-a186-c5e4529062f5 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/5db42027-25b8-40a6-a186-c5e4529062f5 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:22:00 GMT Lest there be any doubt about whether the new Pelosi Health Care Bill is more costly, more controlling, and closer to socialism than the previous iteration, here is your fact of the day: You may remember that the... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/c029df14-2940-4a64-b28f-947d4c5f7a9a http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/c029df14-2940-4a64-b28f-947d4c5f7a9a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT Speaker Pelosi and President Obama are determined to socialize medicine and to permanently put 1/6th of the American economy in complete control of the government. But the American people don't want that, not a single... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/a480ea25-3bf1-470e-b57c-f184bee99fb6 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/a480ea25-3bf1-470e-b57c-f184bee99fb6 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:52:47 GMT Those of you who read this blog, know that I enjoy posting the occasional political cartoon, and I stumbled across this one this week by Walt Handelsman that is particularly appropriate. The scariest goblins this... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/ee2a85d1-8294-44aa-aecc-ae768f7e8b75 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/ee2a85d1-8294-44aa-aecc-ae768f7e8b75 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:36:02 GMT Over the weekend, USA Today ran this Op-Ed on earmarks. This article really hits the nail on the head. Click Here to read the full article. http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/8e51e93b-cc82-4247-b3fb-20c2121f0a2c http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/8e51e93b-cc82-4247-b3fb-20c2121f0a2c Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:12:14 GMT Yesterday marked the last day of Fiscal Year 2009. I think it is prudent to take a look back at this year in federal spending. According to CBO, the federal government ran a $1.4 trillion deficit through the first 11... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/1b3218e9-2f2f-4993-8fbd-22a8c7b48b14 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/1b3218e9-2f2f-4993-8fbd-22a8c7b48b14 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:30:00 GMT Over the last 9 months, we have seen a drastic increase in government spending, deficits, and debt. You will often see or hear pundits and TV personalities opining about these metrics in relation to the size of... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/96772ab2-4045-4888-bb11-dadeb215b282 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/96772ab2-4045-4888-bb11-dadeb215b282 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:12:08 GMT In the past, I have highlighted various egregious boondoggles or flat out silly expenditures by the federal government, it's been a while since I last blogged, but here is one boondoggle that I stumbled upon... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/395ce56a-2489-40b4-9b91-e2792e929635 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/395ce56a-2489-40b4-9b91-e2792e929635 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:53:24 GMT As readers of this missive know, I frequently voice my opinionwhen I believe the President is doing the wrong thing. That has been the case with virtually everything he has done thus far. However, when he takes action... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/8c9d1fd8-aa2f-49c7-b7cb-e8bd2478621f http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/8c9d1fd8-aa2f-49c7-b7cb-e8bd2478621f Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:25:38 GMT Amidst the lulls of the August recess, The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, featured a story on spending increases on the costs of earmarks, and I would be remiss if I didn't at least bring it to your attention.... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/fe464e98-db14-4660-b89e-68dd4a408812 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/fe464e98-db14-4660-b89e-68dd4a408812 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:49:35 GMT Before going on Sean Hannity's "Great American Panel" on Fox News a few weeks ago, I was waiting in the "green room" before the live broadcast. While waiting to go on set, I had the privilege of meeting Daniel Hannan, a... http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/48d68050-aef2-4ac3-8971-f3e0247beb84 http://greeneyeshade.townhall.com/blog/g/48d68050-aef2-4ac3-8971-f3e0247beb84 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:05:35 GMT