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Obama Administration Spends $8.35 Billion to Swindle Seniors

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on May 1, 2012 at 8:17 PM

old manSince Obamacare passed into law over two years ago, we’ve been learning all kinds of nasty things about it, like the fact that it defunds Medicare of $500 billion. Sorry Grandma and Grandpa! No coverage for you. Seniors that like their current Medicare plans won’t be able to keep them after all. 

Maybe President Obama should’ve read his ”big f****** deal” bill before he signed it, because the law ends Medicare Advantage coverage for many seniors before the election this fall. Oops.

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We Need Arizona Immigration Law SB1070 to Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Apr 27, 2012 at 6:29 PM

sb1070 supreme courtThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday over the hotly debated S.B. 1070, the immigration law enacted in Arizona in 2010. At the center of the controversy is the provision that would allow state law enforcement to ask for documentation of persons they suspect to be in the country illegally.

It does not mean that cops can arrest little Maria and Juanito on the playground, or follow them home and arrest their mother. This is not about racism. As Ilya Shapiro at the CATO Institute points out:

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Romney's Potential Running Mates Are All Better Than Biden

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Apr 9, 2012 at 1:55 PM

Nothing is official yet, but at some point everyone’s going to have to admit that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has the Republican presidential nomination in the bag. After what seems like the longest primary in the history of ever (please can it be over yet?), GOP voters are looking forward to seeing whom Mitt picks for his running mate.

Let’s look at some of the potentials, shall we?

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The Trayvon Martin & George Zimmerman Story Is About Media Bias, Not Racism

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Apr 2, 2012 at 11:08 PM

liberal media biasSince I wrote about the tragic death of Trayvon Martin last week, I’ve gotten some very interesting feedback. I wrote what I wrote because I was bothered by the media coverage condemning George Zimmerman as a murderer before allowing our judicial system to work. 

Never once did I say that George Zimmerman was innocent or justified in his actions. Trayvon did not deserve to die, and I’m absolutely sick for his family. I would’ve left well enough alone, but this story had made national news, and the media was misrepresenting the facts of the case to paint Zimmerman as a cold-blooded killer that murdered a little boy because of racism.

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California Porn Condom Law Will Ruin More Than Just Porn

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Mar 22, 2012 at 2:41 PM

Earlier this month, a new law went into effect in Los Angeles mandating condom usage for adult film stars. Yup, California is now 'policing the porn business.' The law is intended to protect the actors and actresses from contracting any sexually transmitted diseases. In 2004, five people in the California porn industry contracted HIV, prompting a voluntary 60-day shutdown by the studios. 

What happened to ‘my body, my choice’? Porn star Kayden Kross told Fox Business Network’s John Stossel, “... a third party stepped in and created, essentially, a crisis that wasn’t there.” She also pointed out that the studios require all their actors to test every 28-30 days, and they do so without any law requiring it.

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Attorney General Eric Holder Wanted to Brainwash Americans Against Guns

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Mar 21, 2012 at 2:24 PM

Attorney General Eric Holder has been under a lot of fire recently for Operation Fast and Furious, in which 10 million dollars of taxpayer money was used to purchase firearms for Mexican drug cartels. The idea was to follow the guns to the big fish to take them down, but the plan was poorly executed with no way to track the weapons.

Several guns have been recovered ... at crime scenes. Most famously in this case, Mexican drug runners armed with AK-47s murdered U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The guns were part of the nearly 2,000 firearms that were sold to known or suspected cartel members.

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The Violence Against Women Act Should Help Broads, Not Frauds

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Mar 20, 2012 at 3:57 PM

With all of the War on Women meme going on right now, the Senate Democrats are trying to speed through the reauthorization process for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Because what decent person doesn’t want to stop violence against women? That’s like saying you hate puppies or ice cream. It just doesn’t make any sense.

Republicans trying to stall VAWA are bound to come off looking like jerks. Why do you hate womyn, Mitch McConnell? Why won’t you help these poor battered ladies escape their abusers, Chuck Grassley? What is wrong with you guys?

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Radical Islam Is the Real War on Women

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Mar 15, 2012 at 3:45 PM

moroccoThere are some people who think that lack of government taxpayer-funded birth control constitutes a War on Women.

I think a court forcing a 16-year-old Moroccan girl to marry the man that raped her so that she can remain ‘sexually pure’ and he can avoid punishment is a War on Women. It’s hard to find sympathy for grad school students that don’t want to shell out $9 a month for birth control when things like this happen in the world.

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Rush Limbaugh Apologized for Slut Comment ... Now Get Over It

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Mar 6, 2012 at 11:08 AM

rush limbaughLast week, Sandra Fluke testified in a congressional hearing that taxpayers should be required to buy birth control for college students, because apparently the financial ability to spend $50,000 a year for law school doesn’t translate to being able to afford a $9 a month prescription from Walmart. Seriously? That’s the cost of two lattes from Starbucks.

Sensationalist radio personality Rush Limbaugh then asked a rhetorical question on his program in which he inquired as to what one would call a girl who gets paid to have sex:

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Koch Brothers Fire Back at Obama Campaign’s Baseless Attack

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Feb 29, 2012 at 3:58 PM

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Jim Messina
Last week, President Obama’s reelection campaign manager Jim Messina sent a fundraising letter to Obama’s supporters targeted at Mitt Romney. The letter stated that Romney was scheduled to speak to Americans for Prosperity -- a group that Mr. Messina claimed was funded by the billionaire Koch brothers -- and could everyone please chip a little to the Two Term Fund? Also in the letter was a claim that the Kochs make millions by jacking up prices at the pump, that they bankroll Tea Party extremism, and are committed to ‘destroying’ Barack Obama.

Side note: Where is all of this Tea Party funding I’ve heard about for the last three years? I’ve been actively involved with the movement, and I have yet to receive a single check from the Koch brothers.

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