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I like to consider myself a true and patriotic American, but I have a confession to make:  I hate baseball.  Yes, I know it’s the quintessential American sport, right up there in Americana with Mom and apple pie.  But I still hate it.  I find it boring and surprisingly non-athletic.  It’s such a static game.  [...]

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You know, whether you’re going for success or failure, think big.  Right now, the government’s failure rate at Medicare is pretty small potatoes, but think what it can do when it owns the whole system: More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for [...]

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Joe Wilson may have been reprimanded, and he may have been rude, but the man was right.  Obama lies.  This time, it’s not about illegal aliens, but about seniors and their Medicare.  Rule of thumb for Obama:  Don’t believe anything he says.

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First, a joke, one I’ve told before: In long ago Japan or China (or amongst the Eskimos, or something else), a young boy came across his father carry a large basket on his back. In the basket was the boy’s grandfather. He asked, “Father, where are you taking grandfather?” “Shh,” said the father. “Grandfather is [...]

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