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FAST AND FURIOUS PROBE Washington PostCopyright 2012 Washington Post. All rights reserved. This material … Washington PostPublished 11:00 p.m., Friday, June 29, 2012 Washington – The Justice Department has told House leaders that Attorney General Eric Holder‘s decision to withhold certain documents about a flawed gun operation from Congress is not a crime and he will not be prosecuted for contemp Deputy Attorney General James Cole explained the decision, which…

Niall Ferguson | Uncontrolled public debt threatens to rupture society Posted on June 30 2012 – 8:30 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady Critics of Western democracy are right to discern that something is amiss with   our political institutions. The most obvious symptom of the malaise is the   huge debts we have managed to accumulate in recent decades, which (unlike in   the past) cannot largely be blamed on wars. According…

RCP | Gabor Steingart: On Debt, Obama Missed The Point Posted on June 30 2012 – 10:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady Handelsblatt Editor-in-Chief Gabor Steingart responds to President Obama’s criticism of a Glenn Hubbard op-ed that appeared in the paper. “Hello everybody. My name is Gabor Steingart, and I am the editor in chief of the Handelsblatt, Germany’s leading business daily. During a news conference at the G-20…

George Will | The Obamacare Decision was a Conservative Victory or Something Posted on June 30 2012 – 11:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady Conservatives won a substantial victory on Thursday. The physics of American politics – actions provoking reactions – continues to move the crucial debate, about the nature of the American regime, toward conservatism. Chief Justice John Roberts has served this cause. The health care legislation’s expansion…

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ) made the following statement Thursday after the Supreme Court announced its decision on the constitutionality of President Obama’s government takeover of healthcare: “When the Democrat controlled Congress passed ObamaCare over two years ago, it was the single most economically devastating government mandate our country has ever seen. “Today, after the Supreme Court ruled ObamaCare’s individual mandate a tax, it still remains the most…

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ) made the following statement today after he joined a majority of his colleagues in the House of Representatives and voted to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress: “It is a sad day when the House of Representatives is forced to cast a vote finding our country’s top legal official in contempt of Congress. “However, because of the stonewalling, lies, and concealed facts…

Debra Saunders | Arizona Can’t Do It; Washington Won’t Posted on June 29 2012 – 10:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady President Barack Obama hailed the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision Monday that struck down most of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law. In a statement released by the White House, however, the president said that he remains “concerned about the practical impact of the remaining provision of the Arizona law that…

Video: Governor Palin on Hannity Posted on June 29 2012 – 10:16 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady Via Sarahnet: My favorite line: Nancy Pelosi is a dingbat.  Bingo! Article source: http://conservatives4palin.com/2012/06/video-governor-palin-on-hannity.html

SarahNET Radio: Kevin Talks With Congressman Ben Quayle Posted on June 29 2012 – 11:45 PM – Posted by: Steve Flesher This week on The Palin Update with Kevin Scholla: Governor Palin says the Obamacare ruling has fired up the troops! America’s eyes are opened! Today Congressman Ben Quayle joins Kevin to talk about the SCOTUS ruling, immigration, his reelection campaign in Arizona, Vice President Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, and…

After Supreme Court ruling upholds most of Obama’s health care law, debate is sure to intensify over ramifications of landmark decision, as Democrats can now ‘re-sell the bill,’ while GOP vows to continue campaign to repeal it. The Supreme Court guessing game is over, but the drama may just have  begun. The court’s Thursday ruling upholding most of President Obama’s health care  law, sparked a frenzy of reaction from political…