Daily Archives: June 17, 2008

They Still Keep Bailing Them Out!! Next Stop is Bankruptcy-ville!

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Even though the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that a stunning 35 percent of the loans refinanced through the bailout program will eventually default anyway. And banks will use the program to offload their “highest-risk loans” to the taxpayer. But, that’s apparently good enough for Congress.

Well, I have a question for the Government to ponder after they continue the bailouts. Where are you going to get the money after the defaults? Hmm…let me guess, you are going to raise taxes to the point where you are going to drive us into bankruptcy.

President Ronald Reagan once said, “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” It is sad but true, because every time the government wants to help, they do it through raising taxes or placing more restraints on the way I live my life.

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Fairfax Area Young Republicans Meeting Tomorrow Night

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         The Fairfax Area Young Republicans are holding their monthly meeting tomorrow night at The Firehouse Grill in Fairfax City.   This meeting will feature a Bloggers Panel that will discuss how new media and politics go hand in hand.

        Here are the featured panelists:  Mason Conservative, The Old Right,  The Oath, and yours truly, the Crystal Clear Conservative :-) .

         The meeting begins at 8 p.m., with a social that begins at 7:30 p.m.  

Here’s Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They’re Banned

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The Associated Press went after Drudge Retort for having the audacity to link to their stories along with short quotations via reader submisisons. Drudge Report is doing nothing different than what Digg, TechMeme, Mixx and dozens of other sites do, and frankly the fact that they are being linked to should be considered a favor.

As a local blog, I often look to the AP for sources when writing posts. I always do what is right and cite them, along with posting the link to the article that I am referencing. If the AP decides to make bloggers pay for the articles, then they are doing a great disservice to the blogs who link to their sites when citing the article in a post.

H/T to Shaun Kenney  and TechCrunch

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Virginia Isn’t a Purple State Yet

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Even moderate Dems found it impossible to garner more than 52 percent of the vote in Virginia. Barack Obama may find it impossible to reach 50.

This sounds like it will be a major blow to Governor Tim Kaine’s ambitions of becoming a running mate to Obama. Additionally, this is also good news to the McCain campaign because he could actually gain some of these moderate votes.

As most of you know, I do not support McCain since he is NOT a Conservative. I am going to highlight both the Libertarian and Constitutional party candidates for President later this week.

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