Congress Wants to Tax Your Christmas Tree — blog.heritage.org — Readability

Congress Wants to Tax Your Christmas Tree — blog.heritage.org — Readability: "The House must think so, since its farm bill would pave the way to set up a Christmas Tree Promotion Board. Its purpose would be “to enhance the image of Christmas trees and the Christmas tree industry in the United States.”"

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Big Hike in Minimum Wage Will Be Self-Defeating For Workers — www.ncpa.org — Readability

Big Hike in Minimum Wage Will Be Self-Defeating For Workers — www.ncpa.org — Readability: "Another fast-food walkout took place in 100 cities recently. The goal? To push for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But the arguments made by advocates of a living wage are flawed on so many levels, and will end up hurting the people they purport to help, says Pamela Villarreal, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis."

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Police Shoot at Unarmed Man; Charge Him for Bystanders They Hit — politicaloutcast.com — Readability

Police Shoot at Unarmed Man; Charge Him for Bystanders They Hit — politicaloutcast.com — Readability: "A man the New York Times claims was “emotionally disturbed,” was shot at by police.

The man, Glenn Broadnax, 35, of Brooklyn, created a disturbance on Sept. 14, wading into traffic at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue and throwing himself into the path of oncoming cars."

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Fifth-Grader Suspended for ‘Shooting’ Imaginary ‘Arrow’ at Classmate — conservativebyte.com — Readability

Fifth-Grader Suspended for ‘Shooting’ Imaginary ‘Arrow’ at Classmate — conservativebyte.com — Readability: "LOL! This is hilarious. How do liberals do things like this with a straight face? Add this to the file of why not to go to government schools.
Check it out:

On Wednesday, the Rutherford Institute announced it has come to the defense of a 10-year-old boy who was suspended under a school zero tolerance policy for shooting an imaginary “arrow” at a fellow classmate, using nothing more than his hands and his imagination."

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Obama is the “Very Danger the Constitution Was Designed to Avoid” — conservativebyte.com — Readability

Obama is the “Very Danger the Constitution Was Designed to Avoid” — conservativebyte.com — Readability: "Jonathan Turley, otherwise a close associate of Obama’s and one inclined to hope Obama would succeed, actually said the president of the United States is becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid. Amen. That is exactly right. The Constitution was written in order to prevent this kind of coalescing of power by one man or by one branch."

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The Limbaugh Theorem is Cracking — www.rushlimbaugh.com — Readability

The Limbaugh Theorem is Cracking — www.rushlimbaugh.com — Readability: "RUSH: Look, I know.  Here's the bottom line.  I was talking earlier about how the media does not have the slightest idea the way the American people reacting to the way they're covering this.  You know what's on most people's minds?  Let me take a stab at some things.  You know what most people are concerned about and worried about today?  That they might lose or have lost their health insurance -- and, if so, how much it's gonna cost to replace it. "

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Exclusive Interview: Gov. Scott Walker on Why Conservatives Don't Need to Move to the Center to Win — blog.heritage.org — Readability

Exclusive Interview: Gov. Scott Walker on Why Conservatives Don't Need to Move to the Center to Win — blog.heritage.org — Readability: "Three governors have faced recall elections in U.S. history. Wisconsin Republican Scott Walker is the only one to survive – and with a larger margin of victory the second time around.

How did he do it? Walker visited Heritage for an interview with Jackie Anderson to talk about what’s worked in Wisconsin and the path forward for conservatives. (Hint: It doesn’t require moving to the middle.)"

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Liberals Upset about Cruelty to Animals But Support Abortion

Liberals Upset about Cruelty to Animals But Support Abortion: "Life is cheap in Hollywood and among liberals generally, so it should not surprise us that animal life is cheap as well.

What’s the big deal about killing some dogs, horses, and almost drowning a tiger? Come on, they’re just a conglomeration of atoms animated by electricity just like us. Isn’t that what we’re told we are? Chimpanzees kill and eat other chimpanzees. Survival of the fittest is what kids are taught in our nation’s schools from kindergarten to graduate school."

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