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As usual, Washington is misleading the public about the economy.  President Obama is hoping to use false numbers about employment to confuse voters about his destructive policies.  The Bureau of Labor and Statistics is making the audacious claim that the national unemployment rate is only 8.3%. This bogus number is calculated by changing the labor participation rate; in other words, government economists don’t include people who gave up searching for jobs.  This number also doesn’t include part time employees that desire to work full time.
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By Howard Kaloogian

South Carolina’s GOP electorate is not monolithically conservative, which is why it’s been such a good predictor of the ultimate GOP nominee supporting both moderates such as Bush 41, Dole and McCain, and conservatives such as Reagan and Bush 43. Any pundit who analyzed Newt’s victory in South Carolina as a result of a uniform electorate either doesn’t know the state, or has an agenda to marginalize the conservative message. South Carolina has forever been divided between the coastal plains and the Appalachian foothills.
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By Howard Kaloogian

The Founding Fathers were concerned that any form of government could become too powerful. They had good cause; they just fought a long war against the greatest power of their age, ruled by a king with nearly absolute power. They wanted to prevent an executive from having unilateral ability to rule. Obama swore an oath to support that rule, but again this week he has acted as a domestic enemy to the Constitution.
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The Washington crony plan to regulate the internet is becoming closer to reality. As it stands today, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has significant support in the House of Representatives and could actually pass. Despite the wishes of everyday internet users and technology experts, politicians are succumbing to the wishes of corporate lobbyists to pass this monstrosity
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