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Opinion - Topics from April, 2010

Judge Obama by his enemies

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

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By Max J. Castro
progresso-weekly.com

It has been twelve months since Barack Obama assumed office on that frigid January 2009 in Washington D.C. How shall we judge the president's first year? [Full Story »]

Soda tax and the new government health bill

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, April 6. 2010

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Soda pop, like cigarettes and alcohol, has been classified by the government as bad for your health . This is supported by ‘research’ sponsored by your always caring and compassionate federal government and their associates over at the Rand Corp. Why is it bad for you? It causes obesity in children. [Full Story »]

What is he doing in Congress?

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, April 5. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

This Congress isn't just openly flouting the U.S. Constitution.

They're openly admitting it.

Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., was recently caught on video saying -- despite his oath to the contrary -- that he doesn't care whether the new health-care law is constitutional. [Full Story »]

Keep tobacco tax increase alive

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, April 2. 2010

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Savannah Morning News

The Georgia House’s failure to approve a tobacco tax increase, while instead agreeing to levy a new tax on hospitals, is quite frankly baffling. [Full Story »]

The opposite of compassion

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, April 1. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

What Richard Krentz did as a matter of course was compassionate.

What America is doing is not.

The 58-year-old Arizona rancher, described by those who knew him as an unrelenting Good Samaritan, was gunned down in cold blood on his land last week by what most believe must have been a guerrilla in the smuggling of either illegal immigrants or drugs. [Full Story »]