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Boehner Threatens to Defund Obamacare if GOP Wins House
As predicted on this site and by this author, House Minority leader John Boehner has now stated on the record the should Republicans gain back power in the House of Representatives, that they would retroactively kill Obamacare by refusing to fund it.

The REPUBLICANS Are To Blame For America's Current Mess!
Despite the fact that liberal Democrats have controlled the American Government for the past three years (since everything started going down the toilet), I thought I'd humor myself and put myself in their (the left's) shoes, and attempt to rationalize a way to blame the Republicans for the Democrats' dirty deeds...

GOP Senate Victory in Massachusetts a Rejection of Democrat Arrogance
Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts special election to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy's open seat was absolutely and without a doubt a rejection of the arrogance and delusional grandeur of people like Nancy Pelosi, Charles "Chuck" Shumer, Rahm Emmanuel, Harry Reid and yes, even President Barack Obama...

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Bernard Madoff's Alter-Ego... Francisco d’Anconia?
Does Bernard Madoff have an alter-ego? The question has become relevant in the wake of Madoff's Ponzi Scheme, which defrauded billions from investors. He was recently sentenced to 150 years in prison for his massive scheme which took money from new investors to pay old ones while no actual investments were being made. When Madoff's pyramid collapsed, the investors were ruined. Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastian d'Anconia is the character from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" who among other things, was known for his savvy investments and his great money-making abilities. He pilfered many a wealthy customer by persuading them to invest into the San Sebastian Mines, a copper mining project in Mexico named for one of his Spanish ancestors. Could it be that Madoff had motives other than greed? Is there more to coincidence between the striking similarities between the Madoff scandal and the mining misadventures of the protagonist of the magnum opus of Bernie Madoff's close friend Alan Greenspan's close friend Ayn Rand?