Articles Tagged “Sen. Tom Coburn”
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Freedom Vs. Fear, Paranoia
BY VERN TURNER One of my favorite pundits, Maureen Dowd, wrote a scathing piece recently reviewing Dark Dick Cheney’s interview from an upcoming Showtime program The World According to Dick Cheney. Any reasonable, thinking person knew all along that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was his handiwork, but not until I read Dowd’s analysis [...]
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The Republics Of Jackassia
BY VERN TURNER The older I get the more I remember my past. I remember my great high school education even though I wasn’t a great student. Then, we didn’t have high stakes, state sponsored tests that were directed at teachers and their unions. The curriculum was challenging, but our teachers, being respected members of [...]
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Before Default, Let Republicans Bump Up Hard Against The Debt Ceiling
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Reality-Based Conservatism
BY KEN MILLER If all your friends jumped off a fiscal cliff, would you do it too? The answer from Sen. Tom Coburn and Rep. Tom Cole is no. Though staunchly opposed to increasing tax rates, both men recently made national headlines; Coburn for his willingness to increase receipts by eliminating loopholes and preferential tax [...]
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Camels And Needles
BY KAREN WEBB The R’s and T’s are so mad because of the Supreme Court. The D’s will still be mad because there is still the problem of Senate holds by one senator and there is still a super majority needed to block a filibuster and the idea that many are one issue voters. Also [...]
