Posted on February 20th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
President Obama likes to claim that he didn’t know ACORN was getting lots of federal money the evidence continues to stack up to him being heavily involved with ACORN.
Back in September, he claimed to not know that ACORN was receiving Federal money.
You know, if — frankly, it’s not really something I’ve followed closely. [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Imagine, if you will, that the Democrats actually believe in change for the good of everyone.
Our country continues to face the same fundamental challenges it faced yesterday. Our health care system still needs reform. Wall Street still needs to be held accountable. We still need to create good jobs. And we still need to continue [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Unions are coming to the rescue of Congressmen and Congresswomen all over the us at Townhall meetings on Health Care Reform. This is in response to unfriendly questions about the proposed Health Care Reform currently making its way through Congress.
Apparently, there is concern that the people questioning the legislation are trying to Hijack it [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Billie Kennedy Jr
There seems to be a fairly common thread between County Commissioners and Florida State Representative Ray Sansom. That thread is Jay Odom.
Jay Odom has had quite a bit of controversy. All of surrounding his properties and the county. Every bit of it appears to be in some way to bilk taxpayers out [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2009 by Billie Kennedy Jr
President Obama has passed his first 100 days as President and has racked up quite a list of Gaffes and Mistakes in the process. Many of them things that he said he wouldn’t do while he campaigned.
Here are some of those great mistakes:
54. After saying he wouldn’t have lobbyists in his administration, Obama made [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2009 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Retire early and get a huge bonus to go. Not only that but you get paid your retirement once you retire. That sounds like what many people would love to have and many are looking forward to.
What if I told you that there are some in Florida who are doing this very thing [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2009 by Billie Kennedy Jr
If you haven’t already heard about it you probably will shortly.
More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm — The PMA Group — known for its close ties to John P. Murtha , the congressman in charge of Pentagon appropriations. – CQPolitics
Why [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Billie Kennedy Jr
I haven’t heard anything good about either version of the bill, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 H.R. 1. Nothing suggests that this will actually do anything for those it is supposed to help.
There is lots of money for projects that would be best financed through the normal channels. But there doesn’t [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Both parties in the Florida legislature seem to have some problems with the way they do business.
For the last week or so, House Speaker Ray Sansom(R) has been taking some heavy criticism for his decision to accept a job at Northwest Florida State College the same day he accepted the role as Speaker.
While it may [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
It almost seems as if Congress is turning into family run government. A Feudal System per se.
More and more seats are being sought by relatives in the cases of retirements and moving to better jobs.
Senator Hilary Clinton’s(D) seat is being sought after by the daughter of a president and the niece of [...]
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