Author: Eldon Kramer

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Cuomo disses conservatives

How many times have you heard politicians, entertainers or someone from the media say something they have had to apologize for?  Some claim their statement was taken out of context.  A few make heartfelt apologies, while others use the “if I have offended anyone” line.

During a January 17, 2014 radio interview New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while talking about Republican candidates in New York, said those who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor traditional gun ownership “have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.” … read more

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Benghazi attack preventable

The statement in the 85-page report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Benghazi indicating the September 11, 2012 attack on our compound in Benghazi was preventable was of particular interest to me.  While most coverage, if any, concentrated on why no forces came to the ambassador’s aid that evening, I continued to question how the administration ignored five months of security warnings.… read more

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Taxpayers lose again to big government

 As taxpayers are beginning to feel the effects of big government with the introduction of ObamaCare and its high premiums, inconceivable deductibles and the accompanying taxes, the consequences of another government intervention in our lives has slipped under the radar. It’s the result of our government’s ill-advised auto bailout, investments and standards.

On the surface, recent news of the government’s sale of its remaining stock in General Motors for $39 billion sounds positive, until you learn that we taxpayers are out $10.5 billion. As we might expect from a liberal and someone with no business experience, the president’s rationalization for the $10.5 billion loss was that it was well worth the investment. Continue reading →

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You are a Democrat

You might be a Democrat, wrote Janice Shoemaker in her Progressive Views column.  It reminded me of the story New Mexico’s Governor Susana Martinez told at the Republican convention. The Governor related how she was brought up as a Democrat, but she and her husband were invited to lunch by a couple of Republicans interested in her switching parties.  She had planned to just meet with them as a courtesy, but she said, “when we left that lunch and got in the car I looked over at Chuck and said, ‘I’ll be damned, we’re Republicans.’”

Unfortunately, Shoemaker’s broad brush attempt to paint Democrats in a light that would test Republican positions on issues falls flat.  Not only does she not understand the issues she cites, she ignores other issues of deep concern to conservatives.  Continue reading →

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Not so fast

Last year I wrote a piece, This is no time to concede overturning ObamaCare, in response to a speech given in San Antonio by Dr. Gail Wilensky, who stated it was a waste of time since it was the “law of the land now.”

Today, Jon R. Wampler took up the charge in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News in response to Eugene Robinson’s column in which he states that the fight over ObamaCare is history. … read more

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Madison cautioned against bills like ACA

       Laws “so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood …” were cautioned against by President James Madison in Federalist Papers No.62. Considered the father of the Constitution and the author of the Bill of Rights, he added “if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow.”  How prophetic.

      Democrats, with their fascination for “comprehensive” programs, again overreached with the complex Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as ObamaCare. The result was a 2700-page bill nobody read that now has over 10,000 pages of accompanying regulations, said to be eight times the number of pages in the Gutenberg Bible.  Continue reading →