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How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis — Kevin Hassett, Bloomberg.com

Ben — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:09:09 +0000

Going Postal: Mailing rate hikes pinch small magazines, thanks to Time Warner — Callie Enlow, The New York Review of Magazines

Ben — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:04:32 +0000

Codependent Addicts: States and Casinos — Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics

Ben — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:41:39 +0000

Huck’s gift-givers ended up in state posts — Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico.com

Ben — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:08:10 +0000

Era Of Open Government Commencing — Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters

Ben — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:06:05 +0000

Bush orders new crackdown on U.S. border — Mike Allen, Politico.com

Ben — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:38:39 +0000

It’s about freakin’ time. There is a lot of broken trust to be recovered in these matters. Example: The new Bush immigration enforcement plan: Color me underwhelmed — Michelle Malkin

The Earmark Reform Index — Porkbusters

Ben — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:45:15 +0000

“Is your senator a friend or foe of earmark reform? Lots of Washington politicians talk a good case about eliminating wasteful federal spending but how many of them actually vote for needed reforms? The Examiner Newspapers/Porkbusters.org Earmark Reform Index shows who in the U.S. Senate is walking the talk and who’s blowing smoke hoping voters don’t look too closely…”

PORKBUSTERS UPDATE. Continuing the battle: Sen. Jim DeMint — Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit

Ben — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:43:27 +0000

Crack Golfers: Courthouse colorblindness is inability to distinguish between black, whiteFrank Cagle, Metro Pulse

Ben — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:28:59 +0000

“…It is at once disturbing and fascinating to watch them rat each other out. Nepotism versus hidden pay raises; golf trips versus expensive dinners and $6 smoothies. It is sometimes amazing what’s revealed about government when you have two factions engaged in a blood feud. Makes you wonder what goes on when everybody is getting along, doesn’t it? But people are defending one faction or another by pointing a finger at the other side. Wrongdoing is being measured by the messenger making the reveal. Might I suggest a Third Way? A pox on both your houses. People in glass houses have been throwing stones. Both sides are endangered by flying glass. So what? …”

Arizona takes immigration enforcement into its own hands againMichelle Malkin

Ben — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:10:35 +0000

Declaration of Independence, graph 27

History — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:12:36 +0000

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

Dunkin’ Donuts cracks down on open-borders franchiseesMichelle Malkin

Ben — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:20:28 +0000

Property Owners Win OneJohn Stossel, RealClearPolitics

Ben — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:22:39 +0000

Voting device pact at issue: Firm sues over snub by state — Sean P. Murphy, Boston Globe

Ben — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:50:14 +0000

Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System — Washington Post

Ben — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:37:18 +0000

See Commentary:
Lobbying and the Way the World Works — Michael Barone, USNews

Mo. Panel’s Report Links Immigration To AbortionDavid A. Lieb, AP in the Washington Post

Ben — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:25:06 +0000

“Bridge To Nowhere Senator” Defeats Reform AgainEd Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters

Ben — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:35:07 +0000

A Triumph for Transparency in GovernmentSen. Bill Frist, VOLPAC Blog

Ben — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:20:46 +0000

The Porkbuster Bill passed the Senate!

Pork Carefully Rationed — Jonathan Allen, the Hill

Ben — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:10:34 +0000

Catalog of Ted Stevens’ Actions That Have Benefitted Clients of Ben Stevens — Bill Allison, The Sunshine Foundation blog Under the Influence

Ben — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:53:22 +0000

FBI raids legislative offices [in Alaska] – Anchorage Daily News

Ben — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:44:14 +0000

Looks like the crab-apple doesn’t fall far from the twisted stump of a tree:

In disclosures he was required to file as a legislator, [Ben] Stevens [son of U.S. Senator Ted Steven] said he was paid $243,000 over the last five years as a “consultant” to Veco. Whenever he was asked to describe what he did for the money, Stevens refused to answer. The company also refused to say.
Metcalfe has argued in his complaints that the money amounted to a bribe — that Stevens has done Veco’s work on many fronts, including attempting to spend Alaska Permanent Fund earnings for state government operations to reduce the need for oil taxes and pushing the industry’s favored gas pipeline proposal.

Ted Stevens: weaslier than France – Mike Krempasky, RedState

Ben — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:20:31 +0000

The Dishon. Senator Robert Byrd (D, KKK) also has put a hold on the Pork Sunshine bill. Both of these
Particularly Irritating Gentlemen Senators are two great examples of why there needs to be term limits in the senate.

Secret Holdin’ On For One More Day (Update: Down to 3?)Mary Katherine Ham, Townhall.com

Ben — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:23:04 +0000

The blogosphere posse is on the trail of the Particularly Irritating Gentleman. They have whittled it down to three Senators as of this writing. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if it was this guy.

Porkbusters Update: [One Senator is anonymously blocking sunshine on earmarks.] — Instapundit

Ben — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:09:36 +0000

Whoever this Particularly Irritating Gentleman is, he needs to be chased down and hog-tied, no two ways about it. Find ‘em and make ‘em squeeeeeal, and then let the sunshine in!

Land of milk and money – Rebecca Claren, Salon

Ben — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:50:57 +0000