http://floridapundit.com The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. - Edmund Burke Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:28:08 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5537 In Theaters, April 15, 2011 In Our Hands, November 6, 2012 - FreedomWorks Video on Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 based on Ayn Rand’s famous novel about freedom and the people who make the world work was released in a limited number of theaters on April 15. Most mainstream media reviews about the movie [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:37:32 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5486 While Republicans in Congress are falling short of their promise to cut at least $100 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year, Republican governors are starting to address the root cause of many of our states teetering on becoming the American equivalent of Greece. They are changing unsustainable terms for benefits and [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/chris-christie-we-have-to-raise-the-retirement-age-for-social-security/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/chris-christie-we-have-to-raise-the-retirement-age-for-social-security/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:03:03 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5477 New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, the leading Republican non-candidate for president, today talked at the American Enterprise Institute about “doing the big things.” And he doesn’t mean the phony “investments” in high-speed trains and other nonsense that President Obama advocates. He discusses how both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are too timid to talk about [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/chris-christie-we-have-to-raise-the-retirement-age-for-social-security/feed/ 4 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:58:45 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5467 Today, President Obama demonstrated again that he is not serious about defending America against the biggest threat to our future: runaway government spending. He proposed a budget with a record $1.65 trillion deficit for 2012. No surprise there. Republican House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan has offered an appropriate response about Obama “punting” on the budget [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:08:43 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5369 The House of Representatives today passed H.R.2 – Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act in a 245 – 189 vote. Three Democrats joined the Republicans in voting to repeal Obamacare. The left-wing media keeps saying that this vote is just symbolic because Harry Reid will not allow a vote on repealing Obamacare in the [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/mike-pence-on-the-tax-deal-uncertainty-is-the-enemy-of-prosperity/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/mike-pence-on-the-tax-deal-uncertainty-is-the-enemy-of-prosperity/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:59:18 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5248 Congressman Mike Pence explains his opposition to the tax deal that was passed this week. Pence zooms in on the biggest issue with the deal: tax rates are extended by two years and will rise after that unless Congress acts again. Republicans were split on the tax deal. Pence took the position that we could [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/mike-pence-on-the-tax-deal-uncertainty-is-the-enemy-of-prosperity/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/paul-ryan-on-the-tax-deal/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/paul-ryan-on-the-tax-deal/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:55:58 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5245 Watch Congressman Paul Ryan makes the case for the tax deal that was signed into law this week. He notes the flaws and what Republicans will have to do when they control spending starting January 4, 2011: I am still not enthusiastic about the tax deal and think there was too much wasteful spending included, [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/paul-ryan-on-the-tax-deal/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-clock-is-ticking-time-for-democrats-to-man-up-on-taxes/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-clock-is-ticking-time-for-democrats-to-man-up-on-taxes/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:15:37 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5176 After terrible low job growth in November and the official unemployment rate again approaching 10 percent, it is time for Democrats to man up and stop playing their little propaganda games. Are Democrats going to increase taxes on the American people and send us back into recession or are they going to keep American tax [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-clock-is-ticking-time-for-democrats-to-man-up-on-taxes/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/nancy-pelosi-delusional-we-didnt-lose-this-election-because-of-me/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/nancy-pelosi-delusional-we-didnt-lose-this-election-because-of-me/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:23:29 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4983 Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is deluding herself about why Democrats lost the election. She blames 9.5 percent unemployment as the sole cause for the loss. Well, yes, high unemployment certainly didn’t help, but it was the policies of the Obama administration and Pelosi’s House Democrats that have damaged our economy and suppressed job growth. [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/nancy-pelosi-delusional-we-didnt-lose-this-election-because-of-me/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/making-happy-meals-sad-a-symbol-of-whats-wrong-with-california/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/making-happy-meals-sad-a-symbol-of-whats-wrong-with-california/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:30:00 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4896 If you live in San Francisco and are not a committed socialist this election must have been very depressing: Jerry Brown is governor again, Barbara “Don’t Call Me Ma’am” Boxer is still a senator from California and Nancy Pelosi still represents San Francisco residents in the House of Representatives. But there is more. This one [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/making-happy-meals-sad-a-symbol-of-whats-wrong-with-california/feed/ 4