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/2011/03/will-we-get-serious-about-cutting-government-spending-before-it-is-too-late/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/03/will-we-get-serious-about-cutting-government-spending-before-it-is-too-late/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:12:58 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5502 Florida Pundit took a little break from blogging over the past month. I kept expecting that our politicians would start getting serious about cutting the size of government, but progress is slow and consist of tiny baby steps. House Republicans have proposed to cut $60 billion in discretionary spending. The Democrat-controlled Senate and our Spectator-in-Chief [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/03/will-we-get-serious-about-cutting-government-spending-before-it-is-too-late/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-tax-deal-plus-ethanol-kill-the-bill/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-tax-deal-plus-ethanol-kill-the-bill/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:22:39 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5202 I have had a busy week and not much time to post updates. All this time I have had mixed views about the Obama-Republican tax deal, but one piece of news has finally pushed me over the edge to oppose the deal: the Senate is adding ethanol subsidies into the bill. If anyone still has [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-tax-deal-plus-ethanol-kill-the-bill/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/2010/12/republican-leader-on-democrat-tax-gimmicks-chicken-crap/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/republican-leader-on-democrat-tax-gimmicks-chicken-crap/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:44:00 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5156 Republican leader and future House Speaker John Boehner expressed his anger today about the “chicken crap” games that the lame duck Democrats are playing with our tax rates and the fragile economic recovery: Democrats continue to play political games with the largest tax increase in American history which will take effect in less than a [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/republican-leader-on-democrat-tax-gimmicks-chicken-crap/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 http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/why-cant-chuck-get-his-business-off-the-ground/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/why-cant-chuck-get-his-business-off-the-ground/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:19:14 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4715 Wonder why Americans with business ideas aren’t able to start businesses and create jobs in this sluggish economy? Watch the Institute for Justice give examples of the state, local and federal regulations that have raised the cost of starting a business to the point where it is almost impossible to get beyond the hurdles government [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/why-cant-chuck-get-his-business-off-the-ground/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/gov-chris-christie-the-man-who-can-get-things-done/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/gov-chris-christie-the-man-who-can-get-things-done/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:42:12 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4635 If you want to know what can happen when you elect a Republican Tea Party candidate in this election, watch this report on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the man who can get things done:]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/gov-chris-christie-the-man-who-can-get-things-done/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/obama-admits-failure-of-1-trillion-stimulus-there-is-no-such-thing-as-shovel-ready-projects/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/obama-admits-failure-of-1-trillion-stimulus-there-is-no-such-thing-as-shovel-ready-projects/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:32:11 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4542 President Obama’s major justification for the 2009 stimulus bill spending almost $1 trillion was that there are a lot of “shovel-ready projects” meaning mainly infrastructure projects that can start immediately as soon as they are funded. Now, weeks before the Nov. 2 election, Obama admits his mistake in a New York Times story: He realized [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/obama-admits-failure-of-1-trillion-stimulus-there-is-no-such-thing-as-shovel-ready-projects/feed/ 1