Columns by Joseph Curl
For those of us who have never been held hostage, now we know what it feels like: Day after day, looking at the same faces, endlessly discussing the same topics, being fed the same gruel over and over.
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March 4, 2012
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In January 2009, when President Obama was sworn in, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $1.68. Today, it's more than double that, reaching $5 in parts of California and $6 just outside Disney World in Florida.
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February 26, 2012
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Mitt, Rick, Ron and Newt. Seriously?
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February 19, 2012
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After creating more debt than all presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton combined, President Obama will unveil a budget Monday that will create millions of jobs, take a $1 trillion bite out of the federal debt and magically solve all of America's problems.
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February 12, 2012
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When it comes to the unemployment rate, it's nice to be president.
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February 5, 2012
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It's the 21st century. We've got robots, genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. So where are the candidates of the Grand Old Party? They're busy trying to be a movie actor born more than 100 years ago.
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January 29, 2012
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There is one person — one American among the 300 million of us — who is not to blame for the state of the union. Everyone else, each of you, in some small or large way, bears some share of the blame, but not this guy. Not one little bit.
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January 22, 2012
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Anyone who knows Newt Gingrich knows that Newt Gingrich is — and always has been — all about Newt Gingrich.
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January 15, 2012
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Iowa's sole purpose is to winnow the field — New Hampshire actually decides who'll win. A 10th grader in Des Moines knows that. Apparently, the media does not.
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January 8, 2012
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Think about it: Mitt Romney and John F. Kerry are two Boston blue-blood multimillionaires, spending summers in their island estates and winters in their mountain mansions.
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January 1, 2012
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Republican diners haven't yet picked their entree, but they've narrowed it down to the steak or the fish. Still, just as interesting as their main course will be their side selection: Will they go for a drab salad, or something more exciting? Maybe a spicy Rice dish?
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December 18, 2011
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Just how big a hill do the Republicans have to climb to win the White House in 2012?
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December 11, 2011
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OK, forget No. 3. And who knows about No. 1, although he does he does have Lil Wayne on his iPod (and who even still has an iPod?). But President Obama clearly suffers from definition No. 2.
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December 4, 2011
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"Over the last decade, we became a country that relied too much on what we bought and consumed."
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November 27, 2011
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They say that politics stops at the water's edge, but apparently, that doesn't apply to President Obama, as so many things apparently don't.
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November 20, 2011
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The story was explosive: "Exclusive: Herman Cain Accused by two women of inappropriate behavior," the headline blared.
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November 6, 2011
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Michelle's back, and she's madder than ever. She was already pretty angry, seemingly unhappy with just about everything. As her husband wrapped up the Democratic nomination in 2008, she let fly her real feelings: "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country." A few months into her job as first lady, her French counterpart asked how she liked the gig: "Don't ask!" she reportedly spat. "It's hell. I can't stand it!"
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October 30, 2011
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The Bush Doctrine, articulated by George W. Bush after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the Sept. 11 attacks, was simple: "We will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make: Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," he said on Sept. 20, 2001.
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October 23, 2011
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One day soon, someone will write a book titled "The Stumbling, Bumbling, One-Term Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama." It will be a best-seller - off the nonfiction shelf, of course.
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October 16, 2011
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The first American generation to live a life of luxury, with scads of idle time to while away lounging and thinking, often half-stoned, was mine.
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October 9, 2011
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