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Entries from February 2009

Justice Dept. to force criminals to register illegal guns

by Scott Ott · 75 Comments

Scott Ott, editor of ScrappleFace.com, is also columnist for The Washington DC Examiner. Here’s an excerpt from his latest column, and a link to read more. You can access his other DC Examiner columns, or view PDF versions of the street edition of the paper, any time by clicking the link at the top of [...]

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Obama Dog Pick Stalled By Immigration, Tax Questions

by Scott Ott · 97 Comments

(2009-02-25) — The First Family has decided the new White House pet will be a Portuguese Water Dog, however, the official naming reportedly has been delayed by administration officials insisting on careful vetting to avoid embarrassing questions about immigration status or taxes.
“With a foreign-sounding name, naturally we’re taking extra precautions to ensure that all [...]

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EPA Arrests CNBC’s Rick Santelli, Tea Party Canceled

by Scott Ott · 32 Comments

ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott is also a columnist for The Washington DC Examiner. Below is a brief excerpt from his Tuesday, February 24, 2009 column, and a link to read more…

EPA Arrests CNBC’s Rick Santelli
CNBC reporter Rick Santelli, whose passionate rant about the Obama housing rescue plan, and call for a “Chicago Tea Party” became [...]

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Obama to Use Inheritance Tax to Pay Off Bush Deficit

by Scott Ott · 46 Comments

(2009-02-24) — Just a day after President Barack Obama announced he would reduce the federal deficit by half, even while spending more than a trillion dollars on various bailout and stimulus plans, the White House revealed how the president’s plan would work.
“As President Obama always says, he inherited this $1.2 trillion deficit after the demise [...]

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Tags: Business  · U.S. News

Dems Complain Obama Budget Biased Against Poor

by Scott Ott · 73 Comments

(2009-02-22) — In what’s shaping up as the first potential rift between Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration, some of the president’s most stalwart supporters have complained privately that his 2010 budget proposal is unfair to poor and middle-income citizens.
“As everyone knows, paying taxes is even more patriotic than serving in the military,” said one [...]

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EPA to Propose Odd-Even CO2 Emission Rationing

by Scott Ott · 57 Comments

Scott Ott, editor of ScrappleFace.com, is also columnist for The Washington DC Examiner. Here’s an excerpt from his latest column, and a link to read more. You can access his other DC Examiner columns, or view PDF versions of the street edition of the paper, any time by clicking the link at the top of [...]

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$50 Billion in Cash Headed for Paid-Up Homeowners

by Scott Ott · 184 Comments

(2009-02-17) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner this week will unveil a plan to address the nation’s housing crisis by making $50 billion in direct payments to the 91 percent of homeowners who currently pay their mortgages on time.
The plan is an 11th-hour revision of the original scheme which would have allowed government-backed renegotiation of [...]

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Tags: Business  · U.S. News