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August 08, 2005
Leviathan devours GOP "revolutionaries" grows stronger
Here's Matt Welch:
- If there are still believers in limited government cowering in the corner of the Bush-Frist-DeLay Republican tent, they might recover some of their lost sense of shame by picking up a copy of the Cato Institute's new book, The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business as Usual?
It's a bracingly grim collection of essays from people who were generally enthusiastic about (and in some cases, participated in) the GOP's historic recapture of the House of Representatives in 1994. Take Stephen Moore, who worked with House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich (R-Ohio) in drafting the Contract with America budget for fiscal year 1996.
"Under President Bush (and a Republican Congress) federal outlays increased 28 percent between FY01 and FY05," Moore writes. "Nondefense discretionary spending increased 34 percent during these four years. That fiscal policy is exactly the opposite of what was promised by Republican leaders when they first came to power in the 1990s," Moore writes.
Whole thing here.
Posted by tedb at August 8, 2005 02:36 PM
Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't been up to much these days. I just don't have much to say right now. I can't be bothered with anything , but whatever.
Comment by: Sten32870 at January 6, 2007 06:22 AM
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I haven't been up to much today. I've just been letting everything happen without me. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I just don't have anything to say right now. More or less nothing happening.
Comment by: Sten53656 at January 7, 2007 06:43 PM
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Comment by: Sten8167 at January 8, 2007 05:45 PM
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Comment by: Sten30815 at January 10, 2007 02:47 AM
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Comment by: Sten3830 at January 13, 2007 05:32 AM
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Comment by: Sten43294 at January 15, 2007 08:44 PM
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Comment by: Sten71237 at January 16, 2007 02:21 AM
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Comment by: Sten49691 at January 26, 2007 03:25 PM
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Comment by: Sten63852 at January 27, 2007 04:30 AM
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Comment by: Sten63852 at January 27, 2007 04:31 AM
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Comment by: Sten1358 at January 27, 2007 06:35 PM
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Comment by: Sten31533 at January 27, 2007 07:44 PM
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Comment by: Sten86461 at January 28, 2007 10:32 AM
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Comment by: Sten71760 at January 28, 2007 07:52 PM
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Comment by: Sten62493 at January 29, 2007 05:06 AM
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Comment by: Sten18845 at January 29, 2007 05:43 AM
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Comment by: Sten83427 at January 29, 2007 06:36 PM
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Comment by: Sten30884 at January 29, 2007 08:20 PM
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Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten9553 at January 30, 2007 02:00 AM
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Comment by: Sten44882 at January 30, 2007 07:35 AM
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Comment by: Sten71538 at January 30, 2007 05:37 PM
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Comment by: Sten50355 at January 30, 2007 09:33 PM
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Comment by: Sten42383 at January 31, 2007 07:09 AM
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I haven't gotten anything done today. I feel like a fog, but what can I say? I've just been letting everything wash over me lately, not that it matters. Shrug.
Comment by: Sten11897 at January 31, 2007 09:38 AM
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Comment by: Sten10346 at February 1, 2007 12:11 AM
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Comment by: Sten62953 at February 1, 2007 03:29 AM
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Comment by: Sten81543 at February 1, 2007 05:25 AM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten64151 at February 1, 2007 08:14 AM
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Comment by: Sten32120 at February 1, 2007 03:58 PM
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I haven't gotten anything done today. I feel like a fog, but what can I say? I've just been letting everything wash over me lately, not that it matters. Shrug.
Comment by: Sten15245 at February 1, 2007 05:15 PM
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I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten81346 at February 1, 2007 10:26 PM
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Comment by: Sten52269 at February 2, 2007 07:15 AM
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Comment by: Sten87120 at February 2, 2007 12:01 PM
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Comment by: Sten53854 at February 2, 2007 04:41 PM
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Comment by: Sten15439 at February 2, 2007 08:50 PM
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Comment by: Sten88613 at February 3, 2007 12:21 AM
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Comment by: Sten1684 at February 3, 2007 05:37 AM
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Comment by: Sten27128 at February 4, 2007 12:05 AM
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Comment by: Sten87757 at February 4, 2007 12:02 PM
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Comment by: Sten95215 at February 4, 2007 08:33 PM
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Comment by: Sten36673 at February 4, 2007 10:52 PM
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Not much on my mind right now, but it's not important. I've just been letting everything happen without me. I just don't have anything to say right now.
Comment by: Sten73712 at February 5, 2007 04:45 AM
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Comment by: Sten68942 at February 5, 2007 10:02 AM
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I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. What can I say? I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning, but pfft. Not that it matters. Pretty much nothing exciting happening to speak of. I haven't been up to much these days.
Comment by: Sten37000 at February 5, 2007 03:06 PM
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Comment by: Sten98899 at February 5, 2007 04:22 PM
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Comment by: Sten27978 at February 5, 2007 07:01 PM
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Comment by: Sten85308 at February 5, 2007 10:35 PM
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Comment by: Sten64620 at February 6, 2007 03:22 AM
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Comment by: Sten63839 at February 6, 2007 07:46 AM
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
Comment by: Sten54993 at February 6, 2007 07:52 AM
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