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The Maryland Attorney General just issued an opinion saying that “net neutrality” legislation would be preempted by a federal law on the issue. The AG stated, “the general conflict with the stated policies of Congress and of the FCC would also likely to lead to a decision by the FCC to preempt any attempt on […]

Various newspapers around the state are taking notice of the work we have been doing in South Carolina recently.
Check out GoUpstate.com to read about our recent breakfast with Congressman Duncan Hunter.

There’s a great piece by reporter John Van in the Chicago Tribune today that discusses the urgent need for increased capacity on the Internet. He writes:
A recent report from Deloitte Consulting raised the possibility that 2007 would see Internet demand exceed capacity. Worldwide, more users every day join the 1 billion people who now […]

In a Washington Post op-ed, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford argues that it is not a contradiction to be a conservative and a conservationist. Rather, conservatives need to offer their own ideas for conservation that doesn’t involve the far left tactics of government regulation and scaling back of personal freedom. Sanford argues that over regulation […]

Here is the link.
Today, in the Social Security debate, the pain caucus emphasizes the unfunded liabilities of Social Security. It is even willing to offer Democrats a tax increase for some concession on the benefit side. For this group, Social Security reform is mainly about balancing the Social Security budget.
Meanwhile, today’s turks want to focus […]

Sowell has written an interesting article on Barack Obama over at NRO.
Senator Obama is being hailed as the newest and freshest face on the American political scene. But he is advocating some of the oldest fallacies, just as if it was the 1960s again, or as if he has learned nothing and forgotten nothing since […]

Ross Marzolf placed a great letter to the editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about our Choose Your Cable campaign.
Here is the link.
An excerpt:
Bill Virgin’s Feb. 15 column, “Debate could affect your cable TV bill,” was on the mark when describing a proposal before the Legislature that will expand consumer choice, innovation and cable competition.
Statewide […]

You can listen to a podcast of the interview by clicking here.
Armey discusses where the right went wrong.

Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell’s income tax hike plan is not popular among Connecticut’s citizens. The Hartford Courant reports…
Democrats were evenly divided on the income tax increase, while Republicans were opposed, 65 to 30 percent.
Increasing the income tax only on the wealthy — an idea favored by many Democratic legislators — was opposed, 50-44 percent.

Residents of the Mehlville Fire Protection District in Missouri will have a rare opportunity come April 3rd. They will be able to vote on so-called Proposition TD, which translates into a $9.75 millon tax decrease. That’s right, you read that correctly, a tax decrease.
Kudos to Chairman of the district board Aaron Hilmer, who is spearheading […]