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Bob Beauprez is a former Member of Congress and is currently the editor-in-chief of A Line of Sight, an online policy resource. Prior to serving in Congress, Mr. Beauprez was a dairy farmer and community banker. He and his wife Claudia reside in Lafayette, Colorado. You may contact him at: http://bobbeauprez.com/contact/
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 31, 2012)
As Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress finalize plans for whom to increase tax rates on and by how much – all in the name of preventing the nation from going over the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 30, 2012)
As the following chart from Investor's Business Daily demonstrates, The Bush Tax Cuts didn't starve the federal treasury – revenue flooded in as the economy expanded from the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 29, 2012)
One of the more hysterical components of the fiscal cliff saga is watching the Democrats falling all over themselves to champion the importance of preserving the existing... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 27, 2012)
The four state department officials reported to have "resigned effective immediately" or been "relieved of their responsibilities" in the wake of the State Department... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 20, 2012)
The internal review of the Benghazi terrorist attack that resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans is highly critical of the State... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 19, 2012)
"Uncertainty in the private sector over taxes and government policy clearly is having an impact on business' ability to invest in the United States. Business investment is... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 15, 2012)
We have all seen the outrageous, even violent, demonstrations by the leftist big-labor protesters in Michigan over the recently adopted Right-to-Work legislation. The... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 13, 2012)
Note: The following letter is co-signed by 185 of the nation's economists including Dr. Sanjai Bhagat, Provost Professor of Finance, University of Colorado, and... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 12, 2012)
Today I had a liberal – strike that, "progressive" – friend try to explain how great the Obama economy was doing. He offered as evidence "all the jobs that are being... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 09, 2012)
Just two months into FY 2013, the government has racked up nearly $300 billion of red ink – nearly $5 billion per day of deficit spending – a virtual guarantee of the fifth... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 07, 2012)
You may think there isn't much common-sense anywhere close to Capitol Hill, but less than a ten minute drive away there is a veritable wellspring to be found in the person of... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 06, 2012)
Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most costly boondoggles... more
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Bob Beauprez (Dec 04, 2012)
During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion... more
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Bob Beauprez (Nov 30, 2012)
"I try not to pat myself too much on the back – but this administration has done more in terms of the security of the state of Israel than any previous... more
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Bob Beauprez (Nov 28, 2012)
Supposedly there are grand negotiations ongoing in Washington in search of a grand bargain to avoid a grand calamity - pushing the nation over the fiscal cliff. ... more
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Bob Beauprez (Nov 24, 2012)
As the nation nears the so-called fiscal cliff, Republicans in Congress must be wary of the solutions being put forward for a "grand bargain" by President Obama and Democrats... more
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Bob Beauprez (Nov 22, 2012)
Yesterday we published "The Fiscal Cliff – Don't Jump!" making the case that pro-growth tax and spending policies – not tax increases – were needed to solve the immense... more
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Bob Beauprez (Nov 20, 2012)
I doubt I'm the only one who noticed. It seems that the guys who are supposed to be in charge of "intelligence" are the same ones having the most difficulty with the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Nov 05, 2012)
Unsurprisingly Barack Obama says the November jobs report from the Labor Department proves that "We have made real progress" with job creation and economic recovery. ... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 30, 2012)
A pattern may be developing. By now, everyone with a pulse should be intimately familiar with the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the death of Ambassador... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 27, 2012)
During his interview recently on the Jon Stewart Show, President Obama continued his established narrative that he has driven al-Qaeda into the ground sufficiently that only... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 26, 2012)
The sparring over energy issues in the Presidential debates, particularly the first one at the University of Denver, underscored divergent viewpoints between the two... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 25, 2012)
Dereliction
1. Willful neglect, as of duty or principle.
2. a. The act of abandoning; abandonment.
b. A state of abandonment or... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 23, 2012)
With the final presidential debate just hours away, Barack Obama's re-election narrative of "a wonderful world" is increasingly more difficult to defend. On the Jon... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 22, 2012)
On September 11, 2001, he labeled Israel as a suspect in the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. He hedges on efforts to deny Iran a nuclear weapon. The... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 21, 2012)
It should be self-evident to even a casual observer that access to sustainable supplies of affordable energy are fundamental for economic expansion and job creation.... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 20, 2012)
The multiple different narratives from the Obama Administration about the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11, 2012 in Benghazi,... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 19, 2012)
Whenever Republicans – or anyone else – propose a tax cut, Democrats run to the nearest microphone in horror crying about all the revenue it will "cost" the federal... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 17, 2012)
A Line of Sight Contributing Editor MG Paul Vallely (U.S. Army-Ret.) conducted a video interview today with veteran talk radio host Steve Malzberg covering a wide range of... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 16, 2012)
Harry Truman had a sign on his desk proclaiming what became his motto; "The buck stops here!" Obama and Biden seem to have turned that completely around; "It's not my... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 09, 2012)
Is anyone surprised? After 43 consecutive months with the unemployment rate above 8.0 percent – and with just 30 days left before the election – unemployment magically... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 05, 2012)
The political world is buzzing this morning after the first Presidential Debate at the University of Denver last night. Supporters of Gov. Romney were thrilled with his... more
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Bob Beauprez (Oct 04, 2012)
Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.
Argentina has just announced a... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 29, 2012)
In the days following the assassination attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three aides dead it was appalling to watch the Obama... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 27, 2012)
At a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio in 2008, candidate Barack Obama said, "We are going to work with you to lower your (health insurance) premiums by $2,500 per family per... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 23, 2012)
"And I can make a firm pledge; under my plan no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase." –Barack Obama, Sept. 12,... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 21, 2012)
Nearly 6 million Americans will get hit by the penalty-tax provision of ObamaCare that forces individuals to buy insurance or pay Uncle Sam according to a Sept. 19, 2012... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 17, 2012)
The mainstream media may have outdid even their own gutter level standards in obsessing over Mitt Romney's statement(s) about the still growing crisis in the Middle East... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 16, 2012)
If you weren't already uncontrollably furious over the debacle in Libya that led to the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other embassy personnel, this is... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 13, 2012)
It's no way to treat a friend; particularly one that is facing an existential threat. But, just days after the embarrassing platform debacle at the Democratic National... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 12, 2012)
The question comes up a lot these days, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" But, the question is almost always asked in a personal economic... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 10, 2012)
Editor's Note: Hats off to Investor's Business Daily for telling it like it is. If there is a central figure culpable for the housing industry collapse and... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 08, 2012)
Horrible! The September Jobs Report just released will be sliced and diced for weeks, but here is some of the most damning news. With a total population 8.8 million... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 07, 2012)
Since the Democrats arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina for their National Convention, the word on the street is that crow has been the most often served on the menu. ... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 06, 2012)
For decades, support for Israel has been one of the few issues that consistently brought Democrats and Republicans together. That seems to be coming to an end with an... more
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Bob Beauprez (Sep 05, 2012)
Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 28, 2012)
Hats-off to Stephen Moore for his insightful analysis in the Wall Street Journal of the very different economic tracks of Maryland and Virginia. In addition to sharing... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 23, 2012)
I hope you saw the August issue of A Line of Sight that published yesterday. I particularly wanted to draw your attention to the endorsement of Romney-Ryan by award... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 21, 2012)
We appreciate all the attention to our post last week, Outsourcing Hypocrisy. Barack Obama likes to point to General Motors as the poster child for the job creation... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 17, 2012)
During the month of July, Barack Obama relentlessly attacked Mitt Romney with bogus charges of outsourcing American jobs during his tenure at Bain Capital. Hypocrisy... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 13, 2012)
As state and federal lawmakers debate the country’s energy policies and Colorado’s role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let’s hope they remember that unnecessary... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 12, 2012)
In choosing Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney made a fantastic choice and a bold statement to the American people.
Paul Ryan is a nationally tested leader that is widely known... more
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Bob Beauprez (Aug 07, 2012)
When the dismal June jobs report was released, Barack Obama tried to shine it up by calling it "a step in the right direction." However, the July report released last... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jul 31, 2012)
After a review of the Labor Department's March 2012 economic report, I published an analysis showing that America had a jobs deficit of nearly 10.4 million jobs as compared... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jul 28, 2012)
The GDP slid backward for the second quarter of 2012. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis economic growth was a near stagnant 1.5% which is down from 2.0% for... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jul 25, 2012)
In times like this, a good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy. But, make no mistake about it; November's... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jul 17, 2012)
"If you've got a business---you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Barack Obama, Roanoke, VA, July 13, 2012
Did you ever think you'd hear... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jul 14, 2012)
Editor, Bob Beauprez's Note: The following commentary on labor reforms is authored by 18 economists and labor experts, including A Line of Sight Contributing Editor,... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jul 09, 2012)
The June jobs report was disappointing for the third consecutive month – just 80,000 new jobs created. And, yet the President said "that's a step in the right... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 30, 2012)
The Supreme Court did not save us from ourselves, at least not entirely. That is still up to us, the people.When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 26, 2012)
At the White House on June 8, 2012 Barack Obama uttered six words that will forever haunt and define him; "the private sector is doing fine." His absurd... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 25, 2012)
Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk. Getting the deficit under control, balancing the budget, reducing the debt…they all pontificate the right... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 24, 2012)
I will be held accountable…Look, if I can't turn the economy around in three years; I will be looking at a one-term proposition." -Barack Obama, The Today Show,... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 23, 2012)
The President wants us to believe that the private sector economy is "doing fine" but the economic numbers from his own Labor Department tell a different story.
As... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 22, 2012)
For a year and a half Barack Obama successfully deflected suspicion that neither he nor the White House staff was directly involved in the ever growing Fast & Furious gun... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 21, 2012)
The CNBC headline says it all: "Job Openings Report Show Market is…Really, Really Bad" - not the stuff of which re-election campaigns are made.
It is all about the newest... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 18, 2012)
Even he knows better, or at least he should. That man, Barack Obama. After all he claims to be a Constitutional Law professor. But, on Friday, the President blew it.
I... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 17, 2012)
Everybody has heard about Solyndra and the many other failures of the DOE green energy grant and loan program replete with scandalous political paybacks to Obama... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 11, 2012)
Kermit the Frog established his legacy convincing millions of impressionable youth that "it's not easy being green." Unfortunately for the once famous frog, the Obama... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 10, 2012)
The man who once ran the Chicago housing programs for ACORN, the notoriously corrupt, scandalous community organization, is now the director of a new Illinois housing... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 09, 2012)
The Obama Administration might not have a clue about fixing the economy, but they are very clear about how they deal with people who disagree with "The One."... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 05, 2012)
When the President tells the American people that the nation has made "extraordinary progress" in recovering from the economic downturn, it is all too obvious that someone... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jun 03, 2012)
Just when you feel like you're going to throw up, some thug punches you in the gut. That's what today's jobs report from the Labor Department felt like. A mere... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 30, 2012)
"While we have rescued our economy from catastrophe, we have also begun to build a new foundation for growth." -Barack Obama from the White House, August 7, 2009
In 2008,... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 25, 2012)
The Affordable Care Act – aka: ObamaCare – contained an "incentive" for Small Business Owners who did not provide health care insurance for their employees to add the... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 24, 2012)
In the recent French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy was narrowly defeated by Francois Hollande. Faced with a similar financial crisis as much of Europe and... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 23, 2012)
Ever since the Democrats passed ObamaCare "so we could find out what's in it," Americans have overwhelmingly said they didn't like the new law.
Now, the Obama... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 21, 2012)
While we have rescued our economy from catastrophe, we have also begun to build a new foundation for growth."
Barack Obama from the White House, August 7, 2009
In 2008,... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 20, 2012)
"But, in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes."
Ben Franklin
If Ben Franklin were around today, he would likely amend the above statement to... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 19, 2012)
In speaking with various business owners the word that I hear most often to explain why the economy remains so stagnant is "uncertainty." Dr. Sanjai Bhagat, Provost... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 17, 2012)
While we have rescued our economy from catastrophe, we have also begun to build a new foundation for growth."
Barack Obama from the White House, August 7, 2009
In 2008,... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 14, 2012)
As millions of citizens become ever more desperate, they do what they must to survive. That's understandable, and the depth and prolonged nature of the current... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 10, 2012)
Barack Obama is going to get another shot at getting the decision of the Keystone XL Pipeline right. The Canadian company, TransCanada, seeking to build the massive... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 05, 2012)
Barack Obama's bragging about taking out Osama bin Laden has blown up in his face. The recently released campaign video that includes a lengthy adulation of the... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 02, 2012)
The Obama re-election campaign has moved on from the 2008 campaign slogan, "Change we can believe in." Yesterday Team Obama introduced the 2012 version – "Forward" – complete... more
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Bob Beauprez (May 01, 2012)
Remember the shell game? The magician keeps up a steady stream of patter and diversions to make it difficult or even impossible to know where the pea is hiding. Our... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 29, 2012)
The outrage continues to grow over the revelation by EPA Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz that the "general philosophy" of the EPA regarding regulations of oil and gas... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 27, 2012)
Long ago most of us came to the conclusion that the Obama Administration was waging a war on the fossil fuel industry. Although the President denies this, of course,... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 26, 2012)
An official for the State Department made it official, "The War on Terror is over."
It would seem that Barack Obama would have wanted to make the rather... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 24, 2012)
Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats don't even bother with a budget – even though they are in the fourth year of trillion dollar plus deficits. Apparently,... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 21, 2012)
President Obama is betting his re-election chances on convincing enough people that Americans are not taxed enough. His designated villain is millionaires - a class... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 18, 2012)
"Now, I want to emphasize, this is not simply an issue of redistributing wealth. That's what you’ll hear from those who object to a tax plan that is fair. This is not just... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 15, 2012)
In recent days, if he hasn't been pitching "fairness" and adoption of higher taxes with his so-called Buffet Rule, President Obama has been pandering to women voters. ... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 13, 2012)
A public trustee appointed by President Obama to oversee Medicare and Social Security has issued an extensive research report finding that ObamaCare will increase government... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 12, 2012)
James O'Keefe is back, this time exposing the ease of voter fraud in the nation's capital. On primary election day April 3, O'Keefe was offered the ballot for U.S.... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 07, 2012)
High gas prices may be hitting the economy right in the gut. For the month of March, the pace of new job creation was cut by more than half compared to the last several... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 06, 2012)
New information about the approval process for the $535 million Department of Energy loan to the failed California solar energy company Solyndra contrasts sharply with the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 05, 2012)
During his campaign for re-election, don't expect Barack Obama to bring up the national debt. By the time Americans are voting, Obama will have added more than $5.5... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 03, 2012)
Most people understand that the federal government controls a lot of land, but few know just how vast the holdings really are. The map above is courtesy of Investor's... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 02, 2012)
If only it was a very bad April Fool’s Day joke, but it’s not. As of April 1, the U.S. will have sole possession of the highest corporate tax rate in the developed... more
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Bob Beauprez (Apr 01, 2012)
“The United States will always have Israel's back when it comes to Israel's security.”
Barack Obama, March 5, 2012
The Israeli back that Barack Obama likes to talk about... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 31, 2012)
During a recent committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) asked Energy Secretary Stephen Chu if he thought a $50 light bulb was “affordable” for... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 29, 2012)
You’ve heard the stories about the millions of dollars squandered by the Obama Administration on green energy projects supposedly to create vast numbers of new jobs in a... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 28, 2012)
Mistakenly believing the microphone was off, Barack Obama confided to outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he needed a little “space” to get through “his last... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 26, 2012)
It is a common cliché; "You changed my life." But, how many people really do?
Tom Tillapaugh not only changes lives; he literally saves them. Lots of them.
In... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 25, 2012)
The President has taken to bragging about the 3.7 million new jobs that have been "created" on his watch, but he conveniently has forgotten to mention that he's still 10.4... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 24, 2012)
I've long lamented the careful tip-toeing by religious clergy around anything that leftist politicians might construe as "crossing the line." Organizations like the Freedom... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 23, 2012)
Sitting atop approximately one trillion barrels of oil and roughly 10 percent of the nation’s total reserve of shale gas, Colorado is poised to become a significant energy... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 21, 2012)
A 180 degree difference from what they say and what they do has become standard-operating-procedure at the Obama White House. Take government regulation, for... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 17, 2012)
Rapidly rising gas prices at the pump have turned up the heat on Barack Obama. Interestingly, the Administration that just three years ago said it was committed to... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 16, 2012)
Whether you agree with a President or not, any administration should at least be consistent and predictable.
Here's how Obama answered criticism of his decision to... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 14, 2012)
If you had any lingering doubts about the Obama Administration’s lack of respect for the Constitution or for the sovereignty of the United States of America just watch this 7... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 13, 2012)
What do you get for $193 million? A dead battery.
Consumer Reports tried to test the Karma, a $100,000 electric car creation of Fisker Automotive, but it died and... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 11, 2012)
Back in February, 2009 Barack Obama said, “today I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.” Not only has he not... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 10, 2012)
The Congressional Budget Office says that the government provided $24 billion of tax credits and direct subsidies to the energy industry in 2011. Here’s how it... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 06, 2012)
An axiom of economics is “if you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less, tax it.” As near as I can tell, that pretty much sums up Barack Obama’s... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 05, 2012)
Still in his twenties, James O’Keefe is already a very well established investigative journalist having blown apart ACORN and embarrassed Planned Parenthood and NPR.... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 04, 2012)
In December, 2008 Steven Chu, the man who was to very shortly become Barack Obama’s Secretary of Energy, told the Wall Street Journal that, “Somehow we have to figure out how... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 03, 2012)
Starting with his State of the Union address last month and carrying into his University of Miami speech, the President has been raising eyebrows and hopes with his seemingly... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 02, 2012)
See if this sounds familiar. A solar energy company with a principal investor who is a huge supporter Barack Obama and Democrat causes got a Department of Energy loan... more
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Bob Beauprez (Mar 01, 2012)
President Obama says he is for an "all of the above" energy policy, and likes to take credit for domestic production being up. But, as Steve Forbes says, the Obama... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 27, 2012)
As if it were his private stash of fun-money, Barack Obama set aside $80 billion of the Stimulus boondoggle to artificially pump up the green-energy industry through a DOE... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 24, 2012)
Too often it seems that any news coming from the African continent is bad. Famine, disease, tribal warfare, abject poverty, political and economic turmoil, warlords and... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 23, 2012)
It isn't the first time on Capitol Hill that a paid hack starts signing a different tune once the money dries up, but this might be one for the record books given the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 21, 2012)
As a life-long Catholic, the often blind loyalty of many in my faith to the Democrat Party has befuddled me for years. Regardless of the promotion of a social agenda at odds... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 20, 2012)
As mentioned in a feature earlier this week, February 17 marked the third anniversary of President Obama’s signing into law of his infamous economic Stimulus. The ceremony... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 19, 2012)
Late last month Chesapeake Energy Corp. quietly tested a new method of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” on two well sites in Ohio. The new process uses... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 18, 2012)
Three years ago yesterday Barack Obama signed his $800 billion Stimulus into law in Denver, Colorado.
He said would save or create 4 million jobs and that the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 16, 2012)
When Barack Obama promised that his non-energy energy policies would “bankrupt” anyone foolish enough to try to operate a coal-fired power plant, he talked as if he... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 14, 2012)
Barack Obama delivered his new budget proposal to Congress this morning. The document increases yet again the estimate for deficit spending for the current FY 2012 year -... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 13, 2012)
More often than not Congress needs to be saved from itself. A classic example is the STOCK Act which passed the U.S. Senate last week and comes up for a vote in the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 11, 2012)
About three weeks ago, Barack Obama nixed the Keystone XL pipeline that would have transported 900,000 barrels of oil per day from the Canadian tar sands to the gulf coast... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 10, 2012)
A short while back I wrote of some revealing statistics that invite the question, are we becoming “A Nation of Dependents” on government benefits of one kind or... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 07, 2012)
"I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012."
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, January 30, 2012Egyptian Al-Hayat Television Interview
Even... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 06, 2012)
The recent labor reports certainly have some encouraging news. New jobs in January estimated at 243,000 and a decline in unemployment to 8.3 percent suggests that the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 05, 2012)
Here’s a quick footnote to our commentary published last week about the bankruptcy announcement by Ener1, another of Obama’s failed green-energy “investments.” Ener1... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 04, 2012)
The Obama Administration is reportedly working on a deal to release five Taliban terrorists held at Gitmo as an “incentive” to talk peace in Afghanistan. Taliban leader... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 03, 2012)
When the Deep Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in May of 2010, the Obama Administration was quick to climb the rostrum of political opportunity and seize full... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 02, 2012)
Imagine you are a Member of Congress deeply troubled by the huge federal deficits. You would likely be fully aware that unless serious reform happens soon, the existing... more
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Bob Beauprez (Feb 01, 2012)
Even before he took the oath of office, Barack Obama embraced the financial crisis of 2008. In the words of his then Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel, “You never want a... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 31, 2012)
was seven when my Dad put me on the seat of an Oliver 77 tractor and sent me to the field to rake hay by myself. My Dad said he was about the same age when his... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 30, 2012)
The following graph demonstrates the dramatic growth of dependency on federal government benefits. Given the rapid increase in the established trend, any day now at... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 29, 2012)
This weekend’s Boston Globe Magazine will feature a gargantuan, 3600 word homage to rabid environmentalism in the form of a profile on 350.org founder Bill... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 26, 2012)
Barack Obama spent considerable time during the State of the Union address on jobs and the economy – both of which are in a sorry state.
As a result of the... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 24, 2012)
If it wasn’t already strange enough to have professed free-market conservatives attacking a candidate for his free-market success, the GOP presidential primary just got even... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 22, 2012)
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter warned Americans of a pending "national catastrophe" in a prime time nationally televised speech. "The Oil and natural gas we rely on for 75... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 21, 2012)
Fox News is reporting that this afternoon Barack Obama is going to kill the Keystone Pipeline Project. This stands in direct opposition to a president who says he is... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 17, 2012)
Rick Reilly is not only "one of the funniest humans on the planet," he's one of the most articulate and insightful. Rick grew up not far from me in Boulder, Colorado, where... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 14, 2012)
The U.S. federal debt has surpassed the total production of the entire country. According to a feature article in USA Today, total debt of $15.3 trillion now exceeds... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 11, 2012)
The ultra-high stakes game of chicken continues in the Straits of Hormuz – as well as in Tehran and Washington. Iran continues to escalate rhetoric and the saber... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 10, 2012)
The Obama Administration would have us believe that the newest jobs data (i.e. 200,000 jobs created in December, and 8.5% unemployment) is proof that the President’s economic... more
By
Bob Beauprez (Jan 08, 2012)
"The math is the math. You can't lower (tax) rates and raise revenues."
- Barack Obama, December 11, 2011
When I heard the President make the above statement to Steve Kroft... more
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Bob Beauprez (Jan 04, 2012)
The head of the Iranian military has warned the U.S. Fifth Fleet to stay out of the Persian Gulf. The latest bluster comes on the heels of ten days of Iranian... more