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WHO WILL HELP? PRIVATE CHARITY OR GOVERNMENT?

“Before food stamps came along we had hungry children spread across America. And there’s a reality. When the big things happen, like the typhoon in the Philippines, we love the Red Cross effort but they don’t have an aircraft carrier with Marines and rescue helicopters.” – Ellis Henican When bad things happen – disasters like Katrina floods,…

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HIZZONER ALEC BALDWIN, NYC MAYOR

“Baldwin for NYC mayor? No Kidding”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, June 12, 2011 Alec Baldwin’s campaign for mayor must be serious. He’s just snagged the endorsement of Chevy Chase. Who says politics is predictable and dull? Just two weeks ago, Anthony Weiner was the presumptive favorite to replace Mike Bloomberg. The boyishcongressman had outer-boroughs chutzpah.…

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BIG BANKS PENALIZED FOR NOT HELPING HOMEOWNERS

“I don’t think we can say to banks – go rape, pillage and plunder your customers.” – Ellis Henican The Treasury Department penalized three of the nation’s largest banks for subpar performance in administrating a government-sponsored program to modify mortgage loans for distressed homeowners. Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano,  Nicole Neily, Chris Cotter and Ellis…

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WELCOME TO ALABAMA: THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT STATE

“You want to solve all this? The answer to illegal immigration is legal immigration.” – Ellis Henican Ellis Henican, sitting in for Alan Colmes on the Fox Radio Network, has some words with an angry caller about the new Alabama immigration bill—the toughest anti-immigrant law in the country.         Listen here: E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow…

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GENERAL MOTORS: ADD ADDITIONAL $1 GAS TAX

  “We’re still going to buy as many cars—no matter what gas is.” – Ellis Henican General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson wants the federal gas tax boosted as much as $1 a gallon.         Ellis Henican appeared with Liz Wiehl and Christopher Hahn on Fox Business Channel’s  ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight’ to analyze (06/07/11).…

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A SEXT IS FOREVER

“There’s no delete button on the internet”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, June 5, 2011 We keep teaching this lesson to the children, then refusing to learn it ourselves. You know the lesson I mean: The Internet is everywhere and forever. We say, kiddies, keep those Spring Break photos off of Facebook. We say no bong…

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AUTO BAILOUT IS CALLED A SUCCESS – MOSTLY

“This was money well spent” – Ellis Henican

 

Fox Business Channel’s “Freedom Watch” (06/01/11) with Judge Napolitano :   Tim Geithner said “We will not get back all of our investments in the industry” but the auto bailout was a success.

Ellis Henican, Nicole Neily and Liz Claman

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CONDOLENCES DENIED TO MILITARY SUICIDES

“It has to change because the way we’re doing it is cruel, thoughtless, uneducated and indefensible.” – Ellis Henican   Condolence letters for fallen service members have been sent since at least the time of the civil war, when at least 618,000 died as a result of combat, disease or related hardships. However, the White House…

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