Rep. Maxine Waters Inflates Sequester to ’170 Million’ Jobs Lost
A special kind of stupid, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D, CA) had a dire prediction for America due to sequestration claiming that 170 million jobs would be lost as a result of the policy. But according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are only about 140 million jobs in the whole country. During a press [...]
After Millions in Tax Breaks for Hollywood, DreamWorks’ Jeffery Katzenberg Kills 350 Jobs
Despite some $430 million in tax breaks for Hollywood in last year’s “fiscal cliff” deal, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced that he is cutting 350 people by the end of the year. After the disappointing box office for DreamWorks’ latest film, The Rise of the Guardians, Katzenberg said that the $165 million loss [...]
Birthday of a Giant: Where Have you Gone George Washington?
It is February 22nd, the birthday of our first President, George Washington. I don’t celebrate “President’s Day.” I celebrate the presidents individually, not the whole gaggle of them at once. But I most certainly don’t celebrate George Washington, the father of our country, as just another president. These days, George Washington has been relegated to [...]
When Indicted, Networks Barely Mentioned Jesse Jackson, Jr’s Misuse of $750,000 in Campaign Cash
A survey of news coverage by the big three networks of the indictment of former Chicago Democrat Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. was sparse to non-existent for the first three days after the indictment was made public. Even when his trouble was reported, the fact that he is a Democrat went unmentioned. Jackson was indicted on [...]
PBS Anchor Judy Woodruff Angry Over Delay in Hagel Nomination
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff is angry and looking to hold someone accountable for the delay in the nomination of Chuck Hagel as Obama’s next Secretary of Defense. Last week Woodruff demanded to know if anyone was going to “pay the price” for the delay in Hagel’s nomination. Woodruff made her demand during the February [...]
Andrew McCarthy at NRO Asks the Important Question
How long will the Legislative branch tacitly ignore the delinquency of the Executive Branch?
Chris Matthews On Obama’s SOTU: ‘There’s Nothing Lefty in Here!’
President Obama’s State of the Union speech was yet another opportunity to demand a new laundry list of big government programs and massive spending, but MSNBC’s Chris Matthews seemed to have some trouble seeing anything “liberal” in it. As he analyzed the speech during his February 13 broadcast, Matthews told Chuck Todd that he truly [...]
NPR Falsely Claims GOP Invented Sequestration
Ahead of the President’s State of the Union speech, taxpayer funded National Public Radio (NPR) tried to help the White House push the false notion that the sequestration budget cut policy was conceived by the Republicans. In truth, it was initiated by Obama and pushed by the Democrat Party. In order to advertise its coverage, [...]
Pelosi: ‘We Avow the First Amendment’ Because ‘People Have a Right to a Gun’
As Nancy Pelosi appeared on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace, she didn’t seem to know the difference between the First Amendment and the Second Amendment. During her February 10 segment, Pelosi premised her conversation by pointing out that Japan has, “the most violent games and the rest and the lowest mortality from guns.” [...]
Big Three Nets Slant Overwhelmingly For Obama’s Gun Ban Campaign
A new study of coverage by the big three networks of President Obama’s anti-gun crusade shows an overwhelmingly positive slant toward the President’s policy ideas at an 8 to 1 ratio. The study conducted by the Media Research Center reviewed coverage from December 14 to January 17, or from the day of the crime at [...]
Sen. Ted Cruz: Rahm Emanuel a Bully
Texas’ newest Senator, Republican Ted Cruz, has launched a Cruz missile right at Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for the threatening letters the mayor sent to several American banks because they do business with American gun manufacturers. Cruz advises the banks not to be bullied by the Windy City Mayor’s bluster. On January 25 Chicago Mayor [...]
Quote Of The Day – Chuck Hagel Edition
“It is very clear from the testimony that Sen. Hagel will not be bringing the potato salad to the next Mensa picnic.“ A long-time Capital Hill Democrat (as told to Jennifer Rubin) commenting on Thursday’s dismal performance by Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearings to be the next Secretary of Defense.
WH Spokesman Carney Slams GOP’s ‘Obsession’ With Anti-Islam Film
In the days following the attacks on our embassy in Benghazi, Libya last year the Obama administration insisted the whole thing was a result of Muslim ire at an anti-Islam film posted to Youtube. Today, after Hillary testified in front of the Senate over her role in the debacle, White House spokesman Jay Carney is [...]
Congressman: ‘Older White Guys The Most Insecure’ Part of Society
Virginia Representative Jim Moran has taken PC, pop psychology to its logical extremes by claiming that “older white guys” are the “most insecure” part of American society . And where else but on MSNBC? Moran, one of the nation’s most extreme, left-wing Congressmen, appeared on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show on January 16 and went into [...]
Americans Dissatisfied With Current Gun Laws But Still Supportive of Second Amendment
In the aftermath of the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Connecticut, Gallup has found that the number of Americans open to greater restrictions on guns has taken an upswing going from 25 percent in support of tighter restrictions to 38 percent. Despite this, Americans are not keen on ending their Second Amendment rights. [...]
Dick Armey Doesn’t Even Know Who He’s Talking To?
Some of you may know of the absurd dust up between former Congressman, and conservative icon, Dick Armey and his coworkers at Freedomworks. Last year, Armey came barreling onto the Freedomworks offices in DC with an armed security guard and tried to forcibly take over the organization with which he had been associated for years. [...]
Overnight Fiscal Cliff Open Thread
As you probably know by now, the House passed the Senate’s fiscal cliff compromise. It’s all revenue and almost no spending cuts. The deal extends the automatic budget cuts out two months and doesn’t change the debt ceiling. The Bush tax cuts are locked in for those making $400,000 (or $450,000 for married couples) and [...]
House GOP Now Regrets Not Pushing “Plan B”
The GOP majority in the House of Representatives have lost… They ceded authority to the Senate and President by not pushing forward with Speaker Boehner’s “Plan B.” With Obama already claiming victory, they’re left to either nix the deal Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden crafted and take the blame or go along for the ride. [...]
Forget The Fiscal Cliff, We’re Facing A Milk Cliff
From The Hill: The three bills are aimed at preventing a spike in dairy prices looming in the new year. Because Congress has failed to renew farm programs, an underlying 1949 law is slated to kick in. This would force the government to buy up American milk at inflated prices and the purchases are expected [...]
“How Did It Come To This?”
Well, as we are all aware of by now, the latest crisis being used to spook the bejesus out of Americans is the upcoming, scary-sounding ‘fiscal cliff.’ Though the fiscal cliff may indeed have the potential to cause some uncomfortable financial consequences for the American taxpayer, let’s not kid ourselves about the true motives behind [...]
Why Negotiating With President Obama Always Fails
Remember that Bob Woodward’s book on the debt ceiling negotiations last year gave behind the scenes details on how President Obama blew-up a deal? He’s up to his old tricks again… The Wall Street Journal reports behind the scenes details from the current round of negotiations: Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as [...]
Weekly Standard’s Kristol Throws Up Hands, GOP Should ‘Acquiesce’ to Obama
William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard, seems to have decided that retreat is the way forward for the Republican Party. In a new editorial that approaches a meltdown, the Fox commentator and consummate Washington insider essentially advised the GOP to just throw in the towel on these fiscal cliff talks and more or less [...]
Sen. Orrin Hatch: Obama Fiscal Proposal ‘Classic Bait and Switch’
Senator Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) delivered the GOP weekly address and it was a damn good one. He pulled no punches and laid it out straight that Obama lied when he ran for re-election and perpetrated a “classic bait and switch” maneuver. What ever you think of Mr. Hatch or the GOP, he spoke truth [...]
College Professors Lose Hours Because of Obamacare
One of my favorite stories this week is the college professors at Pennsylvania’s Community College of Allegheny who’ve had their hours cut because of the costly requirements of Obamacare. One of Obamacare’s changes to general business practices is to make people who work 30 hours or more a “full time worker.” For generations that magic [...]
What We Are Thankful For
Like most conservatives, I felt Election Day was the end of the United States of America. I am not convinced going forward that it isn’t, either. But on this day of giving thanks for what we do have, it would be a mistake not to be grateful for the things with which we have, in [...]
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