Surprise! Harry Reid, Democrats, Say No to Any 2012 or 2013 Budget Bill
Posted on February 4, 2012 - Filed Under Congress, Constitution, Debt ceiling, Democrats, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, GOP, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, National Debt, News, Politics As Usual, Republicans, Senate, Taxes, U.S. Constitution, government waste, harry reid, liberalism, pork spending, transparency/accountability | Leave a Comment
This is getting rather repetitive
(Washington Examiner) “Let’s see it,” a frustrated Sen. Jeff Sessions said on the Senate floor Monday afternoon. “Let’s bring it forward.”
By “it,” Sessions meant a Democratic proposal for a 2012 federal budget. In recent days Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, has been asking, pushing, [...]
Shockingly, Dems Passed Congressional Insider Trading Bill As a Political Weapon
Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under Congress, Democrats, Government corruption, House, News, Politics As Usual, Republicans, Senate, harry reid, political opportunism, transparency/accountability | 1 Comment
I’ll give Harry Reid some credit for bringing the legislation to the Senate floor and getting it passed, at least till we get an in-depth look at the legislation and see if it actually does what it says, but
(The Hill) The White House and Democrats have seized on legislation barring lawmakers from making insider stock [...]
Friday Doc Drop: Emails Say Holder Was Alerted Over Death Of Brian Terry
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under BATFE, Congress, Democrats, DoJ, FBI, Fast and Furious/ Gunrunner, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, News, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
Any time an administration wants to release bad news, they do it on a Friday night. How bad are these DOJ emails? I’m sure Darrell Issa will have some pointed questions for Eric Holder on Monday
(NPR) For the first time, the Justice Department has made public a series of sensitive messages that passed to the [...]
Obama SOTU 2012: An America Built to Last Like a Chevy Volt
Posted on January 25, 2012 - Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Bald-face lies, Barack Obama, Communism, Congress, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, Despotism, Economy, Elections, Fascism, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, Jobs, John Boehner, News, President, Recession/Depression, Republicans, Socialism, Taxes, Totalitarianism, Unemployment, class warfare, government waste, harry reid, liberalism | Comments Off
OK, I’ll admit, I only watched about 5 minutes of Obama’s SOTU speech. I’d been watching the NJ Devils lose in OT, and inadvertently hit the recall button on the remote, which took me to Fox News. A few minutes in, I decided that I really didn’t want to attend an Obama campaign speech, so, [...]
Read More..>>Know What Obama’s Jobs Council Recommended? Drilling For Oil
Posted on January 18, 2012 - Filed Under Barack Obama, Coal/Energy Resources, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Energy, House, Jobs, John Boehner, News, Oil drilling/resources, Senate | Comments Off
Google “oil job creation” and you will find tons of stories how some states, such as North Dakota, are seeing such an influx of new employees that the housing market cannot keep up. That these new employees have money to spend. Oh, and that there are tons of new employees. And then we get
(Global Warming [...]
Politico Notices That a GOP Win in November Could Mean The End of ObamaCare
Posted on January 16, 2012 - Filed Under 10th Amendment, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Elections, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, HHS, Healthcare, House, Mitt Romney, News, Obamacare, Politico, Republicans, Senate, Socialism, State Government, Supreme Court, Taxes, Unconstitutional | 1 Comment
Of course, since so many liberals and liberal companies have already received waivers, it wouldn’t mean all that much to themselves
(Politico) Think the Supreme Court is where the future of President Barack Obama’s health care law will be settled? Think again.
The real verdict on the future of Obama’s signature achievement will come in November — [...]
White House Supposedly Comes Out Against SOPA, House Shelves It
Posted on January 15, 2012 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Barack Obama, Congress, FCC, Government, House, Internet, News, Republicans, Senate, anti-Liberty/Freedom, harry reid | Comments Off
Saturday, the White House responded to two petitions asking that SOPA and PIPA be killed as legislation
Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP Act, and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). We [...]
Shocker! Heavily Liberal States Back ObamaCare
Posted on January 14, 2012 - Filed Under 10th Amendment, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, DoJ, Fascism, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, HHS, Healthcare, House, News, Obamacare, Senate, Socialism, State Government, States Rights, Taxes, Unconstitutional, anti-Liberty/Freedom, liberalism, paternalism, social parasites | Comments Off
Well, all are heavily liberal other than one
(Washington Times) Eleven states and the District of Columbia are siding with the Obama administration in the legal battle over the constitutionality of the new health care law, as more than half the states prepare to challenge the law before the Supreme Court.
Attorneys general in California, Connecticut, Delaware, [...]
Good News! $6.5 Billion In Taxpayers Funds At Risk In “Green” Ventures
Posted on January 14, 2012 - Filed Under Alternative Energy, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, CBS, Congress, Corporate welfare, Cronyism, DOE, Democrats, Energy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, News, Taxes, bailouts, corporatism, government waste, pork spending, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
We just saw a Friday document dump from the White House, where they were fretting about the planned layoffs at Solyndra. This should bump the fretting up to Category 5 (and probably earn CBS’ Sharyl Attkisson another profanity laced tirade from White House personnel)
(CBS News) Solar panel maker Solyndra received a $528 million Energy Department [...]
Emperor Obama Decides to Change Immigration Rules Without Congress
Posted on January 6, 2012 - Filed Under Amnesty/Immigration reform, Authoritarianism, Barack Obama, Congress, DHS, Despotism, DoJ, Fascism, Fox News, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, ICE, Illegal Aliens/Immigration, News, President, Representative Government, Senate, Totalitarianism, Treason, U.S. Constitution, Unconstitutional, liberalism | Comments Off
Obviously, anything so tiresome as dealing with the elected representatives of the American people is just too much for Mr. Hope And Change
(Fox News Latino) A senior member of the Obama administration said Thursday that the administration plans to change a rule to reduce the time the spouses and children of undocumented immigrants are separated [...]
Wash. Post Plays Hate-The-Rich-Republicans With Graphic Chart
Posted on December 31, 2011 - Filed Under Bloggers, Congress, Fraud/misrepresentation, House, Journalistic incompetence, Liberal Media/Bias, Media Bias, News, Senate, class warfare, liberalism | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
On Wednesday morning the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake posted an infographic that was a perfect example of how one can use a graphic chart to influence the public in subtle ways, ways that we of the center right better start employing in our own efforts if we want to win over the [...]
What are ‘cradle to career data systems’? And why should you care?
Posted on December 29, 2011 - Filed Under Communism, Congress, DOE, Education, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Homeschooling, House, Nanny State, News, Parenting, Social Engineering, State Government, States Rights, Totalitarianism, Unconstitutional, liberalism, paternalism | Comments Off
Big Brother is here. How the feds are tracking your kid:
◼ Student privacy at risk from Feds – NY Post
Would it bother you to know that the federal Centers for Disease Control had been shown your daughter’s health records to see how she responded to an STD/teen-pregnancy-prevention program? How about if the federal Department of [...]
Van Hollen Unintentionally Highlights What Democrats Really Want
Posted on December 27, 2011 - Filed Under Congress, Democrats, EPA, Fiscal Responsibility, House, News, Politics As Usual | Comments Off
What do Democrats really want? Ask Chris Van Hollen
(The Hill) House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) last week criticized Republicans for pushing for further cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the 2012 spending bill, and said those cuts seriously undermine what he said is the government’s [...]
Obama’s America: Only 17% Satisfied With U.S.
Posted on December 22, 2011 - Filed Under Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, House, Jobs, National Debt, News, Polls, President, Recession/Depression, Senate, Socialism, Taxes, Unemployment, government waste, pork spending | Comments Off
As the saying went while Bush 43 was in the White House “who’s the president now?”
(Politico) Watch out incumbents: Only 17 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States in 2011, the second lowest annual average ever, a new Gallup poll Thursday shows.
Since [...]
Tom Coburn Release Wastebook 2011, Highlights Government Waste
Posted on December 21, 2011 - Filed Under Congress, Earmarks, Fiscal Responsibility, Fox News, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, House, National Debt, News, Political prostitution, Politics As Usual, Senate, Taxes, government waste, political bribes, political opportunism, pork spending, transparency/accountability | 1 Comment
Unfortunately, this is not a thriller or science fiction
(Fox News) Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Tuesday released his annual “Wastebook” highlighting what he’s labeled some of the government’s most wasteful spending items, including $113,000 for a video game preservation center and $765,000 to subsidize “pancakes for yuppies” in Washington.
Coburn, a Republican who is known around [...]
