April 11, 2014 – 7:51 am
This is the most simple of things: approve or disapprove the Keystone XL pipeline. Obama put off any decision for the politics of the 2012 elections. Report after report, including the most recent one, give a thumbs up to the pipeline. So why not just make a decision? (The Hill) White House press secretary Jay […]
April 9, 2014 – 7:05 am
Good question, if I don’t say so myself (IBD) About 7 million Afghans turned out to vote in Saturday’s presidential election, many proudly brandishing a photo ID that our Department of Justice claims is a symbol of racism and voter intimidation. In perhaps the most ironic tweet of all time, former Obama adviser David Axelrod […]
April 9, 2014 – 6:45 am
What has Mark Levin so vexed? We pretty much know that Obama is a disgrace in general. Here’s in specific (The Blaze) Conservative radio host Mark Levin on Tuesday said he is “ashamed and disgusted†that President Barack Obama plans to hit a fundraiser on Wednesday, hours after attending a memorial service to honor the […]
April 8, 2014 – 2:49 pm
A good chunk of this is directly related to the “Affordable” Care Act (Forbes) Health insurance premiums are showing the sharpest increases perhaps ever according to a survey of brokers who sell coverage in the individual and small group market. Morgan Stanley’s healthcare analysts conducted the proprietary survey of 148 brokers. The April survey shows […]
April 7, 2014 – 8:23 am
Which is rather funny, since Obama pays women who work in the White House less than the men (The Hill) President Obama is preparing to lean on companies that do business with the government with a pair of new executive actions designed to close the wage gap between men and women. The orders, detailed by […]
April 4, 2014 – 7:56 am
Remember how Maryland was supposed to be a model for how the new “Affordable” Care Act exchanges would work? Well, that was before their website turned out to be a complete failure. They’re now looking to use the Connecticut exchange software, after pissing away $125 million, which could cost another $30 million or more. Know […]
April 2, 2014 – 11:12 am
No, seriously (CNS News) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Democrats passed their health insurance law, not to insure the uninsured, but to give people “quality” health care and “affordable” health care. “Madam Leader, isn’t the real measure of success, not the raw number who signed up, but how many of those who signed […]
March 31, 2014 – 9:34 am
The NY Times’ Ross Douthat is quite vexed that Obama’s foreign “policy” is so unpopular in polls. First, we have to consider why I’ve put “policy” in quotation marks. Well, he has to actually have a policy platform. There is none. He and his team are essentially winging it, living in the now. There’s no […]
March 31, 2014 – 9:00 am
Over at the Boston Globe, John Sunuunu offers a scathing look at Obamacare, noting that it misses the target The law clearly states that today is the final day to sign up for Obamacare. Only it isn’t. The extension announced last week covers anyone who merely claims they intend to apply. Allowing such a frivolous […]
March 29, 2014 – 8:29 am
Obama has a “carbon footprint” estimated, conservatively, to be 41,000 metric tons. That’s the equivalent of the footprint of 2200 Americans. Of course, that was in 2009, when he hadn’t sent his wife, kids, and dogs on separate flights on their way to vacations. This is a man who will take a fossil fueled flight […]