February 28, 2013 – 6:45 am
This is leadership in the age of Obama (Daily Caller) President Barack Obama will wait until the sequester hits to have his first sequester-related face-to-face meeting with congressional leaders on Friday, according to a report by ABC News’s Jonathan Karl: “A congressional source with direct knowledge of the plans tells me the top four congressional […]
February 27, 2013 – 8:58 am
Nowhere in this article, which could have been written by the White House (but, really, this is just the way Liberals think) is it mentioned that Sequestration is simply a slight reduction in the growth of government Austerity Kills Government Jobs as Cuts to Budgets Loom I know, I know, you’re really, really, really broken […]
February 26, 2013 – 9:24 am
Daily reminder: they aren’t cuts. Just a slight reduction in the rate of spending increase, but, you know, if the Sequestration is allowed to proceed the animals in the national parks will turn feral and start eating tourists before joining forces and attacking cities (Daily Caller) In an effort to put the looming automatic spending […]
February 25, 2013 – 7:04 am
Leading by fear-mongering (The Blaze) On Sunday, the White House continued its effort to prevent the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts known as “sequestration†from starting this Friday, releasing a dramatic state-by-state list of how they claim each state will be impacted if Congress fails to act. It’s worth remembering that the “cut†is […]
February 23, 2013 – 8:17 am
I guess David Brooks is wrong: Obama does have a plan. Or at least an outline of a plan. Whether there are any actual details and legislation that can be voted on is unknown. Here’s Jennifer Palmieri blogging for Obama A Balanced Plan to Avert the Sequester and Reduce the Deficit Good thing America doesn’t […]
February 20, 2013 – 8:27 am
One of the big problems with the GOP over the past 10 years, and especially since Obama assumed his throne, is that they have attempted to be the Adult In The Room. The responsible party. The ones who speak in a quiet manner, which refuses to get down in the mud with Obama and the […]
February 12, 2013 – 1:07 pm
Yeah, now they tell us (Fish Wrap) GREEN jobs have long had a whiff of exaggeration to them. The alternative-energy sector may ultimately employ millions of people. But raising the cost of the energy that households and businesses use every day — a necessary effect of helping the climate — is not exactly a recipe […]
February 11, 2013 – 8:20 am
Of course, what Team Obama really wants is more “revenue”, ie, tax increases (The Hill) The White House on Sunday sought to pressure Republicans to “come to the table” to strike a deal to avert sequester cuts slated to hit at the end of the month. In a blog post on the White House website, […]
February 8, 2013 – 11:55 am
In case you’re wondering, this is a repeat of the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 SOTUs, not too mention every once in awhile during his kingship and during the campaign now and then, where he “pivots” with a “laser like focus” till squirrel!!! (UPI) U.S. President Barack Obama told House Democrats Thursday his State of […]
February 4, 2013 – 9:07 am
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin argues it never arrived The economy may or may not wind up in a technical recession (two quarters of negative growth), but in fact the Obama economy never really made a recovery. Its endemic low growth and high unemployment now define the U.S. economy — unless we chart another course. […]
