January 15, 2013 – 10:01 am
During yesterday’s Obama PC, he stated that he was a “pretty friendly guy“, which got a lot of laughs from the lapdog media, which had asked if he was “too insular”. Of course, that seems to apply only to partying, playing golf, and vacations, but, not to people in both his own Party and towards […]
January 2, 2013 – 7:05 am
Der Fuhrer has spoken (Slate) In a brief address Tuesday night, President Obama saluted the passage of a fiscal cliff deal that the White House had negotiated with the Senate. Then he fired a warning shot at Congressional Republicans, saying he won’t tolerate another down-to-the-wire battle over the debt ceiling this spring. “I will not […]
January 1, 2013 – 8:01 am
The NY Times’ resident “conservative” (who resembles a conservative about as much as Nancy Pelosi) offers up a nice summary of the fiscal cliff deal. Another Fiscal Flop After first expounding that the public debt as a percentage of gross domestic product went from around 38 percent in 1965 to 74% now, that it could […]
December 28, 2012 – 6:39 pm
If you run around the news sites, you’ll see lots of stories of “optimism” regarding a fiscal cliff deal, which kinda is belied by the long faces (and Nancy Pelosi being unable to find her car) post meeting. Ah, but a barely publicized story comes from the AP via WRAL A person familiar with the […]
December 26, 2012 – 6:45 am
The AP/Politico just can’t find it in themselves to put any blame on the policies of Obama and Democrats (Politico) U.S. holiday retail sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and consumers’ rising uncertainty […]
December 13, 2012 – 9:24 am
One of the big Memeorandum pulls is a report from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which has made Leftist supporters of (NMP) Obama’s policies ecstatic Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent […]
December 10, 2012 – 2:14 pm
Doug Ross calls this a “grim milestone“, and he’s right (Washington Times) The federal government borrowed 46 cents of every dollar it has spent so far in fiscal 2013, which began Oct. 1, according to the latest data the Congressional Budget Office released Friday. The government notched a $172 billion deficit in November, and is […]
December 7, 2012 – 8:44 am
First we had Harry Reid, Democrat Majority Leader in the US Senate, refusing to allow any vote on Obama’s fiscal cliff tax ‘n spend plan, calling it a “stunt”. Following that we get (National Journal) The White House on Thursday dismissed as political mischief Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s offer to bring President Obama’s fiscal […]
December 6, 2012 – 7:09 am
One can always count on some funny stuff from Harry Reid (Weekly Standard) Senate majority leader Harry Reid is denying the Senate the chance to vote on President Barack Obama’s proposal. Reid calls Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s request to vote on the plan a “stunt.” “I reserve the right to object. I just a minute […]
December 5, 2012 – 8:09 am
Late yesterday, the Washington Post editorial board determined that the “Opening bids on ‘fiscal cliff’ talks are too small“. After spending most of the opening part of the editorial attacking John Boehner’s opening bid (surprising, eh?), we learn What’s worrisome, though, is that the two sides are slipping into a kind of tacit agreement to […]
