January 27, 2012 – 7:59 am
Quite obviously, there has to be a bit of narcissism in any person who wants to run for the presidency. Yet, with Barack Obama, everything seems to be all about himself. Does anyone get the feeling that Obama wants to be president to help anyone, to be a good steward of the United States as […]
January 25, 2012 – 1:27 pm
Silly things like jobs, the economy, energy, and so forth rate a bit higher (The Hill) The nation’s economy and its job market remain Americans’ top concerns, a new poll has found. The Pew Research Center found that strengthening the economy (86 percent) and the job market (82 percent) were the only two issues that […]
January 24, 2012 – 8:18 am
The New Yorker has a lengthy piece on Barack Obama and his rise to power (which never seems to mention starting his political career in the living room of unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers), making Obama out to be some sort of anointed one who always spoke about Americans coming together, but, gosh darnit, too […]
January 21, 2012 – 10:01 am
That is, if you a tourist coming from another country. If you want to create jobs through something like, say, the Keystone XL pipeline, well, sucks to be you. If you are part of the oil industry, Obama’s EPA will try and stop you. If you are a small business, Obama’s extreme regulations will cause […]
January 18, 2012 – 8:07 am
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 […]
January 17, 2012 – 8:20 am
We learn this in a The Hill article which suggests that liberals and leftists will not particularly like the Presidents proposed budget. Fortunately, the Democrat led Senate will never bother to pass it. Anyhow Top White House officials are warning liberal and labor leaders to brace themselves for President Obama’s budget proposal. Gene Sperling, director […]
December 22, 2011 – 8:34 am
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 Gallup […]
December 21, 2011 – 8:56 am
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 […]
December 14, 2011 – 8:15 am
Of course, the Democrat controlled Senate has said they would kill it and Obama has said he will veto it. Before reading it, of course (Washington Post) Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax […]
December 10, 2011 – 9:09 am
Hey, even Obama said he shouldn’t be re-elected if the economy wasn’t fixed (CBS News) Less than one year out from Election Day 2012, voters remain overwhelmingly pessimistic about the economy, and their concerns are taking a toll on President Obama’s re-election chances. Just 41 percent of Americans think Mr. Obama has performed his job […]
