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Book: Obama Admits Attacking Ryan Budget Was 'Mistake'

Book: Obama Admits Attacking Ryan Budget Was 'Mistake'

President Barack Obama credits Congressional Republicans for Washington’s partisanship and gridlock, but a new book by Bob Woodward, The Price of Politics, reveals Obama may be the one who poisoned the well and now regrets it.  According to ABC News,

Veterans Department Parody Cost Taxpayers $52K

Veterans Department Parody Cost Taxpayers $52K

FOX NEWS: A video parody of the movie “Patton” which the Department of Veterans Affairs spent $52,000 to produce surfaced Wednesday, as lawmakers stepped up pressure on the VA to explain another set of questionable and costly conferences. The parody

Tax Online Sales at Point of Purchase

Tax Online Sales at Point of Purchase

Last month, I wrote about a brewing battle on Capitol Hill over on-line purchases and sales taxes. Governors, state officials and retailers are pushing Congress to force on-line retailers to collect state and local sales taxes on e-commerce purchases. An

Obama's Tax Policy Was Born in Europe

Obama's Tax Policy Was Born in Europe

I’m not a big fan of government conspiracy theories, largely because the people in Washington are too bloody incompetent to do anything effectively. Heck, sometimes they can’t even waste money properly even though they have lots of practice. But it recently crossed my

Ed Feulner: Heritage Took New Media Age Seriously, Adapted To It

Ed Feulner: Heritage Took New Media Age Seriously, Adapted To It

Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, who has just written The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values that Make Us Great, recalled how the late Jack Kemp, whose infectious optimism was one of his inspirations, was one of the GOP’s best messengers. 

Obama A Budgethawk? Not So Fast Rex Nutting

Obama A Budgethawk? Not So Fast Rex Nutting

A Rex Nutting article in Marketwatch claiming the President has been a budget hawk has generated a lot of comment, much of it mistaken. Due to what I call The Lesser-Known Law of Large Numbers, most people’s brains go on

Story of a Class Act: Johnny Carson

Story of a Class Act: Johnny Carson

Our friends at the Daily Caller have a wonderful column up today written by Raymond Siller, a former head writer for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Unbelievably, this month we’ll hit the twenty-year mark since the legend’s departure from

Diane Sawyer's Scary Makeup

Diane Sawyer's Scary Makeup

ABC News has run a segment spooking consumers about the deadly dangers of … makeup.  Naturally, the reporters in the segment, including former beauty queen Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila, report with faces full of … makeup. video platformvideo managementvideo

Obama's new campaign slogan: 'Forward'

Obama's new campaign slogan: 'Forward'

(AP) Obama’s new campaign slogan: ‘Forward’WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has a new campaign slogan: “Forward.” Obama’s re-election team unveiled its new motto in a video released Monday morning. The seven-minute video begins by recalling the grim state of the nation’s economy

Konyobama-2012-Part-I

Konyobama-2012-Part-I

KONY 2012: nearly ninety million YouTube hits and counting. Rarely has something been injected so rapidly into the public consciousness of America.  The beautiful cinematography and horrifying images have created an unprecedented reaction, reverberating all the way to Capitol Hill,

Hollywood's 1% Wants More of Your Tax Dollars

Hollywood's 1% Wants More of Your Tax Dollars

Alec Baldwin, Stanley Tucci and a bunch of lobbyists are crawling all over Capitol Hill attempting to steal more money out of our pockets to fund “artists” who don’t have the talent to survive on private donations and earnings. What

Trayvon's Parents On Capitol Hill

Trayvon's Parents On Capitol Hill

Trayvon Martin’s parents went before a congressional panel and thanked those who turned their 17-year-old son’s death into a cry against racial profiling. Martin’s parents spoke at a Capitol Hill forum that began with a moment of silence.

A Hot, Mad Pharmaceutical Mess

A Hot, Mad Pharmaceutical Mess

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is hosting its annual RX Impact Day in Washington, DC this week.  Its official, plain vanilla agenda lays out two days full of member events, Capitol Hill briefings and appointments with key Members

NPR Frames ObamaCare in Racial Terms

NPR Frames ObamaCare in Racial Terms

A reminder from the mainstream, tax-supported media: if you oppose ObamaCare, that may be because you are a white racist who hates our black president. That’s the gist of Shankar Vedantam’s story this morning on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition,

Obama Staffs White House with Top Donors

Obama Staffs White House with Top Donors

Over half of the President Obama’s 47 top fundraisers–individuals who helped bag a minimum of $500,000 for his presidential campaign–have been given jobs in the Obama White House. The latest revelation of crony capitalism, which was reported by the Washington Post, also

Feds Arrest Suicide Bomber Heading To U.S. Capitol

Authorities have arrested a man on his way to the U.S. Capitol for what he thought would be a suicide attack on Capitol Hill. In his 30’s, the man of Moroccan descent was arrested following a lengthy investigation by the

The People Vs Eric Holder

Highlights from an explosive day on Capitol Hill as lawmakers question the Attorney General over the “Fast and Furious” scandal.