Last Thursday, Judicial Watch released the results of a new nationwide survey of registered voters conducted in partnership with Harris Interactive. It concerns the American people’s attitudes on a variety of subjects, including government corruption, Obamacare, congressional insider trading, transparency,
Last night President Obama renewed his calls for a so-called “middle class tax” cut that would all but kill Social Security: [youtube py4XoLj5plo] “Right now, our most immediate priority is stopping a tax hike on 160 million working Americans while
Media Matters for America (MMfA) sent an email yesterday, likely in error, to the office of Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)–hardly a regular recipient of MMfA spam–attempting to coordinate Democratic opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline that was recently blocked by
President Obama’s plea to ban Congressional insider trading may poll well and have bipartisan support, but it’s already facing stiff resistance from lawmakers the morning after his State of the Union address. On Tuesday night, the president spoke in no
The Stop Online Piracy Act resistance continues to draw players from both sides of the ideological aisle. This week, the Free Press Action Fund blasted MPAA President Chris Dodd for threatening to cut off money to politicians who dared to
CNN’s “In Depth” revisited an interview with Breitbart Editor Peter Schweizer discussing “Throw Them All Out” and concluded that Congress may have stood up during the State of the Union but has been “sitting on their hands” on passing legislation.
Give Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post credit: it takes courage to change one’s mind, and to admit an earlier mistake. Grim has written that he was wrong to dismiss a November 2011 report by 60 Minutes (based on Breitbart
With the publication of Peter Schweizer’s best-selling book Throw Them All Out, Media Matters for America embarked on a scorched-earth campaign in an attempt to undermine both Schweizer and his book, while dismissing the topic of insider trading in Congress.
Knowing President Obama’s Alinskyite proclivities, his third State of the Union address – coming as it did amidst a reelection campaign – could have been predicted to be filled with lofting, sometimes inspiring but routinely bait-and-switch rhetoric. Even so, his
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. It wants to ease your mind about compliance with the tax code and make April 15 as stress-free as possible. Sound too good to be
The mainstream media pontificators bloviating over President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last night failed to notice what should have been evident to anyone who had spent any time reviewing his past addresses to Congress: Obama plagiarized himself.
In a State of the Union speech devoid of clarity or specifics, President Barack Obama offered but one shining exception: a direct call for members of Congress to send him a bill to ban congressional insider trading. [youtube McbqyUZ_MVE] “Send
Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his third State of the Union Address–and his sixth address to a joint session of Congress. That’s more than either President Bush or President Clinton had addressed in any single term. Despite his purported
Labor union membership continues to be blind to the fact that the support of its “leadership” to President Obama and his political allies is coming at the cost of the members. Big Labor bosses and their political allies are happy
If you didn’t watch tonight’s debate, let me sum it up for you: Why English as the official language in US? Your Thoughts on Terri Schiavo? When was America last great? Also, the Bush tax cuts didn’t work, explain to
National Defense has an important analysis of where the US Army exactly stands in the era of Obama. They need to redefine their strategy in keeping with Obama’s plans to redirect its mission toward a greater focus on Asia. If
Fox News’ Ed Henry asks White House spokesman Jay Carney about the radical community organizer Saul Alinsky’s influence on President Obama. Carney used the question as an opportunity to take a swipe at GOP front-runner Newt Gingrich, “Have I said
Brzezinski is someone I have learned an immense amount from”, and “one of our most outstanding scholars and thinkers–Senator Barack Obama This Salon headline will bring agreement from many anti-Semites who believe the Jews (or Zionists) control the world. Zbig:
As President Barack Obama prepares for his State of the Union address in Congress, where he will no doubt claim credit for signs of economic recovery, new analyses by economists suggest that growth will slow and unemployment will remain virtually
In an ad produced by the White House, the Obama administration promotes the President’s use of executive authority to advance policies without including Congress.
Responding to Mitt Romney’s claim that he has never run a business, Newt Gingrich pointed out that he has run four small businesses in his time away from Congress, which he asserted meant “I do know what [small business owners]
The German Chancellor and French President have put together a plan to boost growth. Sounds like a good goal, but what specifically are they proposing? Some of the obvious ideas include: Lowering tax rates to boost incentives for productive behavior.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) announced on her facebook page Sunday that she will resign from Congress this upcoming week. On January 8, 2010, Giffords was shot in the head in a Tucson grocery store parking lot while meeting with constituents.
In last week’s essay, we quoted Winston Churchill’s memorable statement that “Democracy is the worst system there is except for all the others. We also restated Churchill’s observation by noting that we need to revise our delegate selection process and
Cranking their class warfare up to eleven, House Democrats submitted a “windfall tax” bill on Wednesday that would increase taxes on some oil and natural gas company revenues to 100%. As The Hill reported: According to the bill, a windfall
