In April we exposed Obama’s overseer of union financial disclosure and his personal conflicts-of-interest. Now we have well-sourced evidence that Director John Lund is telling union officials to bypass Department of Labor investigators and work with him personally. Imagine if
On “Meet the Press” Sunday, David Gregory asked Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe, “Should government be playing venture capitalist to try to prop these interest–industries up [referring to Solyndra]?” Plouffe’s answer: “Well, let’s step back for a minute. We
“If you’re going to take away liberty and property, there has to be some sort of due process involved,” says Chris Littleton, the head of Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom and a Tea Party leader in the Buckeye state. “In this
Flashback to August and what was then called the Obama clause at MF Global: Corzine’s Obama Clause in MF Global Offering Stuns Wall Street MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MF) took the cult of the Wall Street chief executive officer to
Now we’re begging: Will someone PLEASE bring back Glass-Steagall? The Glass-Steagall Act was, of course, the legislation passed in the early 1930s in response to a certain banking crisis that led to a particular Great Depression. Among other things, the
The bankruptcy of MF Global demonstrates that the 1% of crony capitalists in America are now subject to the same risks of economic losses as the other 99% of us. Led by former Goldman Sachs Chairman Jon Corzine, MF Global
Today, the President signed an Executive Order to prevent drug shortages and protect consumers.
From The Commercial Appeal: Thomas Burrell WASHINGTON — A federal judge has agreed to a settlement involving a class of at least 40,000 black farmers who claim they were discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and who missed
At the Florida Democratic Party State Convention over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis insulted members of the Tea Party, referring to the activists as “teabaggers.” Teabagger is a pejorative term used to refer to a certain sexual
President Barack Obama last week unveiled his latest attempt to divert attention away from his horrendously failed economic policies and record. In his ongoing effort to “fundamentally transform America” and his loomingly piteous campaign to get reelected, the newest phraseology
– Happy Halloween. Scariest costume this year: Second Term Obama. – Cheezburger vs WaPo. A very interesting slapfight, wherein WaPo loses. Great piece. Journalism, particularly newspapers, have been fleecing America for decades and the bill has come due. Before the
While Obama tours the country promoting his personal donation plan, the Republican Presidential hopefuls are in a pitched battle for the nomination and arguing which tax simplification plan is best. Threatened with the possibility of rate cuts, the Media and
It was a normal Shabbat afternoon in Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood. Children were outside visiting with their friends and playing in the empty streets. But the tranquility of the scene was destroyed in a moment when a Palestinian terrorist crept up
The squeeze is on at the Pentagon. And there are some deep-rooted procurement problems that are going to have to be fixed if we hope to get maximum bang for the buck. Procurement system (the simple version) The simple fact
I’ve criticized the Congressional Budget Office for generating biased and inaccurate numbers. These are the clowns, after all, who say deficit spending stimulates the economy in the short run but they also rely on a model which seemingly predicts 100
– Two super fun facts about Matt Lauer. – The UHF of cable news now has an app. – NYT stock downgraded. Surprise. – Seriously, is there anything short of brain damage that qualifies as an acceptable excuse for watching
Funny, Matthews seems to forget that the Democratic-led Senate is still part of Congress.
We need to cut this much… James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, reported earlier this month that the Obama deficit-reduction plan “calls for cuts in the double-digit range–with a B–over 10 years.” Congressman Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, responded today during the
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets102711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Joy Pullmann to discuss Obama’s recent student loan initiatives, lessons to be learned from the battle
The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements were both born out of the despair following the 2008 financial crisis, and both have tapped into the public’s anger over the unfairness of bank bailouts and huge bonuses for the risk
Over at the American Thinker, Professor Paul Kengor recounts the story of the Communist Party USA’s plot for their own version of Southern Secession. Based on information from sources ranging from the FBI to the records of the Comintern (the
Yesterday CNN asked its viewers whether President Barack Obama should bypass Congress to enact his economic policies, using–and expanding–his executive powers to control vast swathes of our economic life. Adopting Obama’s premise that our economic woes are all the fault
The federal government, as part of Obamacare implementation, is trying to figure out how to get its hands on everyone’s healthcare records. It may seem like a small boat in the ocean of bureaucratic incursion that is Obamacare, but given
Is CNN operating as the free press challenging the government’s actions, or a cheerleader for the president they adore?
Sorry, I missed the Obama visit to Las Vegas this week. It’s a busy week for me. I’ve gotta short-sell my house and doing all the paperwork and the move, along with my job has me sort of tied up.
