Via the Left-wing Politico (we read it so you don’t have to): “Hank Williams and what he is going through now, I think it’s a very clear illustration of a greater societal problem and that is the hypocrisy on the
From The Washington Post: Under Silver’s leadership, the program grew to be the largest project finance effort in the United States. He headed both a $70 billion dollar investment program in alternative energy and a $20 billion investment program in
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com —– Via Fox Nation: “Samuel L. Jackson, I guess, disregards the 16.7 percent unemployment rate in the black community, a 20 percent unemployment rate for black adult males and a 45-46 percent unemployment for
The Wall Street Journal informs, NJ Gov Chris Christie’s overly grand exit (despite never having actually been “in” anything save some YouTube clips), has shifted focus to Mitt Romney. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to sit out the presidential
I returned a bit ago from getting photos and video of the Obama fundraiser protest in St. Louis. It was hosted by Tom Carnahan, owner of the Wind Capital Group, an alternative energy group which received around $100 million in
The Village Voice has taken it upon themselves to spell out the template that anything the tea party does regarding the manufactured Perry/ranch controversy will be considered racist. I’m sure that the left and their agents in the mainstream media
The United States is suffering from high unemployment, high energy prices, stagnant economic growth, and a massive budget deficit. By expediting the development of offshore oil resources, the government could tackle all four of these problems simultaneously. Yet for some
So tell me if I have this right: decades ago, on a hunting ranch Texas Governor Rick Perry’s family was leasing a very small portion of, Perry’s father pro-actively painted over a rock with an offensive word on it and
– Color television celebrated its 60th birthday yesterday. – In a move sure to again infuriate progressives, CNN will partner with the Florida GOP in a debate set for after the first of the year. – Some silly catfight over
What a phony-baloney plastic banana good-time rock-and-roll optic photo-op that was. — Rush Limbaugh In an article titled “Michelle Obama’s Target Trip,” Politico palace guards for Obama and buries the lead: Never has a Target dash caused such a ruckus.
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets092911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Kelly Cobb, Government Affairs Manager for Americans for Tax Reform to discuss the section of the
From Politico: Lawmakers are asking the FTC to investigate Facebook following reports that the social network has been collecting data even from users logged out of their profiles. The concerns from Capitol Hill came Wednesday in a letter by Reps.
NJ Gov Chris Christie is in the race for 2012, no wait, he’s out. It seems to depend on whom you ask. Judging from his remarks at the Reagan Library, he does enjoy being asked, if nothing else. Speculation continues
Watch Vice President Joe Biden give the already debunked meme about a gay soldier being booed at the last GOP debate an utterly shameless second round of media attention: —– The lies here are of omission but lies nonetheless. Not
Obama is on a swing through the West, promoting his ‘save my job’ jobs bill. Yesterday, he “randomly” picked a guy in the audience for a question. The guy just happened to be a rich dude who wants the government
If the American Left has a Joan of Arc, her name would be Elizabeth Warren. The Harvard professor was the designer and creator of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the independent regulatory agency that was given the power to
This probably won’t make his base very happy — not that they’ll protest too much about it anyway. That’s only for when the other side is in charge — but it does beef up America’s capabilities in executing war on
NewsBusters catches a liberal think tank accidentally destroying the liberal meme that millionaires don’t pay their fair share. A non-partisan pollling firm discovered Fox News is viewed as the best news network by a plurality of Americans. Don’t tell Erick
Nine (!) candidates sparred last night in Orlando, in the FoxNews/Google (!) debate. Reactions here, here, here, and here. There are just a few months before the Iowa caucuses, so this is pretty much the field we’re faced with. We’re
Tonight, GOP candidates will face off in Orlando for this week’s presidential debate. Tonight’s debate is sponsored by FoxNews and Google (!). The latest polling shows the race tightening between Perry and Romney, Gingrich gaining ground and Bachmann fading. Romney
After last week’s GOP debate I was pretty furious with Governor Mitt Romney over his demagoguery of Social Security at Rick Perry’s expense. But after some time to cool down (a little) and a few days to see how this
It is no secret that the White House is using, with alarming frequency, czars, boards, and executive orders to implement policies that have been met by “inconvenient” obstacles- like the American people and their representatives in Congress. Following in President
Is vanity hard to mock? Failure? Addiction to a teleprompter? How about the need to use the word “I”? Urging Congress to pass a bill now that hasn’t been written yet is kind of stupid, no? And so is “jobs
Any so called “Buffett Rule” Obama is touting wouldn’t bring in all that much revenue, anyway. Hopefully the broader middle class will figure out precisely where Obama is headed in terms of new revenue aka taxes. The bulk of America’s
“This I am sure, whoever, ruler or subject, by force goes about to invade the rights of either prince or people, and lays the foundation for overturning the constitution and frame of any just government, is highly guilty of the
