President Obama’s attempts at leadership so far are a study in failure. Is it any wonder that a majority of Americans thinks he doesn’t deserve a second term?
Archive for February, 2010
February 18, 2010 05:29
Drowning in Debt: What the Nation’s Budget Woes Mean for You
Economic forecasters say future generations of Americans could have a substantially lower standard of living than their predecessors’ for the first time in the country’s history if the debt is not brought under control. Economists Predict Cutbacks, Tax Increases That ‘Aren’t Even Imaginable’
February 18, 2010 05:08
$500 billion in spending has been used to bolster federal programs that appeal to liberal interest groups
“These programs show that the administration and Congress intended to use the economic ‘crisis’ as an excuse to fund pet big government programs to a degree that they wouldn’t have been able to through the traditional appropriations process,” said Tad DeHaven, a budget analyst at the Cato Institute.
February 18, 2010 05:02
N.J. loses $70B in wealth during five years as residents depart due to tax hikes
More than $70 billion in wealth left New Jersey between 2004 and 2008 as affluent residents moved elsewhere, according to a report released Wednesday that marks a swift reversal of fortune for a state once considered the nation’s wealthiest.
February 17, 2010 07:48
Kirk wants Obama to stop $400,000 going to Libya’s Gadhafi run Charities
The money would be divided between two foundations run by the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. A $200,000 share is set to go to the Gadhafi Development Foundation, which is run by Gadhafi’s son, Saif, and another $200,000 are to go to Wa Attassimou, an organization run by Muammar Gadhafi’s daughter, Aisha.
February 17, 2010 06:41
Read my lips: No new taxes on the middle class
A Timeline of Obama’s $250,000 Tax Pledgeand advisors fumbling as they try to explain why “any form of tax increase” doesn’t really mean what you think it does.
February 17, 2010 06:25
$500 MILLION Redistributive ‘green jobs’ Funding -Another Waste of Tax Dollars
Even though so called ‘green jobs’ cause the loss of 2.2 regular jobs for every green job created, the Obama Department of Labor has doled out $190 million of $500 million to “Build and strengthen partnerships dedicated to building a skilled clean energy workforce” and “Develop new partnerships with other agencies receiving Recovery Act funds to support strategic planning and implementation efforts”. All government gobbledy gook for Democrat slush funds to buy votes.
February 17, 2010 06:01
USAID Steers No-Bid Haiti Contract to ‘Politically Connected’ Firm of Bill Clinton Friend-We Told You This Would Happen
Described as an “integrated risk management” firm, GlobalOptions is headquartered in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza and boasts 10 offices across the U.S. The GlobalOptions subsidiary that executed the contract is James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), the “emergency preparedness and management” consulting firm founded by the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under President Clinton.
February 17, 2010 05:43
CRU chief: Hey, why don’t bloggers disprove AGW instead of criticizing us?
Well, let’s see — could it be because we’re not the people advancing extraordinary claims about man-made influence on global weather patterns? This must be some new, previously unknown tenet of the Scientific Method, wherein people who point out errors, bias, bad process, and unsubstantiated claims from scientists are somehow required to disprove their unsupported hypotheses.
February 17, 2010 05:33
Texas to challenge EPA greenhouse gas rules
Texas said it had filed a petition for review challenging the EPA’s “endangerment finding” with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Texas has also asked the EPA to reconsider its ruling.
“The EPA’s misguided plan paints a big target on the backs of Texas agriculture and energy producers and the hundreds of thousands of Texans they employ,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry said.
