[A]nalysis of grants from agencies during the early years of the Obama administration shows that the districts of moderate Democrats, whose support was so crucial for Obama during the 111th Congress, received large sums right around the passage of three key pieces of legislation: Obamacare, Dodd-Frank financial regulations, and the cap-and-trade bill.
Archive for February, 2012
February 22, 2012 05:52
Jetsons Episode 5,437: the Kroger vending machine
We are surrounded every day by the glories of free enterprise and risk tasking. We don’t have to lobby for the progress. We don’t have to vote for it. We don’t have to stop our lives and get involved in some stupid pressure group and march around with signs that say: “we want to do our grocery shopping through vending machines!!”
February 22, 2012 05:43
Santorum: “Good and evil exists” – “Reagan Recognized it”
Rick Santorum tells a reporter to stick with the issues. Responding to the Drudge headline about an old speech given to a religious group, Santorum contends that most Americans believe in good and evil and that Reagan talked about it also. He then accused the press of not asking issues questions.
February 22, 2012 05:34
Palin: Lame stream media “all wee-weed up” about Santorum
The Obama propaganda media is trying to divert attention from the real issues and paint Santorum as a religious zealot. They totally ignore the fact that Obama is a Marxist zealot who spent twenty years at the feet of a racist pastor who believes in “collective salvation” which means you have to give all your material goods to the poor or you can’t be “saved.”
February 22, 2012 05:18
8 Reasons Why The Greek Debt Deal May Not Stop A Chaotic Greek Debt Default
[T]he new debt deal imposes such strict conditions on Greece that it is almost inevitable that Greece will fail to meet some of them. When Greece does fail, Germany and the other northern European nations may try to claim that they “did everything that they could” but that Greece just did not “live up to its obligations”.
February 21, 2012 10:22
Do Only Dumb People Believe in Government?
As anyone who reads this site knows, I am not a fan of government, certainly not as it exists today. Thus, my collection undoubtedly suffers from “selection bias.” Even so, the number and uniformity of the negative quotes overwhelmed me.
February 21, 2012 10:11
Could the American Government Default?
While Greece continues to inch its way towards a deal with its EU partners, the creditors of a much-larger debtor, the US government, appear to be untroubled. Ten-year Treasury bonds still yield just 2%. But the issue of how the US addresses its long-term fiscal problems is, as yet, unresolved.
February 21, 2012 10:02
Disability Fraud Holds Down Unemployment Rate; Jobless Disability Claims Hit Record $200B in January
Is there anyone who thinks disability fraud is less than 10%? If not, then the unemployment rate would be at least 9.9% assuming those in fraudulent claims started looking for work.
February 21, 2012 09:48
Carter (+19) vs. Obama (-2) in February of Year 4
The chart shows the approval-disapproval ratings for President Carter and President Obama in February of their fourth year in office (1980 vs. 2012), based on the Gallup/USA Today Presidential Approval Tracker website.
February 21, 2012 07:43
Islamic Rules for Radicals
A global caliphate is the end sought by Islam, a “heaven on earth.” Leftists also pursue such a “heaven on earth” (an ideal world of “social justice,” a preserved planet, the equalization of wealth, a guaranteed existence, etc.) and are also willing to wage not only violent war against the “system” to bring it about, but practice their version of taqiyya, or double-speak, or the policy of saying one thing in public and meaning something else entirely. – Capitalism Magazine
