It has been reported that the Obama campaign this year, as in 2008, has disabled or chosen not to use AVS in screening contributions made by credit card. That doesn’t sound very important. But it’s evidence of a modus operandi that strikes me as thuggish. – Washington Examiner
Archive for Category: "Corruption"
May 3, 2012 09:57
Contempt for Holder?
Holder keeps holding out on Fast and Furious information for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s investigation into the disastrous gun running scandal. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, went on Fox News’ America Live with Megyn Kelly to discuss the latest developments and the pending contempt charge for AG Eric Holder.
April 30, 2012 06:36
#CISPA, #SOPA, #PIPA and #BigLobbying – Your Privacy Sold
OpenSecrets.org data now shows that Rogers has received at least $175,000 from organizations that have lobbied on the bill. That’s about 15 percent of the total $1.1 million he has reported raising this election cycle.
April 30, 2012 04:55
Weak First-Quarter GDP Shows Pathetic Failure Of Obmanomics
The “Obama recovery” the media keep touting is looking more and more like a fraud. … lost jobs, lost growth, lost income, lost opportunity. This is the legacy of Obamanomics. – IBD Editorials
April 26, 2012 09:00
Oministration let grenades walk in Fast and Furious
[D]ocuments show [BATFE] agents allowed grenade parts to walk in addition to guns. – Daily Caller
April 26, 2012 08:26
Wal-Mart, The Victim of Extortion
[T]o do serious business in America requires vast campaign contributions to several layers of elected politicians, an army of lobbyists in Washington, retired government employees on your board and public devotion to the American civic religion. It goes on every year and restarts every election cycle. .. It’s easier and more efficient in Mexico. You pay bribes directly.
April 23, 2012 06:44
Sugar lobby costs consumers $3 billion a year
The U.S. sugar policy also costs taxpayers more every time they choose to buy their favorite candy, cereal or any other sugar-containing product. Studies by the American Enterprise Institute and Sweetener Users Association peg the cost to consumers between $2.4 billion and $3.5 billion per year.
April 23, 2012 06:06
Obama team breaks pledge, taps lobbyists for cash
So Obama’s virginity pledges of no corporate money and no lobbyist money — which were always riddled with loopholes — are now officially defunct. – Washington Examiner
April 20, 2012 07:25
New evidence of White House illegality in Solyndra scandal
Emails show the White House adamantly kept the GSA away from Solyndra right before it illegally restructured the failed loan to protect a big Obama campaign donor leaving taxpayers on the hook for over $500 million.
April 20, 2012 05:34
Chimps Throwing Poop And 29 Other Mind Blowing Ways That The Government Is Wasting Your Money
It is imperative that the American people be educated about all of this outrageous government waste, because right now the political will to change this corrupt system is simply not there among the current crop of politicians in Washington. We are stealing trillions of dollars from future generations and many of the things that our politicians are wasting that money on are almost too bizarre to believe.
