Archive for Category: "Top Stories from Around the Web"

February 22, 2012 10:24

Documents show Obama’s FCC used regulatory muscle to destroy LightSquared’s competition

The Daily Caller has obtained documents, emails and communications showing how President Barack Obama’s Federal Communications Commission demolished wireless broadband company LightSquared’s competition through a pattern of regulatory decisions apparently aimed at establishing an “open-access” Internet in the United States.

February 21, 2012 06:55

Leaked Memo Blows The Lid Off Of The Entire Greek Bailout

Again, basically what it shows is that European leaders can’t deny what everyone sees as obvious: That everything undertaken so far is destroying the Greek economy, and that further reforms will only make it worse. – Business Insider

February 20, 2012 13:27

The Sacred Dogma of the Left

[F]or the left, the fight isn’t about social justice or the proper scope of the state. It’s about the contraceptives. It’s about sex.

February 20, 2012 09:44

Iran Is Now Helping Train The Syrian Navy

Israel and Egypt watched closely as two Iranian warships docked at a Syrian port on Saturday after crossing the Suez Canal. – Business Insider

February 20, 2012 06:38

From Obama, What Next?

We have witnessed President Barack Obama, and his administration, issue edicts, work against and/or ignore the US Constitution and Congress, and be inconsistent when it suits him. The question now becomes, “What will Obama do next?” – American Thinker

February 19, 2012 17:06

GOP Needs Prudence To Reverse Obama’s ‘Soft Despotism’

Tocqueville, writing in the 1830s, foresees ObamaCare and the crony capitalism that produces a Super Bowl commercial from a government- and union-controlled company that seeks Obama’s re-election. – IBD

February 19, 2012 16:44

Krauthammer on payroll tax holiday compromise: ‘Selling crown jewels to buy crack’

“This tells you how bad our politics have become,” Krauthammer said. “Everybody here is so delighted that we finally have a bipartisan agreement and are celebrating it. Over what? … We have just added $100 billion [to a $16 trillion debt for]… a payroll tax cut that every economist will tell you will not have any influence on the creation of jobs or helping our economy. It is temporary and it will have no effect.” – The Daily Caller

February 17, 2012 05:48

Obama: Mandate Saves Money; Mandate Authors: HHS Forbids Determining If It Saves Money

The fact that HHS prohibited the panel from considering the cost effectiveness of the mandate it developed sharply contrasts with President Obama’s declaration at the White House last Friday that his administration had adopted the panel’s recommendations precisely because they will “make the overall cost of health care lower” – CNSNews.com

February 17, 2012 05:25

The Tea Party Is Killing The Republican Party And Therefore America

The sense that the government is doing too much for too many for little or not return; the sense that the government is piling up debt for a future generation enslaving them and their children horrified average people who decided to become politically involved and joined the Tea Party. – Dr. Melissa Clouthier

February 16, 2012 11:53

GOP Trades Principle For Politics With Tax Deal

It moves up the bankruptcy of the Social Security system, while adding another $100 billion to our debt — all for a benefit worth less than $20 a week to average workers. – IBD