January 2012
60 posts
Obama pushes plans that flopped before →
President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the Union speech as if his hands weren’t so tied by political realities. There can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry subsidies - something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much less today’s divided Congress, much less in this election year. (link)
State of the Union registers at 8th grade reading... →
Obama preaching to his choir… (link)
“If you want a good distillation of this president’s wrongheaded view of...”
– —columnist Andrew Cline
Obama Orders Catholics to Act Against Their Faith →
The Obama administration on Friday finalized a regulation that orders all Americans—unless they work directly at a church—to purchase government-approved health insurance plans that cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives including those that cause abortions. (link)
Top U.S. Catholic Bishop: ‘Administration is on... →
Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has recorded a video message bluntly stating that the Obama administration has a habit of advancing policies that violate the U.S. Constitution. (link)
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called...”
– George Washington
Rogue Internet Pharmacies Continue to Poison...
60 Plus Jim Martin: “Congress must take action NOW to keep seniors from taking poison.”
(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors advocacy group, with 7.1 million supporters, issued a statement today on the dangers of counterfeit online pharmacies selling ineffective and often poisonous drugs, and sounding an alarm for Congress to...
Rush Limbaugh: Time to ‘focus on’ personal lives... →
The hoopla surrounding the ABC News interview with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s second ex-wife, Marianne Gingrich, has raised a question for conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh: How come journalists aren’t held to the same standard they hold those they investigate to? (link)
“My ex husband Ronald Reagan lacks the character to be President!”
– Jane Wyman
Killing Keystone makes Money for Buffet →
Killing the Keystone XL pipeline may help one of the world’s richest men get richer. North Dakota’s booming oil fields will now grow more dependent on a railroad the president’s economic guru just bought.
Stop us if you see a pattern here. About the time George Soros — Hungarian billionaire and key donor to leftist groups and the Democratic Party — invested heavily in the...
“A stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of...”
– Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood
NC Sterilization Victims May See Compensation →
After decades of injustice, victims of a brutal eugenics program in North Carolina may finally see some compensation for the wrongs done to them. (link)
Obama’s Jobs Laser Blasts Keystone Pipeline to...
60 Plus Jim Martin: “The President is killing jobs, strangling U.S. energy independence, and ensuring that working families and especially seniors will pay more to heat their homes and fill-up their cars.”
(Alexandria, Virginia) – The Obama Administration announced today that it will reject the permit application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta, Canada to U.S. refineries on the...
Obama: More jobs in jobless benefits than Keystone →
”However many jobs might be generated by a Keystone pipeline,” he said, “they’re going to be a lot fewer than the jobs that are created by extending the payroll tax cut and extending unemployment insurance.” (link)
Obama Said to Reject Keystone Pipeline →
The Obama administration will reject TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline and let the company file a revised route that avoids an environmentally sensitive area in Nebraska, according to two people familiar with the decision. (link)
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a novel conception of his job priorities....”
– The Washington Examiner
“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.”
– Barry Goldwater
Occupiers eligible for federal homeless aid →
It’s now official: The so-called “Occupiers” protesting in cities from New York to California are eligible to be considered for homeless assistance under new guidelines issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development . (link)
“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only in DC... →
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he is worried that a new District of Columbia law that governs how pest control operators must handle rats may result in entire rodent “families” being relocated across the Potomac River into Virginia by D.C. pest control personnel. (link)
“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines...”
– Rep. Allen West
I believe in Tim Tebow →
I’ve come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
No, I’ve come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am.
Who among us is this selfless? (link)
Black conservatives set the record straight →
It’s high time that African Americans break free of the pervasive liberal propaganda that brainwashed them into thinking the party of Abraham Lincoln is anti-black, say several prominent black conservatives. (link)
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES CRITICAL OF EPA
Several conservative members of the Supreme Court criticized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday for heavy-handed enforcement of rules affecting homeowners after the government told an Idaho couple they can’t challenge an order declaring their future home site a “protected wetlands.”
Justice Antonin Scalia assailed the “high-handedness” of the environmental agency when dealing...
Obama Plays the Race Card →
At a Washington fundraiser Monday night, President Obama subtly played the race card, suggesting that Republican presidential candidates would deny people opportunity based on the color of their skin. (link)
Rat population has ‘exploded’ around Occupy D.C.... →
The rat population around the two Occupy D.C. camps at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza has “exploded”since protesters began their vigil in October, according to Mohammad N. Akhter, the director of the District’s Department of Health. (link)
Why My Liberal Neighbors Aren’t Speaking To Me...
I recently asked my neighbors’ little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, are liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?’
She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’
Her parents beamed with pride.
’Wow…what a...
Obama’s record isn’t kid-friendly →
The D.C. rumor mill of late has President Obama dropping Joe Biden from the ticket this year in favor of Hillary Clinton, but I don’t buy this for a second. If Obama drops Biden for anyone, it’ll be for Oprah. (link)
Even More AARP dishonesty? →
A Supreme Court amicus briefing filed by the AARP indicates that during the national debate over President Obama’s health care overhaul, the senior-citizen advocacy group did not prioritize stopping Medigap providers, including itself, from discriminating against seniors with pre-existing conditions. This stands in stark contrast with AARP’s past claims. (link)
Rubio in letter to Obama: You are turning America... →
In a scathing letter sent to Barack Obama this morning, Senator Marco Rubio said that under the President’s first term in office, “more and more people have come to believe that America is becoming a deadbeat nation.” (link)