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Reality TV Tax Hikes? ABC Pushes a Kim Kardashian Tax

Posted on January 6, 2012January 6, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston

Here’s a new way to try and hip-up the boring, ages-old, left-wing idea of tax hikes: link it to reality TV star Kim Kardashian. That is just what ABC News tried to do on the Wednesday, January 4 edition of ABC World News Tonight when the venerable news program helped advertise an effort by a […]

Wash. Post Plays Hate-The-Rich-Republicans With Graphic Chart

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston On Wednesday morning the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake posted an infographic that was a perfect example of how one can use a graphic chart to influence the public in subtle ways, ways that we of the center right better start employing in our own efforts if we want to win over […]

The Elephant Stick

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Michael Fell

What’s the elephant stick?: Simply, it’s: a stake driven into the ground to keep a chained baby elephant from escaping captivity.: The young elephant, small and relatively weak, is: not yet strong enough to pull up: the stake and flee.: The baby elephant: learns that: when it feels tension on it’s ankle: it’s reached the end of: the chain and: can’t go any: farther.: […]

Mitt Romney: My Mass. Healthcare Plan Is ‘Fundamentally Conservative’

Posted on December 29, 2011December 29, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Romney did it again. On Fox News he linked Romneycare to conservative principles, an outrageous act in the eyes of any conservative. But hold the boat, people, because Romney didn’t exactly say that Romneycare itself is a conservative policy. And therein lies the weasel words that Romney has used to describe the Massachusetts healthcare plan […]

Obama’s America: Only 17% Satisfied With U.S.

Posted on December 22, 2011 by William Teach

As the saying went while Bush 43 was in the White House “who’s the president now?” (Politico) Watch out incumbents: Only 17 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States in 2011, the second lowest annual average ever, a new Gallup poll Thursday shows. Since Gallup […]

Awesome: Democrat Short Term Payroll Extenstion Unworkable

Posted on December 20, 2011 by William Teach

Obviously, the Democrats in the Senate are playing their typical games in kicking the issue of the payroll tax cut extension down the road. And, via Jake Tapper, we learn (ABC News) Officials from the policy-neutral National Payroll Reporting Consortium, Inc. have expressed concern to members of Congress that the two-month payroll tax holiday passed […]

“Hey Job Seekers, Here’s How To Get HR Folks On Your Side”

Posted on December 18, 2011December 7, 2011 by Craig Newmark

Reasonable-sounding: advice.

Why occupy Oval Office’s Approval Numbers Aren’t Lower

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Michael Fell

Many rightfully question why the approval numbers for the current White House occupant, hereafter referred to as occupy Oval Office, are not lower. How could such a proven incompetent’s numbers remain higher than the low thirties? The answer is simple if you know how to read the tea leaves. Submitted for your review are important […]

Democrats Trick Americans With Payroll Tax Cut Extension Ruse

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rachel Alexander

The Democrats are accusing Republicans in Congress of opposing the extension of payroll tax cuts. On the face of it, something seems wrong. Republicans are usually in favor of tax cuts and Democrats generally oppose them, except when there is a Democratic special interest involved like environmental causes. Democrats using the payroll tax cut extension […]

VIDEO: Debunking Myths About The Great Depression

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

The New Deal Was A Failure: Hoover and FDR Prolonged the Great Depression with Big Government The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation explains how the statist policies of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt lengthened and deepened the Great Depression. The video also briefly explains how reductions in the burden of government spending helped the economy […]

House Passes Payroll Tax Extension And Others

Posted on December 14, 2011 by William Teach

Of course, the Democrat controlled Senate has said they would kill it and Obama has said he will veto it. Before reading it, of course (Washington Post) Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax […]

Time Mag: Occupy Wall Street The Number One Story of 2011?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

It’s that time of year again, time for newspapers and magazines to start floating their “top stories of the year” lists and Time Magazine has a whole “Top of Everything” list with which to thrill us. But it is Time’s Top U.S. News Stories list that deserves some closer scrutiny because on it Time has […]

Even NY Times Doubtful About California Boondoggles

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

You know a government project is headed for disaster when even the New York Times becomes skeptical about it. In a recent article, the “newspaper of record” interviewed several public officials, transportation experts and historians who raise “serious objections” about the viability of California’s High-Speed Rail project — a project created by a ballot initiative. […]

Economic Idiot: “More Jobs In Jobless Benefits Than Keystone Pipeline”

Posted on December 9, 2011 by William Teach

Obama should stick with talking about how to campaign, something he knows about, and leave the economic talks to people who are more qualified. Like 4th graders (Washington Examiner) President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits […]

Is The RNC Relevant?

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Michael Fell

The current White House occupant: spewed so many lies: during his taxpayer funded December 6th campaign stop in Osawatomie Kansas that: I had to turn: his speech: off before screaming objections to his rubbish filled remarks: destroyed my vocal cords. When: speaking: of Conservative economic policy…and I quote: “But here’s the problem:: It doesn’t work.: It has never worked.: It didn’t work when […]

Video: Obama: Capitalism and Liberty Don’t Work

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama, President of the United Deniers of America, is slamming the country again. This time he ways that capitalism, liberty, and American principles have never worked. Speaking in Osawatomie, Kansas, where in 1910 an off-the-rails Teddy Roosevelt laid out a new socialist-inspired dream for America he entitled the “New Nationalism,” Obama had a few […]

Romney, Newt, Bachtorum, Ron Puntsman: Who Cares?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Like nearly every conservative in America today I am unimpressed by the current crop of GOP nominees for president and feel they all have major flaws — especially the two frontrunners Newt and Romney, both of whom have major deficits as far as staunch conservatives are concerned. But at this point I’ve come to realize […]

Help Stop The High Cost of Federal Regulations

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

(The House of Representatives is voting on this bill today…) One of the reasons that our economic recovery has been so slow is that the Obama administration has opened a continuous avalanche of regulations affecting jobs, hampering businesses, and costing all of us billions in lost revenue, taxation, and waste. But there is a bill […]

Obama Now Blames (Spins Wheel) The Internet For Job Losses

Posted on December 7, 2011 by William Teach

Let’s face it, the man is a bumbling idiot and massive narcissist who refuses to take any blame for the economic destruction he and his party had forced upon the nation. And now we get (Real Clear Politics) “Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the business cycle. And these changes didn’t just affect […]

A Fair Shake

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Michael Fell

Once again, the current White House occupant is spending your money to fly in Air Force One to a campaign stop. The location of his many stops varies, but his message doesn’t. He continues to cry out for everyone in America to get a fair shake. According to America’s emperor wannabe, the rich are preventing […]

Verdict for America: Solutions for our Most Pressing Problems

Posted on December 5, 2011December 30, 2012 by Rachel Alexander

Bill Ponath, an attorney and long-time pro tem judge, has written the definitive up-to-date and eye-opening book on the most critical issues facing the U.S. Written so anyone will understand, but not so basic as to bore the experienced politico, he analyzes eight issues thoroughly and recommends insightful common sense solutions. At one point the […]

‘Historian’ Gets Mouthy At Congressional Hearing

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

I meant to get to this last week, but “historian” Douglas Brinkley is so forgettable as a writer that it all slipped my mind. But, it’s a slow news day, so let’s take a look at the temper tantrum this hack threw when he visited the House Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 22, shall we? […]

Two by Walter Russell Mead

Posted on December 4, 2011December 1, 2011 by Craig Newmark

“The Forgotten Look of Prosperity“. This is what economic growth looks like.: It is sudden, disruptive, often inconvenient.: It messes with the status quo.: New stuff gets built and not all of it looks like the Cloisters.: All kinds of rough and hungry men flock to it; they sometimes misbehave.: They spit on the ground, […]

CNN Soft Peddles ‘Occupy’ Lawbreaking, Asks if Police Have ‘Sympathy’ With Occupiers

Posted on December 3, 2011December 3, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

On November 30, CNN’s T. J. Holmes gave us a great example of how the Old Media is soft peddling the law breaking going on at the Occupy events in order to make these events seem far less dangerous and illicit than they are. Like many in the Old Media, Holmes seems desperate to give […]

Looks Like Obama Lost These Boobs as Fans, Anyway

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

The Barbi Twins are no longer big fans of the Obammessiah. They think he’s turned his back on the horses. No, not the ones at the race track — well, maybe after they retire from the track they’ll fit in this story. No the Barbi twins think Obama has abandoned the horses that had until […]

Obamanomics: Jobless Have Little Hope Of Restoring Better Days

Posted on December 2, 2011 by William Teach

So says the…..wait, NY Times? People across the working spectrum suffered job losses in recent years: bricklayers and bookkeepers as well as workers in manufacturing and marketing. But only a select few workers have fully regained their footing during the slow recovery. They then provide a story of one woman who has, followed by Even […]

On Guns And Capitalism

Posted on December 1, 2011December 1, 2011 by Michael Fell

“progressives” are more than eager to attack guns.: It’s no secret that they are openly hostile to the Constitutional Right of Americans to keep and bear arms.: They are also primed and ready when it comes to attacking Capitalism.: ”progressives” persistently promote the notions that guns kill people and that Capitalism is inherently greedy and […]

Greedy Union to Destroy Black Restaurant Owner’s Business

Posted on December 1, 2011December 1, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

An actress, model, and African American business entrepreneur credited with reviving a once-blighted neighborhood and bringing back theater goers to the New York Theater District is about to lose her business to a greedy union that wants to hike the rent for her famous restaurant 350 percent. Back in 1986, Barbara Smith, sometimes called “the […]

With the Economy Down, Obama Looks to Help Big Labor Make it Worse

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

With this week’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of American Airlines, we again see the results of unions having a hand in destroying American businesses. We also saw GM laid low by union demands costing Americans billions in bailouts. But despite these lessons of the recalcitrance of Big Labor forcing even worse calamities on our jobs […]

The Chevy Volt: Detroit’s Hottest Car (Cuz They Catch on Fire and Stuff)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Government Motors has finally found its hottest car and the Chevy Volt is it. Unfortunately for Chevy, it isn’t because it is popular. It’s because the car seems to catch on fire a lot. Industry watchers are preparing for the Volt to undergo a recall to fix whatever problem the car’s lithium-ion battery pack has […]