Category: Economy

Oops. Obama’s ‘Saved Job’ Was Just Lost

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Oh, it was a thing to be celebrated when Obama’s payoff to the teachers unions back in August “saved” the job of Ohio school teacher Amanda VanNess. It was such a thing of wonder that the big guy flew the elementary school teacher all the way to D.C. for an Oval Office signing ceremony. (Pictured: […]

 

Nancy Pelosi Unveils Democrat Economic Strategy

Posted on by Dave Blount

Nasty Pelousy has revealed the Dems’ October surprise — an economic strategy certain to turn around the economy: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday strongly defended her party’s support of the federal food stamp program… At a press conference in her home town of San Francisco, Pelosi explained that the program’s multiplier effect — the amount […]

 

Jobs Report Stinks, But “Our Economy Is Growing Again.”

Posted on by Sister Toldjah

Reality: —– Ed Morrissey: Unemployment steady at 9.6%, 95,000 jobs lost in September; Update: “Unexpectedly”; Update: “Unexpectedly” unexpectedly deleted —– Bloomberg News: Unemployment Probably Rose as U.S. Companies Limited Hiring —– Jim Geraghty: The Jobs Report Is Worse Than You Think Hey – did you hear that the economy has “turned a corner”? Cross-posted from […]

 

The Lies States Peddle on Pension ‘Savings’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Pensions are fast becoming the time bomb that will destroy the financial well being of our state budgets. Because public employee unions have been allowed to outrageously grow their retirement benefits by supplying billions in campaign donations to compliant politicians, most state pension plans are deeply in the hole. Many states have at last begun […]

 

Obama And Democrats Continue Assault On Chamber Of Commerce

Posted on by William Teach

Remember the good old days, when politicians followed the spirit of the 1st Amendment, and did not attack private entities who used their God given right to criticize the government without fear of reprisal? That was the point of the 1st Amendment, both in spirit, and that “Congress will pass no law……” Enter the modern […]

 

Illinois Budget Mess Deepens: Using 2011 Funds to Pay 2010 Bills

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

From The Bond Buyer, a website that tracks news on the bond market we see that the president’s home state is in an ever deeper budget hole every day. In a stark illustration of Illinois’ deteriorating balance sheet, the state ended the first quarter of fiscal 2011 with $5.5 billion in overdue bills and faces […]

 

Michelle Obama on ‘World’s Most Powerful Women’ List. Why?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Forbes has published its world’s most powerful women list and on that list, in the top slot no less, is Michelle Obama, the wife of the President of the United States of America. Along with Obama a few singers and entertainers made the list. It all goes to prove that apparently no one knows what […]

 

New Democrat Campaign Issues: Abortion And Campaign Donations

Posted on by William Teach

Just a few weeks left, and some Democrats are running on ObamaCare, the Stimulus, and their massive spending. Just kidding Republicans have won points with many voters by promising a conservative overhaul of taxes and spending, but Democrats are working hard in the closing weeks of the campaign to convince voters that a conservative social […]

 

Due to ObamaCare, 3M Won’t Provide Health Insurance to Retirees

Posted on by Dave Blount

The damage from ObamaCare continues to unfold: 3M Co., citing new federal health laws, said Monday it won’t cover retirees with its corporate health-insurance plan starting in 2013. Instead, the company will direct retirees to Medicare-backed insurance programs, and will provide reimbursement for that coverage. That would be the same Medicare that the Dems just […]

 

Don’t Tell Cities The Recession Has Ended

Posted on by William Teach

We can expect to see more and more stories like this, as Obamanomics continues to destroy wealth. Here’s a pro-tip for all you little socialists out there: you can’t redistribute what people don’t have Across the country, a growing number of towns, cities and other local governments are seeking refuge in similar havens that many […]

 

Lefty Rally at Lincoln Memorial Gets Glad Handed By Old Media, But Event a Bust

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

**UPDATED WITH VIDEO of communist and socialist participants** **UPDATED 10/03/10 PHOTO of rally from Wash. Memorial** Naturally the Old Media is doing its level best to pump up the “One Nation” rally. The lefty protest is gathering in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. today, Oct. 2. But despite […]

 

Actors Union Acting a ‘Bully Boy’ Over Aussie Lord of the Rings Sequels

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Unions are the scourge of Middle Earth, or at least the upcoming filmed version of Tolkien’s Hobbit set in that mythical land, anyway. Peter Jackson, heir to the Tolkien legacy on film, is trying to produce a two-part Hobbit film but the local actors union is standing athwart him Sauron-like and casting its evil union […]

 

Feds Making NYCity Spend $27M to Change Lettering on Street Signs

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

So you are a busy federal agency with lots and lots to do. You have roads to build, bridges to reinforce, and infrastructure to shore up, but there is something gnawing at your paper pushing soul. It’s those darn street signs in New York City and others. So, like a good, jackbooted government automaton, you […]

 

Self-Induced Decline and Fall

Posted on by Dave Blount

Even at a record high, investors say gold is a good deal — because unlike the dollar, liberals aren’t able to destroy its value: The US supremacy as the top world economy will end sooner than many people believe, so gold is a better investment than the dollar despite it hitting a new record, Tom […]

 

EPA Poised to Throw 800,000 Out of Work

Posted on by Dave Blount

Our liberal rulers are doing everything they can about the jobs situation — that is, everything they can to make it worse. The top Republican on a Senate environmental panel released a scathing report Tuesday that he contends shows that the Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposed rule on cleaning up boilers nationwide could devastate America’s […]

 

As Obama Pretends at Its Freedom, His Gov’t Plans Takeover of Internet

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In an address to the United Nations on Thursday, Sept. 23, President Obama pledged to preserve a “free and open Internet” and would call out nations that censored content. In a veiled reference to China and other nations that censor the Internet, Obama said that a civil society fosters open government. “Civil society is the […]

 

The Coming Staples Mausoleum/Stadium

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Even as supporters claim they won’t need subsidies, it is more likely that L.A. is about to plunge itself forever into debt with a new stadium, the Staples Center. A look at just about any other convention center, or stadium in the country easily shows that these projects seldom pay for themselves as builders insist […]

 

What the GOP Pledge Reflects and Why We Need To Stand By It

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : : : : : : :  When the Pledge to America was first announced, it immediately met backlash from the other side of the aisle. President Obama began a tour dedicated specifically to breaking down the plan’s items one by one.:  While to many political strategists, this response may be seen as politics as usual, there are many holes in […]

 

Vadum: A Reminder, ACORN Funding NOT Permanently Cut Off

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Matthew Vadum, ever vigilant on the evils perpetrated by ACORN, reminds us that the criminal community organizer has not had its federal funding cut off permanently. The temporary cut off is soon to expire and Vadum reports that there doesn’t seem to be anyone in Congress taking up a reinstatement of the ban. In his […]

 

Newest House Net Neutrality Bill Cuts FCC Out of Internet Authority

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

It looks like House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman, (D-Calif) is so desperate to get a Net Neutrality bill out of the House before the recess that he was willing to strip the FCC authority from it this week. For months he Federal Communications Commission has been angling to take power over the Internet […]

 

Shuttering New Jersey Abortion Mills: Another Reason Why Christie is a Hero

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Aside from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie taking the fight to the state’s greedy, education-killing teachers union the Gov has also struck a blow against rampant abortion in the Garden State by taking away state funding to abortion mills. Steven Ertelt reports that at least one Planned Parenthood office is closing down and others are […]

 

Scapegoating Progressive Bloggers for the Obama Administration’s Failures?

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Just when you think Democrats could not possibly become more absurd, they surprise you: With each passing day, I’m beginning to realize that the crux of the problem for Obama is a handful of prominent progressive bloggers, among them Glenn Greenwald, John Aravosis, Digby, Marcy Wheeler and Jane Hamsher. That’s from liberal New Media guru […]

 

Rep. Roskam on The ‘Pledge To America’ (Answers to Earmarks Question)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week the House Republicans issued their update of the 1994 “Contract With America.” They have labeled it the “Pledge To America,” and it was launched to a standing ovation from House Republicans. On Friday I spoke to Representative Peter Roskam (R, Ill.) and asked a few questions about this new effort. Roskam said that […]

 

Pot Smoking Gov’t Motors Car Builders Actually Fired

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Monday Government Motors (GM) took a hard line against the drunken, pot smoking union members that became the unwitting star of a news expose in Detroit last week firing the partiers. All 13 employees were fired after being shown on WJBK, Fox 2 News Detroit drinking and smoking pot in a local park on their […]