Category: Government Waste

Any Minute Congress Could Re-Fund ACORN

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Earlier I noted that we need your voice to keep the pressure on our representatives to keep government funds out of the hands of the criminal organization ACORN. Today Byron York posted another reminder of this salient fact in his headlined, “Will Congress’ Defunding of ACORN Expire Saturday?” York concludes that it is unlikely that […]

 

FACT CHECK: Profits for Health Insurance Companies Far From Fat

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Associated Press posted an interesting piece revealing that the health insurance industry is far from the image that Democrats and other leftists want to present. Insurance companies are so often presented as rapacious, fat-cats ripping off all their customers and growing fat on profits. But the AP finds that reality does not quite fit […]

 

Doc Quits! $160,000 Per Year Malpractice Costs the Cause

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Doctor Jacquelline Perlman has had it. After a 12-year career as an OB-GYN doctor she his quitting her practice. One of the major reasons is the exorbitant costs of malpractice insurance. “I’ve decided to retire from obstetrics,” said Perlman, 42. “It breaks my heart. Malpractice costs are a big part of it. It’s a very […]

 

Why Does Obama Hate the Poor? Part Two

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On August 13 I posted a piece wherein I facetiously asked “Why does Obama hate the poor?” Then I pointed out that the cash for clunkers program was likely to cause the price of used cars to skyrocket in the near future. I also asserted that the reason this will be so is because Obama’s […]

 

Communist Truther Van Jones’ Green Graft Legacy Lives On

Posted on by Dave Blount

Remember Van Jones, the self-described communist and “rowdy black nationalist” who admitted to having been “radicalized in jail”? Comrade Obamao set him up as Green Jobs Czar and gave him a staggering $60 billion of our money to create green jobs, leaving even Newsreek to wonder where the money went when no one could even […]

 

House Speaker Lacks Democrat Votes for ‘Public Option’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Despite assurances to the contrary, Politico.com is reporting that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) does not have the votes to include the so-called public option in the House version of Obamacare making it more likely that a “trigger” will be included instead. Politico also reports that Obama himself announced support for the […]

 

Senate Defeats Dem Leader Reid’s ‘Doc Fix’ Plan

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Roll Call is reporting that the $250 billion extension to the Medicare physician payment program was defeated in the Senate today. Reid couldn’t even get a simple majority losing in a 47 to 53 vote. Naturally Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev) blames the Republicans. Reid complained that the loss was a result of “activities […]

 

Democrats Still Against Transparency in Congress

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

According to McClatchy news, in the Democrat’s 2006 campaign book, in the “integrity” section, the Democratic leadership vowed that legislation would be posted online for 24 hours before consideration of the final versions of any bill. That promise coupled with their president’s claims that he’d post all bills online for five whole days — that’s […]

 

Illinois Rep. Biggert Introduces Defund ACORN Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R, Hinsdale, IL) introduced legislation last week intended to prevent misuse of federal housing counseling funds. “It’s abundantly clear that ACORN and its affiliates cannot be trusted as a federally certified entity,” said Biggert, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee. “Given the group’s clear links to illegal and […]

 

Obamacare Lacks ‘Protection Against Treatment Denials’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The L.A. Times published a story that was probably meant solely as a bash on insurance companies, but still the report brings up several issues that Obamacare will only make worse if passed. The problem raised in the headline, “Healthcare bills lack protections against treatment denials, experts say,” isn’t the only problem the story touches […]

 

Government Healthcare Applied to AIDS in DC

Posted on by Dave Blount

We don’t need a crystal ball to see what healthcare will degenerate into as Big Government tightens the grip on its throat. Just refer to the District of Columbia, where most everything falls under the purview of liberal statists: In a city ravaged by the highest rate of AIDS cases in the nation, the D.C. […]

 

Obama Abandons Abused Women in Afghanistan

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

President Barack Obama is putting the finishing touches on making a mockery out of the unsupportable claim that Democrats care about women’s rights by his signal to the Afghan Taliban, warlords, strongmen, militias, and tribal leaders that he’s ready to negotiate with anyone there in order to smooth his efforts in that troubled region. President […]

 

What Does It Cost To Eat With Barry?

Posted on by William Teach

It turns out, quite a bit. After Obama’s quick, 4 hour tour of New Orleans, which angered many residents and supporters for its briefness and for waiting 9 months since he was coronated, as well as angering residents of the other states affected by Katrina, Dear Leader took to the air, spewing massive amounts of […]

 

CNN: ‘Disingenuous Insurance Companies’ or Disingenuous Reporting?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On October 13 CNN’s John Roberts conducted an interview with purported “insurance industry insider” Wendell Potter who claimed that the disingenuous actions of the insurance industry made him “decide to become a critic of the industry.” Mr. Potter is a former head of Public Relations of the CIGNA Corp and Humana, Inc. but he is […]

 

Brave Mom Fights Forced Unionization and Gov. Quinn

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

We’ve been reporting to you of the outrageous under-the-radar actions of Governor Pat Quinn and his Executive Order 9-15. This EO both handed the private information of Illinois citizens to unions and set up a payoff for his union supporters by automatically unionizing hundreds of Illinois home healthcare workers whether they want to be unionized […]

 

Healthcare Conference Call With Representatives Shadegg and Rodgers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Today at 4:30PM eastern a blogger conference call was held by Representatives John Shadegg (R, AZ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA). The subject we spoke about was that of House Republican’s ideas and problems on healthcare reform issues in both the Senate and the House. The following are my notes of the call, any […]

 

Public Works Not Working, Mass Transit Not Moving: A Conservative Perspective

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Matt Lewis writes a must-read piece about a conservative view on public transportation. I’m not going to get into the details of it, but I urge you to read it. Here is where conservatives and Republicans need to get with the program: the government does have a role in public life. Infrastructure and defense are […]

 

Maine, Tennessee, Massachusetts Universal Healthcare Plans a Bust

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Both President Obama and the Democratic Congress have ignored the mess that three states have made of their economy and tax burden by attempting to create a public option and/or universal healthcare. Tennessee has its TennCare program, Maine has tried a “public option” program, and Massachusetts has its RomenyCare system that promises healthcare for all. […]

 

Another of Obama’s Radical Appointees

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Old Media wholly ignored the story, but one of the extremists that Barack Obama appointed as a so-called czar in his government had to step down when the full extent of his un-American radicalism was exposed on the Internet. Obama’s “green czar,” Van Jones, resigned when it was revealed how anti-American his rhetoric was […]

 

Smosska’s ACORN Smoke Screen

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston This is an update on a story about a company in South Carolina named Smosska that I covered back in July. At this point, it seems beyond question that Smosska is a sham organization that was set up by ACORN in order to hide “community activism” behind a false front in […]

 

8 Dem Senators Push Reid for Transparency on Health Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As reported earlier, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been fighting against efforts to institute transparency in the healthcare debate by posting SB3200, the House healthcare bill, online for at least 72 hours before the bill comes to the floor. Similarly, efforts to bring transparency to the Senate’s Baucus bill are also in the […]

 

How ACORN Hides Behind Fake Names

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Many states have ways to look up the businesses, organizations and people with whom the state does business. Illinois has such a service on the Secretary of State’s website. In Illinois there is a way to search the folks the state does business with on a page titled Corporate/LLC Search / Certificate of Good Standing. […]

 

Obama’s Stimulus for Unions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Stimulating the economy isn’t nearly as important to President Obama as putting federal dollars into the pockets of his union cronies. Because of Obama’s PLA Executive Order, thousands of jobs are going to unions in states that have few union members. The Washington Times, for instance, reports that Obama has grandiosely given a $35 million […]

 

Pelosi Thwarting Transparency Measures, Won’t Allow Public to See Healthcare Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On September 25, we reported on the Walden Discharge Petition that Representative Joe Wilson informed us about in a conference telephone call. Wilson told us of a resolution that would force all bills that come before the House for a vote to be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before the members can vote […]

 

The CIA Should Be Combating Terrorists, Not Spying On Sea Lions

Posted on by William Teach

I’ve mentioned before that the CIA has opened a Center On Climate Change and National Security. Surprisingly, some people have a problem with this There’s been a lot said lately about the national-security implications of climate change, in the form of water shortages, mass migration, and unstable governments. But in the view of at least […]

 

The Obama Justice Department’s Secret Blogging Team… Is it Illegal?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, has apparently hired a cadre of left-wing, Democrat campaign bloggers to troll through the Internet looking for news stories and blog posts that denigrate the Obama agenda. After such websites are found it is the job of these secret lefty bloggers to leave comments that come to the support of […]

 

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Demonizing Private Insurance Companies

Posted on by William Teach

Over the past few months, we have heard and read about Democrat leaders doing their typical “hey, let’s insult, demean, damage, and demonize yet another private entity” in regards to the health insurance industry. They tell us that the private health insurance companies should be more like the selfless government run Medicare. Yeah, about that […]

 

And Now Senator Schumer is Lying about Job Loss

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

You know, our job loses are bad enough without President Obama and now Senator Chuck Schumer lying about it all and making it sound even worse than it is. But this particular lie is a very particular lie, one that is aimed to make the presidency of George W. Bush the bad guy. Job loses […]

 

Dems False Talking Point of 80% Agreement

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama has repeatedly been heard to say that Congress agrees on “about 80% of what needs to be done” on healthcare. And many Democratic congressmen have been echoing this since Obama’s Sept. speech. The meme has been used to present their case as if Obamacare is somehow mostly acceptable by all concerned. Even some Republican […]