Category: sequester

BREAKING: Good Riddance Reid: Senator Harry Reid Announces Retirement

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The worst Senate leader in U.S. history has announced that he is finally retiring. Nevada Senator Harry Reid will not run for re-election and will leave office in 2016 at the end of his current–and thankfully last–term. Reid, 75, noted that his recent injuries helped convince him that it is time to go. So, he’s […]

 

Deja Vu: The Pretend Debt Ceiling Crisis

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

The impending debt ceiling vote is much more important than the budget vote of a couple of weeks ago, the delay of which allegedly “shut down government.” This is because the budget vote – which is actually just a temporary continuing resolution – can be resolved by taking out the provision that guts Obamacare. While […]

 

Air Traffic Control Crisis Deliberately Engineered by Obama

Posted on by Dave Blount

In keeping with Obama’s policy of never letting a crisis go to waste even if the crisis has to be engineered, the ongoing air traffic control problem was deliberately and unnecessarily created by the government: This week the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began furloughing each of its air-traffic controllers for one day out of every […]

 

Will Sequester Farce Blow Up in Obama’s Face?

Posted on by Dave Blount

The mendacious charade of Obama’s sequester — by which the explosive rate of government growth is being slowed slightly and temporarily as part of a propaganda offensive against Republicans — has reached the point of outright farce: In its bid to make the sequester as painful as possible, the White House announced Tuesday that it […]

 

Paper Which Just Laid Off A Bunch Of Employees Hysterical Over “Austerity”

Posted on by William Teach

It’s nice to wake up on a Sunday morning and give a hearty chuckle followed by a good facepalm. The NY Times’ Jackie Calmes needs KCCO The latest budget impasse ushered in a new round of austerity on Saturday, with the nation facing reduced federal services, canceled contracts, job furloughs and layoffs. For those who […]

 

What We Don’t Need

Posted on by Robert Cleveland

One of the most frustrating thing about the current debate on gun control is the obfuscation and lies that are constantly passed around by the Left. The very idea that the Second Amendment might just be about self-defense, home-defense, hunting, and sport shooting is absolutely ludicrous, yet arguments based on this premise are treated as […]