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“While compiling this list I attempted as often as possible to learn not what the presidents ate at state functions and inaugural dinners but during their solitary breakfasts and family suppers–in other words, their: comfort foods.”
Absolutely true. The one I’m referring to was: made: by California legislators on Sept. 10, 1999. They decided that investment gains would cover 100 percent of the cost of retroactive pension increases they granted that day to hundreds of thousands of state workers. The politicians made the wrong bet — and the result has been a penalty […]
If Barack Obama ever decided to take up acting he would be perfect for the role of The Godfather. In the famous movie Don Corleone was loved and admired as well as feared. He was a powerful man who kept his family close and his enemies closer. Like The Godfather nothing ever sticks to Obama. […]
There are some ideas so convoluted that only an expert (or wannabe expert) could love them. For example: collateralized debt obligations, which seemed like a good idea until the mortgage meltdown swamped the U.S. economy. Into this hallowed territory comes a new instrument, playing its siren song. San Francisco startup Mortgage Resolution Partners has come […]
While Obama tries to get America focused on the false claim that Romney outsourced jobs as the chief of Bain Capitol, what was the President doing? Why, outsourcing his fundraising, of course. Outsourcing it to Shanghai, China to be precise. On July 11, Obama’s big money men were holding a nice fundraiser in Red China […]
While Obama bashes Romney and Bain Capital, frivolously, for outsourcing, he gladly takes their money. : As Ben Shapiro reported in Breitbart on July 13: that Obama has received quite a bit of money from these “pioneers” in outsourcing with people like: Joshua Bekenstein. Bekenstein has been a managing director of Bain Capital since 1986. In 2008, […]
The ’72 Olympics was by far the: worst: (though not so much “blown” as political). The Hand of God goal was pretty bad, too.
2.5 minute video. Not so much “cure” as amelioration. (Via: Metafilter.)
He won’t get it, obviously. Team Obama has nothing else to run on (NY Times) Mitt Romney demanded an apology from President Obama on Friday for making what he called “reckless” and “absurd” allegations in an escalating battle over whether Mr. Romney’s business record included outsourcing American jobs. After days in which the Obama campaign […]
Remember this? Mr. Obama’s teleprompter failed him again President Obama used the word “tax” to describe the health care mandate under his reforms, a departure from his prior etymological stance that it is a penalty. “By the way, if you’ve got health insurance, you’re not getting hit by a tax,” the president said during his […]
With the Republican nomination wrapped up for Mitt Romney, the attention now turns to who will be his running mate. There are a lot of great choices to choose from and this decision should be well thought out and taken very seriously. Picking the wrong running mate could have disastrous consequences. Most vice presidential picks […]
Chile’s accession to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in 2010 was more than just a confirmation that they’d earned the right to join: the world’s top ranked economies. As the first South American country to be accepted into the OECD, it was also a symbolic affirmation of several decades worth of market-oriented reforms that […]
The Scott-Eklund Racing Saab 9-3 with Eneos Motor Oil of Samuel Hubinette will line up in second place in the opening heat of the Global Rallycross Championship round at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday July 14.
With the scorching heat and the infamous derecho that left D.C. in the dark on June 29, it seems perfectly logical for folks in the Washington area to blame “global warming” as we all bake in the 100 degree heat. In fact, The Washington Post conducted a poll that showed that a majority of Americans […]
Romney needs a solid conservative running mate on the Republican ticket. : In 2012, we have more solid VP names being talked about lately. : Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell and others have been mentioned would be superb choices. : However, I do agree with the Wall Street Journal, in the case of […]
There is widespread consensus that America needs to become energy independent. America’s ever growing dependence on foreign energy puts her at ever-greater risk in a world that is increasingly unstable. Given the current political upheavals in the Middle East, this reality is slapping America in the face with increasing costs at the pump, which are […]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder originally said that some 600,000 Texans lacked a voter I.D. and therefore would be disenfranchised by the Texas voter I.D. law, but Department Of Justice lawyers have suddenly upped that number greatly. Holder’s DOJ now claims that 1.4 million otherwise eligible Texas voters don’t have proper I.D.s. Unfortunately, Holder did […]
It’s Friday, so what better way to kick off the weekend than a hilarious trailer promoting an over-the-top pro-Obama movie.: Judging by the 2:30-long trailer for The Obama Effect, the movie, set in 2008, is the fictional account of a man named John (played by Charles S. Dutton) who suffers a heart attack and discovers […]
Yesterday afternoon, the Drudge Report stated that Condoleezza Rice was a frontrunner for VP spot on the Republican ticket this year. : Larry O’Connor, who was sitting in for Chris Plante, complimented Drudge this morning on WMAL: stating “he got a tip, he followed up, he verified it and published it.” : In other words, he […]
For race hustlers like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the NAACP, and the New Black Panther Party, Trayvon Martin’s death was good for business. They exploited the whole event for headlines, TV time, and fund raising. Endless death threats were made against George Zimmerman and his family. White people were beaten “for Trayvon.” There were so […]
Listen, we’re just politicians. I wasn’t elected to play God. The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney. I’ll tell you this: 95 percent of the people that show up to vote in November are going to show up in that voting booth, and they are going to vote for […]
In yet another attempt to seduce more Americans into dependence on: government, the Obama Administration is: waiving the work requirements: for welfare. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent: an “information memorandum” to states this afternoon exercising waiver: authority under the Social Security Act for the provision that “parents and: caretakers receiving assistance under the [Temporary Assistance for Needy: Families (TANF)] […]
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the: baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” — Adam Smith In a prosperous country like America, you shouldn’t see any long term shortages: of a product. You might not be able to afford a product or it […]
The more completely a person, group, or organization embraces liberalism, the less virtuous it becomes. It’s almost like a mental sickness in that respect. People or groups who are lightly infected can soldier on without having it eat them alive. However, the deeper the sickness goes, the more it changes them. Eventually the liberal disease […]
I was going to start with this ABC News article about the mini-riot by Occupy LA, alas, in the middle of writing about the police being called out for some nebulous pain in the ass “protest” by an unknown group, the article updated. Sigh. Anyhow (LA Times) A confrontation in downtown Los Angeles late Thursday […]
Good grief (via Allahpundit) (CBS News) President Obama’s biggest mistake during his first term, he told CBS News in an exclusive interview, has been putting policy over storytelling. “When I think about what we’ve done well and what we haven’t done well,” the president said, “the mistake of my first term – couple of years […]
The Obama administration’s loathsome cowboy, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, won’t take no for an answer. He’s been smacked down repeatedly by federal courts for imposing a draconian, junk science-based moratorium on the oil and gas industry. Yet, the job-killing zealot and his boss just introduced another ruinous offshore drilling ban two weeks ago. The White […]
Those of us who believe the United States would be best served by pulling out of the United Nations and starting up a more morally and politically serious clubhouse for morally and politically serious nations are often accused of tilting at windmills. The phrase “tilting at windmills” was inspired by Cervantes’ novel “Don Quixote,” and […]
So what about the GOP House vote to repeal that legislative monstrosity that masquerades under the misleading title of “Affordable Care Act”? Was the vote more than symbolic? Will the vote have any impact on the presidential and congressional races? What about the GOP proposals to replace Obamacare? A host presented those three questions, and […]
There are plenty of reasons that the economy is the most important issue of Election 2012. Unemployment has remained high for a long time, and even 27 percent of those who have a job are worried about losing it. Only half of homeowners now believe their home is worth more than what they still owe […]