The Senate left DC without taking up yet more legislation, the the cyber security bill. They lacked the votes to bring it up. In response to The Hill Carney said: “In the wake of Congressional inaction and Republican stall tactics, unfortunately, we will continue to be hamstrung by outdated and inadequate statutory authorities that the […]
July 27, 2012
Chick-Fil-A has become a major political symbol. GDP just fell to 1.5, still to be revised. The treasury is being raided and money America does not have is being spent. Last night, the liberal do nothing Senate, decided to vote on a gun security bill next week as our country closes in on it’s debt […]
July 24, 2012
At the very start of the mass shooting in Aurora we asked how many areas, like the Giffords disaster, would the liberals address, one of which was gun control. Yesterday we defined the real problem, like all others, not being about guns rather the mentally ill doing things we cannot stop. The issue is one […]
July 4, 2012
Two hundred and thirty six years ago today a document was signed to create the American republic. The Declaration of Independence established both freedom and limited government, for the people, by the people. Lessons learned from the early Pilgrim days taught us the benefits of free enterprise. America was founded on the idea of self-reliance. […]
June 22, 2012
The Obama team filed a midnight motion to prevent the release of information regarding the continuing drone killings by our anti-war president. I do not know if either the White House or the news media followers are permitted to say ‘radical Islamic terrorists’ again but no different than the firewalls created with Fast and Furious, […]
June 19, 2012
When Obama showed up nobody knew who he was. The news media followers met in secret deciding to refuse to tell. A community organizer with no leadership background was reinvented and introduced to America. He walked into the spotlight with the big hitters who slowly fell to the waste side. We wrote about Obama’s 100th […]
June 5, 2012
NY Times writes about Bloomberg’s goal to focus police efforts on more important areas than low level pot possession. “The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city’s top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. […]
June 4, 2012
Bloomberg USAToday: “Bold actions to protect the public’s health always stir controversy at first. Smoke-free bars and restaurants, trans fat restriction and calorie posting in restaurants were all met with skepticism, but are now widely popular in New York City. They are also saving many lives each year, and life expectancy in New York City […]
June 2, 2012
SCOTUS, in a 2008 6-3 decision, upheld voter ID laws in Indiana. That resulted in a noticeable increase of both black and Hispanic voter turnout. GA Sec of State listed black turnout up 42% and Hispanic up 140% in 2008 and continued in 2010 as 44% and 67% respectively. The figures indicate nothing as to […]
May 30, 2012
CBS: “The bill would reduce annual cost-of-living increases for public employees, such as state workers, university staff and downstate teachers. It also gradually makes public schools and universities pay the cost of retirement benefits for their employees, as Chicago schools already do. It would also shift pension costs for public schools from the state to […]
August 6, 2012
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