For years Congress put into place overly burdensome or outright unconstitutional campaign finance regulations that favored the powerful incumbents who wrote them. These very politicians are the same ones who presided over spending our country into near bankruptcy. Citizens United v. FEC changed the way people think about free speech and participation in our political […]
The esteemed folks at MSNBC were trying to spin the May unemployment numbers before they even came out, saying that the economy was getting better. Well, when 8:30 AM EST came around, the news out of the Labor Department was not good. The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2 percent and only 69,000 were lucky […]
The end of spring is often associated with graduations and the end of academic careers for many young Americans, but graduates are coming to the harsh realization that there is a serious lack of available jobs in our current market. Recently the AP reported that more than half of all recent graduates below the age […]
For over 225 years, American soldiers have sacrificed so much so that you and I can enjoy the freedom that this country has to offer. They stand in harm’s way twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to protect our nation from its enemies. This Memorial Day, please take a moment to remember one […]
The Washington Post has an explosive exposé on the level of access lobbyists have to the White House, as revealed by the official visitor logs. According to the Post, the logs “show that the lobbying industry Obama has vowed to constrain is a regular presence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The records also suggest that lobbyists […]
The Washington Post has an interesting expose out today about the level of access lobbyists have to the White House, as revealed by the official visitor logs. One visitor is even quoted as saying, “You need a lobbyist to get a meeting.” This is not the new Washington the “Hope and Change” President sold the […]
When President Obama made the declaration last week that his stance on same-sex marriage had “evolved” into supporting it, the New York Times called me up to see what the conservative movement thought about Obama’s evolution. I said to the reporter, “Just when you thought the conservative movement couldn’t be any more energized against President […]
At the end of each May, Americans come together to remember our deceased war heroes on Memorial Day. Every day our men and women in uniform are on the frontlines protecting our freedom and our way of life. Our military is the best in the world because of the American soldier. Unfortunately, Washington is playing […]
The conservative movement had a great victory this week when Indiana Senator Dick Lugar lost to State Treasurer Richard Mourdock in the Republican Primary by a staggering twenty percent. Many in the liberal media are crying crocodile tears about Dick Lugar’s loss, calling him a “statesman” and an “institution” in the United States Senate. The […]
As the White House and its friends in the liberal media crowed about the unemployment rate moving ever so slightly down to 8.1 percent from 8.2 percent in April, the real story was how the American labor force shrunk to 63.6 percent. This means that 88,419,000 Americans are sitting on the sidelines, not even looking […]
In This Issue: * Size of Government: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly * War On Mothers * The Tax Man Is Coming * Two Philosophies On Display At The Supreme Court * A Slip of the Tongue or Just the Truth? * And more … Obama Biden Watch Volume 4 Issue 3 – […]
The last time the United States Senate passed a budget was three years ago on April 29, 2009. It is a complete outrage that what is supposed to be the greatest deliberative body in the world cannot figure out a fiscally sane budget that will put America back on a path towards prosperity. I have […]