Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Hillary Clinton encourages global wealth redistribution

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Hillary Clinton: “The challenge is . . . to make sure prosperity gets down and equally spread among people”. She’s speaking globally here and it sounds like an endorsement for a policy that could easily be described as Global Fascism.
This, of course, is not the first time Hillary has encouraged going in this direction, […]

Sigard Surveillance system monitors conversations

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

A controversial covert surveillance system that records the public’s conversations is being used in Britain. The system, produced by Sound Intelligence, is being used in Dutch prisons, city centres and Amsterdam’s Central Rail Station.
Full Story Here.

Bill Clinton on Byrd’s KKK past.

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Clinton’s remarks could easily be seen as an insult to residents of West Virginia and as sweeping under the rug the true extent of Byrd’s involvement in the KKK. Sure, people can change, but you don’t rewrite the past because of it.

fleeting association

There are a lot of people who wrote these eulogies for […]

More reason for Israel to feel nervous about Obama

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

The feeling among the Israeli public is that Obama is appeasing the Muslim world at the expense of Israel. “The American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Nile TV.
Read more at Atlas Shrugs

“Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

Monday, June 14th, 2010

UK climate scientist to temporarily step down

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

LONDON — Britain’s University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change.
The university says Phil Jones will relinquish his position until the completion of an independent review into allegations that he worked to alter […]

Jackson, Healthcare Reform, and the Race Card

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”
- The Hill
Jackson gives reasons for why he makes this claim, including his observation that “it’s an issue that disproportionately impacts black folks.” He says that the poorest […]

Passage of Pelosi Health Care Bill H.R. 3962

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I was able to view the latter portions of the C-Span coverage of the House proceedings Saturday evening regarding H.R. 3962. C-Span has recordings of individual speeches on the floor. I viewed the following:

Closing arguments of the Republicans
Closing arguments of the Democrats
Vote on the Stupak Amendment
Vote on the GOP substitute bill/amendment
Final vote on […]

Pelosi’s 1990 page Health Bill

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

There are some highlights from Pelosi’s health bill worth noting. You can download and read the bill for yourself here.
Page 94—Section 202(c) prohibits the sale of private health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through the federal government.
Page 110—Section 222(e) requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through […]

The White House Attacks Fox News

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

“Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press . . .”

The White House tried to kick Fox News out of the Press pool, so that they would not be able to have any interviews with Administration officials. Fortunately, this time, the other networks stood up for Fox and said if […]

Failed Policies of the Past - Obama’s Excuse

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Obama’s excuses are wearing thin according to the Chicago Sun Times. Obama voted in favor of Bush’s policies 41% of the time and voted along with the Democrat party 96% of the time. The Democratic party was in control of Congress the last 2 years of the Bush Administration and it is they […]

New Plot to Pass the Public Option

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Public Option is Dead Long Live the Public Option
The Senate Finance Committee voted against the Public Option, as I relayed in a previous post:

The Senate Finance Committee voted against creating a new government health insurance plan to compete with the private market. The 15-to-8 vote could forecast the fate of the public option in the […]

Senate Committee Votes Against Government-Run Public Option Insurance Plan

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Breaking News from FoxNews

The Senate Finance Committee voted against creating a new government health insurance plan to compete with the private market. The 15-to-8 vote could forecast the fate of the public option in the Senate as a whole.

Obama Cult of Personality Gone Too Far

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Has the cult of personality surrounding Obama gone too far? A video of what looks and sounds like community organizers “praying” to Obama lead by a woman in clerical garments. It’s hard to tell the context to know what is really going on. View it for yourself. I’m sure […]

September 12 Taxpayer March on Washington

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

I took part in the march and rally last week. Here is a video from one of my favorite speakers at the rally, from Reverend C.L. Bryant, from Shreveport, Louisiana.

I also really liked Hi Caliber and Deneen Borelli (from Project21)

I also really liked the presentations by Senator Jim DeMint and Former NY Lt. Governor […]

Senate votes to Ban Funding to ACORN

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The Senate voted 83 - 7 to Prohibit the use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). This is an ammendment by Sen. Mike Johanns to H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Unless you’ve been watching ONLY mainstream media news […]

Van Jones and the 9/11 Truthers

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Yesterday, news broke out that Barack Obama’s communist Green Czar was a 9-11 Truther. The White House much later in the day released a statement saying Van Jones was “not now or ever” involved in the 9-11 Truther movement. Jones said the petition he signed in 2004 did not reflect his views.
Not true.
This […]

Real Unemployment Rate: 16%

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

“If one considers the people who would like a job but have stopped looking — so-called discouraged workers — and those who are working fewer hours than they want, the unemployment rate would move from the official 9.4 percent to 16 percent,” said Atlanta Fed chief Dennis Lockhart.

Feingold: No Health Care Bill This Year

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold told a large crowd gathered for a listening session in Iron County last week there would likely be no health care bill before the end of the year - and perhaps not at all.

Who is Van Jones: The Green Jobs Czar

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Glenn Beck digs into the background of the Green Jobs Czar - Van Jones. This is the first in a series of shows this week on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News: “The New Republic: America’s Future”

During his show, Glenn also posed what he called “Reasonable Questions for Unreasonable Times”