The big buzz today has been the change in the GOP Presidential field. Essentially we are now looking at three candidates. Here they are in this screenshot from the HuffPo: So the three we have to watch out for are Romney, Perry and Bachmann. All three of them are scary and can pose a possible […]
Something going around Facebook right now really got me thinking: Entitlement? I PAID cash for Social Security insurance! Our benefits aren’t charity or a handout! Congressional benefits—premium federal health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days—now THAT’S welfare! And they have the nerve to call retirement an […]
According to a tweet from CNBC, Ruppert Murdoch is reportedly considering stepping down as CEO of News Corp. It’s interesting this tweet came on the even of Murdoch’s much anticipated testimony before the U.K. Parliament today. In other News Corp news, Rudy “9/11” Giuliani has decided to throw 9/11 victims under the bus to support […]
The phone hacking scandal that has plagued the U.K. and gripped the attention of the world could really come home here in the U.S. now. News Corp is an American corporation, and while the entire hacking scandal has been solely in the U.K. (as far as we know), the U.S. does have laws against what […]
Bob Cesca has posted the following chart, showing how the share of income labor sees is at a historic low: What’s interesting is how much the share dipped during the Bush years. During Clinton’s term, the rate was on the rise, after a substantial fall during the Reagan and Bush 41 years. So what does […]
Here’s Drudge’s latest outrage: And the article it links to:: A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White House’s Blue Room. The guests were asked for their thoughts on how to speed the economic recovery, then the president opened […]
Every year this country dumps $15 billion into the war on drugs. This number has continued to grow every year, yet the drug “problem” in the United States continues to grow. So while we are talking about trimming the fat from the budget, how about we start with this huge waste? It seems a lot […]
Weasel Zippers has this headline up: Obama: My “Deepest Condolences” to Joplin Tornado Victims, Now Watch Me Drink This Beer!… And it is followed by this picture: Even the commenters are chiming in: But Bush would never do that – would he? That would be then President Bush strumming along the day after hurricane Katrina […]
One of the long known goals of Osama bin Laden was to financially break the United States: A key facet of bin Laden’s anti-American warfare has always been economic. It’s a lesson he drew from the Afghan-Soviet war, in which he first served as a financier of mujahidin efforts and then as a fighter. He […]
Remember this from the 2008 general election? In all the commotion over Hillary Clinton’s long goodbye to the Democratic nomination fight, an odd moment in the Republican race got surprisingly little attention. Presumptive nominee John McCain called a Phoenix radio station last Friday and confessed to a secret passion for ABBA! Well McCain isn’t the […]