58 Years is Enough. Poster child for term-limits to retire. U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely protective of Detroit’s auto industry, will announce his retirement on Monday, a person familiar with his plans said. The person was not authorized to speak publicly …
With Obamacare flailing and hurting millions more folks than it’s actually helping, and the economy in the doldrums, it seems that President Obama has little to bank on in terms of creating some momentum for vulnerable Democrats going into the 2014 midterm elections. Enter the 2015 Fiscal Year budget plan proposed by the President: With …
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man. – Fyodor Dostoevsky Winter’s Tale, a movie of fantasy and romance with a dash of mystery and adventure, was released this past week on Valentine’s Day. Based on …
Everybody blames the Tea Party Episode 3 Chapter 16 of House of Cards Apparently the Democrats, as defined by Hollywood, are the party who will accept reality and offer, generously to the Republicans, retirement age hikes. The new twist in this Hollywood game is that the Senate Majority leader is also reasonable, and for bonus …
Pretty interesting considering the piece Sowell wrote that had everybody chattering. Here’s some of what he says: However unjustified Senator Cruz’s actions, the very fact that a freshman Senator can so quickly gain so many supporters with so much enthusiasm ought to be a loud warning to the Republican establishment that they have long been …
Thomas Sowell: Cruz Fills A Void GOP Leadership Can’t FillRead More »
Welcome to the United States of Welfare…. A recently released Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on the “Food Assistance Landscape” for the fiscal year 2013 shows that for the second year in a row, participation in the federal government’s SNAP (food stamps) program has increased despite a corresponding drop in the unemployment rate, bucking the …
Food Stamps Participation at Highest Level Ever RecordedRead More »
The Arkansas legislature has failed to appropriate funds for their “private option” Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. The State Senate approved the measure 27-8, but the House avoided wasting taxpayer dollars on the poorly crafted plan. Under the plan from last October, the state expanded its Medicaid program for people making between the Federal Poverty Level …
Arkansas House Again Does Not Fund Obamacare Medicaid ExpansionRead More »
So the Republican that all of the every day Republicans love to hate, Ted Cruz, is being bashed again. He actually made some Republicans go on the record about the debt ceiling by forcing a cloture vote rather than just allowing them to hide behind the fact they’re not in the majority. Failed Presidential candidate …
After 20 Years Of Broken Promises, Conservatives Have Had EnoughRead More »
Apparently sunlight is the best disinfectant. After the N.Y. Post did a series on the notoriously horrific school administrator, the powers that be finally decided to step in. The Dept. of Education said Tuesday it will fire notorious “School of No” Principal Marcella Sills, quickly responding to a probe that found she blatantly lied about …
NYC’s “Worst School” Principal Being Fired After ProbeRead More »
It’s often with some amusement that I watch people interested in politics chastise those refusing to watch awards shows. “If you want to win, you need to watch this!” What? Last time I checked, watching the MTV Video Music Awards (which is funny in and of itself considering MTV no longer shows music videos) was …