November 14th, 2011
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RNC Chairman Priebus Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Challenge to ObamaCare
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the challenge to ObamaCare: “The Supreme Court’s decision to consider the constitutionality of ObamaCare offers Americans hope that we may soon be freed of the one size fits all mandates and regulations of this disastrous [...]
The Implosion of Herman Cain
UPDATE: The entire video, unedited, can be found here. Anyone who saw the debate on Saturday night and observed Herman Cain’s performance clearly saw a man who was terrified of the questions he was being asked and was hoping to be noticed as little as possible. Apparently, there was a good reason for that. Herman [...]
Blogcon 11 Interview: Karen Harrington (R CAND, FL-20 Primary)
That would be the district currently Occupied by Debbie Wasserman Schultz; at least, it is when DWS has time to spare from being Barack Obama’s trained seal at the DNC. As you might imagine, there’s little love lost between me and the Congresswoman, so when The Shark Tank‘s Javier Manjarres offered to get me an [...]
Unionized Clerical Workers Fight UAW Greed…
Their employer has nearly $1 billion in the bank, owns a golf resort, and is a major shareholder of not one but two U.S. auto companies. Given that, one would think their employer wouldn’t treat its employees like the very corporations their bosses often do battle with. However, since 2009, the union workers have been subjected [...]
Republican Chaos
Chaos: Mathematically, we see it when small changes to the inputs of a function produce large, wild changes to the outputs. I believe we’re seeing that now in the GOP primary race, as a weakened Herman Cain and a strengthened Newt Gingrich, combined with a steady Mitt Romney and a resilient Rick Perry, turn it [...]
The Calculus of Deficit Spending
The Trend Is Not Our Friend Mathematicians often rely on the old saw that a picture is worth a thousand words. The picture displayed above is Coyote Morning Ugly. Christopher Rupe and Nathan Martin of EconomicEdge.Com have examined the marginal utility of America’s continued deficit spending over time. Quite simply put, each year’s deficit spending [...]
This Week in Washington – November 14, 2011
The Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution and a bill to allow Americans to use conceal carry firearms permits over state lines are scheduled for votes in the House this week. The Senate is expected to schedule a vote on the second ”Mini-Bus” appropriations measure this week. The Super Committee gets closer to the date they need to vote on [...]
Another Argument For Smaller Government: Let’s Make Amerika The Good-Guys Again
“We’ve been a little bit lazy over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted — ‘Well, people would want to come here’ — and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses into America.” – President Barack H. Obama fires up the troops. (Ht: Brietbart.com) The [...]
Jon Huntsman’s Poor Messaging
I’m a bit shocked by this excellent Coffee & Markets interview with Ambassador Jon Huntsman. Believe it or not, outside of his crummy campaign messaging (“I believe in science”) and the debates, this is a guy who actually sounds conservative. I have to wonder if there are two Jon Huntsmans out there — the conservative [...]
Jon Huntsman Talks About Entitlement Reform, China and the EPA
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Governor Jon Huntsman to discuss entitlement reform, China, the EPA and more. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email [...]
