January 30th, 2012
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ICYMI: Dems Bash, Bank Secret Cash
Excerpts from POLITICO By Kenneth P. Vogel and Alexander Burns January 28, 2012 “Democrats have seized on Republicans as the party of unlimited secret money. “The only problem: so are Democrats. “In recent days, Obama released an ad blasting ‘secretive oil billionaires’ for attacks on him, Nancy Pelosi unveiled a campaign slogan, calling for [...]
RNC Launches Web Video: “Not Up To The Job”
WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched a new web video entitled “Not Up To The Job” reminding the voters that during the 2008 primary campaign Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz led the charge against Barack Obama for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Wasserman-Schultz blew the whistle on Barack Obama’s lack of experience—and even refused to endorse him [...]
Daily Links – January 30, 2012
Today is January 30th. On this date in 1847, the city of Yerba Buena changed its name to San Francisco, stating that it was just more FAAABULOUS, then promptly banned Happy Meals. I think I speak for everyone when I say “hey, nice bridge!” Also on this date, in 1911, the first airplane rescue at [...]
Is Newt Much Better on the Question of Mandates?
Yesterday I wrote an article on why I view the inevitability of an Obama defeat at the hands of Romney to be less than inevitable. Mostly I attributed this to weakness on a core issue: Obamacare. From my view, Romney cannot adequately take on this topic so long as he insists on defending the principles [...]
Secretary Sebelius Scraps Conscience Exception for Health Plans
As the implementation of Obamacare rolls into high gear, we’ve been given insight into how it will be implemented in general. On January 20, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would not exempt health plans provided by non-profit religious employers from the requirement to provide “contraceptive services.” … Today the department [...]
Florida update: Mitt Romney to win by 10
It’s popular to talk down polling, but from where I sit, the polling of the primaries has been pretty good. Yes, Iowa was terrible, but that was a caucus. The primary polling has been solid. Florida’s polling has lined up in a nice, neat band for every candidate, making it easy to say Mitt Romney [...]
End Refundable Tax Credits for Illegals
Much ink has been poured over the fact that 51% of tax filers paid no federal income taxes in 2009. There is less attention directed towards the more outrageous statistic; 30% of tax filers had a negative tax liability that year. In other words, they made money off the tax system. Those who won the [...]
You Can Prevent Your School From Teaching Our Children To Fail
We as citizens have a duty to enforce standards on all levels of our political system. A fundamental truism of life states that we get what we tolerate. This is especially true of our local and muncipal governments who often operate in the shadows due to voter apathy. A recent, small-town courtroom drama gives us [...]
House Conservatives Need to Block the Coming Highway Bailout
As part of their ongoing “jobs agenda,” House Republicans will unveil this week and soon consider the American Energy & Infrastructure Act (AEIA) to reauthorize transportation spending for five years. The “highway bill” promises a host of reforms (consolidating programs and streamlining red tape) and includes increased oil and gas exploration. But unfortunately these reforms [...]
Twitter’s Uneasy Relationship with Free Speech and North Dakota’s Oil Boom
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Twitter’s decision to sensor tweets, North Dakota’s oil boom and the challenges their rapidly growing economy faces. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and [...]
