While much of the discussion of President Obama’s unserious budget proposal this week has focused on its timidity, its “failure of leadership,” its unending deficits, and trillions of dollars in new debt, there are some other newsworthy aspects of it worth pointing out. Indeed, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Washington Whispers column, […]
Entries from February 2011
Million$$$ In Obama Budget For HHS To Sell Obamacare And IRS To Enforce Its Tax Hikes
February 16th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Healthcare
Video: Peter Kinder Speaks to Jasper/Newton County Lincoln Days
February 15th, 2011 · No Comments
Hat tip:PoliticMo [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/qyh2-Awcgnc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
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Video: GOP Leaders Discuss Health Care Compact
February 15th, 2011 · No Comments
Hat tip:MissouriGOP [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/8LyADvtiPt0″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] EdMartinformissouri.com: Obamacare Hearings Politico: Dems: Thomas should recuse himself
Tags: Healthcare · Videos
Obama Budget Blasted From All Sides; Dana Milbank: “A Remarkably Weak And Timid Document”
February 15th, 2011 · No Comments
President Obama’s budget for the 2012 fiscal year was roundly panned by members of Congress and editorial boards alike over the last two days. The Los Angeles Times editorial board summarized the overall reaction: “President Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2012 landed with a thud Monday, laying out short- and long-term tax and spending plans […]
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Obama’s Budget: “Would Barely Dent Deficits”, “Add Additional $7.2 Trillion In Red Ink”, “Resurrects Rejected Tax Increases”
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments
President Obama released his budget for the 2012 fiscal year today, and it’s landed with a thud. ABC’s Jake Tapper quickly pointed out the bottom line on Obama’s $3.7 trillion proposal this morning: “The plan shows that Obama will not take the lead on any aggressive measure to eliminate the nation’s $14 trillion debt. […]
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Quote of the Day: Cleaver: ‘Extremely Important to Have Budget Proposal That Comes From the Vantage Point of Poor People”
February 11th, 2011 · No Comments
Speaking of ineffective Congressmen. Check out this classic quote from Rep. Cleaver that is straight from the Democrats race bait/class warfare playbook: “It is extremely important to have a budget proposal that comes from the vantage point of poor people,” said Cleaver, arguing that most budget reports make wholesale spending cuts without considering how they […]
Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
“FireLacyClay2012.com” Registered on 2-8-11
February 11th, 2011 · No Comments
Looks like Congressman Lacy Clay’s 2010 primary opponent Candice Britton is gearing up for another run at the “Rent to Own” industry’s lap dog. The domain “FireLacyClay2012.com” was registered -anonymously – by Miss Britton on February 8th. How do we know Miss Britton registed the domain? Because in the site profile section of the Whois […]
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Video: Dana Loesch Interviews Richard Dreyfuss @ CPAC
February 11th, 2011 · No Comments
Hat tip:971FMTalk [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/dlfDZhRBBLA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Big Journalism: Big Journalism’s Dana Loesch Joins CNN
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Obama Proposes Tax Hikes On Businesses At The Same Time He’s Pushing For Job Creation
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments
The Wall Street Journal reports, “President Barack Obama’s budget proposal is expected to give states a way to collect more payroll taxes from businesses, in an effort to replenish the unemployment-insurance program. . . . The proposal would aim to restock strained state unemployment-insurance trust funds by raising the amount of wages on which companies […]
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Video: A Conversation With STL County Assessor Candidate L.K. (Chip) Wood
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments
Hat tip:leepresser [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/zto7V8tvFEI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Dooley Flip Flops On Electing County Assessor; Top Advisor Admits “No Vision” for StL County