AFP reports, “The White House insisted Monday that President Barack Obama was determined to close Guantanamo Bay, despite failing to do so by the war on terror camp’s 10th anniversary this week. Obama declared within a few hours of taking office in January 2009 that he would shutter the camp within a year, saying it […]
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White House Still Insisting On Closing Gitmo, Even Though It Still Has No Plan
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments
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Poll: 52% Think Repeal of Health Care Law Likely
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the law, while 39% are at least somewhat opposed. This includes 42% of voters who Strongly Favor repeal versus 29% who Strongly Oppose it. Read more… In this video flashback, soon to be former Congressman […]
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Grassley, WSJ: Where’s The Legal Rationale For Obama’s “Recess” Appointments?
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
In an op-ed for USA Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, writes, “President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unacceptable because it violates both the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The framers saw the dangers of power grabs by any one branch […]
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Canada Hints They Can’t Keep Waiting On Obama On Keystone XL; Americans Can’t Wait For Jobs, Either
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
At Hot Air today, Ed Morrissey notes a story in Canada’s National Post newspaper about an interview where Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper discusses the still-languishing Keystone XL pipeline. According to the National Post, “Canada could sell its oil to China and other overseas markets with or without approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline […]
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Obama Admin Hands Hezbollah Terrorist Over To Iraq, Instead Of Sending Him To Gitmo
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments
The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake reported on Saturday, “As it formally wrapped up war operations in Iraq, the Obama administration handed over terrorism suspect Ali Musa Daqduq to Baghdad’s government, dealing a blow to U.S. military and intelligence officials who wanted him tried by a U.S. tribunal on charges he plotted the killings of five […]
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Democrats Cave To Pressure From GOP On Keystone Pipeline; Greens Furious
December 19th, 2011 · No Comments
Late Friday night, Democrats gave in to demands from Republicans that any payroll tax cut extension must include a provision expediting a decision from President Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline. As Politico recounts, “[D]uring a marathon day of closed-door negotiations on Friday, Senate Republicans won a major concession: The compromise package includes a provision […]
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Guest Editorial: Do U.S. Citizens Really Own Their Homes?
December 19th, 2011 · No Comments
By Paul Arman III Every year in the United States (U.S.), people are forced into homelessness because of their inability to pay real estate tax. Every year hundreds of parcels of land are auctioned off for back taxes at the St. Louis County courthouse. Age is no barrier to this onslaught; even the elderly are […]
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One Percenter Dick Gephardt’s (Son of a Milk Truck Driver!) D.C. Lobbying Firm Riding High
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments
“We have a crisis of confidence in this country because we see every day excesses of people that have more money than people can imagine wanting more money. Greed and selfishness can kill this great democracy and ruin capitalism. We need to have governance to make capitalism work for everybody.” – Dick Gephardt, former majority […]
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Obama: “I Didn’t Overpromise,” But What About Stimulus?; Why The Delay On Keystone XL Which Costs Taxpayers Nothing?
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments
On Sunday night, 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft asked President Obama during his interview, “Did you overpromise? Did you underestimate how difficult this was gonna be?” Obama responded, “I didn’t overpromise. And I didn’t underestimate how tough this was gonna be.” Perhaps the president has forgotten the promises he and his administration made about the nearly […]
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Democrats Threaten Gov’t Shutdown After They Called It An “Extreme Step” That Was “Too Risky To Entertain”
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments
Senate Democrats, working with President Obama, are currently threatening a government shutdown. They’ve decided to hold hostage an agreement on appropriations bills, which includes funding for our troops, over political considerations. As Roll Call reported yesterday, “With only three days left before a government shutdown, Democrats took a gamble Tuesday, strategically linking a package to […]
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