Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is back in the news, as the Chicago Sun Times reports. You remember Mr. Blagojevich, impeached for “pay for play” bribery schemes, including the attempted auction of an appointment to former Senator Obama’s Senate seat. Well, a list of all the politicians who previously solicited Governor Blagojevich to give [...]
The table below illustrates the tax increase that will hit individuals and families when their employers yield to the incentives in the Baucus bill to drop health coverage and send employees to the new government exchange to buy insurance. Last week the folks at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) regaled us with their analysis of [...]
Throughout the Presidential campaign Barack Obama and the Democrats aggressively attacked budget deficits run during the Bush Administration. Today, the Treasury Department published the final budget numbers for Fiscal Year 2009, ended September 30, giving us an opportunity to compare Obama’s first deficit with those “irresponsible Bush Deficits.” In the chart above the numbers for [...]
President Obama, Pitchman in Chief for government run health care has promised over and over that “if you like your current health insurance plan you can keep it.” On Tuesday, the Senate finance committee, with much media fanfare, passed a “bill.” Known as “the Baucus bill” it isn’t really a bill at all. It’s “conceptual” [...]
From Liz Cheney, daughter of Vice President Cheney:
President Obama and the political-media establishment have worked overtime to sell dramatically expanded government intervention in health insurance and medical services. If they succeed, government will dictate the terms of your health insurance policy. If you don’t want to buy it, you’ll be hit with a huge federal fine. If they succeed in their long [...]
In a shocking development President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after only 9 months in office. When one considers that the nominations are due on February 1st this is a prize based on two weeks in office. This is both absurd and a mockery. The Peace Prize has been a highly politicized [...]
The Nobel Committee awarded the 2007 Peace Prize to Al Gore, who has made tens of millions hyping global warming. Why? Because, “His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change.” Glenn Beck recounts the extraordinary life of Irena Sendler who was also nominated for the [...]
