Archive | August, 2011
Stupid: City Pays Students $100 to Attend School
See, it’s no longer enough to provide free education to children. Now you have to pay those children significant amounts of money to do what they’re supposed to do in order to utilize that free education. What’s next, paying people to go on welfare? The city of Camden will be paying almost 70 high school [...]
Flashback: Obama Called Adding Trillions in Debt “Unpatriotic”
24. August 2011
CBS News reports that Barack Obama has overseen the addition of $4 trillion in new debt — the fastest racking-up of debt by any president in history. Well, let’s take a little stroll down memory lane. All the way back to the presidential campaign, when then-candidate Obama was running against the legacy of George W. [...]
Video: The Donkey Whisperer
24. August 2011
Meet Roger Williams, Republican for Texas’ new 33rd congressional district. He’s the Donkey Whisperer. Via Townhall.
The 2011 East Coast Earthquake: Never Forget
24. August 2011
I’ll never forget where I was when the 2011 East Coast Earthquake struck. I had to go to the doctor’s office because I had the sniffles. I was sitting there, minding my own business, when a news alert came across my phone. A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck the eastern seaboard. I immediately got up [...]
Spokesman: Biden Totally Opposes China’s One Child Policy – Regardless of What He Said
23. August 2011
Uh huh. “The Obama Administration strongly opposes all aspects of China’s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization,” Biden’s spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff told The Daily Caller in an email. “The Vice President believes such practices are repugnant.” Barkoff explained that Biden was attempting to critique the restrictive system with his comments. “He also [...]
Poll: Romney, Perry, Bachmann All Lead Obama in Florida
23. August 2011
A new poll from Megellan Strategies has very bad news for Team Obama: All three leading Republican candidates — Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Michele Bachmann — would defeat Barack Obama in Florida if the election were held today. Perry: 46% Obama: 39% Romney: 49% Obama: 39% Bachmann: 43% Obama: 42% The Obama/Bachmann results are [...]
Obama Approval Hits 38%, Trails Generic Republican Candidate
23. August 2011
Two bits of bad news for the White House today. First, Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit its lowest point for his presidency: 38%. A majority of 54% now disapprove of the job he’s doing. The second-lowest approval rating during President Downgrade’s administration was 39%, which was reached just last week. Second, Barack Obama now [...]
MLK Statue Made in China; Family Charged Foundation $800k
23. August 2011
Do note: The $800,000 charge wasn’t for the creation of the statue itself, which was made in China. No, the family just charged $800,000 to use his image and words. The cost of the statue was separate. WASHINGTON — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family has charged the foundation building a monument to the [...]
AP Survey: Economists Pessimistic About Economic Future
23. August 2011
Weak consumer confidence, ever-increasing regulation from Washington, threats of massive tax hikes, government spending out of control, housing prices falling, unemployment stagnant at 9.1%…what could economists possibly be pessimistic about? Haven’t they heard? Barack Obama is president and that means everything’s coming up roses. — The likelihood of a recession within the next 12 months [...]
Perry Takes the Lead in Iowa
23. August 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry has taken the lead in Iowa, leading his closest contender — former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney — by a margin of 22% to 19%. In third place is Michele Bachmann at 18%. Ron Paul comes in fourth at 16%. Trailing much further behind are Herman Cain (7%), Newt Gingrich and Rick [...]
24. August 2011
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