On Obama’s ‘Trip to the Center,’ He Stumbles Over Planned Parenthood

By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  February 21st at 03:45 PM  | 

In an interview with an NBC affiliate in Richmond, VA, President Obama responded to the recent vote to defund Planned Parenthood after a flood of videos exposed illegal activities taking place at their clinics including exhibiting a willingness to support sex trafficking of minors, secret abortions for minors, and giving “pimp” discounts. “I think sometimes these issues get manufactured,” [Obama] said “they get a lot of | Read More »

WEAC Publishes Home Addresses of Wisconsin Legislators

By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  February 18th at 06:00 PM  | 

The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) has stepped up their protest efforts in Madison, WI in an attempt to stop Governor Scott Walker’s efforts to close his state’s projected $3.6 Billion budget shortfall over the next two years. Gov Walker has proposed that public employee unions pay a larger portion of their health benefits & pension plans as well as limiting their collective bargaining rights | Read More »

Jeffrey Immelt and Conflict of Interests

By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  January 25th at 09:00 AM  | 

When the stimulus passed just two short years ago, a lot of special interests piled on to try and grab some of the dough that was being doled out. General Electric was part of that group. From American Spectator: On February 17th of that year, Obama had signed the stimulus bill, which included $24.9 million in grants that would flow directly to GE, with roughly $20 billion | Read More »

Obama is Failing: Does This Mean We’re Not Racist?

By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  December 16th at 10:45 AM  | 

At 39 percent, President Obama’s approval rating now equals his all time low from two years ago, with 63 percent of those polled defining him as a “weak leader.” Let me be clear: This president is failing. The biggest hit was among Democrats, who dropped from 82 percent to 73 percent as a result of negotiations with Republicans over the tax deal. That’s right; the Democrat | Read More »

The Socialist

By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  October 5th at 09:45 PM  | 

Every age seeks visionaries to leave, in the wake of their genius, a changed world – but rarely are they found without a few strikeout also-rans getting a crack first. In 2008, millions of Americans thought they had found the real thing. Over the subsequent two years the nation moved inexorably – though rarely without battle – toward European-style socialism. Through the warring perspectives of | Read More »

Morning in Someone Else’s America

By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 04:08 PM  | 

Do we really need to go through the numbers again?  Through the horror stories of medical treatment in other countries (and even other states) who’ve made the mistake of nationalizing healthcare?  Through the examples of failed Government programs like the Post Office, Medicare and Social Security?  Through the national debt?  What our kids will be left with?  The opportunities we squandered when we controlled the | Read More »