With less than three weeks before the end of ObamaCare open enrollment in Kentucky, the President’s target rate for exchange sales to young people ages 18 to 34 is hopelessly out of reach. So far in Kentucky, barely 22 percent of those enrolled in private health plans belong to that key demographic, while the official estimate needed to avoid a catastrophic death spiral for exchange insurers is | Read More »
Has anyone noticed that President Obama seems to have some kind of “Jekyll and Hyde thing” going on, depending upon whether the issue is domestic or foreign policy? On the domestic front, Obama rules with an iron fist, sitting on high from his throne and mandating what is allowed and what is prohibited for his subjects. He runs the country a bit like England, except | Read More »
A good Sunday chuckle as I see the pale pastel Republicans getting giddy over a blog about Tea Partiers returning to the “GOP fold.” We’ve been there all along. And you bet we’re in the fold. We’re in the precincts. We are the precinct executive committeemen taking the votes at the county GOP meetings. We’re in the fold as County GOP Officers. We’re in the | Read More »
Don’t know how many of you caught Pat Caddell’s address at CPAC, but it was fascinating. He excoritated the GOPe, the money men, the Roves in our midst. And then he went after Boehner. He all but called for the House GOP caucus to toss him overboard. Powerful stuff. Note: I’ve looked for a video of Caddell’s talk, but couldn’t find a link. If anyone | Read More »
The problem with anarchy is that it must become organized to accomplish anything. Then like militant apathy it declares war against the machine never realizing that it is merely another cog in the wheel that grinds itself to dust. The Law of Liberty defines that space where an individual is secure and free to live their life as they choose. The life of humanity with | Read More »
The individual mandate delay (H.R. 4118) passed the house Wednesday by a 250-160 margin and, thanks to Senator Rand Paul, the bill should be on the Senate calendar by the time you read this. Although there are tricks to bringing it up, bringing it onto the calendar means that any Senator can force the Senate to vote on delaying the mandate — or any other issue any | Read More »
There have been several people on here that have indicated that our current low employment participation rate (63%) is due to “baby boomers” leaving the work force. It seemed a logical theory, so I went to bls.gov and did some data work. The chart below tells the story of that work. The chart shows by age-group and year the labor participation percentage from BLS data. | Read More »
When Barack Obama became the Democratic nominee in 2008, most expected that his share of the African American vote would increase from John Kerry’s 88% share in 2004. Democrats had always had a huge advantage with African Americans so it wasn’t hard to imagine that some moderate black Republicans might want to vote to make history in electing the first black president. I don’t think | Read More »
Brian Beutler of Salon says Republicans are only pretending that Obamacare will help them at the polls. Hilarity ensues.
Read More »The leftist media, best exemplified by the children who write at Dailykos and who broadcast themselves on MSNBC, have taken up the cause of Debo Adegbile, the recently defeated Obama appointee to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. To hear and read some commentary, one would think that a band of torch-bearing Republicans dressed in white robes pulled Adegbile from the loving arms of | Read More »
I have no idea why our President and our politicians (on both sides) are suddenly interested in intervening in a foreign civil insurrection. Perhaps they have some inane* wish to start another World War (which might benefit the defense industry). Perhaps they wish to re-establish their long-lost “street-creds” regarding a strong foreign policy. (Kinda like being “strong on crime.” by putting a few million marijuana | Read More »
The current president has divided this nation like no other in its short history. It was his playbook for winning two elections and the repercussions spill over on every issue and every citizen. It makes me sick to see the divisiveness in our everyday life and in our politics, yet it’s omnipresent. I don’t see a way to step back from the ledge except to elect a | Read More »
Senator Bob Menendez, a sitting U.S. Senator from New Jersey, has publicly urged President Obama to violate our laws intentionally, and worse, has called it a “tragedy” and an “outrage” that President Obama is refusing to do so. In the article entitled Latino group leader: Obama is ‘deporter in chief’, Menendez is quoted as follows: “While we continue waiting for the House of Representatives to wake | Read More »
Barack Obama’s electoral success has shown the Democratic Party the value of a non-white candidate. So why are nearly all the statewide Democratic candidates this year white?
Read More »America is literally going to “Pot” and President Obama, liberal politicians and the Mainstream Press are equally complicit. He and his Party are supporting a policy that can only result in untimely death for many of the current and future generations. It makes no sense for the Obama Administration to conduct a taxpayer-financed multi-million dollar campaign designed to discourage smoking and use of tobacco products | Read More »
As Russia Deploys Troops, Will the World Get a Professor or Commander-In-Chief? President Barack Obama often pleads with the country to “give diplomacy a chance.” This outlook befits a commander-and-chief who prefers to analyze, ponder and lecture about world events like a professor, rather than shape them. Russia’s recent intrusion into Ukraine has the world asking which President will show-up: the professor or the Commander-In-Chief? | Read More »
The primary election is right around the corner and once again organized labor is trying to buy and election in Illinois. This time however it is a Republican they are looking to purchase. With ever increasing contributions to “Republican” Kirk Dillard it is clear that labor is deathly afraid of Bruce Rauner or Bill Brady winning and think their best chance to defeat them is | Read More »
Obama continues to kick the Obamacare can down the road, in a last ditch effort to save control of the Senate. It probably won’t work, and he’ll be forced to spend the last two years of his administration dealing with a GOP controlled Congress, who, if they’re smart, ( I know, I know, spare me the snide comments) will send him a bill every week to | Read More »
In his State of the Union address, President Obama announced that 2014 would be a “year of action.” Ironically, his first big move since then was to announce further delays to implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And again this month we hear about even more delays. So, does this mean the President was blowing smoke when he said this was a year of | Read More »
During his confirmation hearing in 2009, Eric Holder made this commitment to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people: “The attempt to politicize the department will not be tolerated should I become attorney general of the United States.” “I will work to restore the credibility of a department badly shaken by allegations of improper political interference….” Yet, beginning with one of his first actions | Read More »
You’ve got to suspect that the tide is turning when the Washington Post’s editorial board titles an editorial “President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy“, and concludes that ”military strength, trustworthiness as an ally, staying power in difficult corners of the world such as Afghanistan — these still matter, much as we might wish they did not.” There are no Ukranian names on the masthead | Read More »
by Chris Shugart Last month, President Obama decreed by executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors. This week he continues to campaign for support of a Congressional bill that would raise the minimum wage nationwide. As the debate rages on, we are at least reminded of the math illiteracy we face in our schools and society. It also serves as evidence that | Read More »
Lois Lerner – the former senior IRS official at the heart of the IRS targeting scandal – once again pleaded the Fifth Amendment this week refusing to answer any questions about the scheme aimed at silencing conservatives.
Yet, her silence this week is very telling. It raises 3 important questions, without her even saying a word.
Was It All About Spite Against Conservatives?
Read More »PRESS RELEASE March 6, 2014 Contact Rep. Buzz Brockway (678) 895-9064 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State Representative Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) Celebrates Passage of Convention of States Resolution. (Atlanta, GA) State Representative Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) celebrated the passage today of Senate Resolution 736 by Senator Cecil Staton (R- Macon) in the Georgia House of Representatives. SR736 calls for an Article V Convention of States for the purpose | Read More »
It seems the Nevis Range Ski Resort has record 59 straight days of snow this year and is considering staying open until summer. They have gotten so mauch snow that they have some chairlifts that cannot be used because they are snowed under and are being dug out. Some quotes from the article: “The snow cover was described as “wall-to-wall”. Average snow depths are thought | Read More »
The question of whether conservatism is a dying commodity in Colorado has been frequently debated in recent years. With two Democrats as sitting U. S. Senators, a Democrat governor and a majority that voted to twice elect Mr. Obama, the conservative voice has been rather lost in the wilderness. Once the phony Greek columns were taken down, and the hundreds of American flags left trampled under foot by exuberant convention-goers departing the home turf of | Read More »
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals- the traditional whipping boy of conservatives and the Supreme Court- recently handed down a decision which has offended the sensibilities of most patriotic Americans. Specifically, this is being portrayed in some media circles as the court banning the American flag in schools. Nothing can be further from the truth. Many of these articles leave out some pertinent facts that | Read More »
As streiff noted earlier today, Mary Landrieu made a rather foolish vote made in a rather foolish nomination put up by a rather foolish President of the United States. She has absolutely no intention to mention it as she campaigns to hold on to her now very tenuous hold on public office. How tenuous? That average is only taking into account the two latest polls, | Read More »
While most of the media focus on the Joint Strike Fighter’s progress has been on testing, pilot education, training sorties, and weapons tests, another vital aspect of the overall program has reached a milestone at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. An Air Force maintenance crew at Hill has completed mainteanance work on their first F-35A aircraft. From coverage in Ogden, Utah’s Standard-Examiner: Maintainers from | Read More »
America was feted this week to yet another entertainment industry exercise of self congratulations. The Academy Awards, like most other awards shows involves a group of industry insiders voting to give awards to each other for everything from good song to good script. Yet, award winners can’t compete for the awards. In fact, anyone caught in any act that could be construed as “campaigning” (or | Read More »
I just read an article by YouTube blogger and FreedomWorks policy analyst Julie Borowski who’s one of my favorite libertarian thinkers. She mentioned a panel for CPAC this year called “Can Libertarians and Social Conservatives get along?”. Here’s a segment of what she said. Can libertarians and social conservatives find common ground? It’s important to define what it means to be a libertarian. Libertarianism is | Read More »
While Americans are calling Putin a dictator for his actions on Saturday, many of the same Americans are unaware that they live in a nation where wars are often dictated by their President. As recently as 2011, President Obama committed troops to Libya without Congressional approval. At the time, Libya was not attacking or threatening the United States. Obama made the decision to send troops | Read More »
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http://www.mlgoodell.webs.com At first glance, it might seem surprising that a bunch of guys who loathe the military as much as Obama and his playpen pals do, are so obsessed with looking tough. But if you put it in perspective,it begins to make sense. Do you recall how those Choom Gang guys used to hang around the flag pole out in front of the high school, | Read More »
Wow. Some will answer, “Oh, no,” but I’m not so sure. The U.S. isn’t just war-weary. It’s weakened by economic woes and debt. Some say that was the plan. That was at least part of the scenario that led to WW II: American financial-market follies (not necessarily brought about by Americans, but brought about via the American financial marketplace) causing both American and world-wide economic woes, social unrest, and militarization. “Funny money,” my dad called it. Are | Read More »
I say yes on the spot. Back during the Bush years, we thought we could try democratizing countries the way we did. Looking at Iraq 11 years after we invaded, that type of model has failed miserably. Not against supporting freedom movements like that what happened in Iran in 2009 (which Obama was silent on). But doing so by military force doesn’t work. I advise | Read More »
Vladimir Putin has set the terms for the world’s conversation in Ukraine because he intrinsically understands something that the group of nimrods running Western foreign policy do not: In real life, away from conferences and meetings and important lunches, foreign affairs is a series of matches of relative strength brought to bear in each conflict.
Read More »A good night for conservatives in the GOP primary. Cornyn fended off challengers, but at only 60% up against 7 dwarves, the establishment should be put on notice. Conservative Dan Patrick leads for Lt Gov. This defies polls but tells us Dan Patrick is in a good position to win. I supported Jerry Patterson, and that support will imho go mostly to Dan Patrick. For | Read More »
The race to dethrone Dick Durbin pits a fresh face and a very old one. Doug Truax vs Jim Oberweis will, in my opinion, be the second most intriguing race in the Republican primary this year after the Governor’s race. Doug is a healthcare professional who has a solid grasp of the issues that are important in a federal election. Doug was recently endorsed by | Read More »
Like it or not, Senator Cornyn will most likely win the Senate race tonight. He has seven competitors but unless they can breach the 50% mark collectively, he’s a shoe-in. I know it’s very early, but he has 64% of the votes so far. I’m most interested in the Lt. Gov. race and the RR Commissioner, both of which are very powerful positions in Texas government. Hopefully Pete Sessions | Read More »
We are now Day 4 into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kerry’s in Kiev for crisis talks, the National Security Council has met with the President, and we await, without bated breath, for more aghast-laced rhetoric about the cost to Putin and Russia for their dastardly act. From yesterday’s Washington Post lead editorial, “President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy“, to an excellent article | Read More »
Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger is quickly becoming a textbook diffinition of an interventionist. Just a few months ago congressman Kinzinger was calling for the US military, of which he is a member, to start bombing targets inside of Iraq because predictably Al Qaeda terrorist had resurfaced there. Before that congressman Kinzinger was one of the leading voices calling for the US to bomb the | Read More »
Last week the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce rushed to condemn Beaufort Republican Sen. Tom Davis’ amendment that seeks to stop Obamacare in South Carolina. “Please oppose the potential compromise amendment drafted by Sen. Tom Davis as well as the full nullification bill. It negatively impacts the business community and will hinder economic development,” the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce email read. The controversial | Read More »
Remember the food pyramid? If you (or your children) were in school during the 1990s or 2000s, you probably recall the brightly colored triangle telling us to load up on empty carbs and eat meat, fish, and other sources of protein sparingly. Long after most nutritionists began to advocate for the high-protein, lower-carb diet that we now know is the healthiest way to eat, the | Read More »
Located in southeast Europe, Ukraine has mountainous areas which include the Carpathians in the southwest and the Crimean chain in the south. The country is bordered by Belarus on the north, Russia on the north and east, the Black Sea on the south, Moldova and Romania on the southwest and Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland on the west. Encompassing 233,089 square miles, Ukraine’s population is approximately | Read More »
I thought one of the more brutal lessons learn about WWII was that Appeasement doesn’t work with authoritarians, but here they are beating that drum. I guess I was wrong. Up until last night, Frank Luntz has been posting pro-Russian propaganda tweets like this: Vladimir Putin says Russia has "the right to protect Russian-speaking populations" in other countries. http://t.co/fKboTs86FD #Ukraine — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 3, | Read More »
The Great Seal of the United States contains the Latin title phrase. It does not mean “a new world order”, but much more powerfully, “a new order for the ages”. Prior to the founding of America, the order of authority in nearly every realm of the world had been: God The King or other rulers The People The Founders changed this to: God We the People The | Read More »
Guest Post By: Kevin Izzo Last week I had the privilege to attend the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association’s 2nd Amendment Freedom Banquet in Dover, Delaware. This event was to honor those who have protected the freedom of American citizens. The event featured a retired member of the United States Marine Corp. Lt. Colonel Oliver North. The crowd of over 450 listened with excitement to the | Read More »
The Christians strike back. Ever since The Da Vinci Code book was made into a movie and became “one of the best selling novels of all time” as the author boasts on his website, Christians have looked for a movie to help rebut Dan Brown’s claim that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God. It appears they have a movie out this week that | Read More »
In looking at the latest round of radical nominees up for Senate confirmation, I noticed that the new filibuster rule gives Obama and the Democrats room to let the red-state Democrat Senators like Landrieu (LA), Pryor (AR) and Begich (AK) oppose people their states would oppose while still getting 51 votes to gain confirmation. (I doubt Landrieu is going to fool anyone this time around. | Read More »
