During President Obama's speech in Osawatomie this week, he drew direct parallels between his administration's policies and Teddy Roosevelt's. This, of course, is not the first time he's attempted to bail out his failed policies by claiming their connection to an earlier, more popular president. The same approach was used early on in his administration with comparison of his economic stimulus to FDR's New Deal.
Recent apologists for Obama's big ...
In late November, Obama friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko was sentenced to ten years in prison for political corruption schemes that netted him millions of dollars. And this week, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to fourteen years for his eighteen felony political corruption charges. But Rezko and Blagojevich have far more in common than just hard federal time: they are both part of the Chicago Democratic political machine ...
President Obama has been channeling ex-presidents more than usual lately. According to the mainstream media, Teddy Roosevelt - the subject of Obama's populist speech in Kansas yesterday - is just the most recent president that Obama has morphed into. This follows Obama's first months in office when he was widely portrayed as the next Franklin Roosevelt. After that, he was even briefly compared to Ronald Reagan. However, rather than these ...
Since taking office in 2009, President Obama has accomplished great things for the economy . . . of Brazil, that is. For some bizarre reason, Obama continues to do all he can to help out workers and businesses in South America's largest nation.
We all remember the U.S. Export-Import Bank's multi-billion dollar loan proposal to Petrobras - a large Brazilian oil firm - to aid in the development of Brazil's deep sea oil ...
Today, most Americans will enjoy the holiday with family and friends, briefly pausing to give thanks to God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us. Although we are truly thankful for what we have, most of us take food and other basic necessities for granted. This is no surprise given the fact that few 21st century Americans have gone without such things for long periods of time. We also ...
By Joe Miller. An interesting story last week in the Washington Post details Senator Harry Reid’s extravagant trip to China this past April. The trip, which included some Republicans, cost the government at least $66,000 worth of per diem and “miscellaneous” expenses. Family members and staff also traveled on the taxpayer’s dime.
It's no small wonder Congress has single digit approval ratings — Harry Reid can’t seem to find ...
By Joe Miller. The congressional super-committee, according to a story in the Washington Post, is creating an “identity crisis” within the Republican Party. During the 2010 elections, Republicans promised to come to Washington D.C. and fight the proponents of big government, crony capitalism, and socialism. Although some have stuck to their guns, most notably the courageous few who voted against the debt ceiling increase, Republicans have pretty much failed to ...
By Joe Miller. Yesterday, top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac defended exorbitant $16 million pay bonuses for themselves even though they presided over epoch failures of their agencies.
By way of background, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ground zero of the current financial crisis because of their government insured positions as a “mortgage backstop.” Long story short, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac performed the duty of garbage dump ...
Crony capitalism thrives in Alaska, center stage held by the Alaska Native Corporations (ANC).
From the pending shakedown of taxpayers through a wholesale land grab (S.730 and H.R.1408) to recent arrests of four people in one of the "most brazen federal contracting scandals in our nation's history," there seems to be no end to the scams, a consequence of an ANC system run amok.
It's not enough that over $29 ...
