A study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that the United States funded the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations’ authority on alleged man-made global warming, with $31.1 million since 2001, nearly half of the panel’s annual budget. The GAO also found that this funding information “was not available in budget […]
President Barack Obama is ready to take “small, medium and large” actions without the consent of Congress, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. Carney on Tuesday explained further Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” strategy of addressing problems without Congress. This would be done through executive orders and other actions Carney said. “We hope to work […]
The United States may reject oil from Iran but that does not result in immunity from Iran’s saber-rattling in the Persian Gulf. The situation shaping up in the Strait of Hormuz illustrates the need for a serious push towards energy independence here in the United States. It defies common sense for the American economy to […]
Gallup pollsters marvel that the Republican presidential contest is the most volatile for the GOP since polling began, with four front-runners emerging and changing positions seven times since May in Gallup polling. The phenomenal jockeying rivals only the Democrats in 2003, when six front-runners slipped into, and fell out of, the lead nine times, Gallup […]
Fairbanks, Alaska. December 31, 2011 – Yesterday, Joe Miller tweeted a link to an article entitled, “Judicial Watch’s Top 10 Corrupt Politicians: Alaska’s Don Young worse than Charles Rangel, Barney Frank & John Edwards.” In response, a number of press inquiries were made about whether Mr. Miller has decided to run for the House seat for […]
With the top contenders for the GOP nomination fighting over who’s a conservative, I thought it might be appropriate to talk about the individual mandate, a provision in Obamacare and Romneycare mandating that individuals purchase a minimum level of health-care coverage or pay a stiff fine. Republican candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have both […]
Don Young may have achieved a new level of corruption in 2011. The House Ethics Committee announced just before Christmas that the Alaska Republican Congressman was cleared of allegations by the House Ethics Committee that he exceeded the limit on campaign donations to his legal defense fund – which was set up to defend Young […]
As a Senator and presidential candidate, Barack Obama decried the use of presidential signing statements, but as with so much other rhetoric originating from Obama concerning “hope and change,” he has decided to keep things the same. Yesterday the Washington Times laid out candidly President Obama’s latest efforts to circumvent the Constitution and his own […]
When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held $100,000 or so in savings accounts in the mid-1990s and had a retirement pension, but like many Americans, he also owed the banks nearly as much in loans. […]
Sometime early next month, the United States’ national debt will exceed $15.18 trillion. According to the Commerce Department, the nation’s gross domestic product (the market value of all goods and services produced) is only $15.17 trillion. In other words, not soon after the ball drops in Times Square, the U.S. will join Greece and Italy […]