Buzzfeed has a story that is sure to be one that Hillary Clinton doesn’t want you to read. In their own style, they remind that Bill and Monica began their sordid White House affair during the second day of the 1995 government shutdown. Apparently, it isn’t a good thing to leave a President with too much time on his hands. […]
Why does Harry Reid want to shut down the government?
By Rick Manning House Republicans are desperately trying to hand President Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid a gift by delaying the not ready for primetime Obamacare law by a year, but Obama and Reid are too obstinate to accept it. Instead Obama and Reid are willing to risk a partial “federal government shutdown.” Wisely, House Republicans have anticipated that […]
Putting politics above people over petroleum power
By Paul Driessen This fall marks the fortieth anniversary of the Arab oil embargo, a painful episode in American history that had a profound effect on both the economy and psyche of the United States. It began in mid-October 1973, following the U.S. decision to resupply Israel with weaponry after Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Yom Kippur, […]
‘Security theatre’ at the NFL
By Marta H. Mossburg Until last weekend, I was unaware of the NFL’s new purse policy, which as of this season bans a bag larger than a hand except for slightly larger clear plastic bags or Ziploc-like pouches. I found out the hard way trying to enter M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore with my regular purse, which was extra puffy […]
Can John Cornyn count to 60?
By Robert Romano One of the chief objections to the continuing resolution that would defund implementation of Obamacare has been that in order for it to work, it would have to pass the Senate and be signed into law by Barack Obama. That, in short, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) could not count to 60, the votes needed to clear cloture […]
Common Core: Obama is right, Bush is to blame
By Rick Manning The arrest of a parent attempting to ask questions of his elected school board members regarding the controversial Common Core curriculum — uniform curriculum across state lines that many believe dumbs down the U.S. education system and is being implemented in virtually every state in the nation — did more to educate people about this change than […]
Obama’s war on energy is not ‘unbelievably small’ at all
By Marita Noon Look closely at the energy-related news stories of the past dozen or so days, and, between the lines, you’ll see a theme: government makes predictions and assertions that cannot be backed up by data to protect or project preferred messaging. Fracking News The unusual collaboration of the University of Texas (UT) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) […]
Tell your senators if they vote “yes” on cloture, they support Obamacare!
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Cartoon: Ted Cruz vs. the Establishment
By William Warren
EPA’s McCarthy: Climate policies do not affect the climate
By Rick Manning Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) got five minutes to question new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and forced her into a stunning admission — the EPA cannot quantify that their global warming regulations have actually done anything to move the needle on any of the 26 indicators they had previously identified in relation global warming. The back […]
