This isn’t really surprising. Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling...
Cross Posted from Maggie’s Notebook George Obama is President Barack Obama’s brother…half-brother to be exact and he is writing a book. One of Barack Obama’s brothers, George Hussein Onyango Obama, 27, has signed with Simon-Schuster to write a book. George doesn’t really know his big brother, the famous U.S. president, but the two brothers...
Soaking the rich has never worked and never will. Dan Mitchell makes the case against class warfare tax policy, which may be popular among some voters but it’s terrible economic policy. Mitchell explains the five key reasons to reject class warfare economic policy, and why. President Obama and other politicians are advocating higher taxes,...
David Letterman has apologized to Governor Palin, her family, and his viewers for the vile jokes he told on his show last week. Perhaps it was the calls for him to be fired, or the pulling of ads from his show, or the knowledge that 41% of Americans consider themselves to be conservative. People...
President Obama said he would like to see gas prices increase to decrease demand for the product. It looks like his wish may come true. If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009. In particular,...
Rep. John Dingell spoke on the House floor Friday June 12 about the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. At about 1:59 on the video Dingell said “we tried volunteerism and volunteerism has failed.” What he means is that we tried freedom and freedom failed. He believes the American people are so stupid...
Sorry, I hate to ruin your Monday. A former official in the George H.W. Bush White House estimates that the bloated public and private debt in the US works out to $250,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. David Walker, the former US Comptroller General, says that the federal debt level...
The rebellion in Iran presents President Obama with the chance to finally reveal which side of history he’s really on. He claims to be on the side of the repressed, the poor, the ‘little people’. Now is his chance to put his money where his mouth is. I’ve been checking in all day on...
With President Obama’s August deadline for reforming health care in America looming, the debate is heating up. The stakes couldn’t be higher. President Obama promises Americans who have coverage they will be able to keep their coverage, but this will be just one more promise he won’t be able to keep. Even if the...
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