Penny Pritzker was one of President Obama’s biggest fundraisers in 2008 and 2012. She’s also his nominee for Commerce Secretary. I guess he felt letting her billionaire family off the hook for the failure of Superior Bank wasn’t payback enough.…
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Obama Administration Partly To Blame For Fisker’s Epic Failure
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
The Obama administration is at least partially responsible for the epic failure of the luxury electric car company Fisker. According to The Wall Street Journal, company executives had wanted to start small, but they were advised to “go big” if…
Kathleen Sebelius Caught Off Guard By, Er, Unexpected Opposition To Obamacare
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
Obamacare is one of the most reviled pieces of legislation ever passed, yet Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius claims to have been caught off guard by the ongoing opposition to the dreaded law. It’s as if the opposition…
So Much For Obama Making The World A Better Place
by Lonely Conservative • • 13 Comments
Hey, remember 2008? That was when we heard that the oceans would stop rising and the whole world would sing Kumbaya, or at least the Coke song, with the United States of America. President Obama even won a Nobel Peace…
More Money Wasted – Head Start A Big Failure
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
Despite costing taxpayers $180 billion since it’s inception, the federal early childhood education program Head Start is a big flop. What a surprise. There’s just one problem: It doesn’t work. Until recently, no one even conducted a scientific test of…
The Epic Failure Of New York’s Cigarette Taxes
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
The state of New York taxes cigarettes more than just about every other state in the republic. For some reason, it’s not working out so well. In fact, it’s an epic failure. But the New York Association of Convenience…
NY Power Company Needed 10,000 Workers, Requested 700
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
Here’s yet another example of massive government failure. After Hurricane Sandy struck the New York City area knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, the state-run Long Island Power Authority only requested help from an additional 700…
Who Will Obama Blame In His Second Term?
by Lonely Conservative • • 23 Comments
Well, here we are, two days after election day. It still stinks that Barack Obama was reelected. If you’re looking for silver linings, they’re few and far between. But at least it’s going to be a little more difficult for…
Video Blasts Obama For Lack Of Leadership
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
American Crossroads blasts President Obama for his lack of leadership in its latest ad. President Obama took off for Vegas to do some campaigning and fundraising after the September 11 terrorist attack on our diplomats in Libya. Rather than meet…
AP Finally Notices the Power has Shifted to Chicago
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
The power shifted to Chicago back in January of 2009 but the AP is just picking up on it now. I guess that’s because Chicago had temporarily moved to DC but now that the reelection campaign is in full gear…
Okay, Now We’ve Heard it All! The Media Blames Romney for Their Failure to Cover Obama!
by Lonely Conservative • • 11 Comments
Reading this was a double face-palm, head scratching, throw something moment. The media is now blaming Mitt Romney for their failure to cover the failings of Barack Obama. Seriously. Now we’ve heard it all from these miserable sycophants. JOE SCARBOROUGH:…
Video Hits Obama for His Many Excuses
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
Crossroads GPS released this video hitting President Obama for his many lame excuses for the rotten economy. Excuses are about all Obama has to offer these days, and today’s economic news only hammers home that point. The ad will run…
Smart Power
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
So, how is President Obama’s “Smart Power” going these days? Judging from the latest headlines, not very well. Here are just a few: Syria, Iran, Russia and China plan joint war games, Iranian news agency says ‘The Two Men [Obama…
Billionaire Obama Donors Off the Hook for Bank Failure, Depositors ‘Stiffed’
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
The billionaire Pritzker family owned Superior Bank which went belly-up in 2001 because of bad bets they made on subprime mortgages. Penny Pritzker, one of President Obama’s top fundraisers and a member of the President’s Economic Advisory Board, encouraged the…