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Obamateurism of the Day
Reruns. Does this administration have one original thought? Barack Obama rolled out a new slogan for 2011 (and presumably his campaign) in the January State of the Union Speech, “Winning the Future”...
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Hey Californians, Make Sure Your AG Keeps Standing Up for You By Abigail Caplovitz Field | Dear Californians (and everyone else too): Shortly after the State of the Union speech next week, Team Obama...
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Video: It’s been three years, Mr. President
Empty promises. Are you ready for some … SOTU? A Tuesday night party? Let’s face it — not even a foot-stomping intro from Hank Williams Jr would make a State of the Union speech interesting, let...
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Video: Paul Ryan previews the SOTU
Prediction: “Divisiveness.” Paul Ryan appeared on CBS this morning to preview tonight’s State of the Union speech from Barack Obama and to offer a counterpoint to the campaign messages about to come...
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Gallup: Americans want specifics in tonight’s speech
Optimism. It’s true: Americans really are eternal optimists. How many times have you heard a State of the Union speech that actually drills down into specifics (other than those personal anecdotes of...
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Video: A SOTU rerun?
Change, ad infinitum. Last night, I tweeted that I would read the State of the Union speech instead of watching it on TV, and give myself two hours of my life that would otherwise have been wasted. It...
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Rep. Mike Pompeo: SOTU speech “stunningly cynical”
“This is a president whose words say one thing, but his policies result in just the opposite.” Earlier today, I participated in the virtual Blogger Row for House Republicans for reaction to President...
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CA auditor warns bullet train project financing “increasingly risky”
And that doesn’t even count the operational costs. Few people probably noticed the absence of “high-speed rail” from Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last night. The issue took a prominent...
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Great news: The “fair share” administration owes over $800,000 in back taxes
Motes, beams, etc. We heard a lot on Tuesday night from President Obama about the wealthy paying their “fair share” in his State of the Union speech. (Well, you heard it a lot; I read the speech and...
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Ramirez, Beeler on Obama’s class warfare
Plus, a caption contest! Sometimes, it doesn’t even really take a breaking-news hook to appreciate Michael Ramirez. The two-time Pultizer Prize winning editorial cartoonist sums up Barack Obama’s...
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Another green-tech stimulus recipient files for bankruptcy
The SOTU kiss of death? In last year’s State of the Union speech, Barack Obama hailed the great investment he made with taxpayer dollars in the manufacturer of advanced solar panels, only to have...
View ArticleCREDO | Update on our campaign to send Wall Street bankers to jail
Update on our campaign to send Wall Street bankers to jail. After months of activism from people like you, President Obama announced in his State of the Union speech the creation of a new task force to...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Check your mail. So much of the State of the Union speech ends up being a rehash. Few if any items are truly new; usually the ideas proposed by a President in a SOTU have already floated around...
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CPAC interview: Rep. Mike Pompeo and the Obama war on energy
EPA and regulatory adventurism. A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) for his response to the State of the Union speech on energy policy, and yesterday I got the chance to catch...
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Obamateurism of the Day
The greater good. Barack Obama offered some sage advice during his State of the Union speech about the importance of education and the need to keep students from dropping out before graduating from...
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Surtax on wealthy in UK results in lower revenue
“There’s been quite a lot of forestalling and other manoeuvring to avoid the top rate.” Barack Obama has spent the last several months insisting on a tax hike for higher income earners in the US,...
View ArticleCREDO | Financial Crimes Task Force – Tell President Obama: 55 Investigators...
Tell President Obama: 55 investigators aren’t enough Back in January, President Obama announced during the State of the Union speech the creation of a new financial crimes task force to investigate the...
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