When assessing the Stimulus bill back in February, Obama repeatedly affirmed that the Stimulus bill would save or create 3 million jobs with 1.25 million of those jobs saved or created by the beginning of June. Now that the June is upon us, this short video will help you visualize the reality of what has come of the Stimulus bill.
How long until we stop appointing mini-Czars and just go with the real thing? Would it be any different?
If you are not shocked by the power grab currently taking place in Washington, D.C., you are not paying attention. The Wall Street Journal records the latest shocker (subscription required):
appoint a "pay czar" to monitor the firms receiving the most government aid. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to push all firms--not just those receiving funds from the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program--to more closely tie incentive compensation to long-term performance by paying employees in restricted stock, rather than cash.
Republicans, on the other hand, act like a snobby condo board and appear to seek out potential voters for their savoriness. The party expects pre-existing respectable organizations, Protestant churches in particular, to do the heavy lifting. In this day of dwindling Republican appeal, the party's ace in the hole is heard at the end of the polling day: "Have they counted the overseas military vote yet?" It's amazing Republicans ever win.
While the Obama administration sat idly by, two female American journalists have been and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea. The women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were accused of entering North Korea illegally and were further accused of a "grave crime against North Korea", which has yet to be elaborated on by Pyongyang. Read more about North Korea Sentences Journalists. Obama Administration Looks the Other Way
The Healthy Families Act (HFA), HR 2460, which requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide at least seven days of paid sick leave per year, is being advertised by the government with claims that the bill will “allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own h Read more about Healthy Families Act: The Democrats' Ill-Guided Government Initiative
As part of the Obama Administration's plan for "fundamental tax reform", there has been growing interest in a new value-added tax, commonly referred to as a VAT. Daniel J. Mitchell explains in a Cato Institute article that on top of this new value-added tax, “Obama is already looking at a wide range of other potential tax increases, including higher income tax rates, restrictions on itemized deductions, an energy tax, and higher payroll tax rates. Even if they all became law, the revenues would not come close to satisfying his and Congress's appetite for bigger government, particularly a government-run health-care scheme.”
From the people who ensured the destruction of the U.S. auto industry (i.e., unions), you know, OUR co-stockholders in GM and Chrysler, comes the Orwellian named "Employee Free Choice Act."
Matthew Crawford has an important essay, inspired by his new book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work in the June 1st issue of the New York Times Magazine. The essay, entitled The Case for Working With Your Hands, highlights the value of "useful work". Read more about The Case for Working With Your Hands
President Obama had this to say ahead of his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo:
In an interview with Laura Haim on Canal Plus, a French television station, Mr. Obama noted that the United States also could be considered as “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”
How long until we stop appointing mini-Czars and just go with the real thing? Would it be any different?
Citizens across Texas are calling for Governor Perry to veto SB1440 in order to protect families' Constitutional rights.
Andrew Breitbart, founder of 
While the Obama administration sat idly by, two female American journalists have been and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea. The women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were accused of entering North Korea illegally and were further accused of a "grave crime against North Korea", which has yet to be elaborated on by Pyongyang. 
The Healthy Families Act (HFA), 
As part of the Obama Administration's plan for "fundamental tax reform", there has been growing interest in a new value-added tax, commonly referred to as a VAT. Daniel J. Mitchell explains in a Cato Institute 
From the people who ensured the destruction of the U.S. auto industry (i.e., unions), you know, OUR co-stockholders in GM and Chrysler, comes the Orwellian named "Employee Free Choice Act."
Matthew Crawford has an important 
President Obama had this to say ahead of his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo:
