Mitt Romney has made the prevention of President Barack Obama’s sequestration plan one of his primary campaign talking points. He’s probably done this for two reasons: it plays well with voters in Virginia and veterans, but it also helps with those who want the U.S. to have the strongest military possible. There’s nothing wrong with [...]
Incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill got a little testy with Dana Loesch, editor of Breitbart’s Big Journalism, during a press conference after Thursday night’s senate debate where Loesch asked the senator about her husband’s business deals, which involved selling tax credits tied to stimulus money. McCaskill’s husband, Joseph Shepard, allegedly conducted these deals in the [...]
On October 11, The Federalist Society held a panel discussion at The National Press Club on Lilly Ledbetter (who lost her pay discrimination case in the Supreme Court because she failed to comply with a statutory deadline) and the media’s oversimplification of gender issues. It featured Jennifer Braceras, a columnist and former Commissioner for the [...]
Last night’s Vice Presidential debate did put more pressure on Vice President Biden, who was tasked with delivering the same old progressive talking points about taxes, foreign policy, abortion, and health care – albeit with a little more spiritedness. However, the pervasive grinning, smiling, and interrupting came off as egregiously arrogant and condescending. Biden [...]
We all know about the Obama administration’s ‘War on Coal.’ It’s an egregious regulatory onslaught against American enterprise. However, it’s a story that’s often buried by some in the media. Last month, I wrote about how The Washington Post pushed another event in Obama’s war on coal to page 16 of their September 19 edition. It was [...]
Justen Charters, co-founder of Resistance 44, is sick of Obamanomics. After all, President Obama is “the six trillion dollar man” who “doesn’t have a budget plan” and “basic economics is something he doesn’t understand.” Enjoy! #obamastyle P.S. Justen, you didn’t make this song – somebody else made this happen.
We all got a shot of life Wednesday night from Mitt Romney. I received a lot of flak, and some insults, for my previous post castigating Romney for lacking joie de vivre, but he came out swinging and left the president looking for his teleprompter. While some posted polls in the comment section to show Romney’s campaign [...]
. The Consumer Confidence Index has raised the US Consumer Confidence level by nine points in their most recent survey, which was released today. Today’s September figure stands at 70.3, up from the board’s August number of 61.3. Earlier in the day, CDN reported that oil and natural gas prices rose in overseas trading as [...]
. The city of Houston, Texas has spent $200,000 of a Department of Homeland Security grant on the production of a six minute video that informs individuals of what to do in the event of a workplace shooting. The creepy video emphasizes three main actions: Run, Hide, and Fight. (continued below video) . The video [...]
. Fox Business anchor Stu Varney released a video on Youtube this morning talking about what happens when Ben Bernanke makes the decision to “print up a storm” – as he essentially did in yesterday’s Fed Announcement. Varney lamented that the American middle class can not be happy because the Fed announcement has not only [...]
The Forex Charts Powered by Forexpros – The Leading Financial Portal. After the Fed’s announcement of QE (quantitative easing), and subsequent press conference by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, the US Dollar has fallen to a 4-month low against the euro and Swiss franc. With speculation that the dollar will fall and the euro will rise [...]
The Fed has released their statement following their meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming today: For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. [...]
Late into Sunday and early Monday morning parents were still wondering whether or not their children would be attending a normal day of school. However, this was not the case this morning. On any normal Monday morning, parents would be dropping their children off at school, and starting their day of work or household activities. [...]
. Click Here to read CDN’s Interview with Paul T. Conway – former Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Labor and Generation Opportunity President en Español – Generación Oportunidad Washington, DC – (9/7/12) – Generation Opportunity, the largest non-profit, non-partisan organization in the United States engaging and mobilizing young Americans on the important economic issues facing [...]
. On September 4th, 2012, the United States national debt surpassed the $16,000,000,000,000 mark. Sixteen Trillion Dollars?! What exactly is it to have 16 trillion of something? For a visualization we can wrap our minds around, let’s turn to professor James Gray of the Community College of Aurora [see video to the right]. As professor Gray demonstrated, [...]
