Tag: "U.S. economy"

No Democrats, We Don’t Belong To The Government

By Taylor Millard on Sep 05, 2012 in 2012 Election News, exposing Obama, Opinion, Politics, Self-sufficiency, The Democratic Attack machine

Democrats have shown just how far off the sanity cliff they’ve gone in their video to open the Democratic National Convention. Just to repeat, the narrator says, “Government is the only thing that we all belong to…we’re together as a part of our city, or our county or our state. Or our nation.” There’s [...]

The National Debt: Visualizing $16 Trillion

By TJ Thompson on Sep 05, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Conservative Philosophy, Featured Posts, Money, Politics

. 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, [...]

ObamaStamp: The Rising Food Stamp Crisis

By Dan Colby (@dpcolby) on Sep 04, 2012 in Politics

As unemployment continues to rise, which has held steady above 8 percent during most of President Obama’s term. While consumers are spending more of their shrinking income on food, gas, and energy that also continue to rise, the government continues to increase their food stamp dependency. This temporary safety net created by the government, continues [...]

Both Manufacturing & Consumer Confidence Sinking

By TJ Thompson on Aug 28, 2012 in 2012 Election News, exposing Obama, In The News, Politics

. In two separate reports released today, both manufacturing and consumer confidence are slipping in America. In a report from the Federal Reserve Bank Of Richmond’s report on manufacturing in the Central Atlantic region: Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region contracted at a less pronounced rate this month, after deteriorating in July, according to [...]

GOP Eyeing Return To Dollar With Fixed Value?

By TJ Thompson on Aug 23, 2012 in Conservative Philosophy, Featured Posts, Money, Politics

Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon ended the dollar’s tie to gold. Now, Reuters News has obtained a draft of the Republican party platform that is to be adopted at the Republican National Convention next week. Reuters reports the following: The proposal recalls a commission created in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan to consider restoring [...]

Romney: “Big Business Is Doing Fine”

By TJ Thompson on Aug 23, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Politics

At a campaign event, Mitt Romney put his own twist on an infamous line delivered by President Obama. Earlier this year, Obama said, speaking about the economy, ”the private sector is doing just fine.” Romney, who is hot on the campaign trail against Obama, now appears to have twisted Obama’s statement, and delivered it like a [...]

US in discussions with Japan about expanding missile defense system in Asia

By TJ Thompson on Aug 23, 2012 in In The News, Politics

The US Government is seeking to expand its Missile Defense Shield – this time in Asia. The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. is discussing the addition of an early warning radar in southern Japan, in addition to the current system in the Northern Japan, which would help to minimize threats from North Korea and China’s. [...]

Victory For Free Speech: Court Orders Brandon Raub Released

By TJ Thompson on Aug 23, 2012 in 2012 Election News, In The News, Politics

. Original CDN article HERE . Former Marine Brandon Raub is free. Raub had been held against his will at the John Randolph Medical Center since he was detained by the FBI, Secret Service and Chesterfield County (VA.) Police. Today, circuit court Judge Allan Sharrett dismissed the government’s case against Raub. Judge Sharrett dismissed the [...]

CBO: Deficit To Exceed $1 Trillion For Fourth Consecutive Year

By TJ Thompson on Aug 22, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Featured Posts, Legislation, Money, Politics

. According to the Congressional Budget Office, this year’s deficit will be $1.1 Trillion – which is slightly less than the predictions made by the CBO in March of this year. The cause for the decrease in projection is that tax revenue has increased by nearly 6%, and spending narrowed by 1%. This marks the [...]

Paul Ryan’s Defense Of 2008-2009 Votes

By Taylor Millard on Aug 21, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Featured Posts, Opinion, Politics

One of the big questions since Mitt Romney selected Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as is running mate is whether it would bring in small government conservatives and libertarians on the Romney bandwagon. Ryan is well-liked by people due to his “Roadmap For America’s Future” and his 2009 verbal destruction of Obamacare to the President’s face. [...]

Capitalism, the Superior Societal System

By The Patriot on Aug 13, 2012 in 2012 Election News, featured opinion, Money, Opinion

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” – Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. Self interest, what some may call “greed”; wrongly, is a good thing. Put simply, capitalism, is [...]

Paul Ryan: 2012 Vice Presidential Profile

By Cindi on Aug 11, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Featured Posts, Politics

August 11, 2012: GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney made the announcement that Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan is his Vice Presidential running mate for the 2012 Election. PERSONAL INFORMATION Paul Davis Ryan, Jr. was born January 29, 1970, the youngest of four children of Betty and Paul Murray Ryan. His father (now deceased) was a [...]

3 Strikes: Why Paul Ryan Is A Bad Choice For Veep

By TJ Thompson on Aug 11, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Conservative Philosophy, Opinion, Politics

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” ~Albert Einstein~ . The buzz is deafening. Social Media, the Mainstream Media, and seemingly everyone in-between is buzzing with excitement at Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan being named as Mitt Romney’s possible selection for the Vice Presidential nominee on the GOP [...]

He Said, She Said with Demetrius & Stacy

By DMinor on Aug 08, 2012 in CDNews Radio, DMinor, He Said She Said

When: Wed, Aug 8, 10PM EST/7PM Pacific Where: He Said, She Said on Blog Talk Radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cdnews/2012/08/09/he-said-she-said What: Have you ever wondered what Black Conservatives think about the political issues of today? Well wonder no more, “He Said, She Said” with Demetrius and Stacy. brings you an inner peek into themind of the conservative, bold, full strength, [...]

Luxury Tax 2.0 – Obama’s War on Prosperity

By Bruce MacIsaac on Aug 07, 2012 in 2012 Election News, Cap and Trade, Eat the Rich, exposing Obama, Politics

President Obama keeps asking “Do you want to return to the failed policies of the past?” At the same time he is urging us to envy those who have worked very hard and risked their own capital to make the American dream come true. An examination of that question might be in order. Those who [...]