Category Archives: politics
Math Is Hard For Leftists – Part 1 Million
There is a post on the Leftist blog Crooks and Liars that gives new meaning to the website’s title. The post provides charts that will supposedly show your “Right-Wing brother” just how wrong he is about his claims that Obama … Continue reading
Obama Has Owned the Economy For the Past Two Years
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the Q2 GDP results and the US economy grew by 4%. And of course Obama took the opportunity to claim ownership of this economy and state that this increase was because of his … Continue reading
Why Are Companies Hoarding Cash?
US companies are flush with cash reserves right now and some people are mystified as to why that is happening. “I think most CFOs would not admit they’ve hoarded too much cash,” says John Graham, finance professor at Duke University.” … Continue reading
O-Bot Thinks Obama’s Executive Orders Are Great For America
I saw a tweet in the #UniteBlue hashtag over the weekend and I decided to engage for clarification. President #Obama has helped more #Americans with #ExecutiveOrders then #republicans have in decades. #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/evTdVNeg2E — Sherrea (@Sherrea_D) July 17, 2014 @gdthomp01 … Continue reading
Obama Owns This Immigration Disaster
This latest immigration catastrophe is Obama’s fault. But don’t take my word for it, read the following excerpt from a news segment on NPR’s Morning Edition today when reporter Steve Inskeep interviewed Eric Olsen of the Woodrow Wilson Center and … Continue reading
Seal The Southern Border Now
We have a serious moral dilemma going on right now at our southern border and if we don’t do something to fix the problem, the conundrums we will face in the near future will get much worse. We already had … Continue reading
Life Is Great In Socialist Cuba
There was a time when proclaiming to be a Socialist was like carrying a sign that said “Nobody should take me seriously” and people who did this were rightfully shamed. But now with the popularity of people like Elizabeth Warren … Continue reading
What Happens When The Minimum Wage Is Raised?
Economic theory tells us that when the fair market price for wages is artificially raised then businesses will raise the price of their good/services, cut back on expansion, reduce their work force and suffer with reduced profits. But we don’t … Continue reading
Chevy Volt Sales Still Suck
It’s been a rotten year for Government Motors and I’m pretty sure it’s now not just conservatives that are questioning the bailing out of this failure of a company. Especially since a new report shows a “history of failures” at … Continue reading
A Typical Day In A Liberal Utopia
From NPR: “During a conversation between a reporter and community activists on Chicago’s South Side, gunshots not more than 100 feet away shattered an otherwise quiet afternoon. After the initial shock wore off, the neighborhood leaders expressed their frustration over … Continue reading
An Obamanomics Recovery Compared To Other Recoveries
Throughout the 20th Century the US experienced larger than normal GDP growth following the end of a recession and the magnitude of the recovery was roughly proportional to the magnitude of the recession but something has happened under Obama to … Continue reading
It’s Never Obama’s Fault
The US Q1 GDP growth was – 1.0% and this marked the first time the GDP has hit negative territory since Q1 of 2011. But as NPR reports, we mustn’t blame Obama for this. It’s The Weather “The first-quarter downturn … Continue reading
The Obama Generation
From an NPR story about reparations (starting at the 4:30 mark): NPR Reporter Audie Cornish – “MTV had this survey on Millennials and their attitude toward racial inequality. One of the things they found that Millennials overwhelming see racism as … Continue reading
Obamacare Fails To Limit ER Visits
When the Left was trying to sell us on Obamacare they said this (emphasis mine): “As far back as 2010, President Obama cited decreasing emergency room visits as one of the main cost-saving goals of the health-care reform. “What happens … Continue reading
Random Acts Of Journalism At NPR
For the past few days NPR has run 3 separate stories on Obamacare and all of them have clearly shown the wake of destruction that this massive takeover of healthcare has left. The first story was about a Cleveland, Ohio … Continue reading
Is Alec Baldwin Joining The Tea Party?
I have to wonder based on this tweet he sent out today after he was arrested for riding his bike the wrong way and then arguing with the police about it. New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity … Continue reading
Is Manufacturing Making A Comeback?
Here is a graph contrasting the civilian unemployment rate and the unemployment rate for the manufacturing industry that may show signs of a small resurgence of manufacturing in the US. Prior to the last Great Recession, unemployment in the manufacturing … Continue reading
Not A Cult…..
While browsing for Mother’s Day cards at my local supermarket I came across this one in the “Support” section: Are you kidding me? I’m fond of calling the radical elements of the Democratic Party “cult members” (like the Anthropogenic Global … Continue reading
An Inconvenient Truth For Obamanomics
Liberals are cheering the latest drop in Unemployment numbers but they never seem to add the following graph of Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in their news stories and blog posts. The LFPR is defined as the percentage of working … Continue reading
The Left Has A New Strategy
Last year Debbie Wasserman Schultz said that Democrats would have a winnable strategy for the 2014 mid-term elections: “So, I think, .. that Democratic candidates will be able to run on Obamacare as an advantage leading into the 2014 election.” … Continue reading
