Paramount's decision to pull "GI Joe: Retaliation" from its scheduled release date last summer to convert the film into 3-D appears to have paid off. The film topped the Easter weekend box office with a $41.2 million haul.
Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of March 31, 2013: PR Newswire
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Obamacare's 'family glitch'
John Hayward: The most disastrous legislation in modern history continues to unravel before our eyes.
ObamaCare's "family glitch" | RedState
ObamaCare's "family glitch" | RedState
Friday, March 29, 2013
Former Abortion Biz Founder Allyson Schwartz Running for Governor in Pennsylvania
You can't get more pro-abortion than this far-left Pennsylvania Democrat, who is planning to run for governor of Pennsylvania in 2014. What is going to promise? Free abortions for everyone! Talk about a one-issue candidate.
Former Abortion Biz Founder Running for Governor in Pennsylvania
Former Abortion Biz Founder Running for Governor in Pennsylvania
When helping the poor doesn't help
Further proof that liberals do more harm than good when they push their failed socialist agenda. From The Christian Science Monitor: In a new study, the International Monetary Fund takes aim at energy subsidies, a common practice by countries to help the poor or benefit consumers and industry. The costs far outweigh any benefits, especially for the poor, finds the IMF.
When helping the poor doesn't help
When helping the poor doesn't help
Jobless claims rise. More than 5 million on unemployment rolls.
Next time Obama talks about a recovery, somebody should throw a shoe at him. More than 5.4 million Americans are collecting unemployment checks and more than 10 million have given up looking for work while the Obama Recession continues.
Jobless claims rise. More than 5 million on unemployment rolls.
Jobless claims rise. More than 5 million on unemployment rolls.
Student loan rates to double under Obama
If you're one of those college students who voted for Obama, get ready to be screwed big time by the man who promised you hope and change.
Student loan rates to double without Congressional action
Student loan rates to double without Congressional action
Food stamp enrollment up 70% under Obama
Obama truly is the Food Stamp President: Enrollment in the food stamp program — officially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — has soared by 70 percent in the years since President Obama first took office, a new report finds.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Obama's America: 47.8 Million on Food Stamps
Welcome to Obama's America: Enrollment in federal food stamp program
has soared 70% since Barack Obama took office in 2008. Not exactly the
hope and change you were promised, is it?
47.8 Million Americans on Food Stamps
47.8 Million Americans on Food Stamps
Mysterious website targets Bruce Castor
Politics is a contact sport.
Somebody has launched a website critical of Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce L. Castor Jr., who has been making noise about challenging incumbent Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
Mysterious website targets Castor
Somebody has launched a website critical of Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce L. Castor Jr., who has been making noise about challenging incumbent Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
Mysterious website targets Castor
Obama orders commission to address voting issues
Talk about chutzpah: The man who made voter fraud an art form to win in 2008 and 2012 has signed an executive order to investigation voting problems in the U.S. The biggest voting problem we have is electing an nincompoop like Barack Obama.
Obama orders commission to address voting issues
Obama orders commission to address voting issues
Obama to release his budget outline April 10 — two months late
Why bother? None of Obama's first 4 budgets received a single vote in Congress. I'm not sure Obama even knows what a budget is, considering each of his first four budgets were at least $1 trillion in the red. That kinda defeats the whole purpose of having a budget, doesn't it?
Obama to release his budget outline April 10 — two months late
Obama to release his budget outline April 10 — two months late
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Obamacare Funnels $75 Million to Planned Parenthood to Push Sex on Kids
Something else in Obamacare that Nancy Pelosi didn't want anyone to know about until after Democrats passed it. What's Planned Parenthood's stake here? More sex means more abortions, right?
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Tax Increases No Different Than Taxing Bank Accounts
Reason Magazine: Would a tax on Cypriot bank accounts be that different from taxation in America? Not really.
Tax Increases No Different Than Taxing Bank Accounts
Tax Increases No Different Than Taxing Bank Accounts
5 Gov't Videos Every Bit as Terrible as the IRS 'Star Trek' Parody
This is how Obama spends your money ... and he has the gall to lock the doors of the White House to school children?
5 Gov't Videos Every Bit as Terrible as the IRS 'Star Trek' Parody
5 Gov't Videos Every Bit as Terrible as the IRS 'Star Trek' Parody
Guest Column: Uncivil War By Far Left
CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research
Although much ado has been made about the Republican Party's need to reach out to emerging constituent groups amid the mainstream media's caterwauling about the need for conservatives to moderate, it is the agenda of the Left that has stalled — especially at the state level.
The re-election of President Barack Obama, which supposedly heralded a new era of progressive (i.e.; Left-wing) government, has actually been limited to the usurpation of congressional power by the executive branch. Despite Democratic control of the U.S. Senate and a RINO-run House of Representatives, Congress has done little more this session than raise taxes on every American.
At the state level, where the GOP controls 30 of the 50 state governorships, the conservative agenda is advancing. This has been particularly true in the upper Midwest where Michigan and Indiana have become Right-to-Work states and Wisconsin enacted legislation that diminished the power of public sector labor unions.
Proof that the Left is losing comes from the fact that when they fail to accomplish their policy goals by engaging in serious debate, they turn to bully tactics and even violence. Regrettably, both are escalating.
As the Pennsylvania House of Representatives considered a bill to privatize the state's antiquated monopoly liquor store system advocates of change staged a news conference in the Capitol Rotunda. As David Taylor of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association spoke, he was shouted down by Wendell Young, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The spectacle was caught on video, posted on the internet and went viral. Young's thuggish antics, revealed for all to see, backfired. The House voted for privatization.
Union angst led to violence several months ago when the construction site of a Quaker Meeting House in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill was torched. The vandalism occurred after unions objected to the hiring of a merit shop (non-union) construction firm. The act was particularly ironic given the fact Quakers are noted for their adherence to non-violence.
Radical environmentalists have also gotten in on the act. The Left has been unable to stop the development of the Marcellus Shale gas field. Gas production has been an economic boom to parts of Pennsylvania, much to the dismay of the environmentalists. Unable to stop the development, shots were fired recently at a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Witness said the shots came from a pick-up truck whose occupants were shouting obscenities.
It is not just Republicans who have been targeted. A few weeks ago Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter attempted to give his annual budget address to the city council. Union members created such a disturbance the Mayor was forced to abandon his speech. Highlighting their lack of intellectual ability, the unions towed a giant rat and a photograph of the mayor doctored to look like Bozo the clown to the event. All of this occurred because the mayor, facing budget constraints, would not yield to union contract demands.
Such behavior by unions and other components of the Left is likely to become more common. The fact is organized labor is on the verge of becoming extinct in the private sector, leaving the public arena as the venue for its last stand. Taxpayers have grown weary of paying government salaries larger than their own, and the Great Obama Recession has resulted in smaller or no pay hikes, under-employment and stubbornly high unemployment.
The fact is government employees are not exempt from the factors at play in the general economy. And, when opportunities such as Marcellus Shale development present themselves, most Americans opt for a balance allowing for development of such resources with appropriate environmental safeguards.
Despite the Left's chest-thumping over results of last November's elections, it is becoming increasingly clear the nation is gravitating to a more conservative policy path. Lacking the ability to make their case through rational argument, the Left is turning increasingly to violent and uncivil acts.
As the pendulum swings back toward more rational economic policy, look for advocates of big government to continue losing ground. Regrettably, their boorish behavior is likely to get worse, rather than better, as they watch their efforts fail.
(Lowman S. Henry is Chairman CEO of the Lincoln Institute and host of the weekly Lincoln Radio Journal. His e-mail address is lhenry@lincolninstitute.org.)
Pa. lawmaker seeks transparency in anti-religion lawsuits
No more anonymous atheists harassing people of faith? Sounds good.
From WHTM TV 27:
From WHTM TV 27:
A Pennsylvania lawmaker has unveiled legislation that would require the naming of plaintiffs who file lawsuits to remove religious symbols from public places.Pa. lawmaker seeks transparency in anti-religion lawsuits - abc27 WHTM
Cyprus: Banks limit cash withdrawals for customers
Your money isn't really your money in a socialist regime. Cypriots cannot have access to their own money until the bankers and the socialist politicians get to steal their share of it. Coming soon to America?
Cyprus: Banks limit cash withdrawals for customers
Cyprus: Banks limit cash withdrawals for customers
Gov. Corbett to nominate interim justice to PA Supreme Court
A good move by Gov. Corbett. The court currently has six members and is prone to tie votes because one of the Republicans on the court, Chief Justice Ron Castille, is from Philadephia, which means he's a Republican In Name Only and often sides with the Democrats. In fact, if the court had all seven voting members last year, the Voter ID bill would have been ruled constitutional. Instead, Castille sided with the Dems and essentially killed the bill.
The problem for Corbett is that the Republican-controlled Senate, which needs to confirm the nomination by a two-thirds margin, is divided 27-23 so that means the governor will need some Democrats to vote yes on the new justice.
The interim justice would serve until a full-time justice is elected in 2015.
So what would I do if I was the governor?
I'd nominate a seasoned member of the Senate who is a lawyer. (Montgomery County's John Rafferty?) It would be harder for Dems to oppose someone in their own chamber ... and it would hold out a political bone to Dems of possibly adding another Democrat to the Senate in 2014.
Corbett to nominate interim justice - News - Citizens' Voice
The problem for Corbett is that the Republican-controlled Senate, which needs to confirm the nomination by a two-thirds margin, is divided 27-23 so that means the governor will need some Democrats to vote yes on the new justice.
The interim justice would serve until a full-time justice is elected in 2015.
So what would I do if I was the governor?
I'd nominate a seasoned member of the Senate who is a lawyer. (Montgomery County's John Rafferty?) It would be harder for Dems to oppose someone in their own chamber ... and it would hold out a political bone to Dems of possibly adding another Democrat to the Senate in 2014.
Corbett to nominate interim justice - News - Citizens' Voice
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Study: Obama health overhaul to raise claims cost 32%
REALITY CHECK FOR ALL LOW-INFORMATION OBAMA VOTERS: New report predicts massive increases in health care premiums under Obamacare: From The Associated Press: The disparities are striking. By 2017, the estimated increase would be 62 percent for California, about 80 percent for Ohio, more than 20 percent for Florida and 67 percent for Maryland.
Study: Obama health overhaul to raise claims cost 32%
Monday, March 25, 2013
Guest column: Obamacare Makes It Harder to Make Ends Meet
In 2009, as health care reform was being considered in Congress, Gallup asked Americans what they wanted out of potential legislation. Eighty-three percent of Americans said that it was either extremely or very important that legislation make health insurance more affordable. When asked whether expanding coverage or making health care more affordable was more important, the majority of Americans said the priority should be bringing down costs.
According to many studies, Americans pay more for health care but get less. Health care keeps eating more and more into family budgets. While wages haven’t increased very much, health costs keep rising at or above inflation. In fact, for some Americans health insurance premiums could skyrocket in the coming years.
The Affordable Care Act might have been a good poll-tested name for the health reform bill, but the actual content of the bill has done little to actually make care more affordable. This week, the Energy and Commerce Committee released a joint report demonstrating how the law is increasing costs for young adults and middle class families.
The report compiles data from over 30 studies of how the law is affecting real people. Behind these statistics are real families. When government actions increase their health costs, they have to make painful decisions. For some that might mean cancelling a vacation but for others high medical costs eventually lead to bankruptcy. Very few Americans think they should be spending more of their paycheck on health insurance. Unfortunately, the new health law is making that decision for them.
Perhaps the most broken sector of the health insurance market is what is known as the individual market. The individual market is where people go when they don’t get insurance from an employer. Prior to the new health law, many Americans already found insurance in the individual market to be too expensive.
All of these plans were already regulated at the state level, but the new law adds a new layer of federal government regulation. This new layer of red tape has significant costs. In places like Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa and Ohio premiums in the individual market could double in the coming years. Here in Pennsylvania, the premium increase is expected to be 39 percent.
In addition to the added federal government red tape, the new law imposes a wide array of taxes on health insurance plans, drugs and medical devices. Over $165 billion in new taxes and fees are either here now or on their way soon.
The tax on medical devices is known as an excise tax, meaning that a company has to pay it even if it is not profitable. Excise taxes are usually only leveled on products that the government wants to discourage, like cigarettes and alcohol. This tax will discourage the development of new devices and make current medical devices more expensive for consumers.
Most importantly, purchasing health insurance is no longer optional. Families have to buy coverage or face the new IRS-imposed penalty. Many Americans will face a catch-22 where they have to buy insurance, but because of the greatly increased costs won’t be able to afford it. They will have to face the penalty and still go without care.
We can do better. For most people, looking at a health care bill is daunting. The costs don’t seem to make much sense, but they are trapped in a system. Under the new law, that feeling of entrapment will only grow. Health insurers are consolidating. Health systems are buying up individual practices and hospitals. Choices and competition are being reduced.
We need the government to give workers the same tax advantages for purchasing health care. They need to be able to own their insurance plan and take it with them.
We need reform that puts families and doctors in charge of health care decisions, not government bureaucrats or insurance companies. Right now, car insurance companies are fighting for your business. If you don’t like your insurer, it is easy to drop their coverage and go with someone else. Americans need that kind of control in health insurance. They are not getting it under the new law.
Congressman Joe Pitts is a Republican who represents Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District.
Krauthammer: Obamacare Will Hurt Dems in 2014
Imagine being a Congressional Democrat who voted for Obamacare and having to run for re-election in 2014 after many of the provisions of Obamacare are in place. Republicans have a very good chance of winning the Senate and expanding their majority in the House in 2014.
Greek Independence Day
On this day in 1821, Greece declared its independence from the Ottoman Turks, beginning an 11-year struggle to drive the Turks from the Greek mainland. Tens of thousands of Greeks fought and died to restore freedom to the birthplace of Democracy. Ζήτω η Ελλάς!
Obamanomics: Johnstown plant to close, 100 jobs lost
Welcome to Obama's second term. Another manufacturing plant closing in Pennsylvania, another 100 jobs gone. Hope and change, baby.
Johnstown plant plans to close
Johnstown plant plans to close
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Catch final performance of 'Hairspray' Sunday, March 24, in Mount Penn
A fantastic production of "Hairspray" this weekend by Antietam Musical Productions featuring the students of the Antietam Middle/Senior High School. Pictured is Kat Krohn as Amber Von Tussle and James Phyrillas as Harriman F. Spritzer. Tickets ($10) are still available for the 2 p.m. Sunday show at Mount Penn Primary Center, 201 N. 25th St., Mount Penn, PA 19606.
Note to the Department of Education: Mao murdered 65 million people
The Obama Department of Education posted a quote from one of the biggest mass-murderes in the history of mankind on its website. What a bunch of dummies.
Note to the Department of Education: Mao Zedong murdered 65 million people. | RedState
Note to the Department of Education: Mao Zedong murdered 65 million people. | RedState
Friday, March 22, 2013
Exhibit A: Why Pa. should not legalize marijuana
Daylin Leach, a far-left state lawmaker in Pennsylvania, has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Pennsylvania. He doesn't see any harm to making pot available to more people and taxing it so the state could spend more money. In today's edition of The Pottstown Mercury, you can read about an 18-year-old driver under the influence of marijuana who struck and killed a 40-year--old mother of two while she was was jogging in Limerick, Pa. This case, Sen. Leach, is reason enough why your bill to legalize pot use should never see the light of day.
Montco D.A.: Teen was texting, DUI when he hit Limerick jogger
Montco D.A.: Teen was texting, DUI when he hit Limerick jogger
Biden's One-Night Paris Hotel Tab: $585,000
The Obamas aren't the only ones who are living large at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.
Biden's One-Night Paris Hotel Tab: $585,000.50
Biden's One-Night Paris Hotel Tab: $585,000.50
Amid oil boom, ethanol helps inflate gasoline prices
Government-subsidies to divert corn for use as a gasoline additive not only drive up the price of gas, but also hit consumers at the grocery store because a shortage of corn drives up food prices.
Amid oil boom, ethanol helps inflate gasoline prices
Amid oil boom, ethanol helps inflate gasoline prices
Thursday, March 21, 2013
3 Years Too Late, Finally Some Honesty on Obamacare
If the state-run media would only have been honest with the American people in 2009 about the horrors of Obamacare, we wouldn't be in this mess today.
Three Years Too Late, Finally Some Honesty on Obamacare
Three Years Too Late, Finally Some Honesty on Obamacare
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Meets Pope Francis
One of the most significant events since the Great Schism of 1054 AD occurred last week at the Vatican and the heads of the two largest branches of Christianity met.
The Extraordinary Historical Significance of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's Presence at Pope Francis' Installation as Bishop of Rome — Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
The Extraordinary Historical Significance of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's Presence at Pope Francis' Installation as Bishop of Rome — Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
The Cypriot Domino
Writing at American Thinker, Bruce Walker argues the tiny island-nation of Cyprus may prove the first domino in a collapse of the Eurozone financial system.
The Cypriot Domino
The Cypriot Domino
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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Gov. Tom Corbett to speak at 2013 PA Leadership Conference
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett will address the 2013 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference during the event's Liberty Dinner on Friday, April 19, 2013, at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill, PA.
Gov. Corbett will become the first sitting governor to speak at the conference in the 24-year history of the Keystone State's largest gathering of conservatives.
Corbett joins Steve Hayes of Fox News/The Weekly Standard, pollster/commentator Scott Rasmussen, Fox News Contributor Deneen Borelli, FrackNation producer Ann McElhinney, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, political analyst John Gizzi, Congressman Scott Perry, Congressman Keith Rothfus, and John Fund of National Review as announced speakers for the two-day event.
This year's conference will be held on April 19-20, 2013.
Panel topics include session on Broadening the Conservative Coalition, Unleashing the Economic Potential of Penn's Woods, Freedom to Work, and a State IssuesRoundtable. There will also be three workshop sessions focusing on Using Social Media; The 10th Amendment and States' Rights and Citizen Lobbying.
Registration for the 2013 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is now open at www.paleadershipconference.org
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
EU theft of private bank accounts in Cyprus a 'sacrifice' to MSM
It's OK to steal other people's money as long as the government uses it for the common good, says the socialist mainstream media. Tell that to the Cypriot people who are being held up by the socialist politicians who run the EU. And will the socialist media fell the same way when the government dips into their bank accounts?
EU theft of private bank accounts a 'sacrifice' to mainstream media
EU theft of private bank accounts a 'sacrifice' to mainstream media
Pew Study Shows Negative Impact Of Newroom Cutbacks
From a new Pew survey:
More than 30% of consumers surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism said they have given up on a news outlet because it had fewer or less complete stories, showing the real-world effect of newsroom cutbacks.
Pew Study Shows Impact Of News Cutbacks
More than 30% of consumers surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism said they have given up on a news outlet because it had fewer or less complete stories, showing the real-world effect of newsroom cutbacks.
Pew Study Shows Impact Of News Cutbacks
Welfare Secretary: Pa. can't afford name change so welfare clients won't be offended
It's bad enough Pennsylvania spends more on welfare each year ($11 billion) than it does for public education, but now there's a campaign to drop the word "welfare" from the Department of Welfare so people collecting welfare payments won't be offended.
A Philadelphia-area state lawmaker wants to change the name of the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare to the Department of Human Services so the millions of people on welfare don't have live with the "stigma" of receiving welfare payments.
Welfare secretary: Pa. can't afford dept. name change
A Philadelphia-area state lawmaker wants to change the name of the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare to the Department of Human Services so the millions of people on welfare don't have live with the "stigma" of receiving welfare payments.
Welfare secretary: Pa. can't afford dept. name change
Antietam Production of 'Hairspray' Coming to Mount Penn March 22-24
Monday, March 18, 2013
'Bible' producers dismiss Obama-Satan connection
'Bible' producers dismiss Obama-Satan connection
Cypriot deposits grab shocks savers across Europe
When socialists run out of other people's tax money, they raid private bank accounts.
Cypriot deposits grab shocks savers across Europe
Cypriot deposits grab shocks savers across Europe
Esther J. Cepeda: Why Latinos stick with Obama
Columnist Esther J. Cepeda says Latino voters overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama even though they have suffered under his policies.
Esther J. Cepeda: Why Latinos stick with Obama
Esther J. Cepeda: Why Latinos stick with Obama
EU political elites raid private bank accounts as condition of Cyprus bailout
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher
Allister Heath: Europe's political elites betray the middle class
Allister Heath: Europe's political elites betray the middle class
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Cyprus to raid private bank deposits on orders from European Union
Your money is not your own as socialist Europe moves to confiscate private wealth to continue funding its failed socialist governments. And how soon before Obama gets the same idea?
Cyprus to raid private bank deposits, on orders from European Union. | RedState
Cyprus to raid private bank deposits, on orders from European Union. | RedState
'Oz' the first box-office blockbuster of 2013
Despite poor reviews, "Oz The Great and Powerful" continues to dominate the domestic box office. The film has taken in $145 million in its first two weeks of releaswe in the U.S. It's also a huge hit overseas.
Starring James Franco, the prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" still has a ways to go to earn back its $215 million productions costs, but it's headed in the right direction. The film was director by Sam Raimi (of the original "Spiderman" series fame).
'Oz' again tops box office with $42.2 million
Starring James Franco, the prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" still has a ways to go to earn back its $215 million productions costs, but it's headed in the right direction. The film was director by Sam Raimi (of the original "Spiderman" series fame).
'Oz' again tops box office with $42.2 million
Diana West: Why does Obama need 1.6 billion bullets?
Why isn't the lapdog liberal media asking any questions?
From Diana West's lastest column on the Obama administration stockpiling massive amounts of ammunition in the name of homeland security:
Diana West: Why does Obama need 1.6 billion bullets?
From Diana West's lastest column on the Obama administration stockpiling massive amounts of ammunition in the name of homeland security:
Commentators who have done the math tell us the feds’ ammo dump includes enough bullets to fight the war in Iraq for 27 years, or enough bullets to shoot every American citizen five times over.I'm not feeling any more secure? How about you?
Diana West: Why does Obama need 1.6 billion bullets?
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Government taxes bank accounts as part of Cyprus bailout
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher
Don't give Obama any new ideas about taking more of our money.
Gov't taxes bank accounts as part of Cyprus bailout
Don't give Obama any new ideas about taking more of our money.
Gov't taxes bank accounts as part of Cyprus bailout
Friday, March 15, 2013
Cops: Pa. prison guard shot finger trying to remove wedding ring
This has the makings of a great country song.
Cops: Drunken Pa. prison guard shot finger trying to remove his wedding ring
Cops: Drunken Pa. prison guard shot finger trying to remove his wedding ring
Pa. couple behind 'Olympus Has Fallen' script excited about film's premiere
Katrin Benedikt and Creighton Rothenberger, who have ties to Berks County, wrote the screenplay for action-thriller "Olympus Has Fallen," which opens in theaters March. 22
Berks couple behind 'Olympus Has Fallen' script excited about film's premiere
Greek unemployment reaches record 26%
We're halfway there ... and if Obama gets his way, we'll pass Greece in no time.
Greek unemployment reaches record 26%
Greek unemployment reaches record 26%
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Toomey to CPAC: Still haunted by 2012 presidential campaign
Sen. Pat Toomey is not alone. Most Americans are haunted by the inexplicable re-election of a failed president.
Toomey to CPAC: Still haunted by 2012 presidential campaign
Toomey to CPAC: Still haunted by 2012 presidential campaign
Inside Obama's America: Record 1 in 3 U.S. counties are dying
From The Associated Press: New 2012 census estimates released Thursday highlight the population shifts as the U.S. encounters its most sluggish growth levels since the Great Depression.
Census: Record 1 in 3 U.S. counties are dying
Census: Record 1 in 3 U.S. counties are dying
Obama picks a liar for national security adviser
Susan Rice? Seriously? Ted Nugent says America deserves better than Obama's Benghazi storyteller
Expert: Obamacare set to 'implode'
The high costs and exploding bureaucracy that Americans will face starting in 2014 will lead most to revolt against the government takeover of health care, predicts Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute and one of the leading policy-based critics of Obamacare.
Expert: Obamacare set to 'implode'
Expert: Obamacare set to 'implode'
Obama: It was Bush's fault I closed the White House for tours
Obama tells his favorite liberal TV lackey, Little Georgie Stephanopolous, that it's not his fault that schoolchildren can no longer tour the White House.
Obama tries to spin White House tour shutdown, makes it worse | Human Events
Obama tries to spin White House tour shutdown, makes it worse | Human Events
Antietam Middle-Senior High Production of 'Hairspray' Coming to Mount Penn, PA, March 22-24
Sen. Mike Lee: Obamacare bans 98% of individual insurance plans
Remember when Obama promised you could keep your existing health plan? He lied!
Sen. Mike Lee: Obamacare bans 98 percent of individual insurance plans | WashingtonExaminer.com
Sen. Mike Lee: Obamacare bans 98 percent of individual insurance plans | WashingtonExaminer.com
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Obamacare sticker shock
How do you provide "free" health care to 30 million people? Bill the rest of us for it. That's appears to be the secret to Obamacare.
From The Associated Press:
From The Associated Press:
The nation’s big health insurers say they expect premiums — or the cost for insurance coverage — to rise from 20 to 100 percent for millions of people due to changes that will occur when key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare) roll out in January 2014.Insurers warn of Obamacare-induced sticker shock
Obama's own words expose his hypocrisy on debt
Why are liberals such hypocrites? Debt mattered while George W. Bush was president, but Obama piles on another $6 trillion debt, and it's no longer a concern? How stupid do you have to be to continue to believe Obama's lies?
David Harsanyi: In 2006, Obama explained why debt matters. Here's the speech:
David Harsanyi: In 2006, Obama explained why debt matters. Here's the speech:
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
$2.2 Billion Spent on 'Free' Obama Phones
Congressman Tim Griffin of Oklahoma reports that 41% of the people who received
those "free" Obama phones did not meet the low-income eligibility.
And many of the people receiving the phones are deceased, according to Rep. Griffin.
The program costs $2.2 billion.
Talk about waste and fraud in the federal government.
In The News | Congressman Tim Griffin
And many of the people receiving the phones are deceased, according to Rep. Griffin.
The program costs $2.2 billion.
Talk about waste and fraud in the federal government.
In The News | Congressman Tim Griffin
Cox, Argall Unveil PA Property Tax Independence Act
Joined by a bipartisan coalition of state legislators in Harrisburg Tuesday, state Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) and state Sen. David G. Argall (R-29) unveiled the Property Tax Independence Act, a proposal to completely replace school district property taxes.
PA State Rep. Jim Cox - Cox, Argall and Others Unveil Property Tax Independence Act
PA State Rep. Jim Cox - Cox, Argall and Others Unveil Property Tax Independence Act
Pa. among the priciest states for college costs
The more taxpayer dollars Pennsylvania hands out to colleges and universities, the higher the tuition costs rise. Maybe if colleges had to compete like businesses do in the real world, the cost of higher education would come down.
Pa. among the priciest for college costs
Pa. among the priciest for college costs
Ohio poll worker indicted for voting for Obama six times
Democrats have turned voter fraud into an art form.
Cincinnati poll worker indicted for voting for Obama six times | Human Events
Cincinnati poll worker indicted for voting for Obama six times | Human Events
Monday, March 11, 2013
5,000 state workers in Pa. paid $100,000-plus salaries
Who says you can't get rich working for the government?
The gap between the beleaguered taxpayer and the political class in Harrisburg continues to grow.
The number of employees with six-figure earnings has more than quadrupled since 2002, according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
With so many state workers earning six-figure salaries (some in the $200,000 to $300,000 range), you'd think state government would be run better and Pennsylvania would be better place to live.
Nearly 5,000 Pa. state workers paid $100,000-plus
The gap between the beleaguered taxpayer and the political class in Harrisburg continues to grow.
The number of employees with six-figure earnings has more than quadrupled since 2002, according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
With so many state workers earning six-figure salaries (some in the $200,000 to $300,000 range), you'd think state government would be run better and Pennsylvania would be better place to live.
Nearly 5,000 Pa. state workers paid $100,000-plus
Name the political party of this corrupt politico
Another Democratic politician convicted of corruption, but The Associated Press forgets to mention anywhere in the story that the former mayor of Detroit was a Democrat. This happens all the time. When a Republican is in trouble, it's in the first paragraph. When a Democrat breaks the law, the MSM never mentions his/her political affiliation. Another example of Liberal Media Bias 101.
Jury convicts ex-Detroit mayor of corruption
Jury convicts ex-Detroit mayor of corruption
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Muslim protesters burn Christian homes in Pakistan
Another reminder that Islam is the religion of peace ... unless you're a Christian living in a Muslim country. Then, you're home will be burned down and you'll be killed by those peace-loving Muslims.
Muslim protesters burn Christian homes in Pakistan
Muslim protesters burn Christian homes in Pakistan
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Obama's 'make America hurt' plan
Show me in the president's job description where it says his job is to punish the American people.
Obama’s 'make America hurt' plan
Obama’s 'make America hurt' plan
Friday, March 08, 2013
Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes
The divide between the taxpayers and the political class continues to grow.
Under the Obama Administration, more and more government workers feel they don't have to pay their "fair share" of taxes.
Nearly 312,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.5 billion in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2011, according to the IRS. The year before, about 279,000 workers and retirees owed $3.4 billion, the agency reports.
Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes
Under the Obama Administration, more and more government workers feel they don't have to pay their "fair share" of taxes.
Nearly 312,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.5 billion in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2011, according to the IRS. The year before, about 279,000 workers and retirees owed $3.4 billion, the agency reports.
Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes
Real jobless rate for February is 14.3%
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute throws some cold water on the release of the February unemployment numbers. Pethokoukis notes that the broader U-6 unemployment rate, which is a more accurate way of measuring the nation's work force, stands at 14.3% unemployment.
James Pethokoukis: To praise the February jobs report is to embrace the New Normal economy
James Pethokoukis: To praise the February jobs report is to embrace the New Normal economy
Liberals in Denial About Obamacare's Impact on the Deficit
The easiest way to make a dent in the national debt and to eliminate those "sequester" cuts is to pull the plug on Obamacare.
Liberals in Denial About Obamacare's Impact on the Deficit | RedState
Liberals in Denial About Obamacare's Impact on the Deficit | RedState
Disturbing News In Latest Jobs Report
Don't be too impressed with the latest government unemployment report.
John Steele Gordon at Commentary Magazine:
John Steele Gordon at Commentary Magazine:
Worse, the workforce participation rate, the percentage of the working-age population that is actually working, is only 63.5 percent. At the start of the recession it was 66 percent. In other words, millions of people have dropped out of the labor force. If they had not, the unemployment rate would be over 10 percent.The Jobs Report
'Cyprus has become a colony again'
More than 50 years after gaining its independence, Cyprus finds itself at the mercy of European powers once again.
'Cyprus has become a colony again' [with video] - Cyprus Mail
'Cyprus has become a colony again' [with video] - Cyprus Mail
Newspaper: Thorns to Obama for petty move to cancel White House tours
From the editorial page of The Pottstown Mercury:
THORNS to President Obama for announcing this week that he is closing the White House to public tours because of the sequestration. This is a petty and thinly-veiled strategy by Obama to put pressure on members of Congress, who arrange the popular tours of the White House for their constituents. Obama didn't get what he wanted in negotiations with Congress over spending cuts and tax hikes, so he's resorted to punishing school children and other tourists visiting Washington, D.C., in the coming months. "Due to staffing reductions resulting from the sequester, we regret to inform you that White House tours are canceled effective Saturday, March 9, until further notice," the administration informed House and Senate offices. "We very much regret having to take this action, particularly during the popular spring touring season." There's plenty of government spending to be cut in Washington, but shuttering the doors of the White House to the American people should not be on that list. Reports that the tours are run by volunteers and the cost of having extra security is minimal reinforce suspicion that Obama canceled the tours out of spite. It's another example of Obama's unpresidential behavior when he doesn't get his way.Roses to Albert Boscov, a retailing and community legend
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Diana West: Rand Paul sounds alarm on domestic drone strikes
From Diana West's latest column on Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster:
"So let's say there are people going from a Constitution Party meeting to a Libertarian Party meeting. Both these groups don't like big government. They hate big government ... They are nonviolent as far as I know, but they were on the fusion list for potential terrorists," Paul said, referring to a Department of Homeland Security report tagging anti-abortion activists; border advocates; supporters of Rand's father, Ron Paul; and others as potential members of paramilitary groups that law enforcement should monitor. "Are we going to kill people in a caravan going from one meeting to the next?"Diana West: Rand Paul sounds alarm on domestic drone strikes
Senate votes 63-34 to confirm Obama's controversial CIA pick
Despite the valiant 13-hour filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul, you knew Obama's nomination of radical John O. Brennan as CIA director was going to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The vote came after Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Sen. Paul stating the Obama Administration does not believe it is legal to use drones to kill non-combatant Americans on U.S. soil.
Senate confirms CIA director Brennan after Paul gets assurances - Washington Times
The vote came after Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Sen. Paul stating the Obama Administration does not believe it is legal to use drones to kill non-combatant Americans on U.S. soil.
Senate confirms CIA director Brennan after Paul gets assurances - Washington Times
Led by Democrats, Senate panel OKs bill curbing gun purchases
It begins. The Obama/Congressional Democrats campaign to disarm law-abiding Americans kicks off today with the Senate Judiciary Committee voting 11-7 to approve a gun control measure. All the 'yes' votes were cast by Democrats. RINO Charles Grassley of Iowa was the only Republican to vote in favor of the bill.
Led by Democrats, Senate panel OKs bill curbing gun purchases
Led by Democrats, Senate panel OKs bill curbing gun purchases
U.S. consumer debt up $16.2 billion in January
Following Obama's lead on piling up massive debt, US consumer borrowing rose $16.2 billion in January to a total of $2.8 trillion. Here's a frightening fact: One-third of the United State's $17 trillion national debt has been accumulated during the Obama Administration.
U.S. consumer debt up $16.2 billion in January
U.S. consumer debt up $16.2 billion in January
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