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This post from Phyllis Schlafly deserves a repost here. If Obama Had Told Us Before His Election If Barack Obama had campaigned on what he has actually done in his first 300 days in office, would he have been elected? That’s the question so many are asking today. If Obama had told us he would appoint 34 Czars, reporting only to himself and not vetted or confirmed in the constitutional way, building a powerful unitary executive branch of government, would he have been elected? What if he had told us that his Green Jobs Czar had been a Communist, that the Science Czar wrote in a college textbook that compulsory “green abortions” are an acceptable way to control population growth, and that the Diversity Czar has spoken publicly of getting white media … Read entire article »

In the “Cash for Clunkers” scheme, did you know that taxpayers paid $24,000 per car? I’ll bet you didn’t. According to CNNMoney: The Cash for Clunkers program gave car buyers rebates of up to $4,500 if they traded in less fuel-efficient vehicles for new vehicles that met certain fuel economy requirements. A total of $3 billion was allotted for those rebates. The average rebate was $4,000. But the overwhelming majority of sales would have taken place anyway at some time in the last half of 2009, according to Edmunds.com. That means the government ended up spending about $24,000 each for those 125,000 additional vehicle sales. More HERE On other news, according to the WSJ, the latest taxpayer-funded mortgage scam has traveled fast. The Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration, J. Russell George, recently told Congress that … Read entire article »

President Obama promised not to raise taxes on people earning less than $200,000 per year and has vowed not to increase the national debt “by one nickel.” He promised his trillion-dollar stimulus plan would keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. (Last month, our unemployment rate was 9.8, the highest it’s been in 26 years.) In January 2008, then-presidential candidate Obama promised not to negotiate behind closed doors with health care lobbyists. In fact, he committed to broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people could see what the choices are. Yesterday, Politico reported that aides to President Obama and Democrat Senator Max Baucus met with corporate lobbyists in April 2009 to help “set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key … Read entire article »

While the sick languished in alleyways and on park benches in the city with the nation’s highest AIDS rate, D.C. government allowed widespread waste and mismanagement to overwhelm the city’s AIDS services. (Video Here) One in three of D.C.’s AIDS dollars earmarked for small groups went to organizations marked by financial problems and questionable services. Between 2004 and 2008, the D.C. Department of Health awarded approximately $80 million in grants to about 90 specialized AIDS groups, which along with medical clinics make up the front lines in the District’s fight against the disease. But while some provided a critically needed lifeline to the sick, others were wracked by questionable spending, practices and services. During those five years, one in three dollars earmarked for local AIDS groups went to these troubled programs, a … Read entire article »

Watch who your friends are. And the friends of your friends… President Hugo Chavez ordered the “acquisition by force” of the landmark hotel, Hilton,  Tuesday, according to Venezuelan officials. This is some time after more than a dozen of 34 radio stations ordered shut by the Venezuelan government went off the air on Saturday, part of President Hugo Chavez’s drive to extend his socialist revolution to the media. Not surprising then, he approved law legalizing armed civilian militias to work with the military could be used to crack down on opposition protests. What is it about 2009 that makes it a bad year for protests? After all the protest over the years we have had to endure of so many, suddenly it’s the most taboo thing ever. Effectively making himself a dictator, closing down … Read entire article »

At Gateway Pundit: » Rep. Michelle Bachman told a radio host today that the federal government will start funding the pimp and prostitution supporting ACORN organization again at month’s end. It was all a show…. More Here From American Solutions: President Obama’s energy “czar” Carol Browner hinted today that the EPA might implement a cap and trade plan for carbon dioxide emissions even if that type of plan fails in the Senate. In other words, if our elected leaders recognize that enough Americans oppose a cap and trade system and the energy tax is defeated, the government is preparing to impose it on us anyway…..More Here Canada Free Press: President Barack Obama and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus have come up with a brilliant new idea:  Tax the sick! ….More Here Black … Read entire article »