Archive for the ‘National News & Politics’ Category

Sometimes the stupidity of our government’s actions just seems beyond belief and here we have yet another example.  A new tax is set to take effect this year imposing a 15 cent premium on each and every Christmas tree sold to make us feel better about the yuletide tradition. Apparently the government is greatly concerned [...]

The Obama Administration’s failure to take responsibility for the death of dozens of people as a result of Operation Fast and Furious was on full display today.  When offered an opportunity to apologize for the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, a victim of the botched operation, Attorney General Eric Holder refused (video below). [...]

Today’s Friday Funny comes our way via Saturday Night Live.  In a skit with Steve Martin, the crew comes across the novel concept that you shouldn’t buy something if you can’t afford it. Certainly this is a lesson many Americans could stand to learn.  Witness many of the so-called ‘victims’ of the mortgage crisis who [...]

There are large differences between the left and the right on what the Unites of America should be and what role government should play. Those on the right believe our Founding Fathers knew best and the words they wrote in our Constitution are to be adhered to and government needs to be limited.  Democrats and [...]

Wish as we might have that the snowstorm in Denver that moved through over the last couple of days would have prevented him coming to town, President Obama managed to make it to the Mile High City.  The campaigner-in-chief came bearing gifts in the form of student loan changes that will benefit the average grad [...]

The tech world and Apple Computer fanboys are in morning following the death of Steve Jobs.  While social networks and news sites are plastered with news of his death, thousands of others who died serving a much higher cause go unnoticed. There is no doubt that Jobs contributed greatly to the advancement of computing technology [...]

Fran Tarkenton is one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks of all time having led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl three times.  Since leaving the gridiron he has become a very successful entrepreneur and in today’s Wall Street Journal he penned a piece pondering how the NFL would look if it were run like [...]

Ford Motor Company was the only one of the ‘big three’ Detroit automakers to not take government bailout funding and a recent television ad touted that noteworthy point.  It appears however that the White House pressured Ford to drop the ad, not approving of its message of self-reliance. One of a series of similar ads [...]

Campaigner-in-Chief President Barack Obama is on a three state swing through the western United States to push his so-called jobs bill.  Unfortunately for him, some of his staffers don’t seem to know the difference between Colorado and Wyoming. The press credentials issued by the White House sure look pretty with an image of the three [...]

It comes as no surprise that Americans have grown weary of the growing nanny state and government intervention in every part of our daily lives.  A new poll released by Gallup today shows just how concerned Americans are with the issue. The poll, part of a series on Americans’ views of government and its role [...]