deploy more ofthe technology required for the even cleaner energy economy ofthe future. … And because billions of your tax dollars continue to still subsidize some ofthe most profitable corporations in the history ofthe … Here’s an excerpt from my review of Obama’s 2010 StateoftheUnion address:
Natural gas is the 800-pound gorilla that the President…
TheState AG of California refuses to enforce the law. … “We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when state officials … They are being compelled to perform by the iron-fisted majesty ofthestate against their personal conviction.…
Although the case initially appeared to be confined to gay marriage laws in thestateof California, namely the “Proposition 8” ballot … initiative which amended thestate constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, the court’s decision … laws, citizens of that state cannot appeal thestate court’s ruling in federal court.…
years lamenting the size of government could then argue for its increase by inviting it into the discussion of marriage. … In suing over “marriage” itself one is demanding that God change His definition oftheunion between a man and a woman. … The government has, for now, refrained from issuing a blanket statement against the institution of marriage, reverting instead to state…
In the course of explaining why the White House is still spending huge amounts of time and money to convince Americans that ObamaCare … Kathleen Sebelius, stress-testing ethics laws by squeezing money out ofthe industries she regulates, while the sort of liberal groups … The embarrassing degeneration of ObamaCare into a wealth transfer program that feeds off healthy people is a perfect inversion ofthe…
In the often-sordid world of today’s union bosses, there are those that are bad, then there are those who are just downright abominably … In April, a Hoffa-appointed panel recommended that the Slawsons should be bannded from theunion for life and repay theunion tens … Thestate Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that 42-year-old Bradley Slawson, Jr., of Ham Lake, Minn., pleaded guilty…
This kind of practice takes place only in the government – in the private sector, union work and staff are paid for by union rules. … Not so with the public employee union. They are appendages ofthe government that employs them. … ofunion rules. …
Ami Bera (D-CA), who is considered to be one ofthe most vulnerable Democrats in the House. … Ose, who lost a congressional primary bid in 2008, is telling the media that he isn’t happy with thestateof affairs in Washington … The organization opposed Ose’s candidacy, calling him “one ofthe most liberal Republicans in the House” because of his anti-taxpayer…
They still have the freedom to define marriage in civil law as theunionof one man and one woman. … The second thing to do is to insist that the government respect those who continue to stand for marriage as theunionof a man and … Mike Pence has called on his state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as theunionof a man and a woman.…
King joined the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as Director ofthe Office of Public Affairs. … Most recently, he served as Assistant Director of Communications for the American Federation ofState, County and Municipal Employees … Since the NLRB was taken over by union attorneys in 2009, the neutrality and legitimacy ofthe labor board has been successfully challenged…
The charges state that VW workers were told by UAW union organizers that a signature on the card was to call for a secret ballot unionization … The act of unions deceiving workers into signing their rights over to a a union during organizing campaigns is very commonplace. … However, one area that may be more deserving ofthe NLRB’s attention is the public threat that was issued by a German union official…
His job is not just to be leader ofthe Democrats, he’s supposed to be the leader ofthe whole country. … you have to live in thestate. … When I joined the military in 1972, the approval rating ofthe military was about 10% because ofthe Vietnam War. …
On Monday, another high-ranking official ofthe German union made the same type of coercive statement:
Bernd Osterloh, head of VW … Because of this unique power afforded to the German union, when union officials state (in the press) that the expansion ofthe Tennessee … the votes or union activities of employees.…
None ofthe above outcomes are really surprising. … What is somewhat surprising, however, is the overabundance of economic stupidity ambivalence residing in the Land ofthe Sopranos. … convinced the voters of New Jersey to increase the minimum wage to $8.25 per hour.…
He wanted them to think it was a form ofState-managed capitalism, a deathless idea that haunts the minds of intellectuals despite … A lot ofthe junk packed into ObamaCare’s thousands of pages serves little purpose beyond maintaining the illusion of choice. … that the words he said dozens of times on camera, over the span of years, didn’t really mean anything. …
The Governor depressed us, the Lieutenant Governor depressed us, the transportation deal depressed us, and of course DC establishment … That reason is that Virginia is a Right to Work state, and the unions would dearly love to get a state back to make up for their losses … But what McAuliffe and the Democrats want to do is send Virginia down the path of Detroit, Robocop-style.…
Union bosses and other out-of-state liberals–from Hollywood to New York–are pouring millions into the Virginia governor’s race. … Given the amount of big out-of-state money and extraordinary efforts union bosses and their liberal cohorts are putting into the race … In addition to the potential risk to Right-to-Work, as a recipient of big union money, as governor, McAuliffe would have the ability…
In 2011 during theunion and Democrat-led effort to recall Republican state senators from office, prosecutors investigated Wisconsin … Stoner was investigated for using a hotel address and out-of-state ID to vote in a Wisconsin election, the group hired him help manage … The result was 19 people arrested for disturbing the peace at the office of Senator Ron Johnson, and three people arrested during the…
In a new report, the Daily Mail (UK) takes a close look at thestateof environmental stewardship in the People’s Republic’s rare earth … The legacy ofthe Soviet Union and ofthe People’s Republic of China is of devastation ofthe landscape on a scale that it can be observed … The wise move is to consider all ofthe costs and all ofthe benefits of all of our options.…
He has followed the age old playbook of establishment Republicans – talk conservative at home but play footsie with the Democrats in … administration makes survivors ofthe Sept. 2012 attack on the U.S. … “My request has been going on for a year, to talk to the five survivors,” Graham said on CNN’s “StateoftheUnion” Sunday.…
Elsewhere, the expansion of Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, has been one ofthe few success stories of Obamacare. … In Washington, thestate predicts 10,000 new jobs and savings of $300 million in the first 18 months of expansion. … In the first place, are not state taxpayers a subset of federal taxpayers?…
When President Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty” in his 1964 StateoftheUnion address it represented, arguably … The essence ofthe speech was a singleminded devotion to the “the perfectability of man”: the notion that perfection can be achieved … We should not be afraid to address the shortcomings ofthe welfare state but we must acknowledge that those caught in this system aren…
Much ofthe left is crowing about a report issued by the House Select Intelligence Committee under Congressman [mc_name name='[ … Some ofthe early intelligence after the attacks was inaccurate. … “I think the report is full of crap,” Graham said on CNN’s “StateoftheUnion.”…
Follow the money. If you kill school choice you increase the power ofthe teacher’s union, something they desperately need. … Closing the voucher program is the obvious objective ofthe teachers unions and hence ofthe Obama administration. … This, however, is the least ofthe Justice Department’s departures from the rule of law.…
advancing armies and navies oftheUnion. … , the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as ofthe precious … ofthe Independence ofthe Unites States the Eighty-eighth.…