Jan 25, 2012 – The State of the Union 2. We’re Fighting Over Two Guys and Neither Side Thinks the Other Can Win 3. … The State of the Union There need not be 7000 words, the length of the President’s speech, to break it down for you.John F. … He must be really worried about North Carolina given how many shout outs that state got.President Obama, in his State of the Union…

Jan 25, 2012 – Anyway, back to the State of the Union: Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years. … If any reader is aware of DoE research projects that deserve some of the credit for the Shale Revolution, I’d love to learn of it. … of being successful once the credits ended.…

Jan 24, 2012 – One of the most salient messages from Obama’s State of the Union Address is that he is unwilling to take responsibility for any of … Housing In 2008, the house of cards collapsed.   … The bottom 50% earned 13.5% of AGI, yet they shouldered just 2.3% of the burden. …

Jan 24, 2012 – Today is the 1,000th day since the Senate passed a budget. That’s a long time. … To mark the occasion, House Republicans will be wearing red “1000 Days” buttons for tonight’s State of the Union address. … Will the do-nothing, Democrat controlled Senate take note? My guess is: 1,000 nopes.…

Jan 24, 2012 – Most people know the name George Soros, the mastermind behind…well, a lot of stuff. This comes via the Daily Beast. … As he sees it, the world faces one of the most dangerous periods of modern history—a period of “evil.”  … Reminder: President Obama’s State of the Union Address starts at 9 pm EST.…

Jan 23, 2012 – Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner to be inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame. … State of the Union address on 1,000th day since Senate Dems passed a budget | Daily Caller “The last time the Senate passed a budget … with rhetoric to denounce what they describe as, ‘The Pillars of Climate-Change Denial.’”…

Jan 23, 2012 – With the State of the Union upcoming, House Republicans have made a pretty decent video to highlight (among other things) the fact … v=H2r_YevgDj4[/youtube] Keep in mind that for a substantial portion of this time period, Democrats controlled the White House, Senate … Makes everyone just tingling with anticipation about all the things we’re going to get to hear about in the SOTU address.…

Jan 21, 2012 – as the Laborers International Union of North America left the BlueGreen Alliance Friday afternoon. … by killing the pipeline, as well as destroying the hopes of unemployed union members. … For the sake of jobs (union and union-free), let us hope that more union bosses—and, if not them, their members—wake up from their…

Feb 9, 2012 – He worked for the State of Michigan for so many years that, by the time he “retired” in the late 1980’s, he was able to take off nearly … Chief among them was his innate love of freedom and liberty, but he was constrained by the fact that the State of Michigan was paying … The state (small “S”), of course, was their biggest –their only— customer.…

Feb 9, 2012 – His company, now 65 employees strong, is the type of job creator we should empower to move our state and country out of these difficult … Card check, legislation laughably titled “The Employee Free Choice Act,” eliminates the right of employees and union members to a secret … Card check is a classic example of politicians putting their jobs before the jobs of their constituents.…

Feb 9, 2012 – one core area — infrastructure.In fact, in his stimulus speech before Congress in 2009, his States of the Union in 2010, 2011, and … The plan will most likely necessitate a federal bailout of the Highway Trust Fund, which is typically funded through the gas tax and … Moreso, as is also typical of President Obama’s stimulus schemes, Washington would retain the bulk of control, even though the money…

Feb 9, 2012 – in 2009, his States of the Union in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and his Jobs Act speech of late 2011, the President repeated referred to … for the rest of the post. 4. … “We the people in order to form a more perfect union…” the Constitution starts, and what follows is one of the most awe inspiring and…

Feb 6, 2012 – The people writing these essays described in the YouTube above are the future of our nation. … (HT: Karl Denninger) Glenn Reynolds (of Instapundit fame) gets into the resource costs of this sort of belief system. … In his column “It’s takers versus makers and these days the takers are winning” he points out the ultimate fallacy of this line of…

Feb 3, 2012 – I appear in Time magazine writing about the state of the conservative movement. … constitutions of one of the fifty states that state could constitutionally require all people buy a copy of the Communist Manifesto … of conservative arguments against the social safety net and the welfare state, is a canary in the coal mine.…

Feb 3, 2012 – I appear in Time magazine writing about the state of the conservative movement. … Please click here for the rest of the post. 4. … Having been on both sides of the labor-management equation, it’s easy to see the two sides of the coin—the pluses and the minuses—that…

Feb 2, 2012 – Having been on both sides of the labor-management equation, it’s easy to see the two sides of the coin—the pluses and the minuses—that … For a union, the ability to collect union dues is the lifeblood of the union; it is how unions function, it is how they get paid. … Union-bought Democrats like to ignore the fact that the United States is a Republican-form of Democracy.…

Feb 2, 2012 – The administration sealed the court documents connected to the murder of the border patrol agent. … In his State of the Union address, President Obama said, “I am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors … and leading state attorneys general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led…

Feb 17, 2012 – I would submit that it’s not, and President Obama claimed to feel the same way at his State of the Union earlier this year: “… It … Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … Please click here for the rest of the post. 4.…

Feb 16, 2012 – I would submit that it’s not, and President Obama claimed to feel the same way at his State of the Union earlier this year: … It … The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) exists for the purpose of backing U.S. goods sold to foreign customers that are … The Home Market Rule “prohibits airlines based in the domestic market of Boeing of the US or Europe’s Airbus (France, Germany, the…

Feb 15, 2012 – So, let me tell you of the wickedness of the world… or, more accurately, of the abject stupidity of the anti-Scott Walker forces in … One the one hand, you’ve got the public sector union leadership, who are even now starting to feel the first signs of withdrawal from … The technical term for this is ‘dunderheaded,’ by the way: aside from the fact that the state Republican party would welcome that fight…

Feb 11, 2012 – – Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address On Thursday, Energy Secretary Dr. … But there was a contribution of money toward that well. … Mitchell got the slickwater frack from UPR [Union Pacific Resources]. … Administration’s begrudging embrace of the promise of natural gas.…

Feb 28, 2012 – The state’s 3rd district is represented by the most liberal member of the delegation.  … The state we are referring to is not New York; it is Alabama, the third most conservative state! … bent of your state. …

Feb 27, 2012 – In so doing, the Machinists’ union again joins the ranks of the ‘latte-drinking, prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies … In fact, Buffenbarger has been a rather ardent critic of the administration, even stating after Obama’s first State of the Union address … Even the pomp and ceremony of this State of the Union address could not dispel the sense that something has gone terribly awry.…

Feb 27, 2012 – click here for the rest of the post. 3. … Some of the obvious ones are the weakness of the candidate field and new campaign finance structures. … In Iowa, this led to the resignation of the state party chair Matt Strawn.…

Feb 26, 2012 – It’s a sure sign of spring: the Sprint Cup NASCAR season starts today with the Daytona 500 (provided it stops raining…). … Companies in the 21st century cannot perpetuate the destructive labor relations of the 20th. … And you have to like the fact that he really got under the skin of the UAW on this.…