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January 5, 2015
The Obama Economic Record is Even Worse than You RealizeSix years ago this month, America cast its lot toward a young, first-term U.S. Senator from Illinois to lead the greatest nation in the world. His mesmerizing words and bold promises drew folks in by the millions. However, unless you're ...
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February 20, 2014
The Obama Legacy: Majoring on Minor IssuesLast week, President Barack Obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for government contract workers to $10.10/hour, up from $7.25/hour. This is a pay raise of 39%, and it begins on January 1, 2015. Applause erupted throu...
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November 4, 2013
Redskins Football Will Soon Be No MoreLeaders of the Oneida nation in New York recently called for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League to stop using "Redskins" as their team name. They're right of course, as this name is an abomination in America. This Indian --...
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October 27, 2013
The Millennials: An Economically Lost GenerationThe wealth and earning power of the Millennial generation, also known as Generation Y, is eroding day by day during the Obama presidency. The magnitude of this erosion is nothing short of startling for those Americans born in 1983 or later...
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October 7, 2013
The Cold Hard Facts of Obama's EconomyThere's an old adage, "Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story." That could be the battle cry within the Obama administration when it comes to Obama's work on the economy through his five plus years as president. But a close and obje...
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September 12, 2013
The Irrelevant Black Voting BlocThe African-American voting bloc has become powerless and irrelevant due to its decades-old blind allegiance to the Democratic Party and the growing likelihood that the group will soon be eclipsed in size by the Hispanic voting bloc. In the 201...
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August 17, 2013
The Plight of the Obama SupporterSo you voted for Barack Obama back in 2008, and perhaps you helped to re-elect him in 2012. How's that working out for you? Chances are, not well. Indeed, the evidence is overwhelming that those who most supported Obama have fared the w...
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August 4, 2013
Mr. President: Economic Growth Lessons from America's NorthPresident Barack Obama's "Grand Bargain" tour is underway, with plans for Air Force One to drop the commander-in-chief at various locales across the fruited plain so he can campaign for his pie-in-the-sky economic proposals. Among other proposa...
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July 7, 2013
Duck Dynasty and the Future of EntertainmentChristians and other people of faith are thirsty...thirsty for programming on television and in the movies which is entertaining and that we can watch without concern of vulgarity or violence or the pushing of social propaganda counter to our faith-b...
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June 18, 2013
Unions and the DemocratsFor generations the Democratic Party has relied upon unions and their members to dutifully pull the lever for Democratic candidates and to man their call centers and canvass neighborhoods. And yet, an objective look at what are arguably the three big...
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May 18, 2013
Good Luck Being Unemployed Under ObamaThirty-six weeks. That's the average time an unemployed American is out of work in the Obama-led economy, according to the latest government data. For anyone who has been jobless for an extended duration of time, nine months seems like an eternity. ...
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April 28, 2013
Think Washington's Bad? Try IllinoisThe Land of Lincoln and home state of President Barack Obama has become nothing short of a fiscal and economic disaster. The Illinois labor market continues to weaken and the State government loses money by the truckload every day. If you...
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April 13, 2013
Support Early Childhood Education: Smoke More CigarettesThe Obama budget is finally out and there are, to no surprise, a potpourri of new tax hikes proposed, many of which are aimed at the "wealthy" among us. Deep within the bowels of the colossal budget, however, lies a proposed tax that targets the p...
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January 17, 2013
They're Coming to Take Our Guns Away, Ha-Haaa!You may recall the 1966 cult-classic by Napoleon XIV titled, "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa." The lyrics of that song describe an individual who is out of his mind and who is being taken "to the funny farm" and to "the loony bin" so h...
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December 3, 2012
Merry Christmas, You're Fired...Love, President ObamaThanks to the 62,615,406 individuals who took off their thinking caps and re-elected President Barack Obama, thousands upon thousands of folks are receiving their pink slips now or soon will over the next several weeks or months. These lost job...
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October 27, 2012
Media's Racial Campaign against Romney Supporters IntensifiesWith inside two weeks until the presidential election and Mitt Romney's campaign awash in momentum, the left's accomplices in the mainstream media and in the ivory towers of academia have ramped up their efforts to mix race into the fray, trying to g...
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October 8, 2012
Obama's Game PlanMitt Romney's performance in Wednesday's debate provided plenty of water-cooler talk around America, as Romney was rightfully credited with a landslide victory in the first of three debates. A CNN poll immediately following the debate found som...
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September 11, 2012
Obama: The Fun Guy at the PartyLook at, listen to, and consider the dealings of President Barack Obama over the course of his nearly four years in office. He exemplifies the "fun guy at the party" stereotype. You know. You've been there. The fun guy is the ...
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August 22, 2012
Romney-Ryan: Much Needed Innovative ThinkingThe Congressional Budget Office recently reported that about $5 billion in new tax revenue could be generated over the next ten years if the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was opened for oil and gas drilling. The CBO went on to say that...
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July 21, 2012
How Obama Has Failed the Black CommunityRecall the euphoria that engulfed the African-American community back in 2008, when Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. Blacks came out for him in droves and voted for him at an astounding 96% level. Times, they w...
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July 2, 2012
Is Obama's Support Weaker Than Poll Numbers Appear?There is a compelling divergence regarding President Obama's reelection chances when we consider what the poll numbers are telling us versus what the boots on the ground are indicating. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News nationwide poll taken during June...
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May 12, 2012
The Risk/Reward of Student DebtThe political posturing in regards to America's student loan debt (estimated at from $850 billion to upwards of $1 trillion) is escalating. President Obama recently spent a week traveling from one college campus to the next, declaring his compa...
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May 2, 2012
Regarding Debt - The Elephant In The RoomStudent loan debt has garnered many a headline and has been an explosive subject of late, as Democrats and Republicans squabble over how best to pay for keeping the interest rates low on these federal loans. Those rates are set to double from 3...
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April 22, 2012
Obama's Smoke-and-Mirrors Student Debt CampaignPresident Obama is bringing his smoke-and-mirrors message to college campuses this week, as he hopes to again capture the youth vote in his bid to win reelection. As the President heads to the University of North Carolina, University of Iowa, a...
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April 4, 2012
The Obamacare decision will play into the class warfare campaignThe nation's capitol remains a buzz after last week's oral arguments in the Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, also known as the Supreme Court battle over the legality/illegality of ObamaCare. While we wait with bated breath for the...
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February 17, 2012
Lessons From Obama's Home StateBack in the 1980s, tourism officials in Illinois coined the phrase, "Illinois, you put me in a happy state," as the sales pitch to would-be visitors to the Land of Lincoln. Three decades later, President Obama's home state is far from a happy s...
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February 2, 2012
Fiscal Skills: Romney vs. ObamaLet's put the financial and management skills of President Barack Obama up against his potential opponent in the presidential election, Mitt Romney. After all, with Obama becoming the president when he did, he had a role quite similar to that o...
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December 31, 2011
America Loses If Obama WinsPresident Barack Obama, speaking of the 2012 election and hoping to rekindle the vigor of his political fundraisers, said recently, "We are going to win this thing, and America is going to win as a consequence." In order for American voters to ...
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November 25, 2011
Obama's Disastrous Energy RecordThe energy policies of the Obama administration have made America less safe and have significantly contributed to our nation's high unemployment rate and lackluster economic growth. At the same time, President Obama's failure to expand our oil ...
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October 11, 2011
The Ramifications of Higher-Paying Government JobsThis lackluster economy of the past few years hasn't been bad for everyone. Sure, millions of Americans have lost their jobs in manufacturing facilities, technology companies, and throughout a plethora of large corporations and small businesses...
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September 12, 2011
The Great Obama Welfare StateMuch has changed in America since Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009. In less than 1,000 days as chief executive of the U.S., President Obama's failed policies and initiatives have ...
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August 30, 2011
GOP nominee must be more than the anti-Obama candidateThere is great euphoria within the Republican Party. President Obama is at the lowest point of his presidency, as seen by the surge in his disapproval number which now stands at 55%. Obama appears quite susceptible to defeat next November...
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August 20, 2011
The Link Between Cigarettes and Income TaxesThe City of Columbus, Ohio was greeted by a number of Ohio State University medical students and individuals from the Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition in March of this year. The group touted a poll which found that more than 60% of Ohi...
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July 13, 2011
Obama's Own Economic Benchmarks Give Administration Failing GradeLast week, White House Press Spokesman, Jay Carney, was asked about how the average American asseses today's economic environment. After a quick synoposis of how the White House doesn't believe the average American looks closely at the unemploy...
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June 14, 2011
How's That Hope and Change Working Out for Obama Supporters?Barack Obama benefited from strong support among a number of demographic groups during his 2008 presidential campaign. In an economic sense, after two-and-a-half years of his presidency, those same groups which showed him the greatest support h...
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April 24, 2011
President Obama Is Wrong About AmericaPresident Obama is wrong. In his highly anticipated deficit speech at George Washington University recently, Obama spoke of Social Security and Medicare and stated, "We would not be a great country without these commitments."Really?...
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April 16, 2011
The Democrats' Fiscal Disconnect From AmericansThe deteriorating fiscal condition of the federal government under President Obama and the Democratic majority during Obama's first two years in the White House stands in sharp contrast with what Americans were doing to shore up their financial condi...
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March 16, 2011
Obama's First Two Years a Disaster for AmericaRecall the euphoria that surrounded Barack Obama during the 2008 election season and after he was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. Life was going to be blue skies and rainbows, or at least we were told, with hope and chan...
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March 3, 2011
America's Fiscal Civil WarThe year 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in America. Perhaps it is fitting then that this same year is host to the onset of a great polarization in our nation, the likes of which may get to a point not been seen since the Viet...
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February 13, 2011
CNN's conservative 'Hail Mary' passCNN is struggling. The news and opinion channel, launched in 1980, has seen its all-important primetime ratings steadily erode since the creation of its primary competitor, the Fox News Channel, in 1996. Long gone are the days when CNN was the only g...
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February 5, 2011
Obama's Home State and City Falling FastA historic blizzard paralyzed Chicago this past week, as snowfall levels pushed upwards of two feet and more in the Windy City. That same storm also caused extensive damage and problems across nearly the entire State of Illinois, crippling much...
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January 18, 2011
Gulf Oil Spill More a Man-Caused Economic than Environmental DisasterLast April, an environmental disaster occurred that remained in the headlines for months. With each day, a new estimate seemed to be offered regarding the impact this event would have upon the Gulf region. You recall that event, don't you...
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October 18, 2010
The Crumbling RNC and Its ReplacementIn just over two weeks, the Republican Party is likely to make major inroads, if not regain majority status, in the U.S. House and is also expected to pick up several seats in the U.S. Senate. Momentum is clearly on the Republican side, as nearly two...
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August 25, 2010
The 'Party of No' is the Party of the PeopleThis past week, President Barack Obama campaigned and raised money for a number of Democratic candidates across the country. While campaigning, President Obama took the opportunity to lambaste Republicans as obstructionists and went so far as to seem...
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August 4, 2010
The Show-Me-State Proves Conservative Momentum Is GrowingVoters' voices were heard regarding ObamaCare on Tuesday, at least in Missouri, as about seven out of ten Missouri voters, nearly a 3 to 1 ratio, cast their ballots in favor of a measure that would exempt Missourians from the ObamaCare mandate to pur...
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July 31, 2010
A Political Soap Opera with Few RivalsIf you want to find the most captivating and bizarre political landscape in the country, then you need look no further than the Great State of Illinois. What makes this state's politics so fascinating is not just that Illinois is the home state ...
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July 10, 2010
Blather in Kansas CityThe home of the football Chiefs welcomed the Commander-in-Chief on Thursday, as Barack Obama visited the Midwest to raise some campaign money for U.S. Senate candidate, Robin Carnahan, and to tout his economic plan.What we heard and saw was more lies...
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June 16, 2010
The President's Oil Reserves LieTuesday night, following a tour of the Gulf Coast area, the President of the United States addressed the nation regarding the state of the BP oil spill. In his speech from the Oval Office, President Obama spoke regarding our nation's dependence ...
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June 1, 2010
The Agitator-in-ChiefAfter nearly eighteen months in office, the president of the United States has finally encountered his first unforeseen crisis. A gushing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico combined with seething anger from residents, business owners, and politicians alo...