REAL CLEAR POLITICS September 3, 2011 By Larry Kudlow No sooner had President Barack Obama shocked the political world with a gloomy economic forecast — projecting 9.1 percent unemployment for this year and a re-election-killing 9 percent for 2012 — than the dismal August jobs report arrived showing no gain in non-farm payrolls. That’s right, […]
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Unelected board would usher in socialized medicine By Dr. Hal Scherz – The Washington Times Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Perhaps the most underreported and, until recently, least discussed aspect of the Affordable Care Act is IPAB, the Independent Payment Advisory Board. This 15-person unelected panel has yet to be selected; however, it will be a
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 With the U.S. locking up Alaskan and Arctic oil, a major turns to Russia. Few companies wring more earnings from a dollar of investment than Exxon Mobil, so we assume CEO Rex Tillerson knows the risks he’s taking by getting into business with Vladimir Putin to explore for oil in the Russian
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 ‘Green Jobs’ vs. Real Energy Jobs For every two cents of tax subsidies for ‘Big Oil,’ wind and solar get nearly $1. By STEPHEN MOORE President Obama is expected to seek another $250 billion or so in new stimulus funds next week, with plenty of money for clean energy and the creation
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 Notable & Quotable Politico reporters Ben Smith and Maggie Haberman on liberals’ ‘Perry panic.’ Reporters Ben Smith and Maggie Haberman in Politico, Aug. 30: [Rick] Perry panic has spread from the conference rooms of Washington, D.C., to the coffee shops of Brooklyn, with the realization that the conservative Texan could conceivably become
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 Post-’60s liberals, with the president as their standard bearer, seek to make a virtue of decline. By SHELBY STEELE If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a hundred times: President Obama is destroying the country. Some say this destructiveness is intended; most say it is inadvertent, an outgrowth of inexperience, ideological
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Fox News Interview with Bill Hemmer Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
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AUGUST 31, 2011 The Obama administration repeats mistakes of the past by intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates in the name of combatting discrimination. By MARY KISSEL Talk about not learning from past mistakes: A government department is again intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates, all in
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AUGUST 31, 2011 By MELANIE TROTTMAN The National Labor Relations Board sided with unions in several cases involving rules for organizing and representing workers, further riling business groups as the board continues to push through decisions by year’s end. The board’s three Democrats outvoted the group’s sole Republican member in all three of the cases.
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Decline and Fall The arc of the Obama presidency bends towards failure. Peter Wehner August 29, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 46 Now more than halfway through his third year in office—with the economy flat-lining, American prestige evaporating, and public anxiety spiking—Barack Obama is the most vulnerable incumbent president since
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