A voice of reason emerged today among the doomsday predictions over a U.S. government default if the debt limit is not raised by mid-October. The Washington Post reports that Moody’s, a top credit rating service, suggested that hitting the debt limit does not mean the U.S. would default: “We believe the government would continue to […]
Ladies and gentlemen, step right up! President Obama has a deal for you… sign up for Obamacare before this hot introductory offer expires. Sign up now—before the fees for non-compliance kick in. Sign up now—before you see the real cost of your new insurance premiums. Sign up now—before your current health plan disappears. Sign up […]
Higher insurance premiums are just one side effect of Obamacare, but many Americans are finding out that they will also be paying for benefits that they do not need. Tom Gialanella recently received a letter from his insurance company explaining what will change when Obamacare takes effect—his premiums are going up 61 percent. “I went […]
Remember, back in 2010, when President Barack Obama started calling for civility in politics? I remember it well: President Obama said things like, “You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it,” while speaking at the University of Michigan commencement on May 1, 2010. “This kind of vilification and over-the-top […]
October 6, 2013 16:05 by Simon Plosker On October 3, the Irish Times published a particularly hateful opinion piece under the headline “It is the everyday harassment that shows the hatred behind official Israeli ideology.” That the writer, Eamonn McCann, should be filled with hate towards Israel comes as no surprise when he refers to […]
Apparently things aren’t ugly enough in Washington, so President Obama has started scaring senior citizens. “In a government shutdown, Social Security checks still go out on time,” he said last week. “In an economic shutdown, if we don’t raise the debt ceiling, they don’t go out on time.” This scaremongering is completely unnecessary, says Heritage’s […]
It’s now been seven days since Obamacare’s exchanges officially launched. In reality, however, the “launch” has more closely resembled a blooper reel of rocket failures than a smooth takeoff. Here is but a sampling of the problems, failures, and glitches that have turned the exchanges into a comedy of errors: TUESDAY Some state exchanges delay […]
As a family doctor, I have always believed in treating the whole person. Every person is a unique individual, and you can’t cookie-cutter medical care; it’s individualized. I am concerned about health care under the new law, and my patients are very concerned. Medicine has changed so much in my lifetime. My father had two […]
(CNSNews.com) – When asked about the 10,535 pages of final regulations that have been published in the Federal Register for implementing Obamacare, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Americans want to see those responsible for Obamacare to sign up for it, including President Barack Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Chief Justice John Roberts, […]
The Obama administration’s efforts to pressure Iran, Syria and others are inhibited by the government shutdown, White House press secretary Jay Carney suggested Friday. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has had to furlough all but 11 of its 175 full-time employees, “meaning that the office is unable to sustain its core functions,” […]
