Ahmadinejad and Farrakhan Meet in Anti-Semitic Hate Fest
While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly toned down his usual anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric in his annual speech to the United Nations General Assembly, he did not hold back Tuesday evening when the Iranian government hosted what was described as a dinner for “leaders of Abrahamic religions.” Among those in attendance was the notorious anti-Semite […]
Romney: Obama Bad for Israel, and for U.S.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday that U.S. President Barack H. Obama had damaged Israel’s security standing, and had discredited the U.S. as a power in the Middle East. In an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, Romney castigated Obama for his failed policies, and promised that he could do better. In the […]
Netanyahu: Barak Trying to Spark Conflict with U.S.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming that Defense Minister Ehud Barak is trying to spark conflict between Israel and the United States. The two have been close confidants, with Barak, a left of center politician, originally giving Netanyahu legitimacy in the U.S. as a man of balance politically. Barak was Netanyahu’s superior officer during their IDF service. […]
Muslims Target, Attack Buddhists Over Koran Facebook Image
In the most recent attack in the name of Islam, Muslim protesters attacked Buddhist villages in Bangladesh, after an image portraying a burnt Koran was posted on Facebook. Witnesses said angry crowds set fire to homes and temples in the Cox’s Bazar district, forcing families to flee the area, BBC news reported. Hundreds of protesters […]
WORD CLOUD: Obama and Romney at the First Presidential Debate
President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney were in the spotlight Wednesday night as they challenged one another in their first debate at the University of Denver in Colorado. The debate format covered several different subjects, all of which focused on domestic matters: the economy, health care, the role of government and governing. The debate […]
Debates: Obama visibly shaken, Romney took it Home
Halfway through, they should have stopped the fight. Gov. Mitt Romney eviscerated a staggering and bewildered President Barack Obama tonight in one of the most lopsided presidential debates in American history. Throughout the debate, which focused on domestic policy, Obama looked visibly shaken, rarely looking at the camera and odd uncomfortable facial gestures, reciting old […]
Top Five Obama-Biden Tax Hikes Burying the Middle Class
The following are the top five tax increases on the middle class signed into law by the Obama-Biden administration: 1. The Obamacare Individual Mandate Non-Compliance Tax: Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance – as defined by President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services — must pay an income surtax to the […]
Social Security: Runs Permanent Deficits, Benefit Cuts Loom
Social Security paid out more to retirees and other beneficiaries than it collected in tax revenue in 2011. This is the second straight year the program is running deficits, as highlighted in a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report. Social Security’s finances will only get worse without reform, as the program will run growing deficits […]
Heritage Expert Confounds the “Fact Checkers” on Welfare Reform
Heritage’s Robert Rector, who helped write the 1996 welfare reform law. “Obama’s Palace Guard,” Mark Hemingway’s Weekly Standard cover story exposing fact-checkers for willful complicity in the gutting of welfare reform, is a must read for anyone who cares about the state of the news media—and for those who plan to watch, cover, or participate […]
American Diplomats In Libya Made Repeated Requests For Security; Denied by Obama Admin
American diplomats serving in Benghazi made repeated requests for security this past year over numerous threats but were denied. Stevens himself was threatened and had to cancel his morning runs to to security concerns. This information is coming from individuals with direct knowledge of events in Libya and House Oversight Committee leaders included this information […]
Puerto Rico — the Next Red State?
Early next month on Tuesday, November 6 Puerto Ricans vote for their future. The territorial governor, Luis Fortuno, is supporting statehood as the best option for Puerto Rico. In 2009, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act introduced by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (the Island’s representative in the Congress) was voted on by the House Natural Resources […]