Archive for the ‘2012 Presidential Race’ Category

Forbes Takers vs Makers

November 29th, 2012 | No Comments

Forbes Magazine just ran a rather awesome, if not damning, article.  I loved it.  It listed the states where there are more “takers” vs “makers”.  And, it very quickly condemned those states, as well as advising anyone investing to steer clear of those states. One of them, being my own.  They chide those states for [...]

Joe Biden Fact Check: What exactly is a missile?

October 15th, 2012 | No Comments

During the Vice-President Debate held in Danville, KY last week, Joe Biden claimed, rather emphatically, that since Iran had no way of delivering a nuclear device, their nuclear program was not an immediate threat. If that’s the case, then you have to wonder what Victoria Nuland is talking about: In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria [...]

Obama and the Global Competitiveness Index

September 5th, 2012 | No Comments

More change you can believe in: The USA has not only not remained the #1 competitive economy on Earth under Obama, it’s dropped every single year he’s been in office. The reasons they cite are policies. Combative regulations, taxation, uncertainty. Those aren’t issues he inherited from Bush. Those are decisions he’s made. The world’s largest [...]

The government is the only thing we all belong to

September 4th, 2012 | No Comments

In case you ever had any doubt, this played on the opening day of the Democrat National Convention: If you have any clue what’s going on at all, this should scare you. The government is the ony thing we all belong to? Public OpinionPoll Results

Bankruptcies and Obama

September 4th, 2012 | No Comments

Gotta ask yourself, are you better off now than four years ago? To be more specific:   Year Bankruptcies 1990 782,960 1991 943,987 1992 971,517 1993 875,202 1994 832,829 1995 926,601 1996 1,178,555 1997 1,404,145 1998 1,442,549 1999 1,319,465 2000 1,263,444 2001 1,492,129 2002 1,577,651 2003 1,660,245 2004 1,597,462 2005 2,078,415 2006 617,660 2007 850,912 [...]

Todd Akin and Missouri

August 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

You know the headlines already: Obama mocks Akin, says Akin missed science class And you know how people have reacted. Can Todd Akin win? Public OpinionPoll Results Now, what you probably haven’t thought about is this isn’t Los Angeles or New York that’s doing the voting. It’s Missouri. Missouri’s a little different place than you [...]

Scott Walker and November

June 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Scott Walker was a Tea Party favorite.  Scott Walker was also a Republican bucking the tidal wave that was the Obama tsunami of union backed and media endorsed candidates.   Although Wisconsin had a long history of electing Republican governors, the retiring governor of eight years was a Democrat.  Walker ran on Tea Party principles and [...]

Obama paid a lower tax rate than his secretary

April 14th, 2012 | No Comments

All we’ve heard since “change” was chosen in 2008 was how the rich need to pay their fair share.  The perfect example would be to pass the “Buffett Rule” so that really rich guys would pay the same effective tax rate as the lower income peeps. Well guess who’s paying less than his secretary? Give [...]

Gene Simmons on 2012

August 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Gene Simmons, you know the guy: He just tweeted me this:  I voted for Pres Bush. I voted for Pres Clinton. I voted for Pres Obama. The next president will be Gov Rick Perry. Seems kinda sure about that. Gene Simmons on 2012 QuestionsView Results

Shortest Presidential Campaign Ever

May 13th, 2011 | No Comments

May 12, 2011, sometime early in the morning, Ron Paul announces he’s running for President of the United States of America on Good Morning America: He’ll be running initially in the Republican Primary.  He makes this announcement to the bastion of right-wing, conservative, Republican politics, George Stephanopoulos.  Not sure too many hard-core Republicans were made [...]