Posts Tagged ‘human-rights’

Prejudice in the name of human rights

June 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Every week opensecrets.org highlights some group.  This week, in honor of President Obama declaring this month “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month”, opensecrets targeted the Human Rights Campaign: Among them. the Human Rights Campaign, which was founded in 1980 and boasts more than 1 million grassroots supporters, has some of the deepest pockets. During [...]

Germany thinks we need to save money

June 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

Right as Obama is gearing up for another round of stimulus funding, Germany’s Angela Merkel blindsided him some of the craziest advice Obama’s probably heard since the last Tea Party rally: “It’s urgently necessary for monetary stability that public budgets return to balance,” German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said at a press conference Monday, according [...]

Share the wealth, create jobs now

March 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Obama wants to create jobs, here’s another suggestion: SPREAD THE WEALTH Now, that alone should appeal to Obama.  But, as with all ideological one-liners, it needs some substance to it.  “Change” sounded great, but people are realizing now without specifics, whether ignored or not mentioned, it doesn’t do anyone much good.  With spreading the wealth, [...]

Czar Van Jones

September 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Barack Obama has found a loophole he loves.  By appointing “special advisors”, otherwise known as “czars”, he completely bypasses Nancy Pelosi and the rest of Congress.  He doesn’t have to worry about those annoying confirmation hearings by doing that.  I’m sure he feels that by eliminating public hearings, he’s doing us all a favor.  I’m [...]

Supporting human rights violations in Iran?

October 3rd, 2007 | No Comments

Congress passed another non-binding resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran.  Specifically targeting those protesting labor rights in Iran.  This bill passed 418-1.  Wanna guess who voted alone against this bill?  One clue, he’s done it before.  Yup, that’s right.  Ron Paul. One other person felt so unmoved by the plight of those poor souls [...]