President Obama announced Monday that he was officially launching his 2012 campaign. Amid the hoopla, his campaign also began soliciting online donors to fill his re-election coffers. Obama made his bid for a second term official in an email to supporters with a personal email message and Internet video. The email concludes with a prompt for supporters to donate to the campaign. “We’re doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads...
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Obama Launches Reelection Campaign – I’m In
President Obama launched his reelection campaign today and although I have disagreed with him on some issues since he took office, I am stepping up to the plate right now to say, I’m In. President Obama on Monday kicked off his reelection campaign with a quiet video posting rather than the usual hoopla. In addition to the video, titled “It Begins With Us,” the Obama campaign sent an email to supporters announcing the drive for 2012. The announcement had...
Your Liberty Thought for the Day
They're SO concerned with YOUR individual liberty that they have no problem slushing money into YOUR state to control YOUR elections.
Expert Calls GOP Budget Amendment ‘Most Radical Major Fiscal Policy Proposal In Decades’
In the ongoing battle in Washington over the federal budget, all 47 GOP senators are proposing a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The measure would “force policymakers to severely slash Medicare, Medicaid, and many other programs or scrap them altogether — even while opening the door to massive new tax cuts,” according to one independent policy expert. The proposed amendment would require the federal government to maintain balanced budgets, and no longer be able to run budget deficits....
2012 GOP Roundup
There’s a few interesting pieces in the news today about the potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates. Tops is perhaps the news that Fox News has give Donald Trump a morning spot on Mondays: Yes, some of us did see this coming: Fox News gives fake candidate regular segment. Next in the news… Sphere: Related Content
CEO’s Get Higher Pay, Workers Get Diddly
The Labor Department reported today that in March there were 216,000 jobs added and the unemployment rate dropped down to 8.8%. That the NY Times reported today is a sign that the U.S. economy is “kicking into gear.” President Obama and the Democrats quickly pointed to the numbers as proof that their policies, from the stimulus spending to the payroll tax cut, are working. “Our economy is showing signs of real strength,” President Obama said to applause from several...
Scientists Fire Back At House Hearing Devoted To Climate ‘Flaws’
A leading organization of U.S. scientists is firing back at a parade of climate skeptics who appeared before Congress Thursday. The House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing called “Climate Change: Examining the Processes Used to Create Science and Policy.” The session was dominated by skeptics who attempted to throw cold water on the science behind climate change and the policy process to mitigate it. After the hearing, the committee released a statement titled, “Witnesses Highlight Flawed...
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