This week, nominated by Tom Costella of Canton, MI, the “Educated Idiots Award” goes to…
Fidel Castro (remember him)?
The communist octogenarian/anachronism has come out of semi-comatose retirement to praise President Obama’s trillion dollar government takeover of Americans’ health care.  Herewith Cuba’s bath-robed butcher sings a few bars of praise for our President:
“We consider [...]

This week, the vast majority of the American people have nominated a motley crew of elitists for the “Educated Idiots Award:”
The arrogant Democrats who will defy the American people and abet Obama’s nearly trillion dollar government takeover of Americans’ health care.
Embodying the arrogant intellectuals unacquainted with real life who foist their [...]

If you missed Saturday Night Live’s take on Obama’s State of the Union, it’s worth checking out. “Obama’s” take on Martha Coakley, in particular, is hysterical.

As the Obama Administration struggles to come to terms with Tuesday’s election of Republican Scott Brown to the US Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, Americans are seeing another rise in jobless claims. The Department of Labor’s weekly jobless number rose by 36,000 in the report released this morning.

Initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 36,000 to 482,000 in the week ended Jan. 16, according to the Labor Department’s weekly report Thursday. The previous week’s level was revised upward to 446,000 from 444,000.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected a decrease of 4,000 initial claims.

The four-week moving average, which aims to smooth volatility in the data, also increased as well last week. The Labor Department said the four-week moving average increased by 7,000 to 448,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 441,250.

(The following are excerpts from an Investor’s Business Daily article titled “The War on Banks”. You can view the full article at: Read the complete article at http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=518187

You can also view Rep. McCotter’s remarks to Fox News about the bank tax plan.)

Financial Crisis: The White House wants to impose a stiff new tax on banks to punish them for their role in the financial meltdown. That’ll really get them lending again … won’t it?

We have to admit we’re a little perplexed. The White House and Congress have complained over and over again about the banks’ “failure to lend” to get the economy moving.

Obama made an appearance at the Democrats annual retreat to pledge his support for them, and his willingness to campaign on their behalf, in exchange for passage of his health care bill.

Seeking to portray themselves as hard at work rather than relaxing as millions of Americans remain unemployed, Democrats eschewed their usual three-day trip to Kingsmill Resort and Spa in Williamsburg in favor of an auditorium at the visitor center. 

That’s the description of the Democrats – “hard at work”. Normally they would be living it up, but because America is unemployed they’ll portray themselves as hard at work. Good to know they’re willing to put us first since their health care takeover clearly doesn’t.

US car manufacturers have indicated that hiring may resume as sales pick up in the rebounding economy. The Wall Street Journal reports that all three US manufacturers commented at the Detroit auto show that hiring is on the agenda.

GM, Ford and Chrysler all saw hiring on the horizon, and even Toyota indicated it would ramp up its US production. While this is good news for those out of work, the article does note that the hiring will still be well below the 126,000 jobs shed during the down turn.

Speaking of jobs, the White House has walked away from its claims of saving and creating jobs. After their earlier attempts were riddled with holes and multiple media outlets mocked the staggering number of errors, the administration has simply changed the rules. No longer will they count jobs “saved or created,” but instead focus on jobs funded. Under the new rules, it no longer matters if the jobs are existing jobs, new jobs, or even people never in danger of losing their jobs.

Some Google employees in China may be in danger of losing a job, however. After a cyber-attack it says was aimed at Chinese Human Rights Activists, the search provider has reversed a decision to censor Chinese content. Google had come under fire for its decision to placate the Chinese communists by filtering and censoring search results by Chinese citizens. Following the attack, however, Google announced it would no longer do so. If that makes the Chinese unhappy, Google has indicated it will shutter its Chinese operations.

Jon David
Originally published on BigGovernment

On October 12, 2008, then Presidential candidate Barack Obama made a campaign stop in a quiet suburban neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio. What was supposed to be an uneventful run of the mill “Grip and Grin,” turned into something quite the contrary. Our future President and the world were introduced to Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher: a proud American who unwittingly became the symbol of the “every man” trying to escape the far reaching arm of Big Government.

Joe the Plumber….a great American….A great bald American. I do not come from a critical place when I mention the state of Joe’s hair, or the lack thereof. In fact, despite the flowing mane of the anonymous avatar under which I post here today, I too, am a follicly challenged American….but not for long.