Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Obama scored another historical first on Friday,becoming the first president to see the U.S. credit rating downgraded by Standard &Poor’s,from AAA to AA+. While we hope his presidential reign lasts no longer than January 2013,Americans may have to live with the consequences of Obamanomics [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch The scare and intimidation tactics the president has employed during the debt ceiling debate have grown so outrageous that two experts on the Social Security system are imploring Barack Obama,“Mr. President,please stop needlessly scaring the millions who rely on Social Security benefits.” Obama warned in his [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch For most of his term,Barack Obama has been flirting with impeachment like Bill Clinton at a sorority on open bar night,but he may be set to go too far even by Washington’s standards. Administration officials suggested if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling,the president [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Conservatives who say they believe in “peace through strength”might take a lesson from the Obama administration this week. Its officials walked back discussion of an end-run around Congress on the debt ceiling after Republicans stepped up their talk of impeaching Barack Obama. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Barack Obama has sometimes been fond of branding his Republican foes “hostage-takers,” but officials in his administration have found a new hostage in their negotiations over raising the debt ceiling:the U.S. Constitution. The president’s advisers and several “unbiased” media outlets are suggesting if Congress refuses to raise [...] Basil Irwin,FloydReports.com Well,once again,another key Obama administration official got caught not paying his taxes. This time it was US Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder along with his brother failed to pay property taxes on their childhood home in Queens,New York,which they inherited last August when their mother passed away. [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com Once again it’s time to talk about raising the statutory limit on the U.S. government’s debt—the so-called “debt ceiling.” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has estimated that Uncle Sam will reach the debt ceiling before Tax Day,possibly even before the end of March. Even earlier,on March [...] By Kevin “Coach” Collins,The Collins Report The liars in Washington are scrambling to figure out how to spin perhaps the worst news yet for millions of Americans:These socialist thugs have actually finally killed Social Security and Medicare. Each year sometime in March or April the Social Security [...] By NEIL KING JR. and JONATHAN WEISMAN,Wall Street Journal Obama is making decisions other Presidents left to experts In briefing President Barack Obama one day this spring,White House economist Jared Bernstein delved into such arcana as the yields on different forms of credit relative to the risk. Later,Paul [...] | |
