Who Are The Good People?

The following is a guest post by Cynthia Howerter, a new volunteer for Richmond Tea Party. This post originally ran May 7, 2012 on her blog, SOAR WITH EAGLES. She wrote it and e-mailed it around, knowing that if we don't gather enough people to stand against an out-of-control government NOW, we will soon no [...]

By |2012-05-12T13:21:17-04:00May 12th, 2012|Featured Categories, Government|2 Comments

Who Are These People Working For? OBVIOUSLY NOT YOU

  This is the most transparent administration ever? From Judicial Watch: Dems Want Law To Keep Obama Records Secret In an obvious effort to protect President Barack Obama, a group of congressional Democrats has introduced legislation to create an official process that will allow the commander-in-chief to keep presidential records secret after he leaves office. [...]

By |2011-10-06T23:28:02-04:00October 6th, 2011|Government|0 Comments

Obama Likes The Gang Of Six; Can You Guess Why?

From Accounting Today: A bipartisan group of senators that has been meeting on and off for months to hammer out a budget deficit reduction plan appears to have reunited and gained support on both sides of the aisle for a plan to reduce the budget deficit by $3.7 trillion over 10 years. “The good news [...]

By |2011-07-22T08:45:30-04:00July 22nd, 2011|Government|0 Comments

Republicans Cave; Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised

Bloomberg: "House Speaker John Boehner said he agrees that the U.S. debt limit must be raised and the government can’t be allowed to default on its debts, but he also said Democrats are not serious enough about trimming entitlement programs." I imagine the discussion at the White House went something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-sSWkJUaQ&feature=related

By |2011-07-11T22:29:18-04:00July 11th, 2011|Government|1 Comment

Book Blames Recession on Corrupt Fannie Mae

The world of political commentary (at least that part of it not campaigning for Obama’s re-election) is abuzz with excitement over a trailblazing new book that shows vividly and convincingly what happened to cause the terrible financial crisis that’s gripped the country since 2008 and—most important—who’s responsible. The book, Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, [...]

By |2011-07-07T10:29:05-04:00July 7th, 2011|Economy|0 Comments

We’re in BIG trouble … which we already knew

As you probably know by now, our own Eric Cantor couldn’t muster the will to cut the full $100 billion from the budget he and other Republicans promised during the 2010 campaign. While this is disappointing, it’s certainly not unexpected and highlights just how much work we have left to do. Because even if he [...]

By |2011-02-27T23:40:29-05:00February 23rd, 2011|Economy|6 Comments

The Gravy Trains

This is a quick update to this morning’s post, Runaway Trains, about the administration’s high-speed rail boondoggle.  Rasmussen Reports, the national polling organization, reported today on their survey of public opinion on high-speed rail: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that, overall, 41% of Likely Voters favor the plan and 46% are opposed. [...]

By |2011-02-15T20:42:00-05:00February 15th, 2011|Economy|1 Comment

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