In an exclusive story published this morning at Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, Lee Stranahan reveals how thousands of people claiming to be black farmers “got away with murder,” undeservedly receiving millions of dollars via a government-endorsed wealth redistribution scheme known as the Pigford Settlement. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of this story: “The press has [...]
Entries from December 2010
If Pigford Is Fair, Then I’m A Black Farmer, Too!
December 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Lawsuit, USDA, wealth redistribution
Schilling Named to Ag, Armed Services Committees
December 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Pizzeria owner-turned politician Bobby Schilling learned this week he will serve on the House Agriculture and Armed Services Committees after he takes the oath of office to represent Illinois’ 17th Congressional District in the 112th Congress. In the photo above, Congressman-Elect Schilling (left) shakes hands with veteran Bill Allbracht. During a recent gathering, Allbracht presented [...]
Tags: · 17th congressional district, Agriculture, Armed Services, Armed Services Committees, bobby schilling, Democrat, House of Representatives, Illinois, John F Baker, Medal of Honor, Phil Hare, Republican, schilling, Schilling Named to Ag
Video Captures ’12 Days of Christmas’ Literally
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments
David Donar, the talented liberal cartoonist who created the “cartoon Bob” shown at the top of this web site, shares news that a new video (below) featuring his literal interpretation of lyrics from the song, “Twelve Days of Christmas,” is available for viewing. Enjoy! Merry Christmas!
Tags: · 12 Days of Christmas, cartoonist, Christmas, Christmas video, CNN, david donar, donar, Twelve Days of Christmas, Video Captures '12 Days of Christmas' Liberally, Video Captures '12 Days of Christmas' Literally
Trade Group Cites Increase in Demand for Petroleum Products as Sign of Stronger Economy
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments
The Obama Administration has been anything but friendly to the oil and natural gas industry during the past two years; still, if a news release (below) received from the American Petroleum Institute this morning is any indication, people in the “oil patch” see an ever-so-slim sign of optimism in rising demand for their products: WASHINGTON [...]
Tags: · american petroleum institute, api, baker hughes, crude oil, demand, diesel, drilling rig, Economy, Fuel, fuel demand, gasoline, gasoline deliveries, import, natural gas, Obama, obama administration, oil, petroleum, petroleum deliveries, piceance basin, refinery, Trade Group Cites Increase in Demand for Petroleum Products as Sign of Stronger Economy
New Survey: Americans More Concerned Than Ever About Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay
December 15th, 2010 · No Comments
Americans are more concerned than ever that the ongoing Obama administration effort to close the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba will allow dangerous terrorists to go free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Eighty-four percent of likely U.S. voters are now at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free [...]
Tags: · Afghanistan, Department of Defense, GITMO, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, interrogation, interrogation official, interrogation technology, Iraq, New Survey: Americans More Concerned Than Ever About Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay, rasmussen, rasmussen reports, survey, telephone survey, terrorists
Saving America, Sharing the Pain
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Dec. 3, Barack Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (a.k.a., “Debt Commission”) voted on the plan they had developed to save our country from utter fiscal ruin. The vote fell three short of the fourteen votes required by rule to send the plan to Congress for [...]
Tags: · alan simpson, alice rivlin, American dream, andy stern, Barack Obama, child care, dave camp, david cote, debt, debt commission, department of education, Department of Energy, Dick Durbin, drugs, erskine bowles, family security matters, Federal Reserve, federal workforce, Food and Drink, george soros, honeywell, jan schakowsky, jeb hensarling, john spratt, judd gregg, kent conrad, Lincoln Heritage Institute, max baucus, means testing, Medicaid, Medicare, mike crapo, minimum wage, mortgage interest, national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, Obama, obamacare, paul ryan, prescription, retirement age, Saving America, seiu, Sharing the Pain, social security, stimulus, tax rates, Tom Coburn, utility, warren buffet, xavier becerra, young and rubicam
Army Culinary Team Wins Gold Medal
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments
MREs be damned! It appears that at least some members of the U.S. Army are eating well, thanks to members of the United States Army Culinary Arts Team, the national military culinary team. The USACAT team won a gold medal at the 2010 Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg for their cold food table, consisting of [...]
Tags: · Army, Army Culinary Team Wins Gold Medal, culinary arts, culinary world cup, fort lee, gold medal, luxembourg, mre, three-course meal, U.S. Army, world association of chefs society, world cup
