1. Can’t Keep Thomas Friedman Down What planet is New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman from? His op-ed this week “Can’t Keep a Bad Idea Down” is hard to take. Believe me I’m not being unfair. I don’t have an axe to grind with Mr. Friedman and I find myself agreeing with some of his […]
Five Reasons to Keep the Pressure on Pelosi, Reid and Obama
1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie makes the tough spending decisions and is standing up to unions. Meanwhile President Obama acts like a community organizer, telling union activists in a conference call Tuesday to “pick up a packet on Saturday morning to walk the precincts.” This according to an account provided by the AFL-CIO. He […]
Seven Days to Go
Today’s Top 3 Reasons to Keep the Pressure On – E.J. Smith 1. You know it’s a good sign for conservatives when President Obama has to visit Rhode Island, the bluest of the blue states, to try and save Patrick Kennedy’s seat from turning red. 2. The pressure is mounting. How else can you explain […]
Tea Party Drives Pols Crazy
They Drive Politicians Crazy – E.J. Smith On November 2, put the pressure on. Vote out politicians who have squandered your trust. Let them know you don’t take the hijacking of your country lightly and that you’re ready to put America back in alignment with our Constitution. Then, consider getting behind a group like the […]
10 More Reasons to Keep the Pressure On
1. Politicians think you’re not paying attention. As Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe writes in his piece “Fannie, Freddie, Frank, and Fiction,” Barney Frank is campaigning as an opponent of programs to assist low-income homeownership. Barney against Fannie and Freddie? As cosponsor of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, Barney Frank did nothing to rein […]
Big Dogs Spend For Dems
Big Dog Spenders of Your Money – E.J. Smith Have you heard about the big dog campaign spender? No, it’s not the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Even though it seems President Obama would like you to believe that it is. The largest outside campaign spender of the 2010 elections is surprise, surprise, a union. That’s […]
Voters Have Had Enough Big Government
Commentary by E.J. Smith A recent Pew Research study shows that 37% of voters identify themselves as independents, 29% as Republicans and 34% as Democrats. In a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll only a third of independents expressed affinity to the tea-party movement while 59% said they were not supporters. I expect affinity for the tea-party […]
Top 10 Reasons to Keep the Pressure On
1. President Obama’s appearance on the cover of this month’s issue of Rolling Stone magazine captures the rock star mentality of the Washington elite. Their recession is different from yours since unemployment is much lower in the suburbs of the nation’s capital than in the rest of the country. It’s another case of poor judgment […]
Congress Already Took a Pledge
Commentary by E.J. Smith There isn’t any doubt the government is off course. But the GOP’s 22 page “A Pledge to America” comes off like something put together during a weekend corporate retreat. A lot of kumbaya collaboration away from the pressures of the real world. And like many a retreat the idealism quickly falls […]
Independents Are Mad as Hell
You know how you get a song stuck in your head and it drives you crazy? Well, lucky me, thanks to my daughter Izzy singing this morning while I was getting ready for work, I’ve had a song stuck in my head all day. She was happy about what she was wearing and excited about […]
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