ALG's Daily Grind - Rove beware: UK uprising a warning to Republicans across the pond

March 4, 2013

Rove beware: UK uprising a warning to Republicans across the pond

The UK Independents are poised to shove the Conservative Party to the side and assume the role of loyal opposition.  If the establishment continues with its attacks on the base of the GOP, Republicans could find themselves in the same position as the Tories.

Cartoon: Right to be stupid

John Kerry: "In America, you have a right to be stupid, if you want to be."

The campaign against free and fair elections

The elections are only a few months behind us, but Democrats are already busy working to ensure citizens and non-citizens, the dead, felons and those registered in two or more states can cast a ballot in the next political contests.

New York Times: U.S. Report Sees No Environmental Bar to Keystone Pipeline

The U.S. Department of State cannot think of any reason, environmental or otherwise, why the Keystone pipeline should be opposed.

ALG's Daily Grind - Why are Republicans running away from sequester?

Feb. 28, 2013

Why are Republicans running away from sequester?

Sequestration may in fact have been Obama's idea, but it was brought to the floor in the House of Representatives not once, but twice by Republican leaders. There, it was approved not once, but twice.

Bob McDonnell's tax hike is unconstitutional

People that live in Northern Virginia or in the Hampton Roads area will see a higher sales tax than people living in the rest of Virginia. Those two regions have more transportation needs than the rest of the state so McDonnell advocated them paying a higher tax. But, the Virginia constitution only allows for a uniform tax code.

Supreme Court may decide if endangering patients is protected union activity

SEIU members engage in a deliberate campaign of sabotage of patient care as part of a labor dispute.

Layton and Tumulty: Teacher pink slips claim by Duncan not backed by evidence

"The descriptions of the post-sequester landscape that have been coming out of the Obama Administration have been alarming, specific — and, in at least some cases, hyped."

US House Republicans - What Will He Say This Year?

Let’s do a quick review of major topics in President Obama’s previous SOTU’s:

2009 … Stimulus

2010 … ObamaCare

2011 … Green Energy

2012 … Tax Hikes

2013 …  What will he say this year?

Watch this new video - exclusively for bloggers – previewing the House Republican majority’s response website:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oBdJ2nOTkE

US House Republicans - VIDEO: President Obama’s About-Face on His Sequester

President Obama proposed the sequester, insisted his sequester become law, and then doubled-down on keeping his sequester in place – even vowing to veto any efforts by Congress to replace it – until today.  Why the about-face, Mr. President?  House Republicans have already passed two bills to replace the arbitrary cuts in President Obama’s sequester with responsible spending cuts and real economic reforms to create jobs and prosperity for all Americans.

Watch and share the new video from the House Republican Conference.

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ALG's Daily Grind - Republicans have to be All-In on Cutting Deficit

Jan. 7, 2013

Republicans have to be All-In on Cutting Deficit

While Republican face a classic damned if you do and damned if you don't scenario on the fiscal cliff, their only exit strategy now is to behave like the limited government elected officials who they promised voters they were going to be

Obama's Blunders: The Housing Market

OK, so we're still waiting for housing to recover from the late 2000s collapse. That's what got us into the mess, will it ever get us out?

The EPA's bad sci-fi movie

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli successfully beats back an EPA attempt to regulate water as a "pollutant" under the terms of the Clean Water Act.

Thrush and Epstein: Obama's debt problem

"The staggering national debt - up about 60 percent from the $10 trillion Obama inherited when he took office in January 2009 - is the single biggest blemish on Obama's record, even if the rapid descent into red began under President George W. Bush."