Politifraud did it again this week. Americans for Tax Reform came out with a press release linked to the Olympic fever pointing out that for those athletes that find themselves in to top tax bracket this year, each gold medal will cost them up to $9,000 in taxes. Note the “up to” and “top tax […]
Given the opportunity to look like an honest man, Harry Reid has decided to go for broke on his big lie. On Wednesday, Reid stuck to his story, and broadened it. "I am not basing this on some figment of my imagination," Reid said in a telephone call with Nevada reporters. "I have had a […]
The stupid just cannot be contained. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democrat head of the U.S. Senate: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has what he says is an informed explanation for why Mitt Romney refuses to release additional tax returns. According a Bain investor, Reid charged, Romney didn't pay any taxes for 10 years. In […]
The Fraud-O-Meter weighed in today on comments made yesterday by his fraudulency, President Barack Obama, regarding Ronald Reagan. Obama’s statement that Ronald Reagan “understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases.” Politifraud rates […]
The so-called supercommittee went bust this afternoon. Here in the blogosphere we have a term we use for occurrences such as this: predictable. The group of 12 politicians, six from each house of Congress and six from each political party, accomplished absolutely nothing—which is what Washington, D.C. does best. Also predictable: I will pin all […]
According to The Hill, Rep. James Clyburn when told of the Republicans' latest offer on the supercommittee to reduce the budget deficit complained “Do we look stupid?” he told The Hill after leaving a meeting with Democratic members of the panel. “I mean, I don’t know, maybe we do. I certainly am not stupid.” I […]
"Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind" comes out tomorrow. I've pre-ordered a copy of the book via Kindle after reading some of the excerpts being posted over at Powerline. Although my mainstream media career has been over for just over two years, I still care about journalism and really do wish […]
Is this an admission or just another example of the gaffe-prone nature of the president of our 57 states? “So, when you hear folks saying ‘Well, the president shouldn’t want massive job killing tax increases when the economy is this weak.’ Nobody’s looking to raise taxes right now. We’re talking about potentially 2013 and the […]
This evening Jerry Brown signed the Democrats’ budget plan which included an unconstitutional requirement that Amazon.com collect state and local taxes. At 9:45 this evening, I got this: Hello, Unfortunately, Governor Brown has signed into law the bill that we emailed you about earlier today. As a result of this, contracts with all California residents […]
During the Bush 43 administration The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto had a regular feature called “Homeless Rediscovery Watch” which featured a quote by Mark Helprin to the effect that if Bush was elected president that the media would suddenly re-discover the homeless population and use it as a club to bash GOP policies. It’s […]