» Illinois Labor Union ‘Leaders’ Are Stealing Millions from Taxpayers - Big Government

» Illinois Labor Union ‘Leaders’ Are Stealing Millions from Taxpayers - Big Government: "Last month, the Chicago Tribune broke the story of a union leader who was re-hired for one day at the City of Chicago and then retired with a $158,000 city pension. Yesterday, the Tribune broke the story of the union leader accruing three pensions off of the same work credit: a city pension, a local union pension and a national union pension. Combined, his annual pension income exceeds $400,000- with anticipated lifetime benefit of $9 million."

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Other Solyndra | Tax Rebates | Solar Panels | IRS | The Daily Caller

Other Solyndra | Tax Rebates | Solar Panels | IRS | The Daily Caller: "Shortly before now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra received a half-billion dollar loan from the federal government, it also received a sweetheart deal from the IRS: a guarantee of a 30-percent tax credit to customers who installed the company’s solar panels."

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Obama Orders 100 U.S. Combat Troops to Central Africa | CNSnews.com

Obama Orders 100 U.S. Combat Troops to Central Africa | CNSnews.com: "President Barack Obama has ordered the deployment of 100 “combat equipped” U.S. troops to Uganda and other central African nations, according to a letter the president sent to congressional leaders on Friday."

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Solar Project That Received $1.2 Billion Federal Loan Sponsored By Financially Troubled Firm | Fox News

Solar Project That Received $1.2 Billion Federal Loan Sponsored By Financially Troubled Firm | Fox News: "With the Solyndra scandal still swirling, the Obama administration is under pressure to reveal the financial condition of the solar companies that received $4.75 billion in similar federal loan guarantees on the last day of the program."

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Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Teamster Chief Goon James Hoffa Threatens Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich: “We’ve Got a Big Truck Out There, And Now We’re Going To Run You Over!”

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Teamster Chief Goon James Hoffa Threatens Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich: “We’ve Got a Big Truck Out There, And Now We’re Going To Run You Over!”: "Teamster Chief Goon James Hoffa Threatens Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich: “We’ve Got a Big Truck Out There, And Now We’re Going To Run You Over!”"

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Tea Party Launches Attacks on 'Occupy Wall Street'

Tea Party Launches Attacks on 'Occupy Wall Street': "Tea party activists have gone on the offensive against anti-Wall Street demonstrators just a day before the New York protest threatens to come to a head."

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Jobs Plan Fails, but Obama Doesn't Get the Message

Jobs Plan Fails, but Obama Doesn't Get the Message: "When President Barack Obama began his Midwest “jobs tour” in August, he set out to campaign for the passage of a yet-to-be-released plan to turn around the country’s stagnant economy. But after the details of that plan emerged–more stimulus spending and higher taxes–and when the Democrat-controlled Senate put the measure up for a vote this week, the President’s plan was defeated. Even members of the President’s own party opposed more taxing and spending as a way of pulling America out of its unemployment ditch."

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Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » The Road To Ruin: Orlando Opens Stimulus-Funded “Barack Obama Parkway”…

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » The Road To Ruin: Orlando Opens Stimulus-Funded “Barack Obama Parkway”…: "On the same day President Barack Obama will visit Orlando, the city unveiled the first part of a roadway project named after him."

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Executive Dictatorship: Obama Instructs Advisers to Push Through Stimulus Projects Without Pesky ‘Congressional Authorization’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Executive Dictatorship: Obama Instructs Advisers to Push Through Stimulus Projects Without Pesky ‘Congressional Authorization’ | Video | TheBlaze.com: "EXECUTIVE DICTATORSHIP: OBAMA INSTRUCTS ADVISERS TO PUSH THROUGH STIMULUS PROJECTS WITHOUT PESKY ‘CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION’"

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Herman Cain: I left the Democrat plantation a long time ago | The Right Scoop

Herman Cain: I left the Democrat plantation a long time ago | The Right Scoop: "Herman Cain had another great interview – this time on Hannity. Both Harry Belafonte and Cornell West have attacked Cain lately because of his comments yesterday that racism doesn’t really matter that much anymore."

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