Wendy’s, Taco Bell Cut Employee Hours to Avoid Obamacare Mandate
Not long after the Supreme Court approved Obamacare, the CEO of Papa Johns, as well as the owner of the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, all admitted that they would be actively working to circumvent the law. The admissions backfired, and all of employers quickly backtracked from their anti-Obamacare pronouncements. Now the owner of [...]
Many Obama Supporters Angry at New Tax Increases on the ‘Not’ Rich
President Obama said, both during his campaign and the lead up to the fiscal cliff debate, that his goal was to make America’s top earners pay their fair share. Well, it seems he’s a little confused about who America’s top earners are, because as a result of the fiscal cliff deal, taxes went up on [...]
This is President Obama’s Favorite Picture of 2012
The White House recently released, “The Year of Photographs, 2012″, and there are many poignant snapshots included, but only one photo is President Obama’s favorite picture of 2012, and the winner is…….. President Obama vs Spiderman: The President pretends to be caught in Spider-Man’s web as he greets the Nicholas Tamarin, 3, just outside the [...]
Unemployment Rate For Blacks Rose Sharply, Increased From 13.2% to 14%
The unemployment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that, although the general unemployment rate remained steady, the unemployment rate for African-Americans increased. To give you an idea of who is still hurting the most in this economy, consider that the unemployment rate for women rose to 7.3 percent in December from 7.0 percent, [...]
Obama: ‘If I Had Set the Same Policies Back in the 1980s, I Would be Considered a Moderate Republican’
by Yvette Carnell Whenever anyone dares to say that President Obama is a right of center politician, he or she is usually maligned as a “hater”, or someone who clearly doesn’t understand politics. (That sort of thing usually involves a trite chess vs. checkers reference as well.) But in an all but unnoticed comment on [...]
Bet You Didn’t Know That the 100 Richest People Got $241 Billion Dollars Richer in 2012
The way Republicans are whining about taxes, you’d think that the people in the investor class were actually seeing their incomes reduced, right? Wrong. The picture Republicans are painting as it relates to the *job creators* isn’t rooted in reality. The richest people in the world, not just America, are seeing historic gains in income. [...]
NAACP President on Incoming GOP Sen. Tim Scott: ‘We Have Republicans Who Believe in Civil Rights ..He is Not One of Them”
NAACP President Ben Jealous said on Wednesday that incoming GOP Senator Tim Scott does not believe in Civil Rights. During a CNN segment where Jealous was discussing the reasoning for Rep Tim Scott (R-SC) being given an “F” by the NAACP, Jealous noted that Scott wasn’t given an “F” simply because he is a Republican. [...]
Samuel L. Jackson Tries to Get a Reporter to Use the “N” Word During Interview
Samuel L. Jackson is known for his one liners, as well as his bombastic personality, and during a recent interview about Django Unchained, he used his most identifiable character traits to needle a reporter about the “N” word. Reporter Jake Hamilton asked Jackson about Django Unchained‘s unending use of the “N” word, and Jackson acted as [...]
Rev. Al Sharpton Says After Gun Control, We May Have to Deal With Knife Control
by Yvette Carnell To demonstrate the absurdity of the gun control argument, you need look no further than Rev. Al Sharpton, who says that once we’re done with gun control, we may have to deal with knife control. That argument is to the left wing what the NRA’s argument of, ‘let’s put a gun in [...]
After Fiscal Cliff Debacle, Obama Heads Back to Hawaii..
President Obama conducted a brief press conference last night, during which he said there wasn’t enough ‘support or time’ to work out a better deal than the one he settled on with Republicans. “Unfortunately, there just wasn’t enough support or time for that kind of large agreement in a lame-duck session of Congress. And that [...]
