The following FAQ will help clarify a few facts:
Q: What is the Socialist International?
A:  It is the worldwide organization of socialist, social democratic and labor parties. It currently brings together 131 political parties and organizations from all continents. Its origins go back to the early international organizations of the labor movement of the last [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
Back in the hoary days of the Obama transition Obamaniacs and other sycophants were rushing to the microphones to tell us all that we voters had just hired the most ethical White House ever. Why, White House transition team co-chair John Podesta even claimed that Obama was instituting [...]

by Tom Roeser
The Pro-Squid Chicago Media.
Say, whatever happened to that story that seemed to pass by in a twinkling of an eye about Gov. Quinn’s early parolees including one locked up for a 2008 murderdisappearing after they were set free as part of Quinn’s infamous early release program?  If anything should underscore the [...]

by The St. Louis Tea Party

It’s been about a month since we kicked off the Block Program with training on May 21. Since then, the program has rapidly gone national.  The reason for the interest: the Block Captain program rebuilds our American community.
But that’s not why you should get involved.  Well, [...]

by John Bambenek
When one thinks of alleviating poverty, particularly in developing nations, it is almost automatically assumed that some governmental effort like the United Nations is necessary. We often hear that the measure of charity of a nation is how much a government gives to a developing nation via government-to-government aid.
The reality is, governmental bodies, [...]

Posted by Jim Hoft

By Guest Blogger John Burns
There’s been much ado recently about the decline of the Tea Party Movement. Pundits opine that we’re losing momentum, losing support, losing steam; “they just peaked too soon.”
Not True. Not by a long shot.
Years from now, historians will look back at the Tea Party Movement and divide [...]

Posted by Jim Hoft

How’s that Hopey-Changey Stuff treating you?

(Misery Index data)
Since his election in 2008, the US economy has shed 4.4 million jobs. That’s worse than Herbert Hoover.
News Alert reported this from Bloomberg Businessweek:

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. shed 2.3 million jobs since February 2009, Obama’s first full [...]

Get caught speeding in Illinois this fall and you’ll pay more. The state supreme court has ordered an increase in fines for traffic tickets. As of September 15th, fines for speeding will go up from $75 to $120, and a ticket for not wearing your seat belt will cost you $60, rather than $55—this according [...]

by Publius

You knew this was coming. From the Associated Press:

The White House announcement comes as administration officials meet privately with state insurance commissioners, and CEOs of major insurance companies, amid concerns [...]

by Doug Ross Journals
Florida GOP Sen. George LeMieux took the Senate floor yesterday to blast the Obama administration’s pathetic management of the Gulf oil disaster.
Mr. President, I just want to make some brief remarks this afternoon concerning the ongoing tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and the Deepwater Horizon response.
61 [...]

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