In the history of mankind, many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state. TR
10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 2:00 pm || Meets with foundation and business leaders to discuss his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative; State Dining Room 3:25 pm || Delivers remarks on the My Brother’s Keeper initiative 4:35 pm || Meets with Treasury Secretary Lew All times Eastern except as noted Live stream of White House briefing at 12:15 pm
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says everything you are hearing about Obamacare’s destructive effect on the lives of Americans is wrong. Everything. “There’s plenty of horror stories being told,” he intoned on the Senate floor today. “All of them are untrue.” The lies, according to Reid, are being paid for by the wealthy, conservative Koch brothers, who are also – you may already know this
First Lady Michelle Obama’s announcement Tuesday that schools will be prohibited from marketing junk food to kids seems nice. Obvious even. It’s terrible that schools allow kids access to this garbage. But as usual, it’s left to conservatives to be the grinch at the free-stuff party. To seem like we’ve got a War Against Children going on. You see, the thing is, Michelle isn’t just
See for yourself. HHS Secretary Sebelius yesterday: HHS Secretary Sebelius in September 2013: God help us. And I used to think Slick Willie was bad. But nothing prepared me for this group. At least spin us the old fashioned way, you know – a little obfuscation, some misleading information, a nice pickled red herring. DON’T JUST OUTRIGHT LIE TO US! I mean, where’s the artistry
Actually, sounded more like “Afooo!” Eddie Scarry notes over at The Blaze blog that Obama fails egregiously to employ the accepted protocol for preventing disease dissemination, the sneeze in the sleeve technique. Rather, he actually waves his arms as if attempting to spread infection left and right. One can get in trouble for this.
Biden: “Hatred” behind voter ID laws . . . Reuters Sebelius: GOP “playing with people’s lives” . . . The Hill Obama: OFA doing “God’s work” . . . Politico Dems waver on minimum wage . . . Newsmax Obamacare rebellion brewing? . . . National Journal Republican AGs: Holder ignores rule of law . . . Newsmax Obama lowers fine for hiring illegals . .