Metaphors

Paging Sheriff Biden!

Photoshop h/t Radio Patriot Missing in Action: Stimulus Sheriff Joe Biden by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 Remember when President Obama bragged about Joe Biden’s fiscal discipline cred in 2009? “To you, he’s Mr. Vice President, but around the White House, we call him the Sheriff,” Obama warned government employees. “Because if you’re misusing […]

We can’t wait

What could go wrong?

**Written by Doug Powers Thanks to the Stimulus, the “clean energy” initiatives it funds are already paying dividends in Nevada: Nearly two years after Reno started installing energy-producing windmills at city facilities from downtown to Stead, some have proven to be better at generating electricity than others despite claims made by manufacturers. The city’s seven […]

**Written by Doug Powers “You guys know that when the president gave me the responsibility of dealing with and implementing this recovery act, he called me Sheriff Joe. Well, I’ve still got my badge on.” – Joe Biden, April 6, 2010 ***** Really, Joe? Part of an $11 million grant intended to provide business attire […]

Battery maker on verge of going terminals-up

What a way to kick off the week. At least we had an extra hour from Daylight Saving Time to prepare. Yep: Gloria Allred is back. And she’s scrambling to hop aboard the Cain Train. Gird your loins. Er, maybe that’s not the best idiom. Get ready for the Gloria Media Gaggle. Estimated time of […]

**Written by Doug Powers The guaranteed government loan program for “renewable energy” projects, a stimulus-sponsored exercise in venture socialism most famous for its ongoing Solyndra debacle and ties to investors that just happen to be Obama campaign donors, expired yesterday. The Department of Energy didn’t let the deadline go quietly: The Energy Department finalized Friday […]

**Written by Doug Powers Does this mean goodbye “stimulus,” hello “kinetic wealth redistribution action”? Well, the image makeover probably won’t be that honest. In the used car lot of failed government programs, this sales technique is known as “same lemon, different paint job: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats have dropped the word “stimulus” […]

**Written by Doug Powers During President Obama’s upcoming job speech, if you do a shot whenever you hear the words “invest in clean energy” you’ll be asleep before the teleprompter’s internal cooling fan kicks into action. Not that it was necessary, but here’s yet another reason to be extremely wary of that repeated green clarion […]

**Written by Doug Powers “Plug” is the word Reuters used, so it’s possible they have a better sense of humor than I originally thought, but in any case, here’s a good head-shaker to kick off your weekend: Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. economy needed more stimulus […]

Job creation is a SNAP!

**Written by Doug Powers Confident? Me neither. Bloomberg: Federal Reserve policy makers may start weighing additional steps to prop up the recovery after growth fell below 1 percent in the first half of this year and economists began cutting second-half growth forecasts. “At a minimum, the FOMC will have a serious debate about the policy […]

The cost of getting wired

**Written by Doug Powers As Jeffrey Anderson at the Weekly Standard pointed out, the White House releasing a fiscal report on the Friday before a long holiday weekend can only mean one thing: There’s not much good news in it for the White House, and, ergo, taxpayers. Such is the case with the White House […]

**Written by Doug Powers Before signing the stimulus bill (aka “Porkulus”) in February of 2009, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said that, even though the president probably hadn’t read the entire 1,079 bill cover-to-cover, he knew it was okay to sign because he had “a team of the best legislative and economic experts […]

Stoogian incompetence

**Written by Doug Powers Yesterday, Michelle wrote about the Porkulus “cash for tax cheats” program, and here’s a related item that Sheriff Joe Biden might want to investigate as soon as he’s finished plotting his path to the White House in 2016. The Stimulus is going to touch more lives than we thought — in […]

Graphic via CBS News I’ve been tied up on other things, but have been following the Project Gunrunner scandal closely — and delve into the basics in my syndicated column today. To its credit, CBS News gave this deadly Obama culture of corruption nightmare mainstream coverage last month. But it’s been brewing on the blogs […]

**Written by Doug Powers Why the Ritz? Because the Waldorf Astoria was booked solid. From Byron York: Members of a key panel created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus bill, have scheduled a meeting on November 22 to consider ways to prevent “fraud, waste, and abuse of Recovery Act […]

A one woman fashion industry profit machine?

“According to my report, damn I’m good!”

**Written by Doug Powers If you’re selling US economy stock short, now is the time to get aggressive: WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–President Barack Obama on Monday said his economic team is working to identify new measures to stimulate U.S. growth as part of a “full-scale attack” to strengthen the lackluster economy. Obama, speaking in the White […]