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Obama's Approval Falls While The Tea Party Movement's Rises
By Carole on Feb 8, 2010 | Comment »
A new poll shows just 44% of registered voters approve of the job President Obama is doing. That's down from 46 % in December. (source) Evidently his strong rhetoric about not giving up on health care reform, cap & trade and even more deficit raising government spending is not sitting well with the American people.
Contrary To Liberal Opinion Abstinence Education Works
By Carole on Feb 7, 2010 | 1 comment »
Surprise (to some)! Abstinence education actually works. According to a new University of Pennsylvania study published in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, abstinence only education helps to prevent teen pregnancy even if it does not include a religious message. The study showed that 33 percent of sixth and seventh graders who took an abstinence-only course had sex within two years of the course compared to 52 percent who were taught only "safer sex" and 42 percent who were taught both abstinence and safer sex. (source)
Obama's Latest Contradiction
By Carole on Feb 6, 2010 | Comment »
Speaking about health care reform at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Thursday night, President Obama said "And it may be that...if Congress decides we're not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judgment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not." (source) But there's always another day and another contradiction from Mr. Obama.
Obama's True Priorities Won't Be Snowed Under
By Carole on Feb 6, 2010 | Comment »
The historic blizzard dumping 2 feet of snow on Washington DC was evidently enough to cancel the administration's daily press briefing today but not President Obama's political activities. While the daily briefing with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was cancelled due to the storm, it didn't stop Mr. Obama from speaking to party activists at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee. (source)
Spending Millions To Inform The Intentionally Uninformed
By Carole on Feb 5, 2010 | Comment »
Move over Dorrito-chomping super models and Budweiser horses, the latest buyer of outrageously expensive Super Bowl advertising time is the US Government. Washington is spending $2.5 million in an attempt to encourage Americans to participate in the census and that's just a small percentage of the whopping $133 million the entire census ad campaign will cost. (source)
