Wednesday December 12, 2012

One million Americans entered poverty in the last two months

Four more years! Four more years! And we thought last month´s delayed foodstamp data was bad. The just reported foodstamp number for September was a doozy, with 607,544 new Americans becoming eligible for foodstamps, as a record 47.7 million Americans are now living in poverty at least according to the USDA. The monthly increase was the highest since May 2011, and with August´s 421K new impoverished America, over 1 million Americans made the EBT card their new best friend. It is unclear just which atmospheric phenomenon will get the blame for this unprecedented surge in poverty, http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/one_million_americans_entered_poverty_in_the_last_two_months.html---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- White House “Holiday” Card  Spotlights Dog, Not ChristmasThe 2012 White House “Holiday” card spotlights the Obama’s family Portuguese water dog — instead of Christmas. President Obama’s”holiday” cards have been the subject of controversy in the past.  His 2009 greeting card made no reference to Christmas, drawing the ire of Republican Congressman Henry Brown.  “I believe that sending a Christmas card without referencing a holiday and its purpose limits the Christmas celebration in favor of a more ‘politically correct’ holiday,” the South Carolina congressman told Fox News Radio in 2009. http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/white-house-holiday-card-spotlights-dog-not-christmas.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government eyes crippling climate-control measuresThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ready to unleash its first wave of carbon-dioxide regulations. Some members of Congress want to tax hydrocarbon use and carbon-dioxide emissions. Moreover, United Nations climate alarmists are trying to devise a new treaty to regulate energy use at the international level. Even one of these government actions would send shock waves through the economy. If all three are imposed (or worse, imposed in conjunction with Obamacare and other tax increases on job and wealth creators) the impacts will be devastating. This climate crisis threatens our energy use, economy, jobs, Our planet’s climate has never been stable and never will be. Despite rising carbon-dioxide levels, average global temperatures have not risen for 16 years. There is no empirical evidence to support assertions and computer models that claim carbon dioxide drives climate change or to suggest that greenhouse gases have supplanted the complex natural forces that have produced big and little ice ages, floods and droughts, and stormy and quiescent periods throughout Earth’s history. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/10/government-eyes-crippling-climate-control-measures/#ixzz2Eq17jqve  Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GOP senator slams USDA for not answering questions on policies contributing to record food stamp useFollowing news that participation in the food stamp program hit another record high in September, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions took to the Senate floor Tuesday to lambast the Department of Agriculture for failing to respond to an oversight request regarding USDA policies that have likely contributed to the expansion of the program. he Alabama senator has been pushing USDA for answers on their various means of food stamp promotion — notably to people who either do not want or who should not be on food stamps. While he said he has received some answers that were “very troubling,” his most recent request in October (with a mid-October deadline) for more answers and for USDA to eliminate some of their promotion materials has remained unanswered for nearly two months. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/11/gop-senator-slams-usda-for-not-answering-questions-on-policies-contributing-to-record-food-stamp-use/#ixzz2Eq2MErvB----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obama's Big Michigan Right-To-Work Lie: Lower WagesThe president says right-to-work laws mean "the right to work for less money." So how does he explain the fact that incomes are up in RTW states while forced unionism is a proven job killer? According to Michigan's Mackinac Center, using data taken from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics, private-sector, inflation-adjusted employee compensation in right-to-work states increased by 12% between 2001 and 2011 compared with just 3% over the same period in forced-unionization states. Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/121112-636665-right-to-work-means-better-wages.htm#ixzz2Eq7BcROJ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Dept. had live video of attack in Benghazi Live video from a drone flying over the U.S. Consulate during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, was monitored at a Defense Department facility, but was not fed to the White House, senior officials say. The Obama administration has declined to respond to media requests for details about who was watching the live video, but a senior defense official told The Washington Times that “the surveillance aircraft captured footage of events on the ground” and “it wasn’t available that night at the White House.” Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/11/defense-had-live-video-of-attack-in-benghazi/#ixzz2Eq81M6GE Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------