About: Michael Tennant
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Feds Fine School $15,000 for Selling Soda
Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah, was fined $15,000 by the federal government for inadvertently leaving a soda pop vending machine running during its lunch period, demonstrating that letting...
Trent Lott Lobbies for Treaty He Opposed as Senator
“If you want a UN on steroids, you want the Law of the Sea Treaty,” then-Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) declared in a 2007 news conference. The treaty,...
Four Out of 10 West Virginia Democrats Vote for Texas Inmate Over Obama
Texas inmate Keith Judd took 40 percent of the vote — to President Obama's 60 percent — in West Virginia's Democratic primary, as Democrats in that state use the...
Romney Takes Swipe at Ron Paul’s Budget Blueprint
Mitt Romney told a Cleveland audience that he will not cut $1 trillion from the federal budget in his first year in office — a clear swipe at Ron...
ObamaCare’s Employer Mandate Means Less Employer-based Health Insurance
According to a new report from the House Ways and Means Committee, ObamaCare — and especially the employer mandate — will actually give employers a huge incentive to stop...
ObamaCare: Past, Present, & Yet to Come
As Americans wait for the Supreme Court to determine whether all, part, or none of ObamaCare is unconstitutional, ObamaCare is being implemented and imposing costs. ...
“Bowl-a-Thon” Raises Over $400K for Abortions
The purpose of the third annual National Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon is to bankroll the culture of death. ...
Romney’s Not-so-“revolutionary” Healthcare Plan
Think ObamaCare, with its thousands of pages of rules and regulations governing every aspect of American life, is revolutionary? Think again, says the Los Angeles Times. When it comes...
Romney for Obama Student Loan Plan; Mum on Rubio Immigration Bill
President Barack Obama, a Democrat, wants Congress to extend a student loan interest rate cut set to expire in July; Mitt Romney, the odds-on favorite to head the Republican...
Many Democrats Now Consider ObamaCare a Political Liability
“I think the Affordable Care Act is the single least popular piece of major domestic legislation in the last 70 years. It was not popular when it passed; it’s...
Passing ObamaCare a “Mistake,” Says Barney Frank
Passing ObamaCare was a “mistake,” retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told New York magazine in the course of a wide-ranging interview. President Barack Obama, apparently believing his own campaign...
Georgia Kindergartner Handcuffed, Arrested for Temper Tantrum
A Georgia kindergarten student was handcuffed and arrested for throwing a temper tantrum in school on Friday, Macon’s WMAZ-TV reports. Six-year-old Salecia Johnson, a student at Creekside Elementary School...
Obama, Paying Lower Tax Rate Than Secretary, Won’t Impose “Buffett Rule” on Himself
Despite the fact that in 2011 President Barack Obama paid a lower tax rate than his secretary — the very circumstance Obama hopes to rectify with the so-called “Buffett...
ObamaCare Could Add Over $500 Billion to Deficit, Study Finds
One of the big selling points of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as ObamaCare, was that despite its massive new spending initiatives it would somehow reduce the...
Obama Won’t Sign Order for Fed Contractors to List Political Contributions — For Now
About a year ago, the Obama administration drafted a proposed executive order that would have forced potential federal contractors to disclose their political contributions, thereby introducing a political element...