About: Michael Tennant
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Feds’ Creative Accounting Masks Trillions in Unfunded Liabilities
Officially, the United States’ federal budget deficit for 2011 will be roughly $1.3 trillion, a staggering and almost incomprehensible amount of money. But this doesn’t even come close to...
Leaked E-mails Suggest bin Laden Not Buried at Sea
According to the official version of events promulgated by the Obama administration, after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden, his body was flown to Afghanistan for identification and then...
Obama’s Double Standard on Reporting Government Abuses
At the start of his February 22 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney offered a tribute to deceased reporters Marie Colvin, Remi Ochlik, and Anthony Shadid, all...
Syria: From Valued Ally to “Vicious Enemy”
Is the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, in the opinion of U.S. officials, a valued ally or a murderous, tyrannical regime? It all depends on which day you ask....
Canada: Four-year-old Allegedly Sketches Gun; Dad Arrested, Strip-Searched
On February 22, Jessie Sansone of Kitchener, Ontario, thought he was making a routine stop to pick up his children at the end of a school day. Instead, he...
Taking Stock of Obama’s Dividend Tax Hike Proposal
In his 2013 budget proposal, President Barack Obama is asking for what amounts to a tripling of the corporate dividends tax rate for high-income earners (individuals and households with...
Ron Paul: Excessive Defense Spending Endangers U.S.
Three of the four remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination have spoken out against planned reductions in future defense spending. Both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former...
Indian Tribes Hop Aboard Obama’s “Clean Energy” Gravy Train
As part of its Tribal Energy Program, the U.S. Department of Energy is providing $6.5 million to various American Indian tribes for “clean energy” projects — everything from solar...
Santorum’s Stated Opposition to Public Schooling Doesn’t Match His Record
“We didn’t have government-run schools for a long time in this country, for the majority of the time in this country,” Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said during a...
Amish Farmer Closes Raw Milk Business After Feds Slap Injunction on Him
Hundreds of families in the state of Maryland have just seen their source of fresh, raw milk dry up thanks to the U.S. government. The Justice Department, at the...
State Inspector: Girl’s Sack Lunch Unhealthy; She Must Eat Cafeteria Food
“Parents are useless. The state is God.” That, says NaturalNews.com editor Mike Adams, was the message conveyed when a North Carolina state agent told a preschooler the lunch her...
Taxpayers Clipped to Keep Senate Barbershop Afloat
A shave and a haircut will cost you more than two bits just about anywhere, but it’ll run you over two Hamiltons at the U.S. Senate barbershop — more...
Obama’s Budget Blueprint: Deficits, Deception, and Denial
“The time for austerity is not today,” White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew declared on the February 12 Meet the Press, providing an apt motto for President Barack...
Romney’s Criticism of Obama’s Contraception Policy Rings Hollow
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has lately been arguing strenuously against the Obama administration’s decision to force all employers, regardless of their religious convictions, to provide insurance coverage for...
I Scream, You Scream: San Francisco Red Tape Nearly Strangles Small Businesses
San Francisco, as even casual observers of the political scene know, is one of the most liberal cities in the country. Many of its citizens fear big business —...