In his first on-camera interview since his August announcement that he would not run for President, Paul Ryan sits down with the MacIver Institute to discuss what went into his decision making process and what his political future may hold.

President Downgrade told Speaker Boehner in a letter today, that the Obama administration is considering seven regulations that would add more than $1 billion to the federal deficit. However, Obama said these are “merely proposed” regulations. The Washington Times reported: President Obama told Speaker John A. Boehner in a letter Tuesday that his administration is [...]

August was the deadliest month for the United States in Afghanistan, since the war began. 66 U.S. service members will killed this month, eclipsing the previous record of 65 killed in July 2010. Very sad news to hear. The AP reported: August has become the deadliest month yet for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year-old [...]

North Korea has launched a cyber attack against a South Korean bank today. Nearly half of there servers crashed and investigators found evidence that the attack came from North Korea. Washington Post reported: After nearly half of the servers for a South Korean bank crashed one day in April, investigators here found evidence indicating that [...]

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No love for the feds… A new gallup survey shows that 63% of Americans give the federal government a negative overall view. 17% give it a positive view and 20% are neutral. The positive and the negative ratings for the federal government this year are the worst since Gallup began measuring its image in 2003. [...]

Meanwhile, 14% of Tea Partiers support him in a new Gallup poll. Jacqueline Bodnar, a spokeswoman of the Tea Party group, FreedomWorks, said that Mitt Romney, “has never requested to participate in one of our tea party events or rallies.” The group helped organize events like the 9/12 March on Washington in 2009 and annual [...]

This would kill thousands of jobs and further push America into a socialist state… The California State Legislature is currently reviewing a bill that would ban restaurants, grocery stores, and other vendors from dispensing food in styrofoam. Daily Mail reported: The California State Legislature is considering a bill that would ban restaurants, grocery stores and [...]

Look at the size of that thing: Here’s President Downgrade using two massive teleprompters to deliver a simply three minute speech. President Obama required two heavy-duty teleprompters on Monday during a three-minute speech in which he nominated Alan Krueger to serve as chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. Leading from behind…

War is raging. From AP The Israeli military said Monday that it has sent two additional warships to the Red Sea border with Egypt following warnings that militants are planning another attack on southern Israel from Egyptian soil. Monday saw IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Benny Gantz order the deployment across the entire southern sector, [...]

Obama’s Justice Department refuses to release significant portions of Bush administration memos justifying program that allowed warrantless searches for national security after 9/11. What a crock. Barack Obama blames all of his problems on President Bush and now he won’t release policy memos justifying Bush’s actions that keep America safe for eight years? More from [...]

It keeps getting better. Obama’s illegal alien uncle, Onyango Obama, was arrested for drunk driving on Friday, however he is now claiming that he was not drunk, despite the fact that he had a 0.14% blood-alcohol level, almost twice the legal limit of 0.08%. It gets even better, Onyango told police that he planned on [...]

I have no comment. A TSA agent in at the Miami International Airport found seven snakes and three tortoises in a man’s pants this past Thursday, as the man walked through the body scanner. CBS Miami reported: Miami International Airport has led the way in the latest technology for airport security. One airport passenger learned [...]

The launch of the final battle in Libya is imminent, the Libyan rebel chief Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani said. AFP reported: The launch of the final battle in Libya is imminent, the rebels’ military chief Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani told reporters on Tuesday. “Zero hour is quickly approaching. We would like everyone to know that [...]

Rebels in Libya have given Moammar Gaddafi four days to surrender or face a military onslaught. “From Saturday, if no peaceful solution is in sight on the ground, we will resort to military force,” National Transitional Council, NTC, chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said. Libyan rebels on the way to Sirte (Reuters) RFI English reported: Rebels [...]

Finally, someone is going after the corrupt U.N. House Republicans will introduce a bill today that will force major changes at the United Nations. The new legislation would end all funding for Palestinian “refugees” and would also require the U.N. to adopt a budget model, in which countries selectively choose which UN agencies to fund. [...]

Now only 15% of likely U.S. voters think the situation in Afghanistan will get better over the next six months, a new low from Rasmussen Reports. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 15% of Likely U.S. Voters now think the situation in Afghanistan will get better in the next six months. [...]

Not good. Palestinian terrorist have acquired Anti-tank and Anti-aircraft rockets from Libya since the six-month Libyan civil war began. All of which will likely be used to kill Israelis. Reuters reported: Palestinians in Gaza have acquired anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets from Libya during its six-month civil war, enlarging but not significantly improving their arsenal, Israeli [...]

Yeah, sure it was an accident. Wikileaks always has the best interest of the United States, mhm right. Wikileaks has once again outed agents and sources: A WikiLeaks file containing the original leaked US State Department cables has inadvertently been released onto the Internet. The documents have not been edited to protect sources, meaning that [...]