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Stupidity Laws Could Have Stopped Obama

By John Ransom (May 22, 2012)

Democrats have been crying for the last few weeks because the official bank of the Obama administration, JPMorgan Chase, lost $2 billion dollars in a hedging strategy that... more

The Great Liberal Explains the Bible

By John Ransom (May 20, 2012)

Ericynot wrote: Part of what Buffett proposed in the so-called Buffett Rule is raising the tax rate on capital gains and dividends to the level of ordinary income. Re-read my... more

Obama’s Campaign about Nothing

By John Ransom (May 19, 2012)

Obama may go down as the first president in the history of the U.S. to run a campaign based, like Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy, on nothing.   It’s gotten so bad that the New... more

Don’t Like Facebook

By John Ransom (May 18, 2012)

Since it’s Friday, and there is a Facebook IPO scheduled to go off today, I feel obliged to write the standard “Why I hate the latest IPO” column. Don’t get me wrong. I... more

The Emancipation Proclamation: The Man Who Freed the Gays

By John Ransom (May 16, 2012)

If you thought JP Morgan traders goofed when they made bad bets that resulted in $2 billion in losses for what Obama says is the best managed bank in America, well you... more

JP Morgan Shows Obama Bank Reform as Flawed

By John Ransom (May 15, 2012)

Barack Obama went on the business talk show The View to talk about how banks need more stringent regulations on trading activities in light of trading losses at JP Morgan.... more

Obama Heads for John Edwards-type Hush Money Scandal?

By John Ransom (May 14, 2012)

Staggering under an avalanche of bad news regarding the economy, Obama’s presidential campaign took another hit over the weekend as the New York Post detailed divisions... more

The Starsky and Hutch President

By John Ransom (May 13, 2012)

Truth001 wrote: Way to rally the troops Ransom. Blame SSDI for the lower unemployment numbers! That is stretch even for you John. You don't mention that many baby boomers are... more

Obama is Scamming the Disabled

By John Ransom (May 12, 2012)

I have to credit our own Mike Shedlock for writing about how Obama’s been able to drive down the topline unemployment number even though unemployment remains as a big problem... more

No Confidence will Kill Obama Reelection Chances

By John Ransom (May 11, 2012)

While economists agonize about unemployment, jobs created, money supply, stimulus, and the budget deficit, they often ignore one number that will in all likelihood matter... more

Disaster: April Brings Government Surplus; WTFund?

By John Ransom (May 10, 2012)

If things weren’t bad enough for Obama- high unemployment, the collapse of Europe, losing delegate votes to a federal inmate, the Chicago Bulls being eliminated from the... more

Tea Party Hails Lugar Defeat

By John Ransom (May 09, 2012)

I got a happy email Dick Armey celebrating the defeat of Richard Lugar in the US Senate race for Indiana. Not that I would EVER say I told you so, but here are two columns I... more

From Meritocracy to Mediocrity in One Presidential Term

By John Ransom (May 08, 2012)

Every week there is a new “controversy” manufactured by the Obama administration in order to avoid answering the tough questions on the only question that really... more

Unemployment Explained: Obama's Disability Scammers

By John Ransom (May 07, 2012)

I have to credit our own Mike Shedlock for writing about how Obama’s been able to drive down the topline unemployment number even though unemployment remains as a big problem... more

Five Reasons Why Liberals Shouldn't be in Charge of Anything

By John Ransom (May 06, 2012)

Odin wrote: Does twit Ransom ever write anything worth reading? West Virginia voted for W twice and McCain once so some WV pols not being thrilled with Obama isn't the... more

Obama bin Biden 2012

By John Ransom (May 05, 2012)

Updated: 5/5/2012- When a U.S. Senator and a sitting governor from your own party won’t say if they support the reelection bid of the incumbent president from their party,... more

Buying Obama: How the UAW Got the Best Investment Returns in History

By John Ransom (May 04, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent expose by Sharon Terlep about how Obama’s economic policies end up as bad investments- for the rest of us. You know? The 99 percent... more

The Best Reason to Vote Against Obama: Self-Defense

By John Ransom (May 03, 2012)

When a U.S. Senator and a sitting governor from your own party won’t say if they support the reelection bid of the incumbent president from their party, well, that’s a... more

Occupy Wall Street Operates on Mayan Calendar

By John Ransom (May 02, 2012)

For Occupy Wallstreeters, who aren’t particular about hygiene, the rain soaked streets of New York City yesterday offered a perfect opportunity to clean up their... more

2012 NFL Draft Recap

By John Ransom (May 01, 2012)

My most devoted readers will know that I'm still a card-carrying member of the Football Writers Association of America. Yeah. That's ALL of America. The FFWA:... more

New York Times Outs Apple, Enemy of the People, on Tax “Sidestep”

By John Ransom (Apr 30, 2012)

So it’s come to this: If you’re a successful technology company that employs 47,000 people in the U.S. along with supporting the employment of another 257,000 jobs... more

Where Liberals Really Suck Eggs

By John Ransom (Apr 29, 2012)

Longball38884 wrote: Won't it be great when the department of pregnancy can tie down every woman and force her to have her monthly ultra sound to PROVE she's not even... more

Another Excuse from Both Ways Barack

By John Ransom (Apr 27, 2012)

Now that the advance GDP growth number for the first quarter has come in lower than expected, the White House is trotting out their favorite excuse for a slow economy: not... more

Ezra Klein and the High Priests Channel Obama the Divine

By John Ransom (Apr 26, 2012)

Obama no longer has a press operation. Instead he holds high mass. On attendance are a bunch of progressive divines and shamans. They peer into the tea... more

Lie, Cheat, Steal: Save the Planet!

By John Ransom (Apr 25, 2012)

Speaking of lies and the liars that spread them: In light of yesterday's column on the cottage industry of global warming hysteria and the slant they give the day's... more

So Fake It’s Real: Global Warming is Reality TV for the Media Elite

By John Ransom (Apr 24, 2012)

Here’s my challenge to all the global warming apologists: Explain to me why the “settled science” of global warming has to manipulate headlines to make information appear... more

On Earth Day, I Expanded My Carbon Footprint

By John Ransom (Apr 23, 2012)

To celebrate “earth day” this year, I decided that I would do what the Obama administration just hasn’t been able to figure out: I would stimulate the economy by the... more

They Call Him Comrade

By John Ransom (Apr 22, 2012)

Doctor Roy wrote: I asked this question somewhere last week but didn't get an answer. If Corporations don't really pay income taxes- but instead pass it on to consumers- if a... more

Obama's Solution to High Taxes: Even Higher Taxes

By John Ransom (Apr 21, 2012)

The most expensive tax in the history of the world has been proposed by the Obama administration and to hear them tell the story, you’d think the rest of us should be... more

The Obamunist-Controlled Press Has a Job to Do on Jobs

By John Ransom (Apr 20, 2012)

This week’s jobless claims came in higher than expected tending to confirm that the recovery is: 1) still very slow; and 2) jobless, despite attempts by the... more

Stop the Liberal Presses: New York Times/CBS Poll Finds Trouble for Obama

By John Ransom (Apr 19, 2012)

The liberal press is finally enunciating what the rest of already knew through pure common sense. As poll after poll shows that Obama’s management of the economy will be... more

Beware: In Obama’s Global Tax Scheme Americans are “the Rich”

By John Ransom (Apr 18, 2012)

The most expensive tax in the history of the world has been proposed by the Obama administration and to hear them tell the story, you’d think the rest of us should be... more

Hurrah for the One and his One Percent!

By John Ransom (Apr 17, 2012)

When GE announced at the end of February that it would be bailing out General Motor’s green car strategy by ordering 12,000 electric-gasoline powered Chevy Volts for their... more

The Pee Wee President’s Awfully Big Campaign

By John Ransom (Apr 16, 2012)

Our real-life, make-believe president has two things to accomplish during this campaign season if he wants to call 1600 Pennsylvania Ave home for another four years. His... more

"Unexpectedly," Progressives Have Math Problems

By John Ransom (Apr 15, 2012)

Zerubbabel wrote: Fake President? Let's not be in denial he IS the president. Fake Energy? No, it is real. The manufacturing cost has decreased significantly. Depending on... more

Solar: Fake Energy Provided by Fake President

By John Ransom (Apr 14, 2012)

This is the year that the fake energy provided by our fake president finally collide and go boom. So, get ready for a new round of green bankruptcies, as Europe trims back... more

Obama Abuses Words as Clinton Abused Women

By John Ransom (Apr 13, 2012)

The most dangerous trend for the country over the last several years isn’t the GDP trendline or the unemployment rate. No. It’s rather how liberals- especially Obama- have... more

An Anti-Energy Energy Policy

By John Ransom (Apr 12, 2012)

Let's face it: Obama's energy policy is made by environmentalist. And that means that the US really doesn' t have an energy policy at all. (Note: Join me on the Dennis... more

Why Obama is a Bad President- Obamacare Edition

By John Ransom (Apr 11, 2012)

Now that GOP has finally ended the inter-party squabble about who’s going to be the Republican nominee in November, it’s time to put in better focus why Obama is headed for... more

Obama's War on Women Continues with His War on Jobs

By John Ransom (Apr 10, 2012)

If you want to help women’s “health” in this country then the best thing you can do is make sure that the U.S. has a vibrant economy, centered on good-paying jobs. Lost in... more

For This Old Socialist, Maxine Waters, Socialism Starts at Home

By John Ransom (Apr 09, 2012)

If you thought nation’s financial services were battered under Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, wait until you see who’s batting cleanup for the Democrats in the House. ... more

Wave of the Future: Class Warfare, Nation of Islam and Green Energy

By John Ransom (Apr 08, 2012)

Mike wrote: Governments are made up of people. Your post left you open to the question, what do you think is the difference between governments and corporations, as far as... more

Gospel According to Democrats: Woman, Behold Thy Government Program!

By John Ransom (Apr 07, 2012)

If you want to help women’s “health” in this country then the best thing you can do is make sure that the U.S. has a vibrant economy, centered on good-paying jobs. Lost in... more

Court Tells Obama: Eat Your Own Darn Peas

By John Ransom (Apr 06, 2012)

Thanks to goodness we have Obama to provide us with the many teachable moments in his personal journey of discovery as president of the United States. The country may... more

Word to Obama: Solar Still Sucks

By John Ransom (Apr 05, 2012)

If you thought solar sucked last week, it sucks even more now that Solar Trust of America has filed for bankruptcy. The name is kind of fitting in the ironic and Orwellian... more

It Runs in the Family: Volt’s Cousin, Chevy Cruze, Investigated for Fires

By John Ransom (Apr 03, 2012)

The Chevy Cruze, which is the same car, right down to the lug nuts as the Chevy Volt- minus, you know, the voltage- is being investigated for engine fires that Reuters says... more

Obama Expands War on Energy to Coal

By John Ransom (Apr 02, 2012)

Enviro-Whack jobs are celebrating the demise of America‘s most abundant energy resource, coal. Because coal has just been given the death sentence by Obama and the EPA just... more

Notice: This President Not Actual Size

By John Ransom (Apr 01, 2012)

ModMark wrote: One of the coal plants shut down in Chicago was built ~90 years ago. While upgraded in the 1950's. it still did not meet EPA standards before Obama was... more

You are Invited to Occupy the Job-Killing, Wealth-Robbing EPA Mafia

By John Ransom (Mar 31, 2012)

Regular readers have been able to follow along as I chronicle the 17,384-employee wrecking crew that is the EPA. This week the racket put the coal industry out of... more

Obama Promise Kept: Coal Plants to go Bankrupt with New EPA Carbon Cap

By John Ransom (Mar 29, 2012)

Enviro-Whack jobs are celebrating the demise of America‘s most abundant energy resource, coal. Because coal has just been given the death sentence by Obama and the EPA. "If... more

Where's Obama's Outrage Over Murder of "My" Son?

By John Ransom (Mar 28, 2012)

Mmmm, you can almost taste the healing going on around the world. As the oceans begin to recede, and Pharaoh’s army gets swallowed by the Red Sea, we should pause to thank... more

The “Bi-Polar" Presidency

By John Ransom (Mar 27, 2012)

First let me say that any business editor who uses the word “awesome” to describe a financial chart with GDP numbers and stock market returns sorted by presidency ought to be... more

Sudden Obama Healing Syndrome

By John Ransom (Mar 26, 2012)

Mmmm, you can almost taste the healing going on around the world. As the oceans begin to recede, and Pharaoh’s army gets swallowed by the Red Sea, we should pause to thank... more

The Newest Right for which We Fight: Freedom from Obamacare

By John Ransom (Mar 25, 2012)

StephanusCA wrote: John Ransom: "What it means, rather, is that no one, but mostly including Muslims, can’t afford to tolerate Islamists.”  So apparently Ransom... more

Obama's Pipeline to Nowhere

By John Ransom (Mar 24, 2012)

The Democrats under Obama are bankrupt of ideas. And Obama’s latest ineffectual shot at having it both ways on energy is the moral equivalent of declaring Chapter 13... more

Tolerating Islam: “He grabbed her by the hair and then shot her in the head”

By John Ransom (Mar 23, 2012)

Mehdi Nedder knew the suspected Islamic terrorist, Mohamed Merah, only “slightly,” says the Associated Press. But what he knows about him now has him slightly more... more

Obama’s Pipeline is Always Half Full of It

By John Ransom (Mar 22, 2012)

The Democrats under Obama are bankrupt of ideas. And Obama’s latest ineffectual shot at having it both ways on energy is the moral equivalent of declaring Chapter 13... more

Stop! Don’t Cut that Wire! That’s a Chevy Volt!

By John Ransom (Mar 21, 2012)

The “Grab the Cat” scene from the movie Lethal Weapon 3 is being played out in training rooms across America thanks to a generous $4.4 million grant from the Department of... more

The Wonk is Wrong, Again

By John Ransom (Mar 19, 2012)

In a piece last week titled Obama’s Phony Numbers Adding Up, I quoted a new Congressional Budget Office report that says that the amount originally estimated for the ten-year... more

The Occupy Wall Street Investment All Stars: Goldman, Buffett, Soros, Geithner, Corzine, King

By John Ransom (Mar 18, 2012)

Flaming Multiculturalist wrote: Mr Ransom, Who is Sabu? I creatively infer that he may be a govt informant who got Hammond arrested, and who later got arrested himself. But... more

Hacktivist's Mom Has a Few Questions for Anonymous- Part 2

By John Ransom (Mar 17, 2012)

[Dear Rose] First, we do not presume to speak on behalf of the entire Anonymous movement. No one can speak for everyone in Anonymous. However, when we saw the open letter... more

Hacktivist's Mom Has a Few Questions for Anonymous

By John Ransom (Mar 16, 2012)

When hacktivist Jeremy Hammond was arrested last week in Chicago as a part of a wide government investigation in the online group Anonymous, his mother, Rose Collins, called... more

Obama's Phony Numbers Adding Up

By John Ransom (Mar 15, 2012)

With a number like this, I could run for president and beat Obama in November. And so could you. I say that because I’m assuming that neither Mitt Romney nor Ron Paul is... more

Polls, Pump, No Friend to Obama

By John Ransom (Mar 14, 2012)

While news last Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that unemployment remained unchanged and that 227,000 jobs were created in February shows that the... more

Thank You for Your Generous Contribution to Attacking Sarah Palin

By John Ransom (Mar 13, 2012)

It’s no big surprise that Hollywood liberals would band together in an Occupy History moment to try to rewrite the story of the 2008 presidential campaign. No surprise too... more

The Year Solar Goes Bankrupt

By John Ransom (Mar 12, 2012)

Get ready for a new round of green bankruptcies, as Europe trims back subsidies for solar companies and taxpayers lose their appetite for subsidizing green power. “The... more

The Mental Illness Behind Anonymous

By John Ransom (Mar 11, 2012)

Ca7 wrote: It's cute that you would try to paint this as "democrats don't think of unemployment insurance fraud as a crime" when your only specific example of unemployment... more

Obama Misplaces "My" Jobs Bill

By John Ransom (Mar 10, 2012)

While news yesterday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that unemployment remained unchanged and that 227,000 jobs were created in February shows that the Obama-induced... more

Presidential Pork Kills Keystone

By John Ransom (Mar 09, 2012)

56 Senators voted in favor of a plan yesterday that would allow the Keystone pipeline to go forward by cancelling the bureaucratic roadblocks put up by the Obama... more

Anonymous Not Anonymous Anymore to Hacked Off Drug Lords

By John Ransom (Mar 08, 2012)

Here’s a lesson to the Hackers for the 99%: You’re not anonymous once you get caught. And you’ll always get caught, because, um, the internet was designed by the... more

Media Fact Checking as Useful as Nobel Prize

By John Ransom (Mar 07, 2012)

When Mitch Daniels claimed that Obama and his Energy Secretary Steven Chu have a “conscious” policy of raising gas prices, the super hero fact checkers at the Halls of Social... more

Dear GE, GM and Obama: We're Not as Dumb as You

By John Ransom (Mar 06, 2012)

When GE announced at the end of February that it would be bailing out General Motor’s green car strategy by ordering 12,000 electric-gasoline powered Chevy Volts for their... more

How Stimulating: Unemployment Benefits for Murderers

By John Ransom (Mar 05, 2012)

A group of gang members in California is helping Nancy Pelosi stimulate the economy by collecting unemployment checks for one member who is in jail for murder. “Family... more

Poor Ransom's Almanack: Nothing New About Electric Car

By John Ransom (Mar 04, 2012)

George257 wrote: As with any new technology, the first million purchasers are going to burn their fingers badly. It will be expensive until economies of scale kick in. But we... more

Chevy Volt, Perfect Car for the One Percent, Suspends Production

By John Ransom (Mar 03, 2012)

General Motors reached another Obama milestone when they announced late on a Friday afternoon that they were suspending production of the Obama-inspired Chevy Volt for five... more

The WaPost "Fact Checker" is Awarded 3 Nobel Prizes

By John Ransom (Mar 02, 2012)

When Mitch Daniels claimed that Obama and his Energy Secretary Steven Chu have a “conscious” policy of raising gas prices, the super hero fact checkers at the Halls of... more

Obama Raises Economy from the Dead, Only to See Own Shadow

By John Ransom (Mar 01, 2012)

Let me set the scene for you: Rising oil and gas prices, rising equity prices and falling housing prices. Storm signals start winking on the global economic front after a... more

Drill, Barry, Drill

By John Ransom (Feb 29, 2012)

When presidential candidate John Kerry pointed out that he voted for the Iraq War before he voted against the Iraq War, we all thought it a terrible gaffe. But politics, in a... more

China Needs the Lack of Command and Control that Only Obama and Soros Can Offer

By John Ransom (Feb 28, 2012)

A slumping world wide economy, along with lack of adequate capital controls behind the Bamboo Curtain, has China sitting at the crossroads between free market capitalism and... more

The 99% That’s Not You Gets a $7,000 Cash Bailout Bonus

By John Ransom (Feb 27, 2012)

Hey, good news everybody. Remember that $23 billion that the US government –a.k.a. you- is never going to see back from General Motors? Well, General Motors has done so... more

A Challenge to Greenies: Make Me Shave My Head and Eat Dog Food

By John Ransom (Feb 26, 2012)

ModMark wrote: From CNN Money: “Speaking at a World Petroleum Congress panel, OPEC Secretary General Abdulla Salem El Badri said the world has plenty of crude but that the... more

Just Drill, Barry

By John Ransom (Feb 25, 2012)

When presidential candidate John Kerry pointed out that he voted for the Iraq War before he voted against the Iraq War, we all thought it a terrible gaffe. But politics, in a... more

Save the Planet: Lie, Cheat and Steal!

By John Ransom (Feb 23, 2012)

A prominent global warming scientist, Peter Gleick, who was chairman of the ethics committee at the American Geophysical Union, admitted that he recently stole some... more

Another Enviro Scientist Turns Global Warming Skeptic

By John Ransom (Feb 22, 2012)

Germany’s envirowhackos have gone incendiary, as a former apostle of the climate change religion, Fritz Vahrenholt, has coauthored a new, best-selling book that casts doubts... more

This is What a President Looks Like

By John Ransom (Feb 21, 2012)

In an era that lives by self-promotion-  an era that takes someone like Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate- Presidents' Day is a day to remember that... more

Obama’s Phony Theology Offers Phony Financing on Everything

By John Ransom (Feb 20, 2012)

Rick Santorum struck the right note with conservatives when he attacked Obama on his phony liberal theology. This is the red meat that conservatives have been waiting for.... more

One Question Only: Why Did Mitt Romney and Barack Obama Socialize Medicine?

By John Ransom (Feb 19, 2012)

Mac287 wrote: Mr. Ransom...have you ever read "The Lorax" by Dr.Seuss? Off topic? (eye roll) no, it is not...the ugly destruction of our beloved country has been in the hands... more

As to Healing Planet Mr. President: Heel Thyself

By John Ransom (Feb 18, 2012)

Now that Obama has officially unveiled this year’s blueprint for Democrat pork, the only mystery is whether Obama will actually get a vote for his new budget. Last year his... more

No More Moonbeam Presidents

By John Ransom (Feb 17, 2012)

As Santorum surges, and the GOP look for an alternative to Romney- any alternative- it’s fitting then that I reflect back on one of the few losses the GOP suffered in 2010... more

If Al Gore Had a Change of Heart; It’s that Big

By John Ransom (Feb 16, 2012)

Germany’s envirowhackos have gone incendiary, as a former apostle of the climate change religion, Fritz Vahrenholt, has coauthored a new, best-selling book that casts doubts... more

Obama’s Occupy Austerity Budget

By John Ransom (Feb 15, 2012)

“The time for austerity is not today,” said the most under-worked guy in DC, Jacob Lew, Obama budget-guy-turned-chief-of-staff on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. “If we were... more

Obama Budget: A Lie Wrapped in a Theory Inside a Stimulus

By John Ransom (Feb 14, 2012)

Now that Obama has officially unveiled this year’s blueprint for Democrat pork, the only mystery is whether Obama will actually get a vote for his new budget. Last year his... more

The GOP Can Add 10 Million Jobs and $15 Trillion to US Economy without Spending a Dime

By John Ransom (Feb 13, 2012)

There are many contrasts that the GOP can use to go after Obama on the economy. None present such a black and white contrast as the dispute about the black, tar-sands crude... more

Liberal Professor Makes it Official: Chicago Most Corrupt

By John Ransom (Feb 12, 2012)

Lon wrote: The most striking thing about this column, and the comments that follow it, is the degree to which they highlight the lie that what differentiates the right and... more

Catholic Nuns Fight Strip Club and City Hall

By John Ransom (Feb 11, 2012)

As the Obama administration signals its willingness to make others pay for the birth- control-and-abortion rope that liberals are fashioning to hang the Catholic Church,... more

STOCK Act Won't Stop Millionaire Congress Picking Winners and Losers in the Stock Market, on Main Street and in Life

By John Ransom (Feb 10, 2012)

The House yesterday passed a new "reform" measure aimed at curtailing the practice of trading on securities with inside information amongst members of Congress and their... more

GOP Needs to Rip Obama Mask Off on Energy

By John Ransom (Feb 09, 2012)

There are many contrasts that the GOP can use to go after Obama on the economy. None present such a black and white contrast as the dispute about the black, tar-sands crude... more

Obama is Big Brother's Keeper

By John Ransom (Feb 08, 2012)

It’s hard to believe that Obama falls to his knees for anyone, but apparently he does. As long as they aren't Catholic.  But no, it’s not God either that he prays... more

Half Time in America; We Need a New Quarterback

By John Ransom (Feb 07, 2012)

If you are keeping score at home it’s Chrysler $12.5 billion, NBC $12 million, with a taxpayer loss of $133 billion. Oh, and the city of Detroit is just minutes away,... more

Governed by Ignoramuses Smarter than Journalists

By John Ransom (Feb 06, 2012)

The country’s problems, although very serious, aren’t that tough to solve. For anyone with a heartbeat and a healthy does of realism, our biggest problem is government... more

How Did Christian Churches Survive 2,000 Years without Obama Mandates to Help Them?

By John Ransom (Feb 05, 2012)

Robert1260 wrote: Bush had the worst jobs growth in US history and right wing talkers can not change that fact. It's historically carved in stone. Obama has produced more... more

New BS BLS Report Shows Obama Costs US $20 Trillion

By John Ransom (Feb 04, 2012)

Hey folks, good news! Another 1.2 million people dropped out the workforce, which means that Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) economists can say that unemployment has moved... more

Mitt Presumes to Tell Big Government to Make Wages Fairer

By John Ransom (Feb 02, 2012)

Obama and Romney are getting really good at this. They just wave their hand and the rest of us fall into line. Both of them recently unveiled huge new proposed government... more

Moving Oil on Buffett's Railroad

By John Ransom (Feb 01, 2012)

It’s already been widely reported that Warren Buffett, a major shareholder in Obama, Inc. will be one of the primary beneficiaries of the decision from the White House to... more

Camp Mittens Duplicity on Allen West Worse than Conspiracy: It’s a Habit

By John Ransom (Jan 31, 2012)

All the crying going on from Camp Mittens denying that Romney set out to screw Congressman Allen West out of his seat in Palm Beach County is just the usual exaggerated... more

No Room for Allen West- or You- in Romney’s GOP

By John Ransom (Jan 30, 2012)

Get ready for the all new GOP, under the lead of Mitt Romney. It’s a GOP where the Tea Party won’t be welcome, where the federal government will continue to bailout out... more

Comrade 287 is as American as Apple Pie, Mom and the Chevy Volt

By John Ransom (Jan 29, 2012)

Deprogramming Services wrote: A majority of economists rated Obama's economic performance "fair to poor?" "abysmal," "catastrophic," and "absolutely the stupidest plan ever... more

Economists Finally Get One Thing Right for 2011: Obama a Failure

By John Ransom (Jan 28, 2012)

Not that we needed any reminding from economists that Obama’s economic plan has sucked wind since inception, but a new survey released by the AP says that a large majority of... more

GM CEO Burst into Flames at Volt Meeting- Almost

By John Ransom (Jan 27, 2012)

The first rule of taking public money is that by doing so you invite public scrutiny. General Motors CEO Daniel Akerson should have acknowledged that when Congress raked... more

UAW, Occupy and Obama Hang Themselves Together

By John Ransom (Jan 26, 2012)

I’m going to skip the nonsensical projections regarding what the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would think about today’s topical issues like Occupy Wall Street, so-called... more

Obama is that Damn Hoover President

By John Ransom (Jan 24, 2012)

It’s a comparison that would probably make both men seethe. But it’s an apt comparison when one looks at the policies and the track records of Barack Obama and his... more

Romney's Crony Capitalism Problem

By John Ransom (Jan 23, 2012)

The GOP has been told all along the story that Mitt Romney is more electable than any other candidate, Republican or Democrat. It’s a story that I never really understood,... more

The Frackin' Democrats

By John Ransom (Jan 22, 2012)

For every reasonable and responsible solution America comes up with to solve a problem, the frackin' Democrats have to come up with a hysterical response to stop it.... more

Scientists Discover Gassy Liberal Pseudo-Science

By John Ransom (Jan 21, 2012)

The science portal New Scientist reported yesterday that the much-publicized risks involved in the natural gas recovery method of “fracking” have been exaggerated according... more

With Keystone XL, Obama Mask Slips on Jobs, Energy

By John Ransom (Jan 20, 2012)

I have to admit that the blame falls squarely on the rest of us this time. Obama is not at fault here, even though his decision to scrap the Keystone pipeline- along with... more

Expecting the Worst from President Hypocrite

By John Ransom (Jan 19, 2012)

Obama told us that he had a plan to end US dependence of overseas sources of energy. “If I am President,” he told us in 2008, “I will immediately direct the full resources... more

The Fitting End to the First President of the Universe

By John Ransom (Jan 18, 2012)

It’s ironic that the first European president of the United States may end up a victim of the financial crisis that’s killing the eurozone. It’s even funnier that a president... more

The Alice-in-Wonderland President

By John Ransom (Jan 16, 2012)

It’s official: Obama lives on the other side of the Looking Glass. Not that there was any doubt based on his performance to date, but it’s nice to know that the White House... more

Liberal Science: Oil Extraction Could Cause the Globe to Deflate

By John Ransom (Jan 15, 2012)

Lon wrote: Ransom is right, if you look at the official White House pictures of the function, it is clear that the White House was trying to keep this matter secret. It seems... more

Obama Can’t See Unemployed from Martha’s Vineyard

By John Ransom (Jan 13, 2012)

The problem with our president is that it's really hard for him to see the rest of the country while he’s vacationing on farthest extremes at Martha’s Vineyard or at the... more

Country Sick of Obama Job Act Acting Job

By John Ransom (Jan 11, 2012)

He wasn’t ready to be a US Senator and he wasn’t ready to be president either. And because some Americans put White Guilt above common sense and thereby... more

Wrong Chicago Guy Resigns from White House

By John Ransom (Jan 10, 2012)

In a trade that made a lot of sense for Democrats, Chicago Mayor Richie Daley decided to take a powder as Mayor-for-Life in October 2010, while Obama chief of staff Rahm... more

Mitt: All American Vulture Capitalist

By John Ransom (Jan 09, 2012)

The anyone-but-Romney folks, which include about 80 percent of Republicans outside the state of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and GOP state central committees, have suffered... more

Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers

By John Ransom (Jan 08, 2012)

Bdogslo wrote: Ransom is misleading. Obama hasn't manipulated anything. Unemployment is one of many economic indicators, all of which appear to be improving. – in response to... more

Obama Unemployment Magic Trick: Indefinitely Detain 4 Million People from Workforce

By John Ransom (Jan 07, 2012)

Although there’s little doubt that job creation is speeding up in the private sector, unemployment is not going down as widely touted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).... more

When Graft Won't Save You, It's Called Green Energy

By John Ransom (Jan 05, 2012)

The proof of the failure of solar power isn’t in the Solyndra bankruptcy, but in potential BKs by industry leaders like First Solar (FSLR), the largest solar company in the... more

UAW Picks Targets for Suicide Bombing of US Economy

By John Ransom (Jan 03, 2012)

For over a year, it’s been rumored that the United Auto Workers union (UAW) was going go after a major foreign auto manufacturer in the United States to force unionization... more

Top Obama Administration Predictions for 2012

By John Ransom (Jan 02, 2012)

It's time to pull out the crystal ball and make some predictions about the non-stop sitcom that's known as the Obama Administration. The first three years of the... more

Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers

By John Ransom (Jan 01, 2012)

Sybil wrote: Many Republicans say that over half of Americans pay no federal taxes. Quite frankly, this reminds me of the statement Adolf Hitler made in 'Mein Kampf', thus,... more