May

22

How Convenient: $20 Million Built Into Obamacare Law for PR Campaign Just Before the Election

Filed Under Business, Health Care, Politics | 26 Comments

They thought of everything, didn’t they? The Health and Human Services Department has signed a $20 million contract with a public-relations firm to highlight part of the Affordable Care Act. The new, multimedia ad campaign is designed to educate the public about how to stay healthy and prevent illnesses, an HHS official said. The campaign [...]

Apr

10

Obama’s Million Dollar Pizza Party

Filed Under Business, Politics | 9 Comments

Once in a while I’ll pick up some pizza from the local Little Caesars, but knowing some of my money has paid for this Hope & Change shindig is enough to nudge me on down the road to a different pizza place: President Barack Obama is coming to the Motor City for a $1 million [...]

Apr

3

Bad Comparison of the Day, Chevy Volt Edition

Filed Under Business, Politics | 14 Comments

Former GM exec Bob Lutz, in an op-ed piece, likened the development of the Chevy Volt to America’s quest to land human beings on the moon during the Apollo program: Sadly, earlier this year we remembered the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 1 disaster that killed three of our hero astronauts. Had the space program [...]

Mar

21

Cronyism: The Proof is in the Plankton

Filed Under Business, Politics | 16 Comments

Good lord, these people can’t even dabble in seaweed without there being an inevitable crony connection: Solazyme, a San Francisco-based firm that specializes in the plant matter, has received more than $25 million in federal grants and contracts as part of Obama administration’s controversial stimulus package, and is poised to receive millions more as part [...]

Mar

15

Operation Splash & Furious: Justice Department Orders Public Pool Owners to Install Elevators

Filed Under Business, Politics | 17 Comments

DoJ: Going off the deep end is our business! A new regulation goes into effect today. As with most regs, trial lawyers will benefit, businesses will lose money, pools will end up being closed, and the overall cost will be passed along to you on your next hotel bill. What would we do without Team [...]

Mar

9

Consumer Reports Tests Fisker Karma; Car Breaks Down

Filed Under Business, Environment, Global Warming | 24 Comments

The Fisker Karma is an over $100,000 “green” car that Al Gore, Leo DiCaprio and Colin Powell love to which the Obama Energy Department gave a $529 million loan only to have the company move their operation overseas and lay off US workers. I know… it all sounds too good to be true. But wait, [...]

Mar

9

Rush Limbaugh Derails Sleep Train’s Attempt to Start Advertising on His Show Again

Filed Under Business, Media, PC, Politics | 32 Comments

Shortly after the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke (pronounced “Fluck”) flap started, one of Rush’s west coast advertisers, Sleep Train, released a statement: “As a diverse company, Sleep Train does not condone such negative comments directed toward any person. We have currently pulled our ads with Rush Limbaugh.” Sleep Train soon discovered that turnabout is fair play [...]

Mar

6

Examining the Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Loans Golden Parachute Program

Filed Under Business, Global Warming, Politics | 15 Comments

Big bonuses to execs at “clean energy” companies that got millions in taxpayer dollars only to go bankrupt? Don’t worry — Joe Biden the Stimulus Sheriff will get to the bottom of this! Wait, he is at the bottom of this: President Obama’s Department of Energy helped finance several green energy companies that later fell [...]

Mar

6

Cave-Watch: Number of Businesses Pulling Ads from Limbaugh Program Now a Dozen

Filed Under Business, Media, PC, Politics | 16 Comments

It seems to me that a company that caves to the demands of people notorious for wanting everything for free isn’t really doing itself any favors in the long term. But the number of companies doing just that is growing: The furor over Rush Limbaugh‘s controversial comments directed at Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke [...]

Feb

27

Obama to Replace Biden with Chevy Volt on 2012 Ticket

Filed Under Business, Humor, Politics | 50 Comments

Sorry Joe, but something’s got to be done: And the best part is that Obama is allowed to count the $10,000 tax credit as a campaign contribution. The new VP has already paid for himself. The campaign trail this summer just got a lot more fuel efficient. Look for the new VP to be coming [...]

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