The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

A recent report released by the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) with regard to the Affordable Care Act has prompted Republicans to find the nearest right-wing reporter and many members of the media to catch the public's attention through misleading headlines. This is because the CBO declared that due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 2 million less people will be working. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took that information to make the following statement: "The CBO's latest report confirms what Republicans have been saying for years now. Under Obamacare, millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs and those who keep them will see their hours and wages reduced." However, that's not what the CBO actually stated in their report. The report actually said this: "The estimated reduction stems almost entirely from a net decline in the amount of labor that workers choose to supply, rather than from a net drop in business' demand for labo...

On July 17th of this year, President Barack Obama made a campaign stop in Roanoke, Virginia and it appeared to be like any other campaign stop - one where the president attempted to rile the base and persuade undecided voters that he was the superior of the two main options come the November election. However, according to the Romney team, this speech was unlike any other, as it was the shortest in recorded history - lasting all but fourteen words. Yes, according the Romney team, the president said only the following: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." One can only imagine how perplexed and irritated the Roanoke crowd was, some having waited for several hours to hear the president speak and only receiving five seconds of his time in return. It reminds me of an Alice Cooper concert I attended where the band played "School's Out" and then left the stage. No, that didn't happen and neither did Obama...