Some say subsidies for the entertainment industry can fix inaccurate representations of North Dakota in movies and television shows.
Trailer For ABC's North Dakota Based Oil Drama Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Seen
There’s a trailer out for that new ABC drama based in North Dakota’s oil fields you’ve been hearing about, and after watching it I wonder if the people who made this show have ever actually been to North Dakota. Because I’m pretty sure they haven’t. The snowcapped peaks in the background throughout all of the…
IRS Targeting Of Tea Party Groups Reportedly Started In The 2010 Election Cycle
This is a significant development in that it shows, to an even greater degree, that the motivation for the IRS targeting conservative or “tea party” groups was political. Because the tea party movement started in 2009, and 2010 was the first election cycle in which the movement had an impact: But questions continued to swirl…
George Will: "Opposition To Gay Marriage Is Literally Dying"
I’ve written before, to the consternation of many conservative readers of this site, that the GOP’s on-going opposition to gay marriage is foolish as a long-term political strategy. That’s because younger generations of Americans are either agnostic on the issue, or very much opposed to the idea of the state banning gay marriage. And George…
Obama: "We don’t have an immediate crisis in terms of debt"
We didn’t need President Obama to tell us this directly. The fiscally seriousness budget Senate Democrats have released, and the White House has endorsed tells us how lightly Democrats take our national debt problems. The budget increases spending by $2.1 trillion over the next decade and raises taxes by $1.5 trillion. But hearing the President…
ABC News Conveniently Edits Michelle Obama's Reference To Automatic Weapon
Appearing in ABC News recently, First Lady Michelle Obama blamed the shooting of teenager in Chicago on an “automatic weapon.” Unfortunately, that wasn’t accurate, the weapon used according to the police report was a handgun: In an interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts aired this morning, First Lady Michelle Obama recalled the tragic death…
Is Obama Giving Fox News The Cold Shoulder In Pressers?
A new study by the University of Minnesota’s Eric Ostermeier indicates that President Obama has some very pronounced patterns in who he calls on for questions: Over the course of the president’s first term, he has generally maintained the tiered approach as to which outlets ask the questions (with the Big 3 and Associated Press…