Obama visit to Oil Patch prompts protests; mayor of Artesia declines invitation

By   /  March 22, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

ARTESIA — “Hope and change” doesn’t fly that well in the Oil Patch.

And if you throw in a lizard, then President Obama has an uphill battle winning over converts in southeastern New Mexico, where he made a brief stop Wednesday (March 21) as part of a two-day tour to counter sinking poll numbers related to rising gasoline prices across the country.

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Washington couple takes shelter from Solyndra scandal at Connecticut agencies

By   /  March 8, 2012  /  Energy, News  /  No Comments

HARTFORD – Newlywed former members of Pres. Barack Obama’s administration recently took jobs in Connecticut’s environmental bureaucracy despite the groom’s potential ties to Solyndra, the now-defunct solar company aggressively funded by the federal government.

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President to speak at Joplin H.S. graduation

By   /  March 7, 2012  /  Federal Government, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

By Dick Aldrich | Missouri News Horizon

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Nearly a year to the day after a deadly tornado tore through Joplin, President Barack Obama will speak at the high school graduation ceremony.

The president will join Gov. Jay Nixon at Joplin Senior High on May 21 to deliver the commencement address. On May 22, 2011, [...]

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Video Exclusive: Hassebrook In, Wants President to Stay Out of Nebraska

By   /  February 14, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog

OMAHA — Democrat Chuck Hassebrook launched his bid for the U.S Senate today telling Nebraska Watchdog he can do without President Obama’s help on the ground.
At the same time Hassebrook, the lone major Democrat in the race, supports the President’s health care plan.
Reported by Joe Jordan, joe@nebraskawatchdog.org
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Trash Collectors Equal ‘Green’ Jobs? President’s Campaign Ad Claims ‘Green Energy’ Job Growth From Criticized Study

By   /  February 1, 2012  /  Energy, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

By JACK SPENCER | Michigan Capitol Confidential

LANSING – Former Vice President Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet, but apparently President Barack Obama wants voters to believe he created trash collectors and bus drivers.

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