Yes it's true, Kal Penn, the actor from Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle is going to the White House. Penn, whose most recent role on TV's House, is reported to have taken a position at the White House as the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. Penn had worked with the Obama campaign and was a big supporter during the election. He said that … [Read more...]
Illegal Immigrants in Obama’s Family?
President Obama's aunt appealed her order for deportation today, extending her time living in public housing in Boston for at least another 10 months. According to Fox News, Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, lost her bid for asylum over four years ago, but has continued to live illegally in the United States. To the President's credit, he said that the laws regarding her … [Read more...]
France Limits Exec Pay
According to the Wall Street Journal, "The French government, trying to quell public anger over executive pay, banned companies that get state funding from issuing stock options to top managers and limited some other forms of compensation." Let's hope it doesn't get to that in the US, but with the reception the Obama's are getting on the current stop in Europe, I'm sure it's … [Read more...]
Shape Up Automakers…Or ELSE!
President Obama told the US auto industry to shape up, because we can't keep a permanent flow of cash into their hands. Essentially, he said the bailout funds are going to run dry for the auto industries, if they don't show that they have a plan to save themselves. In the same speech, however, President Obama also said that we won't let the US auto industry simply vanish. To … [Read more...]
Are We Headed for a Welfare State?
With the proposed programs in the Obama administration's budget, it appears as if we're on a collision course with becoming a socialist state. European countries have been on this path for decades, with universal health care and other similar programs. The question one has to ask is, has any of these programs worked? And in order to answer that question, you have to define … [Read more...]