(2009-01-31) — In office less than two weeks, President Barack Obama has already increased tax receipts at the U.S. Treasury with an innovative plan to get tax-dodgers to pay up, in full, immediately.
“The president’s plan is simple but ingenious,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, “He targets wealthy individuals who filed inaccurate tax forms, cheating [...]
Entries from January 2009
Obama Plan Has Already Boosted IRS Tax Collections
by Scott Ott · 56 Comments
Tags: Business · Law · U.S. News
Obama’s Unifying Power Evident in Bipartisan Stimulus
by Scott Ott · 35 Comments
(2009-01-30) — A White House spokesman sounded a triumphant note about the House passage of the president’s economic stimulus package during the daily briefing for reporters, calling House Resolution 1 “the first of President Obama’s many truly bipartisan efforts.”
“Progressive Democrats from liberal extremists to the far left came together, overlooking their differences, and did the [...]
Tags: U.S. News
[SNN] Obama’s Muslim TV Interview Sets New Tone
by Scott Ott · 110 Comments
President Barack Obama chose al-Arabiya to grant his first full interview as president of the United States, trying to repair the damage done by his predecessor’s efforts to free 25 million Iraqis from dictatorship and terrorism. The president snubbed CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, ABC, CBS, PBS and even SNN, according to a White House spokesman because [...]
Tags: Global News · Media/Journalism · SNN · Video
Pelosi: Cutting Poor Babies Accelerates Economic Growth
by Scott Ott · 98 Comments
(2009-01-25) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC News’ George Stephanapolous Sunday that the Democrat’s economic stimulus bill, containing hundreds of millions of dollars for “family planning” services for the poor, will make real cuts in the number of low-income people, thereby saving taxpayer dollars, and increasing average income for everyone.
“Poor people are a luxury [...]
Tags: Culture · Medicine · U.S. News
Gitmo a Roaring Success in the U.S. Prison System
by Scott Ott · 37 Comments
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott write periodic non-satirical pieces at Townhall.com. Here’s an excerpt of his latest and a link to read more.
Gitmo a Roaring Success in the U.S. Prison System
by Scott Ott for Townhall.com
As the ink dries on President Barack Obama’s order to close the U.S. terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, America stands [...]
'War On Terror' Ends, Obama Starts 'Case Against Terror'
by Scott Ott · 105 Comments
(2009-01-23) — With the signing of executive orders to close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, to prepare to grant full U.S. citizen legal rights to foreign enemy combatants, to end the threat to ‘high value targets’ of ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques, and to shutter so-called ‘black sites’ operated by the CIA in foreign countries, [...]
Tags: Global News · Law
[SNN] Pro-Life Obama Inaugural Stings Abortion Industry
by Scott Ott · 38 Comments
On the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Planned Parenthood expressed alarm at what sounded like pro-life “code words” in President Obama’s inaugural address. ScrappleFace Network News (SNN) anchor Scott Ott brings us the story that the mainstream media ignores.
(SNN Episode 3)