Family Taxpayers Foundation Director of Research Bill Zettler was interviewed on Fox news Wednesday June 19th about pensions by investigative reporter Dane Placko and later on appeared during the Fox Good Day Chicago newscast. Reporter Placko’s story was about retired Chicago Fireman Eugene Ornstead who is currently serving a life sentence in a Wisconsin prison [...]
The Meyers Report: Consumers Being Cheated
June 19, 2013 By 2 Comments
Be advised that it is now financially wise to slow down even on the green in an intersection rather than be caught by a yellow light trap. In Florida, the state law said that the timing of “yellow” lights was to be determined by the size of the intersection or the average speed of local [...]
Robert Genetski’s Weekly Financial Update & Stock Impact Gauge – 6/17/2013
June 19, 2013 By 2 Comments
Fundamental Actual Immediate Outlook Fixed-income: 10-yr Treas. 5.0 2.11 heading higher Equities: S&P 500 2000 1636 heading higher Equities: Dow Jones 19,000 15,176 heading higher Following a 2% decline in late May, stock prices have been relatively flat while interest rates have moved higher. There is little indication of any change in the [...]
Republicans Get Played Again: Common Core
June 18, 2013 By 3 Comments
Four weeks ago the College Board president David Coleman admitted he snookered Republican governors into accepting Common Core. In his May 17 presentation to education data analysts in Boston, the author of Common Core State Standards said: “When I was involved in convincing governors and others around this country to adopt these standards, it was [...]
School threatens to derail valedictorian’s Naval Academy appointment over speech
June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
On Thursday, Fox News’ Todd Starnes reported that Mick Cochran, principal of Joshua High School in Joshua, Texas, has threatened to write a letter to the U.S. Naval Academy attacking the character of Remington Reimer, the valedictorian who recently gave a speech that referenced God and the U.S. Constitution. Reimer made headlines earlier this month [...]
Supreme Court: Arizona law requiring citizenship proof for voters is illegal
June 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. The justices voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona’s voter-approved requirement that prospective voters document their U.S. citizenship in order to use a registration [...]
Another teachers union financial official has been charged with embezzlement
June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By Victor Skinner EAGnews.org REDDING, Calif. – A northern California teacher faces felony embezzlement charges after she allegedly stole $18,000 from the local teachers union. Ronda Jean Mackey-Fish, 54, a teacher at Pancheco School in Anderson, California, was arrested last month after a police investigation showed she embezzled $18,000 in her capacity as treasurer of [...]
Miss Alabama on NSA Prism Scandal
June 18, 2013 By 4 Comments
If you want to know why there is not more outrage over the government spying on it’s citizens, just listen to the response Miss Alabama about the subject. Also don’t miss the crown cheering her answer. To quote Benjamin Franklin, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither [...]
Coming Soon to a School Near You: Data Mining Your Privacy
June 18, 2013 By 1 Comment
What would you think if your kids went to school and their every move was tracked and documented? Not just test scores and attendance, but detailed behavioral issues, personal preferences and any perceived learning disabilities or health concerns, for starters. That is precisely what looks to be happening with the implementation of Common Core, the [...]
