Car Czar Forced to Answer a Tough Series of Questions About the Beck-Exposed Video of His Mao Love | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

Back in 2009, the Glenn Beck program was the first major media outlet to air a clip of Ron Bloom, the Obama Administrations Car Czar, praising the violent tactics of Mao Zedong . Bloom is a senior official in the Obama Administration. No lightweight, his current duties include serving as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, director of the President’s Task Force on the Automotive Industry and also the Administration’s Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy. Mr. Bloom has a long past as a labor negotiator and union lawyer working for the United Steelworkers union since the mid nineties. Early in his career he also worked for the Service Employees International Union"

One Week After Leaving Fox News, Beck Re-Runs Still Winning Time Slot | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

Thursday, June 30th was the finale of Fox News Channel’s “Glenn Beck Show.” After more than two years of dominating the 5pm time slot against CNN and MSNBC, Fox and Beck split amicably and it was announced that starting July 11, 2011, something called “The Five” would replace Beck.

As we all await the debut of the new show that Fox is building for the 5pm hour, the channel has been filling that time slot with some interesting programming choices;"

Administration to propose steps on gun safety - USATODAY.com

Here they come again. It's not the gun that kills people.....and it is already damn hard to get gun permits etc. Leave it to the local officials...they know their towns best.....these guys aren't doing this for public safety...they are looking for control -period....DOT.

Spokesman Jay Carney said that the new steps would be made public 'in the near future.' He didn't offer details, but people involved in talks at the Justice Department to craft the new measures said they expected to see something in the next several weeks. Whatever is proposed is not expected to involve legislation or take on major issues like banning assault weapons but could include executive action to strengthen the background check system or other steps."

Clothing For State Workers Costs Taxpayers $44M - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

No Statewide oversight...shocking! Yeah....right.....

An analysis of state records show in the last four years Massachusetts has spent $43,968,295.99 on clothing. The majority of those purchases are tied to longstanding union contracts, while many others are not. In this fiscal crisis, each agency is able to spend what it wants and Team 5 found there is no statewide system of oversight."

Lizard listing could impact food supply!

"The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association is addressing the potential listing of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard on the endangered species list and what implications it could have on the cattle industry.

The organization issued a press release today that included a segment called, “Cattlemen’s Column”, which is an opinion article written by a rancher about the issue.

Here are some highlights quoted from the article:"

No recession for Obama's 454 White House aides: They'll make $37,121,463 this year - latimes.com

In his numerous fund-raising and policy speeches around the country these days, President Obama often bemoans the difficult economic times and uncertainties afflicting millions of Americans, including the nearly 14 million still seeking work unsuccessfully.

The Democrat argues that his administration needs more time to straighten out the economic mess left by somebody else, who's been gone almost 900 days now.

But good news this morning: The challenging Obama era and 9.1% national unemployment rate do not include the 454 people now helping President Obama do presidential things."