With Obamacare set to go into effect this coming January, the small-and medium sized business that typically create most of the new jobs will be at a severe disadvantage. That’s because the new federal health care law includes provisions that discourage companies from growing their operations to the point where they have over 49 employees. ObamaCare is already forcing some businesses to swap part-time positions for full-time positions.

Nine gas stations in the nation now have pumps with E15 gasoline. E15 is a blend of regular gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol. The pumps are recognized by their black and orange labels. And that label is not something you want to ignore. Controversy surrounds this new blend and whether or not it is safe for your vehicle.

This week there is a bit of good news, although it is not from Washington. It is from California, and it is fairly amazing in a time when the leftist radical leaders of that state have fully given California over to a program of socialist destruction. The Pacific Justice Institute reports that it has won an injunction against a new California law which prohibits licensed counseling of minors who seek to minimize or eliminate their same-sex-attraction.

As usual, Rush Limbaugh is right. The Washington “Republicans” have given the American people a perfect example of how to surrender to liberalism. America depends on leaders who will stand for American values. We know the Democrat Party stands for Marxism and European style statism. If the Republican Party won’t stand for American values, we’re in grave trouble.

Greek Orthodox tradition tells of Saint Nicholas being born to a wealthy, elderly couple in what is now Turkey in the year 280 AD. When his parents died, he generously gave to the poor. Upon hearing of a merchant who went bankrupt and that creditors were about to take his daughters, Saint Nicholas threw money in the window at night to provide a dowry for the daughters to get married, thus saving them from a life of prostitution.