Jon McNaughton's Forgotten Man Some may already be familiar with the image featured above. For those who aren't, it is painting titled "The Forgotten Man" which features President Obama trampling on the Constitution while an astonished James Madison pleads with him to stop. To the side, a man sits on a park bench in the throes of depression while 43 presidents look on. The painting, which uses discarded dollar bills and scraps of paper with individual constitutional amendments scrawled onto...
Provo artist Jon McNaughton is back with a new painting, 'The Forgotten Man,' which features President Barack Obama standing on the Constitution. In the new painting, a man, sitting in the throes of depression on a park bench in front of a White House, is seen surrounded by 43 presidents. On the other side, Obama is standing on the Constitution ignoring the depressed man while James Madon pleading Obama not to stand on the Constitution. The painting also features discarded dollar bills and...
BOISE, Idaho/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3 - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices. The 51-year-old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed at an airport in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. His death stunned the tight-knit...
Romney: Primary contests aren't easy STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Romney to get Secret Service protection, a source tells CNN Mitt Romney gets Florida's 50 convention delegates, the biggest primary haul so far Tuesday's winner will get the GOP nomination, predicts Florida Sen. Rubio Gingrich's momentum dropped as Romney went on the offensive Tune in to CNN now for live coverage of the Florida primary results. Watch it all live on CNN.com/Live and CNN's mobile apps. Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- Mitt...
Stephen Colbert's satirical super PAC is raking in serious cash from supporters who apparently prefer to see faux political attack ads instead of real ones. The problem is it's getting difficult to discern between the two. In a memo to the Federal Election Commission late Monday, Shauna Polk -- treasurer of Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow -- informed the commission that the Colbert super PAC is "rolling seven digits deep!" In other words, Colbert's super PAC raised more than $1...
NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert's sway in the presidential election might be a joke, but he's got some real financial muscle. The comedian disclosed Tuesday that his Americans for a Better Tomorrow "super" political action committee has raised a staggering $1.02 million. PACs were required to submit their financial reports to the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. In a letter to the commission, Colbert was quoted as saying, "How you like me now, FEC?" "I'm rolling seven digits deep!" Colbert...
Nike chairman Phil Knight got a standing ovation for his remarks at Joe Paterno's memorial service. A crowd of 12,000 attended the service at Penn State University. Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight got a standing ovation at Joe Paterno's public memorial Thursday for defending the late coach's response to an accusation of child sex abuse against a former assistant. Skip to next paragraph Speaking at a public memorial service, Knight said that, "If there is a villain in this tragedy, it...
Jan Brewer, in Phoenix earlier this month, has described a "terrible" encounter with President Obama. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press) By Amy Hubbard January 26, 2012, 8:01 a.m. Jan Brewer says that her now much ballyhooed encounter with President Obama on Wednesday on an Arizona airport Tarmac left her "breathless."Pool reporters at the airport greeting that went awry say the two seemed to be talking over one another and Obama turned away when Brewer was midsentence. Afterward...
When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer confronted President Barack Obama on a tarmac and thrust an accusing finger at him, it was a small skirmish in a larger battle between Brewer and the Obama administration. The two have clashed over the fate of a controversial new immigration law Arizona passed in 2010. The law, which authorized police officers to check the immigration status of people they detained during routine stops, was immensely polarizing. Democrats and immigration advocates condemned it as...
