The Big 4 Health Killers
The health of your family includes the avoidance of four major good-health killers found in overabundance in the big-box commercial supermarkets. This is one of the many reasons I won’t shop in the food behemoths. Sugar, salt, man-made trans fats, and omega-6-overloaded polyunsaturated fats are the big-four health compromisers. Let’s start with sugar. In Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine, Gabriel Cousens, M.D., warns us that sugar is the number-one deranger of the biological terrain. Cousens is not referring simply to white sugar, but to all high-glycemic index foods that convert rapidly into... [Read the full story]
U.S. Debt: A Crippling 3 Punch Combo
In boxing, a one-two punch is usually a left jab followed by a right cross. It’s effective and can be dangerous if you’re on the receiving end. Add in an uppercut to the chin and the fight could be over. In a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report[i], the CBO explains how the country was hit with a debt-one-two punch led by out of control spending in 2006–2008 by the Democratic Congress and the Bush administration. That was the left jab. Then America was hit by a big recession right-cross. The recession reduced government revenue to a fraction of what it was during the boom years, and... [Read the full story]
Barack, Nancy and Harry’s “No Stimulus” Plan
There were three earth-shaking events in the year 1776: The American Revolution, the publication of Wealth of Nations and the invention of the “cocktail.” The latter was invented by my great-great-great-grandmother (originally from a small village in Denmark) who owned a New York tavern catering to Revolutionary soldiers and decided to decorate her alcoholic concoctions with a rooster’s feather. As for Adam Smith’s book, Wealth of Nations, it was, and still is, the foundation of the economics behind capitalism. After its publication, economic theory went through a 150-year dry spell until... [Read the full story]
The 1970’s Most Underrated Songwriter
Sometime in 1971, I got home from work and found a case of expensive wine from someone named Bill Parsons at my front door. Well, the only Bill Parsons I had ever met was the guy who supposedly had written and sung the country/rock crossover hit All American Boy over ten years earlier. But, I didn’t think he’d remember me; and why would he be sending me wine from all over Europe? So, I tracked him down to thank him and we got talking about music. It turns out, Bill was not the person who sent the wine; more importantly, he wasn’t even the guy who wrote or sang All American Boy (he lip-synced... [Read the full story]
SEIU in the Governor’s Mansion
Andy Stern’s replacement as president of SEIU is Mary Kay Henry. Henry said in her acceptance speech that the most important challenge for her organization is the race for governor in nine states this fall. California is one of those nine. The SEIU’s guy in the race is Jerry Brown. (He’s running against Meg Whitman). Brown has already served as California’s governor, and would continue to lead the state down the fiscal rathole that he helped dig. California SEIU Local 1000 President Yvonne Walker said at SEIU.org, “We [public employee unions] have the opportunity to elect our bosses—the... [Read the full story]
McChrystal Out, Petraeus In, Still no Plan
Julian Barnes, in a recent Wall Street Journal article, points to a group in the White House that prefers to pare down the Afghan military operation in favor of predawn attacks using drones that focus on insurgent leaders. The goal—an early withdrawal from the theater of combat—is the approach I would take. General David Petraeus is top grade, but the mission in Afghanistan is not well based from the start. General Petraeus is being asked to win a war in which we have no business fighting from the start. When Tommy Franks and Donald Rumsfeld decided not to follow up on the CIA’s request for... [Read the full story]
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Government Agency Tries to Implement Backdoor Amnesty
The Amnesty Memo – Robert VerBruggen, National Review
A memo at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rightfully sparking outrage. The memo is an internal discussion on how to allow illegal immigrants to stay in the country longer without being asked to leave. USCIS is the agency that should be kicking out illegal immigrants, but it is trying to find ways to let them in! Only in an America that has been twisted by politicians would bureaucrats from a government department be actively talking about ways to do their job – backwards. In my own family we have dealt plenty with USCIS. Try getting one of these bureaucrats on the phone to answer some questions from an American citizen – not going to happen in your lifetime. Apparently they’re all too busy shielding illegal immigrants from being rightfully ejected from the country. – Timothy Jones
Arizona Ruling: Ripe for Appeal – James R. Edwards, Jr., Human Events
The court ruling in Arizona on Governor Jan Brewer’s new immigration law seems to be a purely political move by a Clinton-appointed federal judge. Let’s hope this judge isn’t nominated to the Supreme Court! Brewer and her administration will be appealing the decision and fighting for this law until the Supreme Court if necessary. The temporary blockage of part of the law will only give Americans time to get behind it as they learn more about the functions of those parts that were blocked – a requirement that officers of the law verify immigration status in certain circumstances, the requirement that immigrants carry their visas with them, a rule that bars illegal immigrants from applying for jobs in Arizona, and a rule allowing police to arrest without a warrant those they have reason to believe are illegal immigrants. – Dick Young
Governor Jan Brewer with CNN’s John King Explaining Arizona’s Immigration Situation
The Making of Bobby Jindal – Martha Zoller, Human Events
There isn’t much for conservatives to dislike about Bobby Jindal. He’s strong on principle and young and energetic. However he entered office with a lack of political-maturity and poise. That really took the wind out of the sails of many Jindal supporters. When he gave the response speech to President Obama’s first address to Congress. To say the least, it did not go well. However, Jindal’s chops have certainly been honed since then. He has handled the BP oil spill with great poise and political-maturity. Better speaking skills and a confidence that he lacked in his early days in office. I don’t know if Jindal will be the next Republican president or not, but he is turning into a powerful leader for the party. – Dick Young
Geithner: Taxes on Wealthiest to Rise – Deborah Soloman and John McKinnon, The Wall Street Journal
If you own a small business that makes more than $250,000 a year, prepare for your taxes to go up. The Obama administration has declared war on small business and the nation’s most productive employees by allowing the highest income tax bracket to increase. As if America’s doctors hadn’t seen enough trouble from the Obama administration already, now many private practices, and many of the best doctors in the country will be hammered with higher tax rates. It seems that Obama plans not only to make doctors pay for healthcare with longer hours for less pay, but higher taxes too. – Dick Young
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