What will happen when interest rates take off and the Obama administration wants to borrow, spend, tax and print more money? You just cannot make it up. Meanwhile, Fed Chief Bernanke tells aghast Americans that he is 100% certain he can keep inflation under control. Are either the Fed chief or the president noting that […]
Archives for April 2011
Obama and GOP Devalue Your Vote
The more money that’s given to a centralized group, whether it is the U.S. government (higher taxes), Wall Street (TARP and QE2), or a public-sector union (collective bargaining), the less valuable your vote becomes. Powerful centralized groups with lots and lots of money are exactly what our founders wanted to eliminate. As centralized powers grow, […]
Presidential Priorities
The president ignores properly vetted, Senate confirmed appointees while keeping in close contact with America’s union bosses.
Killer Drones Strike Libya
The Obama administration has sent Predator drones to Libya, where they have struck targets on the ground. The Wall Street Journal reports that “The drones, which can fly lower and stay in an area longer, are needed to hit targets that are close to civilians or inside dense urban areas.” The air-to-ground use of the […]
XM1100 Scorpion: Intelligent Munitions System (IMS)
Textron Defense Systems’ Scorpion is ideally suited for a full spectrum of operations — including major contingency and stability operations — in open, rolling and urban environments. Scorpion enables the war fighter to rapidly secure a small unit perimeter or deny mounted avenues of approach. It attacks all types of vehicles from concealed, off-route locations […]
A Cure for Trump Fever
Amidst a field of candidates that seems uninspiring at best, Donald Trump has taken the airwaves by storm, creating a feeding frenzy of media attention and headlines touting his prowess in name recognition polls pitting him against the president and other GOP contenders. If you’re a conservative who has caught Trump-fever, take a second to […]
The Best in Your Life
That is no light statement, but I guarantee you will agree with me and go to my #1 country inn. You will be off to Rappahannock County Virginia, to the Inn at Little Washington. There is no large sign signaling you are there, but as you coast into the town of Washington’s little square, you’ll […]
Live Free or Die
“Live Free or Die” is the motto on every New Hampshire license plate. You can easily read it on the car in front of you if you happen to be at a McDonald’s drive-through waiting for your Angus Deluxe, with its 750 calories and 1,700 milligrams of sodium. Not that you would order it every […]
Hope The Tea Party is Taking Note of This Insanity
In Monday morning’s Wall Street Journal, an article was published by military historian and Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Max Boot. In his article, Mr. Boot passionately pleads for a sustained U.S. military presence of 20,000 or more troops in Iraq. To justify the continued presence, Mr. Boot suggests, “Having active bases in Iraq […]