In a recent piece from the New York Times magazine, President Obama simply makes a fool of himself. He admits that “shovel ready jobs” do not exist and that he spent nearly a trillion dollars learning that lesson. In addition to his failure to grasp the time consuming effects of bureaucracy the president was obviously […]
Archives for October 2010
Americans Flee Barack Obama
Tea Party Revolution
The choice before America today is put plainly here. According to Henry Olsen’s 70 Percent Rule, the GOP is in for major gains in the House and Senate. By his math, the GOP is looking at 9-11 seats in the Senate, and a pick up of between 52 and 57 seats in the House. That’s […]
GBU-43 “Mother Of All Bombs”
The GBU-43/B is large, powerful and accurately delivered. high explosive. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb [MOAB] weapon is a 21,000 lbs total weight GPS-guided munition with fins and inertial gyro for pitch and roll control. It is probable that this munition was initially nick-named the “Mother Of All Bombs” with the retronymic expansion […]
Tea Party for Growth
Commentary by Dick Young Senator Jon Kyl has written a very good piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal. He points out that consumer spending can only take an economy so far. Attempts to boost consumer spending beyond the large fraction of the U.S. economy it already represents are misguided. Kyl calls for a “growth,” agenda, […]
Voters Have Had Enough Big Government
Commentary by E.J. Smith A recent Pew Research study shows that 37% of voters identify themselves as independents, 29% as Republicans and 34% as Democrats. In a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll only a third of independents expressed affinity to the tea-party movement while 59% said they were not supporters. I expect affinity for the tea-party […]
The Failure of Progressivism
Commentary by Dick Young Americans today are looking back over the last 60 years of progressive dominance in government and they are wondering what they got for it all. FDR created myriad social safety nets that have allowed the poor in America to remain poor for their entire lives and to exist in relative comfort […]
You Hired the Taliban
Commentary by Dick Young The U.S. Senate armed services committee put out a release this week acknowledging that American tax dollars have been used to hire and employ many Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. The Taliban are used as guards or “private security personnel” for compounds and convoys in the country. The men are employees of […]
Top 10 Reasons to Keep the Pressure On
1. President Obama’s appearance on the cover of this month’s issue of Rolling Stone magazine captures the rock star mentality of the Washington elite. Their recession is different from yours since unemployment is much lower in the suburbs of the nation’s capital than in the rest of the country. It’s another case of poor judgment […]
GOP Sweep? It Could Happen
Some major players are out with predictions of a GOP landslide on November 2nd. Conrad Black is arguing that the GOP will take control of both the House and the Senate. The road to victory in the Senate runs through two major pillars of the left, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid. Without taking Harry Reid […]