Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

Archives for February 2011

The Big Three

By

In an article this morning, Michael Barone asks, “Why Support the Tea Party?” He goes on to tell readers that faced with a government giving away trillions of dollars to special interests, Americans are unconcerned with the meager welfare payments they are “given” by the government that first took their money away. How can liberals […]

Wisconsin’s Lord of the Rings

By

“This is the Master-Ring, the One Ring to rule them all.” The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is in the fight of his life to destroy the Master-Ring of Wisconsin: collective bargaining by public union employees. For it is collective bargaining that empowers public-sector unions over the fiscal […]

The Greatest President of the 20th Century—Ronald Reagan

By

With the tidal wave power of the tea parties, the Republican candidate for president in 2012 is going to have to come right out front with the power of Reagan. The following four quotes from President Reagan reasonably sum up what Reagan was all about, what the Tea Party movement is all about, and where […]

Unions on Notice

By

In Providence, Rhode Island, nearly all of the 2,000 teachers have been given warning that their jobs may not be there for them when the new school year starts in September. Why? Union rules force the state to warn teachers before March if they plan on firing them by September. The only way for Providence […]

MULE/ARV-A(L)

By

Lockheed Martin is developing the Future Combat System (FCS) Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment Vehicle/Armed Robotic Vehicle-Assault (Light) vehicle (MULE) under a contract for the FCS Lead System Integrator, The Boeing Company. The vehicle was selected to move into the System Development and Demonstration phase in 2003 and ultimately into production. The MULE offers an extraordinary […]

How Does Prison Sound to You?

By

How does a prison term sound to you? Well, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that, contrary to the Bush administration, the Obama administration will work hand-in-glove with the U.N. to pass a new “Small Arms Treaty.” You’re looking at nothing short of a global gun-control scheme that would be in absolute violation of […]

President Abandons Unions?

By

The president has pulled back his overt support for unions in Wisconsin. This is an attempt to mollify the majority of Americans, who view unions as the greatest impediment to balanced budgets at the local, state and national levels. Don’t believe for a minute that the president isn’t still supporting the unions with every asset […]