The sad truth spoken by Sen. Ted Cruz. The sad truth of the Obama economy is that those who have been hurt the most are the most vulnerable: young people, Hispanics, African-Americans, single moms. Under President Obama, Hispanic unemployment climbed to nearly 10%; African-American unemployment to nearly 14%; and youth (age 16-19) unemployment to over 25%. […]
Archives for August 2013
Bandow: Obama Admin Turning Hypocrisy into Artform
Cato Institute senior fellow Doug Bandow explains the hypocrisy of the Obama administration in its dealings with Egypt. The U.S. backed military regime in Cairo is killing more supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Yet Washington continues to proclaim its inability to see a coup, so America’s aid money still flows. The Obama administration is turning hypocrisy […]
Union Membership Drops 30 to 60 Percent!
When given a choice to pay union dues or keep the money to feed their family, union members choose family. You know the real one, not some made up one by the union bosses. In Wisconsin union membership has plummeted thanks to Gov. Scott Walker’s policies that give public sector workers the right to choose […]
“I’m going to act on my own. I won’t wait for Congress.”
This president is done with Congress, writes Daniel Henninger in The Wall Street Journal. Henninger is talking about an administration with abusive unilateral authority. Henninger refers to Obama’s recent Jacksonville speech where, near the end, the president boldly pronounced, “So where I can act on my own, I’m going to act on my own. I […]
Cato Saves Taxpayers $90 Billion
From the Cato Institute: A modest victory for spending restraint has been the ongoing freeze in federal worker salaries. Since its enactment in 2010, the “freeze” has not fully stopped federal pay increases, but it has slowed the growth to save taxpayers about $90 billion. The original idea for the pay freeze was an August […]
JLENS Airship to Begin Long-term Trial Watching over Washington, D.C.
Now, after a six-week-long “test-drive” in the Utah wilderness, U.S. Army soldiers are ready to take full control of Raytheon’s enormous JLENS airships. Next stop: Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, where the twin-radar system will begin a long-term trial watching over Washington, D.C. JLENS – which is short for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense […]
CVN 78: U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier
The Gerald R. Ford-class will continue the legacy of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ship platforms. Enhancements being incorporated into the design include flight deck changes, improved weapons handling systems, and a redesigned island, all resulting in increased aircraft sortie rates. It will also include a new nuclear power plant; increased electrical power generation capacity; […]
Near EMP Hit 2-Weeks Ago
The Obama administration loves to talk about energy yet our decrepit electric grid is still at the mercy of an EMP. The earth barely missed taking a massive solar punch in the teeth two weeks ago, an “electromagnetic pulse” so big that it could have knocked out power, cars and iPhones throughout the United States. […]
The Alice in Wonderland Case
Writing at nro.com, Thomas Sowell tells readers, “The political perversion of the criminal-justice system (in the Zimmerman case) began early and at the top, with the president of the United States. Unlike other public officials, who decline to comment on criminal cases that have not yet been tried in court, Barrack Obama chose to say, […]
McCain and Graham—Two Flies in the Ointment.
There are few members of the Senate in greater need of replacement than Senators McCain and Graham. The Senators refer to President Obama’s “grand bargain” as “”a good start.” As the House GOP press release more correctly stated, the Obama scheme was indeed not a bargain, let alone grand. National Review Online’s Jonathan Strong notes […]