So Much for ‘We the People’ – Thomas Sowell, National Review New laws passed in Obamacare will force some buyers and sellers of gold coins and bullion to disclose their purchases to the IRS. With that information the IRS could easily develop a list of Americans who have purchased or sold gold coins. Is that […]
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So Much for America
The End of American Optimism – Mort Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal The U.S. is languishing in a non-recovery. Brief glimpses of a faux-recovery were seen when the president’s stimulus bill falsely signaled that the economy was on track. America though, is still 2.5 million jobs short of having even an 8% unemployment rate. Mort […]
The Rich Won’t Pay Higher Taxes
The Soak-the-Rich Catch-22 – Arthur Laffer, The Wall Street Journal As outlined by Tim Jones in a recent article, and by Arthur Laffer here, one of the pillars of the federal deficit is the decline in GDP that has resulted in far fewer revenues confiscated by the IRS. To generate more revenues, the nation needs […]
Trust the Men Who Protect America
Trusted Most — Men with Guns – Pat Buchanan, Human Events As confidence has plummeted in Congress, Americans have held on to their support and respect for the nation’s military, police, and small businesses. Surveys show that the liberal institutions like unions, newspapers, and the current Congress inspire extremely low levels of confidence in the […]
Obama and the Unions Target the Private Sector
As Obama Kowtows, Unions Eye the Private Sector – Michael Barone, National Review It’s no wonder unions have declined to represent only 7% of the private sector workforce, everything they have touched has wilted and died. The auto companies and airlines are great examples of unions having driven their employers beyond profitability. The Obama administration […]
The President is Attacking Business
The President’s Animosities – Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal The President has shown himself to be exactly the type of virulent business hater that he promised during his campaign that he was not. His campaigning – I say campaigning because he doesn’t seem to be running the country – is entirely focused on attacks […]
Radical Islamist Extremists
Who’s the Enemy in the War on Terror? – Joseph I. Lieberman, The Wall Street Journal While Senator Lieberman and I disagree on the methods used to prosecute the war on terrorism, we agree completely on who the war is against, violent Islamist extremists bent on the destruction of America. The Obama administration’s politically correct […]
Kagan Attacks 2nd Amendment
Documents Show Kagan is Far-Left – Connie Hair, Human Events A new trove of documents has been released from Elena Kagan’s time in the Clinton White House. The papers show how Kagan attempted to circumvent the NRA to enact unconstitutional gun control legislation using parliamentary techniques to disenfranchise the American people and to push the […]
Kagan Endorses Judicial Activism
Kagan’s Thesis Endorsed Judicial Activism – David McIntosh, Human Events In the 665 page book Change for America copyrighted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the New Democracy Project (see Open Society Institute and soros.org), Elena Kagan is front and center, along with Van Jones and of course the lead dog John […]
Reforming America
Today, think about what the United States has actually gained from its NATO alliances. If you sum up the amount of blood, money, and time the U.S. has given its allies, and then sum up what the U.S. has gotten back, I don’t think the two numbers will look at all alike. I propose the […]