February 2012
COMMUNISM BY INSURANCE MANDATE
by Ann Coulter
One theory for why Barack Obama pushed the contraception mandate right now is that it helps Rick Santorum. Others theorize it’s because Obama is an anti-religious bigot with a left-wing agenda. Reasonable minds can disagree on this. But it may end up helping Mitt Romney by reminding people that the “individual mandate” is the least of the problems with...
Romney’s Vocal E-Verify Stance Assisted Strong...
New Poll Confirms Huge E-Verify Popularity
By Roy Beck, Numbers USA
In Arizona where immigration was near the top of voter concerns, the candidate who “owned” the E-Verify issue was bound to benefit. After last week’s debate, Romney owned it; in today’s Arizona election, he benefitted.
The reason Romney benefited was not stance but leadership.
All three Non-Paul GOP candidates (Santorum,...
Friedrich Hayek on our "Dictatorship of the...
by Simon Black
One of the greatest thinkers of all time was Austrian economic Friedrich Hayek, and his work The Road to Serfdom is an absolute must-read. Hayek’s writings are incredibly powerful in these times. In light of the countless recent examples of governments changing the rules whenever/wherever it suits them (from the Troika nonsense in Europe to the Fraudclosure settlement...
They may revoke Obama’s Nobel
by Don Surber
Will an investigation of the Nobel Peace Prize committee lead to a revocation of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize of 2009? That is a good question as a formal inquiry has begun into the way the committee chooses its winners. The board of inquiry does have the authority to revoke Obama’s award, although that is unlikely, the Associated Press reported.
The Peace Prize is awarded...
A One-and-Done President?
by Casey Research
President Obama promised to turn around the floundering economy that he inherited from his predecessor. He promised jobs. He promised transparency. Not only did he not deliver on those campaign promises, he has led the nation further into the abyss on all counts. Today we are less prosperous, deeper in debt, and enjoy fewer liberties than when Obama first stepped into the...
Obama Making Same Mistakes That Led to Great...
By Forrest Jones and Kathleen Walter
The United States is in danger of a long recession because President Barack Obama is making the same errors as those that led to the Great Depression, journalist and author Seth Lipsky told Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview. Lipsky, founder and editor of the New York Sun and a former Wall Street Journal reporter, also says the country needs to reform...
What to expect if Israel and Iran go to war
The Deflationary Undertow Before The Inflationary Wave
by Gonzalo Lira
War between Israel and Iran now seems inevitable. Leon Panetta claimed that it would be this coming spring—and I see no reason to doubt him. How an Israeli-Iranian war will play out—that is, whether it will draw in more geopolitical actors (such as the U.S.), or if it will be a series of limited attacks, counter-attacks,...
Superior Court asked to boot Obama from ballot
by Bob Unruh
A state Superior Court in Georgia is being asked to review and overturn Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s decision, based on a recommendation from an administrative law judge, that Barack Obama’s name be on the state’s 2012 primary ballot.
The appeal to the higher court says the recommendation from the administrative law judge, Michael Malihi, was faulty and that he allegedly to...
Family in jail for Eric Holder's crime
Shocking injustice over ‘Fast & Furious’ charges
by Jeff Knox
The investigation into the Gunwalker scandal code-named “Fast & Furious”has passed the one-year mark. During that time Congressional investigators have put barely a chip in the stone wall established by Eric Holder and his Justice Department. So far, fewer than 20 percent of the documents requested by...
Parents won't quit fight over CAIR indoctrination
Florida school board still battling against recognizing concerns
By Jack Minor
Parents in a Florida school district say their fight is not ending over district officials’ decision to openly promote a representative from the local Council on American-Islamic Relations group, whose national organization has ties to terrorism, to speak to their students and then refuse to listen to parental...
WHO WOULDN'T ENJOY FIRING THESE PEOPLE?
by Ann Coulter
Mitt Romney got into trouble for saying, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” To comprehend why the political class reacted as if Romney had just praised Hitler, you must understand that his critics live in a world in which no one can ever be fired — a world known as “the government.” (And a tip for you Washington types:...
Yet another reminder that democracy is an illusion
by Simon Black
With over 150 million registered users, the file sharing site MegaUpload.com is one of the most popular on the Internet. At least, it was.
The site has now been seized by the US government and its homepage converted to an FBI anti-piracy warning. Its founder, a high tech entrepreneur named Kim Dotcom (yes, he had it legally changed), was arrested in New Zealand after his homes...
“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Military Spending
Take a look at the this graph….
Almost a 30% increase since obama began his rule. So much for his political rhetoric against Republican defense spending.
And this…
44% of your tax dollar goes to military spending. And that probably doesn’t consider the military research which probably resides in the “Science, Energy, & Environment” category or military...
Big Mac Index
The Economist has put out an index of world currencies based on the local price of a Big Mac. This provides an interesting take on the most/least costly countries of the world.
A New World Energy Map is Emerging. Exhibit A:...
by Jim Curtis
Natural gas futures contracts for February closed at $2.67 (per million BTUs) in trading Friday on the NYMEX. That’s the lowest closing price since March of 2002, almost ten years ago, and that’s not adjusted for inflation. In real terms, it’s the lowest price since 1999. As VangeIV and some others have pointed out in the comments section, $2.67 is likely...
The War that Will Kill the Dollar
Interview with Richard Maybury:
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (11/7/11)
A war-mongering U.S. government could be less than 18 months away from decimating the last 5% of value left in the dollar, says Richard Maybury, the author of the U.S. & World Early Warning Report. Until some new exchange-traded-fund-like basket of natural resources provides a store of value, this “juris...
Gun control kills jobs →
weaponsystems:
There may come a point when long established firearms manufacturers have no choice but to flee anti gun states like Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland. Since 1526, Beretta has remained family owned and loyal to its workers, so for now its leaders aren’t eager to accept the solicitations they’ve received from gun friendly governors to move to another state. “It’s not fair to...
Subtle Fleecing of the U.S. Currency
from Ounce of Silver
The changes have been subtle and even span generations, which accounts for few people even noticing. Yet, looking back over the history of the US currency, one immediately sees that the citizens have been fleeced!
In 1929, all newly issued US currency was standardized in size and general appearance. For example, the $10 bill would now always be printed with Alexander...
Why 308,127,404 Americans are going to get hosed
by Simon Black
The US government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an agency of the US Treasury Department, published its 2011 annual report. There are a few numbers that are pretty startling. We’ve discussed before that FinCEN is the executive agency tasked with ensuring that every US banker is an unpaid government spy through Suspicious Activity Reports. A...
The Real Price of Gasoline Might Surprise You
Pssst: It’s Still About a Buck a Gallon
by Eric Peters
I was researching some Now vs. Then costs for a story I did recently on car prices when I stumbled onto something interesting – and revealing.
And so, worth sharing.
Find an inflation calculator; for example the federal government’s Bureau of Labor statistics CPI (Consumer Price Index) calculator (click here) . Select 1980 as your...
If you thought Obama's Solyndra boondoggle was...
Tax dollars backing some “risky” energy projects
by Sharyl Attkisson
Solar panel maker Solyndra received a $528 million Energy Department loan in 2009 - and went bankrupt last year. The government’s risky investment strategy didn’t stop there, as a CBS News investigation has uncovered a pattern of cases of the government pouring your tax dollars into clean energy.
...
“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one...”
– Cesare Beccaria, as quoted by Thomas Jefferson’s Commonplace book
Slip-Sliding Into Tyranny: The New American Way
by Charles Goyette
Pay close attention. This is how it happens…
President Obama found a moment of reduced visibility, in an unwatched hour on New Year’s Eve, to sign the latest assault on the Fifth Amendment. In signing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 on New Year’s Eve, Obama knew the...
It’s Official: U.S. Government Debt Equals GDP
lost-and-searching-in-america:
“The soaring national debt has reached a symbolic tipping point: It’s now as big as the entire U.S. economy. The amount of money the federal government owes to its creditors, combined with IOUs to government retirement and other programs, now tops $15.23 trillion.” (USA Today)
Onward and upward!
The obama administration knew before the 2010... →
The Obama administration knew before the 2010 election that Solyndra LLC, a solar-panel maker that received a $535 million U.S. loan guarantee, planned to fire workers, according to e-mails released today.
The messages don’t indicate that anyone from the White House directed Solyndra to delay announcing the layoffs until after the vote. Previously released e-mails, indicating the Energy...
Fla. Vote Winners Are Latino Dignity &...
By Roy Beck
Offered a stark choice on the illegal immigration issue, Florida Latino Republicans today broke nearly 2-1 for the candidate with the firmest opposition to amnesty and the strongest support for enforcement.
It was a strong rebuke of the majority of media commentators who insist that Latino-Americans can only be won by promising rewards for lawbreaking. It added a sign of much...