February 5, 2010
Americans Should Defeat the President’s Budget
By Marco Rubio – The Corner, National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
A 10-year budget deficit outlook of $8.5 trillion. Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio and Dick Young call for Americans to band together to defeat this reckless budget. A Senate filibuster is required here.
How to Make a Weak Economy Worse
By Amity Shlaes – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Obama finger-wags that he will not allow companies that enjoyed “soaring profits and obscene bonuses” to block his financial reforms. “If these folks want a fight,” Obama glared, “it’s a fight I’m ready to have.” The fight is indeed coming this fall, Mr. President. And the progressive movement is going to hear loud flushing noises.
Tax Cuts to Expire for Top Earners
By Martin Vaughan – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Farmers and successful small business owners, it’s time to awaken, organize, and go on a powerful offensive. The Obama-fronted Radical Progressive Movement (RPM) wants to steal 45% of the value of the farm or business you have worked a lifetime to build. If you leave your farm or business to, by example, a family member, and the business is fair-valued at $7 million, Obama and the RPM want to expropriate $1.575 million (there is an exemption on the first $3.5 million) and flush your life’s work down the socialist-radical-progressive rathole. Let the revolt begin here.
Is Obama Ready to Be President?
By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
The simple and obvious answer to Mr. Jenkins’s question is no.
Americans Should Defeat the President’s Budget
By Marco Rubio – The Corner, National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
A 10-year budget deficit outlook of $8.5 trillion. Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio and Dick Young call for Americans to band together to defeat this reckless budget. A Senate filibuster is required here.
How to Make a Weak Economy Worse
By Amity Shlaes – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Obama finger-wags that he will not allow companies that enjoyed “soaring profits and obscene bonuses” to block his financial reforms. “If these folks want a fight,” Obama glared, “it’s a fight I’m ready to have.” The fight is indeed coming this fall, Mr. President. And the progressive movement is going to hear loud flushing noises.
Tax Cuts to Expire for Top Earners
By Martin Vaughan – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Farmers and successful small business owners, it’s time to awaken, organize, and go on a powerful offensive. The Obama-fronted Radical Progressive Movement (RPM) wants to steal 45% of the value of the farm or business you have worked a lifetime to build. If you leave your farm or business to, by example, a family member, and the business is fair-valued at $7 million, Obama and the RPM want to expropriate $1.575 million (there is an exemption on the first $3.5 million) and flush your life’s work down the socialist-radical-progressive rathole. Let the revolt begin here.
Is Obama Ready to Be President?
By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
The simple and obvious answer to Mr. Jenkins’s question is no.
February 4, 2010
The GOP Should Dump the Neocons
By Edward H. Crane – Cato Institute
Commentary by Dick Young:
This letter from Cato founder Ed Crane is right on the money. I agree 100% with Ed. For further reading, browse through the richardcyoung.com Party Planner. Timothy Jones and I studied the American populace and don’t think that the GOP would be hurt too badly by dumping the neocon crowd.
Taliban Combine Modern Weapons, Ancient Tactics to Stymie Marines
By C.J. Chivers – The Globe and Mail
Commentary by Dick Young:
This article helps to articulate the point I have been making about Afghanistan from the start. The Taliban did not attack New York. Both the Bush and Obama administrations are on the wrong track.
The Public-Union Ascendancy
Review & Outlook – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Now, for the first time in American history, the number of unionized workers who work for the government has surpassed the number of union members in the private sector. States with dominant public unions, like California, New York, and New Jersey, all have desperate economic and fiscal woes. I agree with the editors of The WSJ: “The agenda for American political reform needs to include the breaking of public unionism's power to capture an ever-larger share of private income.”
A GOP Road Map for America's Future
By Paul D. Ryan – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Give the GOP proposal a thorough read. On balance, it is a first-rate plan. And the GOP proposal makes far more sense for all Americans than anything offered by the White House since President Obama took office. I especially like the suggestion that the control of health care be shifted away from government and employers to individuals. Under the GOP plan for tax reform, all Americans will pay income taxes with a top rate of 25%. The highly simplified tax code will fit on a postcard. To make for a more secure retirement for all Americans, dividends and interest will not be taxed. Also, in the GOP plan the death tax is eliminated and the corporate tax rate is slashed.
Obama Seen as Anti-Business by 77% of U.S. Investors
By Heidi Przybyla – Bloomberg
Commentary by Dick Young:
Among the broad array of reasons American investors don’t trust President Obama’s business instincts is his choice of Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. Geithner should be replaced, pronto!
The GOP Should Dump the Neocons
By Edward H. Crane – Cato Institute
Commentary by Dick Young:
This letter from Cato founder Ed Crane is right on the money. I agree 100% with Ed. For further reading, browse through the richardcyoung.com Party Planner. Timothy Jones and I studied the American populace and don’t think that the GOP would be hurt too badly by dumping the neocon crowd.
Taliban Combine Modern Weapons, Ancient Tactics to Stymie Marines
By C.J. Chivers – The Globe and Mail
Commentary by Dick Young:
This article helps to articulate the point I have been making about Afghanistan from the start. The Taliban did not attack New York. Both the Bush and Obama administrations are on the wrong track.
The Public-Union Ascendancy
Review & Outlook – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Now, for the first time in American history, the number of unionized workers who work for the government has surpassed the number of union members in the private sector. States with dominant public unions, like California, New York, and New Jersey, all have desperate economic and fiscal woes. I agree with the editors of The WSJ: “The agenda for American political reform needs to include the breaking of public unionism's power to capture an ever-larger share of private income.”
A GOP Road Map for America's Future
By Paul D. Ryan – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Give the GOP proposal a thorough read. On balance, it is a first-rate plan. And the GOP proposal makes far more sense for all Americans than anything offered by the White House since President Obama took office. I especially like the suggestion that the control of health care be shifted away from government and employers to individuals. Under the GOP plan for tax reform, all Americans will pay income taxes with a top rate of 25%. The highly simplified tax code will fit on a postcard. To make for a more secure retirement for all Americans, dividends and interest will not be taxed. Also, in the GOP plan the death tax is eliminated and the corporate tax rate is slashed.
Obama Seen as Anti-Business by 77% of U.S. Investors
By Heidi Przybyla – Bloomberg
Commentary by Dick Young:
Among the broad array of reasons American investors don’t trust President Obama’s business instincts is his choice of Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. Geithner should be replaced, pronto!
February 3, 2010
An Obama-Sized Government
The Editors – National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
Between 1785 and 2008, the U.S. government borrowed a total of $5.8 trillion. But in just the first three years of the Obama administration, the government is set to borrow $4.4 trillion more. Not in my lifetime has an administration done more harm or fallen out of favor with Americans faster. With the 2010 midterm elections now coming into focus, it’s clear that big change is now in the air. Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Senate victory is but the tip of the iceberg.
Senate Passes Iran Sanctions Bill
By Wendy Wright – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
Sanctions may now “curtail shipments of refined petroleum products such as gasoline into Iran.” Iran imports 40% of its gasoline. If the sanctions have any teeth, Iran’s economy will take a serious hit. Riots could be just over the horizon.
Tax Cuts to Expire for Top Earners
By Martin Vaughan – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Obama is on the attack against the very folk who create most of America’s jobs—America’s small business owners. The Obama administration is the most destructive administration in my lifetime and will incur a powerful nationwide challenge well before the 2012 elections.
Uncle Sam Wants You
Review & Outlook – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Obama is adding federal jobs in Washington at a growth rate of 14.5% in just two years. His administration is out of control on all fronts. Conservatives who are for small government, tax cutting, and the Constitution will absolutely overwhelm the Radical Progressive Movement (RPM) candidates in fall elections.
An Obama-Sized Government
The Editors – National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
Between 1785 and 2008, the U.S. government borrowed a total of $5.8 trillion. But in just the first three years of the Obama administration, the government is set to borrow $4.4 trillion more. Not in my lifetime has an administration done more harm or fallen out of favor with Americans faster. With the 2010 midterm elections now coming into focus, it’s clear that big change is now in the air. Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Senate victory is but the tip of the iceberg.
Senate Passes Iran Sanctions Bill
By Wendy Wright – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
Sanctions may now “curtail shipments of refined petroleum products such as gasoline into Iran.” Iran imports 40% of its gasoline. If the sanctions have any teeth, Iran’s economy will take a serious hit. Riots could be just over the horizon.
Tax Cuts to Expire for Top Earners
By Martin Vaughan – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Obama is on the attack against the very folk who create most of America’s jobs—America’s small business owners. The Obama administration is the most destructive administration in my lifetime and will incur a powerful nationwide challenge well before the 2012 elections.
Uncle Sam Wants You
Review & Outlook – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Obama is adding federal jobs in Washington at a growth rate of 14.5% in just two years. His administration is out of control on all fronts. Conservatives who are for small government, tax cutting, and the Constitution will absolutely overwhelm the Radical Progressive Movement (RPM) candidates in fall elections.
February 2, 2010
6:30 a.m. Wake-Up Commentary
Cato Institute president Ed Crane highlights in his letter to directors, sponsors, and friends of the institute the government’s “Katrina-like” response to the swine flu epidemic and that the ground is falling away under the feet of those arguing for cap and trade to curb so-called “man-made” global warming. He says that after Climategate, “Flying through the blizzards of Copenhagen must have been humiliating for St. Gore.” Indeed. The top four priorities of the Obama administration coming into office were health care, which is now dead; card check, which is now dead; cap and trade, which is on life support; and financial reform, which is a big question mark at this point. The reason these legislative efforts have failed even with the backing of a Democratic supermajority in the Senate, a well-padded majority in the house, and ownership of the presidency is that the American people have flatly denied the agenda of the Radical Progressive Movement. That agenda calls for more government intrusion into every aspect of Americans lives, and they simply have had enough of that already.
Bring Our Marines Home
By Patrick J. Buchanan – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
I agree with Pat Buchanan: pull the marines out of Okinawa. And I’d also pull the 28,000 troops who Pat says are still in Korea.
Quadrennial Defense Review Gives Glimpse into Future of America's Military
By Rowan Scarborough – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
After killing off the superior F-22, the Obama administration now agrees that the F-35 program is off track and fires the program manager.
Rush: Andrzejewski Is Illinois's Scott Brown
By Stephen Spruiell – the Corner, National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
Rush Limbaugh and Lech Walesa endorse the surging Adam Andrzejewski in the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary.
Obama Adds $2 Trillion in Spending and Deficits to Last Year’s Budget
By Brian Riedl – The Corner, National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
A job killer and the worst of all budgetary options, the Obama budget goes after America’s job creators, raising taxes for 3.2 million small businesses. This is nothing short of mass income redistribution, better labeled as socialism.
6:30 a.m. Wake-Up Commentary
Cato Institute president Ed Crane highlights in his letter to directors, sponsors, and friends of the institute the government’s “Katrina-like” response to the swine flu epidemic and that the ground is falling away under the feet of those arguing for cap and trade to curb so-called “man-made” global warming. He says that after Climategate, “Flying through the blizzards of Copenhagen must have been humiliating for St. Gore.” Indeed. The top four priorities of the Obama administration coming into office were health care, which is now dead; card check, which is now dead; cap and trade, which is on life support; and financial reform, which is a big question mark at this point. The reason these legislative efforts have failed even with the backing of a Democratic supermajority in the Senate, a well-padded majority in the house, and ownership of the presidency is that the American people have flatly denied the agenda of the Radical Progressive Movement. That agenda calls for more government intrusion into every aspect of Americans lives, and they simply have had enough of that already.
Bring Our Marines Home
By Patrick J. Buchanan – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
I agree with Pat Buchanan: pull the marines out of Okinawa. And I’d also pull the 28,000 troops who Pat says are still in Korea.
Quadrennial Defense Review Gives Glimpse into Future of America's Military
By Rowan Scarborough – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
After killing off the superior F-22, the Obama administration now agrees that the F-35 program is off track and fires the program manager.
Rush: Andrzejewski Is Illinois's Scott Brown
By Stephen Spruiell – the Corner, National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
Rush Limbaugh and Lech Walesa endorse the surging Adam Andrzejewski in the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary.
Obama Adds $2 Trillion in Spending and Deficits to Last Year’s Budget
By Brian Riedl – The Corner, National Review
Commentary by Dick Young:
A job killer and the worst of all budgetary options, the Obama budget goes after America’s job creators, raising taxes for 3.2 million small businesses. This is nothing short of mass income redistribution, better labeled as socialism.
February 8, 2010
Can Republicans Win the Senate?
By John Fund – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
It’s early, but it looks like there is a chance the GOP could take control of the Senate in 2010.
At Tea Party Convention, Palin Inspires Attendees
By Elisabeth Meinecke – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
At the national TEA party convention, Sarah Palin told the audience to put their “faith in ideas.” Whether Sarah Palin runs for president in 2012 or not, she is sure going to make the political landscape a lot more interesting between now and then.
“Castle Doctrine” Bills Introduced in Maryland!
NRA – ILA
Commentary by Dick Young:
Bills codifying the Castle Doctrine have been introduced in Maryland by two state senators.
Can Republicans Win the Senate?
By John Fund – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
It’s early, but it looks like there is a chance the GOP could take control of the Senate in 2010.
At Tea Party Convention, Palin Inspires Attendees
By Elisabeth Meinecke – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
At the national TEA party convention, Sarah Palin told the audience to put their “faith in ideas.” Whether Sarah Palin runs for president in 2012 or not, she is sure going to make the political landscape a lot more interesting between now and then.
“Castle Doctrine” Bills Introduced in Maryland!
NRA – ILA
Commentary by Dick Young:
Bills codifying the Castle Doctrine have been introduced in Maryland by two state senators.
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As misguided and dangerous as the above two books are, there is nothing quite like Saul D. Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. On page 3, Saul kicks off by saying, “Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.” He continues, “In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people.” Mr. Alinsky writes, “This means revolution.” Moving on briskly, Saul writes on page 63, “The building of many mass power organizations to merge into a national popular force cannot happen without many organizers.” As examples of such organizations and organizers, he offers a nifty group including the Panthers (as in Black), radical philosophers, and SDS.
So you get the overall slant of what the RPM is all about. And who is the national spokesperson and moving force for all I have outlined above? Why, our president, Barack Obama. Every American is welcome to his or her opinion, and that of course includes the gentlemen whose views I have shared with you. Last week at Richardcyoung.com, I shared a video of a speech our president gave to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) employees. That video is at the top of the page now. Give it your full attention.
In the above objective critique, I have not given you my opinion. Rather, I have summarized in direct presentations and quotes the views of those aligned with the RPM. I do, however, have an opinion, which could be outlined in two words. I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
I’m writing to you today with the goal of suggesting which way our president is heading from here, given the massive scale of the health-care debacle and the election of Scott Brown. Barack Obama was put up to advance the cause of the RPM, pure and simple. And the movement is not for one second going to slam on the brakes. What I can assure you is that the climate is about to turn ugly as progressives, including president Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, have been dealt a ferocious body blow. Reid, for his efforts, will face annihilation in November. Were Pelosi running in any district except the progressive capital of the world, San Francisco, she surely would too. As for President Obama, if a new election were held today, he’d get crushed. Remember when the president was out campaigning in 2008? Glenn Beck had not begun the charge that today impacts 30 million fed-up-to-the-gizzard Americans a month. In the last election, Senator McCain was ahead in the polls until the Lehman Brothers fiasco. McCain kept things interesting, with only hold-your-nose interest at best from conservatives. McCain had no help from Rush, and the Glenn Beck express had yet to roll. A speaker better than President Obama backing a full-scale conservative menu will garner the support of Rush, Beck, and a wide array of other well-positioned conservative influentials. It will be a brand new day.
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As misguided and dangerous as the above two books are, there is nothing quite like Saul D. Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. On page 3, Saul kicks off by saying, “Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.” He continues, “In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people.” Mr. Alinsky writes, “This means revolution.” Moving on briskly, Saul writes on page 63, “The building of many mass power organizations to merge into a national popular force cannot happen without many organizers.” As examples of such organizations and organizers, he offers a nifty group including the Panthers (as in Black), radical philosophers, and SDS.
So you get the overall slant of what the RPM is all about. And who is the national spokesperson and moving force for all I have outlined above? Why, our president, Barack Obama. Every American is welcome to his or her opinion, and that of course includes the gentlemen whose views I have shared with you. Last week at Richardcyoung.com, I shared a video of a speech our president gave to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) employees. That video is at the top of the page now. Give it your full attention.
In the above objective critique, I have not given you my opinion. Rather, I have summarized in direct presentations and quotes the views of those aligned with the RPM. I do, however, have an opinion, which could be outlined in two words. I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
I’m writing to you today with the goal of suggesting which way our president is heading from here, given the massive scale of the health-care debacle and the election of Scott Brown. Barack Obama was put up to advance the cause of the RPM, pure and simple. And the movement is not for one second going to slam on the brakes. What I can assure you is that the climate is about to turn ugly as progressives, including president Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, have been dealt a ferocious body blow. Reid, for his efforts, will face annihilation in November. Were Pelosi running in any district except the progressive capital of the world, San Francisco, she surely would too. As for President Obama, if a new election were held today, he’d get crushed. Remember when the president was out campaigning in 2008? Glenn Beck had not begun the charge that today impacts 30 million fed-up-to-the-gizzard Americans a month. In the last election, Senator McCain was ahead in the polls until the Lehman Brothers fiasco. McCain kept things interesting, with only hold-your-nose interest at best from conservatives. McCain had no help from Rush, and the Glenn Beck express had yet to roll. A speaker better than President Obama backing a full-scale conservative menu will garner the support of Rush, Beck, and a wide array of other well-positioned conservative influentials. It will be a brand new day.
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