“Have you ever dreamed of getting to the Tennis Hall of Fame?” I saw this question posed on a billboard not too long ago on Memorial Boulevard in Newport, Rhode Island. The billboard featured Chris Everett from the class of 1995, and it continued with something like this: “It takes hard work and dedication. Or […]
Archives for July 2010
Inflation You Can’t Even See
A Rasmussen poll this week found that 68% of Americans would rather have fewer mail delivery days if it meant keeping the price of a stamp down. Don’t they realize that cutting the number of delivery days implies a price increase itself? The price now includes six days of delivery. At 44 cents a stamp, […]
Jeff Session: Kagan Filibuster Still Possible
Jeff Sessions on Kagan: “Filibuster Is Not Off The Table” – Jason Mattera, Human Events In this interview with Human Events editor, Jason Mattera, Senator Jeff Sessions tells Mattera that a Kagan filibuster is not off the table. Has anyone told Lindsey Graham that? The GOP needs to get a coherent message going on Kagan. […]
Poll: Public Quickly Losing Faith in Obama
Majority of Americans Lack Faith in Obama: Poll – JoAnne Allen, Reuters The only surprising part of this poll is how long it has taken Americans to realize that President Obama is completely unqualified for his position. After being shuffled through his campaign and into power by the George Soros backed Center for American Progress […]
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Kill 14,000 a Year
By some accounts, over 14,000 Americans a year die from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Where are they picked up? Hospitals! Staph is a name you will hear mumbled under breaths in hospitals coast to coast. Staph and other forms of lethal bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. What’s the problem? Well, for starters, the U.S. Center […]
Democrats Foster Uncertainty, Hurt America
Obamacare Already Missing Deadlines – Martha Zollar, Human Events After the bull rush was used to pass Obamacare, Democrats are nowhere near the implementation goals they promised constituents. At 90 after the bill was passed, many of the provisions were supposed to be in place or under development, many have not even been looked at […]
Less Government = More Growth
Lessons From the Swedish Welfare State – Andreas Bergh and Magnus Henrekson, The Wall Street Journal There is no doubt that the size of government has a negative correlation to the speed of growth of an economy. The authors point out that as the Swedish government has grown and grown, its economy has slowed and […]
Prayer Day Against Kagan Appointment
Good day to one and all anti-Kagan-nomination conservatives. It’s been a brutal year in the stock market for most and with my Pay Day indicator at an all time low, a Marxist influenced administration in Washington and dramatically higher interest rates ahead, I lack a certain amount of enthusiasm regarding the financial prospects of most […]
Look For Radical Lame Duck Session
The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy – John Fund, The Wall Street Journal Look for Democrats to pull out all the stops in a lame duck session after the November elections. With all the probably losers in the Democratic party, there will be plenty of lame-duck congressman and senators that will throw caution to the wind […]
Reverse All Obama Policies
Video – Bolton: ‘I’d Reverse all of Obama’s Policies’ – Jason Mattera, Human Events John Bolton, though a thorough neocon, makes the valid point that in no way should Iran be treated in a cold war fashion, as the cold war was not a time anyone would want to replicate. The people of Iran understand […]
