Almost everyone else seems to be afraid to say it, because the media and everyone else will excoriate them for it. Everyone should want to “work together” and be “bipartisan.” Horse hockey. So I’ll say it: “I want President Obama to fail.” Does this mean I want total economic failure, massive unemployment, deflation, layoffs and starvation? Quite the opposite. I want Mr. Obama to fail | Read More »
John Maynard Keynes is credited with the idea that if the government spends more money, it will put more money into the economy and create economic growth. This would, in turn, help to maintain full employment. Indeed, any economist could tell you that a greater supply of capital will lead to more investment in new enterprise, which in turn requires more workers. This is the | Read More »
Despite the President’s “Fiscal Responsibility” Summit, the new spending bill before the House contains more than 9,000 earmarks. Indeed, as the President gives lip-service to fiscal responsibility and “pay-as-you-go” budgeting, his allies in the House have now planned to spend more than $1 trillion on discretionary spending. Certainly, Republicans are just as guilty of “Congressionally Directed Spending” as Democrats, but with Mr. Obama going on | Read More »
Politically Incorrect Bedtime Stories for Young Conservatives I was asked if the wheel was invented out of necessity, or if someone demanded it first? Not content to simply answer the question, I wrote a story about it. When I published this story in a public forum, the usual suspects started asking the usual questions: “Was this invention Ogg and Thag’s property?” Since someone tried to | Read More »
President Obama had the audacity to say that only the government could end this recession. It is absolutely true that we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or economic growth. That is and must be the role of the private sector. But at this particular moment, with the private sector so weakened by this recession, the federal government is the only entity left | Read More »
Free wire transfers to Mexico. Work with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). Work with the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA). A $2.1 million donation to Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). With the questions, controversies and scandals surrounding these three groups, I believe it is irresponsible for Bank of America to continue this behavior. Last year, I paid-off and cut-up | Read More »
I love form letters. If you couldn’t tell from the italicized wording, I’m being terribly sarcastic. There is nothing I hate more than getting a form response from someone, especially when the issue is important. I realize my Congressman and Senators are busy people and probably don’t have time to read much of anything that comes in. What a form letter shows, however, is just | Read More »
One of my favorite things to watch over and over on DVD is “Band of Brothers,” the HBO miniseries about Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, in World War II. My favorite episode of the series, “Crossroads,” shows the period between Operation Market Garden, the airborne assault on Holland, and the siege at Bastogne. Late in the episode, as the 101st dutifully marches into | Read More »
Here in Atlanta last weekend, people were astounded to learn that a major house fire in the Grant Park area was allowed to burn for 20 minutes while callers to 9-1-1 were put on hold. The reason? The call center, which should never be staffed by less than 9 operators and optimally would have 10 to 12, had just six operators on duty. Residents of | Read More »
In 1994, Newt Gingrich and House Republicans offered the voters of the United States the “Contract with America.” After the Democratic Congress and President Clinton over-played their political hand in 1993-94, Republicans were swept into power in Washington. This success lasted at least until 2003, when the “Bush Tax-Cuts” were enacted, but when the growth of government began with earnest. The Contract with America promised | Read More »
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