The #1 Threat to Our National Security is Not What You Think

    Promoted from the diaries. – ed. Our crushing $14 trillion national debt is as much a national security threat as it is an economic disaster.  According to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen, “The most significant threat to our national security is our debt.” Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said, “We can’t have a strong military if we have a weak economy.” Even | Read More »

    Administration Like Gang Who Can’t Shoot Straight, Thankfully SEALs Can

    Promoted from the diaries. – caleb It has been over a week since the Navy SEALs conducted the successful raid that killed Osama bin Laden. One would think the Obama Administration would have had a banner week since the successful operation against the man who killed nearly 3,000 people almost ten years ago. Unfortunately, like everything else the Obama Administration is a part of, they | Read More »

    The 800 Pound Debt Gorilla Looms Larger With President Obama’s Budget

    President Obama’s FY-2012 budget shows a failure of leadership by a man who claimed that he would change the way Washington works. Red ink continues to be spilled at record rates with no end in sight and yet President Obama continues to ignore the 800 pound gorilla in the room – our climbing $14 trillion national debt. America is sinking deeper and deeper into debt, | Read More »

    Reagan and Obama – NO COMPARISON

    Promoted from the diaries – mgmt Time Magazine is out this week with a photoshopped cover of President Ronald Reagan with his arm around President Barack Obama. This manipulated image is as outrageous as it is factually dishonest. Both men may share the same title, but the way they view America and the world is quite different. The differences are even starker when you hear | Read More »

    State of the Union: Who’s Sitting with the 800 lb. Gorilla?

    Tonight the President delivers his State of the Union Address to the nation. This annual event brings representatives from all three branches of government into the Capitol at the same time. But there is another figure looming that has been ignored for far too long. The national debt – currently at $14 trillion and counting – is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. There | Read More »