The GOP leadership failed us during the 2011 Budget debate. The promised $100B cuts quickly turned into $65B and then $38B which – in the final CBO analysis – only amounted to millions. We were let down again when our leadership wimped out in the battle over the debt limit by guaranteeing $2 trillion in new debt would be added to the National tally inside of 18 months. | Read More »
Dear Mr. Vice President, I am not a terrorist. I am a patriotic American who loves my country as much as you and a proud member of the Tea Party Movement. Only a physical disability stops me from attending every Tea party rally within a 300-mile radius of Kansas City waving my own Don’t Tread on Me sign. I cherish my God-given freedoms and thank | Read More »
Whatever happens in the debt/deficit battle in Washington from here out, the Tea Party can stand up and claim an historic victory. Not a victory for their Movement, and not a victory for the Tea Party Republicans they sent to Congress. But a victory for America. For the first time in my lifetime, I am watching Democrats come to the table to seriously talk about | Read More »
Unless somebody spiked my Coke, I heard Boehner reveal last night (for the first time) that he and Obama were close to a deal in which the Speaker agreed to $800B in new tax revenues. I didn’t hear it explained in the context of “tax reform” whereby loopholes would be closed in exchange for lower tax rates – but rather a NET revenue increase of $800B. | Read More »
It’s not a “serious” plan. It’s “partisan politics” by the GOP. Republicans know it will never pass the Senate, so it’s just a “symbolic” vote. We would expect that kind of rhetoric from Obama, Reid, and the Left Stream Media. But it appears the GOP has conceded to that description of the CC &B plan passed last night in the House on a bipartisan vote. | Read More »
Leading up to the 2010 election, John Boehner projected an aura of strength and a determined resolve to slash Government spending. He came across as a tough guy on a mission, and was convincing enough to persuade voters to put Republicans back in control of the House. Well, we all know how that turned out. The “largest spending cuts in U.S. history” gave | Read More »
President Obama’s “solution” to rising oil and gas prices is to vilify oil companies for making profits and to take away tax subsidies that encourage exploration. Neither of these measures, of course, will slow down the rapidly rising cost of crude and gas at the pump. It’s merely playing to the populist anger over skyrocketing gas prices. Crude oil prices, like everything else, is | Read More »
With deficits and debt taking center stage in the national discourse, the time has never been better to settle the long-standing argument that defines the most profound difference between Liberalism and Conservatism: What is the role of Government in this country? This is a debate that is long overdue and that has heretofore only been skirted around the edges. This discussion should be brought | Read More »
Natural disasters generally come out of nowhere and catch us off guard. That’s particularly true of earthquakes, tsunamis, the deadly slew of tornadoes that laid waste to the south recently, and major hurricanes like Katrina. There is little that can be done to avert the destructive fury of a magnitude 8.0 earthquake or a Cat 5 hurricane. We are witnessing today the making of | Read More »
Consider this hypothetical scenario: at the first of the year, my wife tells me she needs to raise her monthly shopping allowance by $200 due to inflation, fashion changes, etc. Being the devout fiscal Conservative I am, and after a long, not-so-loving negotiation, we finally settle on a monthly increase of $125. Did I succeed in cutting our monthly budget by $75? In the fiery words | Read More »
When the 2011 Budget is passed later this week, Planned Parenthood will continue to get Federal funding. But only because House GOP leadership agreed to it. Funding for Obamacare will continue – but only because the GOP isn’t willing to exercise the power granted by the Constitution that gives the House of Representatives total control over the nation’s purse strings. The U-joint in my car | Read More »
This is a true story. It just hasn’t happened yet. WASHINGTON April 7, 2021 – With the U.S. economy locked in the throes of an accelerating death spiral, the nation’s financial system teetering on the brink of total collapse and the nation’s healthcare system in ruins, angry citizens have intensified the violence in all major cities in protest of the extreme austerity measures imposed | Read More »
The bad news: the GOP is preparing another short-term CR to avoid a Government shutdown. The good news: this one demands cuts of $12B and expires in one week. Another CR is not what Conservatives wanted. All it’s doing is covering Harry Reid’s butt and prolonging the agony. Let’s all be reminded that the House passed a 2011 budget while the Senate has done nothing | Read More »
It’s not the $1.6 trillion Federal deficit this year that’s “extreme” – it’s the Republican proposal to trim it by a mere $61 billion. Obama’s own 2012 Budget projects $7 trillion in new debt. But what’s “radical” is defunding the Nevada Cowboy Poetry Festival. This is one Conservative who has become totally frustrated – even to the point of disgust – at the effortless | Read More »
“If not now, then when? If not me, then who?” At the end of the proverbial road down which the proverbial can has been kicked is the proverbial cliff. And we are there. We are facing a debt crisis that – if not addressed – threatens to throw away over two centuries of blood, sweat, and toil that made this country the | Read More »
- Winners – Wisconsinites – A tax increase to fill the budget gap has been averted. Massive layoffs of public service employees have been averted. The legislature has made a major step forward toward restoring fiscal responsibility and stewardship of the people’s money. Good, Dedicated Teachers – No longer will layoffs be decided by seniority. No longer will union dues be automatically deducted from their paychecks. | Read More »
The top goal of Conservatives in 2012 is to defeat Barack Obama. That is paramount and goes without saying. Primary voters will have to decide whether they want to run the candidate who would make the strongest President or the one most electable. One doesn’t guarantee the other. Ignoring for a moment the many skeletons in his closet, Newt Gingrich has the leadership qualities, visionary | Read More »
It is being reported that President Obama is considering tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) in response to the surging oil prices and the skyrocketing gasoline prices at the pump. The SPR was established following the 1974 oil embargo responsible for the long gas lines most of us not-so-fondly remember. The intent was that it be used in an emergency situation stemming from a major | Read More »
When analyzing the 2012 Republican field, the two important elements for us to consider are: The candidate who would make the best President. Electability Attribute #1 does not guarantee #2. History has shown us that it’s not always the candidate best qualified to be president who wins the election. Look no further than the 2008 presidential election for validation of that proposition. Not to belittle my fellow Americans, but the | Read More »
Bill O’Reilly style. Check 1: $100 billion is not enough. Before we can even think about chiseling away at the staggering $14 trillion National Debt, we must first stop adding to it. Merely reducing the deficit is not good enough – it must be eliminated. Reducing 2011 spending by $100 billion will still leave us with a $1.5 trillion deficit for the year. A | Read More »
He was billed at the Great Healer. As The One who would unite a divided nation. He was to be our Transformational President descending from the heavens to bring peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Two years later, we gaze out across thy fruited plain with a tear in our eye and a hole in our heart. Our hopes of a unified nation and | Read More »
The national discourse has been consumed with battles between unions and employers. The battle lines have been drawn. Passions are running high on both sides of the divide and neither side is showing any signs of backing down. But there is one labor dispute that isn’t making its way to the national headlines with the degree of fervor it deserves. It’s a dispute that – | Read More »
I don’t get it. After wimping out on their pledge to cut $100 billion from this year’s budget, the House Republicans passed a measure that would reduce spending by $61 billion. That’s not what they promised and not what Conservatives wanted – but it was enough to send Democrats into a tizzy and stir up fiery accusations and counter-accusations of the dreaded Government shutdown. | Read More »
The scene depicted in the video below took place in the Wisconsin Assembly at 1:00 AM this morning. It looks more like a group of kindergartners erupting in a full-blown temper tantrum after losing their vote to extend playtime by 30 minutes than a legislative body of statesmen practicing democracy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGDp581g9t0&feature=player_detailpage Democracy in action – Democrat style. What a wonderful example the Wisconsin Left is | Read More »
The raging battle in Wisconsin has all been about workers’ rights. Protest signs are splattered with references to workers’ rights. Union supporters are parading before the cameras declaring that Governor Walker’s actions are an attack on workers’ rights. Union employees are screaming that the evil Wisconsin Republicans are violating their rights and on a mission to bust the union. But what seems to be getting lost | Read More »
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