When Congress Cheats on Its Rules
by John Armor
We are apparently at crunch point on the efforts of President Obama, Speaker Pelosi in the House, and Majority Leader Reid in the Senate to pass by whatever means necessary the “health reform” bill. In the national debate, however, no one has asked whether the Supreme Court has [...]
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March 12, 2010
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Governance, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
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Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Business, Business Management, Cancer, Congress, Current Events, Economic Crisis, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Interview, Medical, Wellness, World Issues
Leave a comment While politicians fiddle and patients get burned, Americans’ best bet for affordable, quality medical care right now is in [...] February 22, 2010
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Medical, Opinion
One comment Making Vitamins Too Costly for Your Health By Alan Caruba At age 72 I have been taking a full range of vitamin and mineral supplements for years. Even I find it amusing to open more than a dozen bottles every morning to extract vitamins A, B, C, D and E, along with zinc, potassium, selenium, and fish [...] February 19, 2010
Posted by Peggy Noonan in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Governance, Opinion, Politics, Republican, The Pundit's Corner
Leave a comment Can Washington Meet the Demand to Cut Spending?
President Obama’s decision to appoint Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to his bipartisan commission on government spending is politically shrewd and, in terms of policy, potentially helpful. It is shrewd in that he is doing what he has been urged to [...] February 9, 2010
Posted by Peggy Noonan in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Democrat, Governance, Opinion, Politics, Republican
Leave a comment Question Time Isn’t the Answer
There’s renewed interest in Question Time, or rather in the idea of trying to import in some fashion the British parliamentary institution whereby the prime minister appears each Wednesday in the House of Commons in order to take questions and debate. The [...] February 7, 2010
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Economic Crisis, Environment, Global Warming, Opinion
One comment I Prefer Local to Global By Alan Caruba Perhaps it is just the product of the times in which I grew up and my experience with the events of the world. Or perhaps it is the spin that has been added to the word “global”, endowing it with an almost spiritual quality. Mostly, though, I think it is [...] February 3, 2010
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Governance, Opinion, Politics
2 comments The National Madhouse By Alan Caruba If you think that you are going mad, based on the statements out of the White House and Congress, let me assure you that you are sane, but those in charge of governing the nation appear to have lost their wits. The Democrat’s third-ranking House leader, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), during an [...] January 26, 2010
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Business, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Opinion, Politics
2 comments MY State of the Union By Alan Caruba Each one of us has their own “state of the union” so far as the economy is concerned. Much of the workforce receives a paycheck, but many of those jobs have ceased to exist. Other jobs involve contract services. A reported 10% of the workforce is unemployed and the [...] January 24, 2010
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Environment, Governance, Opinion
One comment The Bill Comes Due for Socialism in America By Alan Caruba “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” — Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister It began as a beautiful cruise to a land of “hope and change”, but it has become a nightmare in which the ship of state is [...] January 15, 2010
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Opinion
Leave a comment Haiti and other Hell-holes By Alan Caruba This is by way of just blowing off a bit of frustration in the wake of the non-stop news coverage of the latest disaster to hit Haiti. To begin with, we are witnessing in this first day or so of news coverage that I call the “Five Known Facts” school of [...] January 9, 2010
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Governance, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Getting Control of Congress, Permanently In [...] January 8, 2010
Posted by Peggy Noonan in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Governance, Healthcare, Medical, Opinion, Politics, Republican
One comment The Risk of Catastrophic Victory
Passage of the health-care bill will be, for the administration, a catastrophic victory. If it is voted through in time for the State of the Union Address, as President Obama hopes, half the chamber will rise to [...] December 28, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Governance, Opinion
Leave a comment The Bigger They Are… By Alan Caruba The phrase, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall” comes from the world of boxing, but it applies increasingly to government. Americans have seen that the bigger the government grows, the less able it is to respond to both the major needs of Americans, like national security, and the immediate [...] December 20, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Environment, Governance, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Demography Decides Everything By Alan Caruba When I listen to politicians arguing the merits of some piece of legislation, I am usually 99% sure they have no idea how demography-—population—-will affect the outcome of their grand schemes. This is particularly true of advocates of fixed and often flawed ideas about the environment. Most “save the Earth” true believers [...] December 18, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Economic Crisis, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Global Warming, Governance, Opinion
2 comments Questions, Questions, Questions By Alan Caruba I am frequently asked how I come up with something new to write about every day, but in fact I write about the same things, the Constitution, energy issues, the global warming fraud, education, immigration, et cetera. There is, however, always something new to address within these and other ongoing topics. As [...] December 17, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Cap and Trade, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Governance, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Why You’re Broke By Alan Caruba While it is incontestably true that a lot of people took out mortgage loans they could not afford to replay, it is just as true that they were encouraged to do so because banks were required by federal law to make these bad loans. Bankers even gave them an acronym, “Ninja” [...] December 8, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Accountability, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Governance, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Reading What Isn’t There December 5, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Economic Crisis, Governance, Opinion, Recovery, Workplace
Leave a comment Job Summits Do Not Create Jobs By Alan Caruba It has taken less than a year for most Americans to conclude that the Obama White House is all about appearances. The “Job Summit” is a classic example. Just how does one hold such a conference without inviting representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to participate? Most administrations [...] November 27, 2009
Posted by scottqmarcus in: Commentary, Congress, Democracy, Diet, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Inspiration & Motivation, Lifestyle, Medical, Nutrition, Opinion, Self-Help, Weight loss, Wellness
2 comments Quoting Cassius, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves…” It’s easy to pronounce and pontificate about what “they” should do, it’s quite another little something to step to the platform, roll up our sleeves, and actually take action. Irrespective of legislation regarding “single payer” or “pre-existing conditions,” we must each make a difference in our own lives by establishing good health as a higher priority in day-to-day [...] November 8, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Wrecking America By Alan Caruba I am always wary of conspiracy theories. Most can be explained away as shared ideologies which, in the case of the current and recently past Congresses and White Houses, can be described as socialism. It did not and does not matter which Party was or is in power. The other explanation for the [...] November 8, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Accountability, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Nancy Counts on Corruption October 24, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Commentary, Congress, Democrat, Energy, Environment, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Taking Away Your Choice I am always amazed at the variety of choice that exists in my local supermarket. There are other supermarkets in the area, but the one I frequent most has lower prices on most items and almost anything you want to purchase allows one to select among several brands available. We Americans [...] October 23, 2009
Posted by Peggy Noonan in: Accountability, Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Democrat, Freelance Author, Governance, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment It’s His Rubble Now At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened. From that point on, the presidency—all his decisions, all the credit and blame for them—was his. The American people didn’t hold [...] October 22, 2009
To Health In A Handbasket By October 16, 2009
Posted by Peggy Noonan in: Commentary, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Governance, Healthcare, Politics
Leave a comment There Is No New Frontier Here are pertinent observations from two accomplished political veterans at a forum Tuesday night at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The question, from David Gergen, was what advice the panelists, former Reagan advisor Ken [...] October 13, 2009
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Commentary, Congress, Democracy, Democrat, Politics, Republican
One comment I felt even U.S. Senators needed a place to Speak Without Interruption so I invited each one to post their thoughts to our site. I attempted to send out invitations to each Senator just before they took their summer break – thinking they might have some time to respond to my invitation. It is now around [...] October 8, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Comments & Discussion, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Environmental Issues, Opinion, Politics
One comment Every Drop of Water in America For sixty years I lived on a little street called Brookside Road. The name came from a real brook, a Depression-era project lined with smooth rocks that was serene and beautiful, bounded by trees on both sides. Some in the federal government want to exert control over that brook [...] October 3, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Comments & Discussion, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Opinion
4 comments EPA: The Blob that Ate America No single government agency has grown so big and so fast as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and no single agency threatens constitutionally guaranteed property rights and nationwide economic growth than the EPA. It is the Blob that ate America. Signed into law by Richard M. Nixon in 1970, [...] September 30, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Opinion
Leave a comment Cap-and-Switch: Hello Sucker! Here’s a look at the introduction of a draft bill co-sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), co-sponsored by John Kerry (D-MA). It is the Senate alternative to the horrid “Cap-and-Trade” bill authored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA). Call it “Cap-and-Switch.” IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 26, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Governance, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
8 comments Liberals are Killing America By Alan Caruba It is not a new observation, but it is one that needs review and repeating every so often. Why do liberals always seem to get on the side of any issue concerning America’s future? Its sovereignty? Its financial security? Its defense? I think this question is particularly timely given the public [...] September 26, 2009
Posted by Tantra in: Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economic Crisis, Economics, Heroes, Medical, Uncategorized
2 comments The facts about the Bird Flu, 911 and beyond reprinted in this article, which was in ConspiraZine magazine, and read on their radio show. are very relevant to the Swine Flu Vaccine scheme of today. The official plans currently are for vaccines to be ready Oct. 15th or sometime in December, depending on what they [...] September 16, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, African-American, Business, Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economic Crisis, Energy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Governance, Healthcare, Opinion, The Economy
2 comments “Technically” We’re Out of a Recession I cannot tell you how relieved I was to hear Ben Bernake, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, announce that the United States is “technically” out of the recession. I spent much of the day waiting for my phone to ring with offers of work. Chairman Bernake did add [...] September 14, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Freedom, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics, The Media
One comment A Million People Prove NPR Doesn’t Count by John Armor How many people still listen to NPR (National “People’s” Radio) and take it seriously? Apparently that list doesn’t include the editors and reporters for NPR. Two cases in point, both having to do with numbers. As I was driving up to D.C. for the Rally on [...] September 13, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economic Crisis, Energy, Freedom, Global Warming, Governance, Heroes, Opinion, Politics
One comment The Fine Art of American Protest There have been many mass marches on Washington, D.C., so the locals know how to make plans to anticipate the congestion and the police are polite and skillful in the science of crowd control. They can afford to be polite because the crowds, no matter how large, are [...] September 11, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
One comment Boring Us to Death By Alan Caruba I think President Obama and the Democrats have found a way to move hated legislation through the houses of Congress. They intend to bore us to death. Following his prime time speech to the joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening, on Sunday Obama will be featured in a segment on [...] September 11, 2009
Posted by Rfantina in: Congress, Democracy, Education, Freedom, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
One comment On September 9, President Barack Obama addressed Congress to discuss health care. The news media has focused on that speech, giving scant attention to his address to the nation’s school children one day earlier. Despite the dire predictions of the right-wing, the republic is, regardless of that [...] September 10, 2009
Posted by Bill Hazelgrove in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Opinion, Politics, Republican
6 comments Someone let a craker in the house by Bill Hazelgrove C’mon Mr. South Carolina lets cut to the chase here. You can do better than YOU LIE. You wouldn’t do that to a white man now would you boy? I’m from Virginia Wilson…I know the score. My people fought in the Civil War on the side of [...] September 8, 2009
Posted by Prentiss Gray in: Accountability, Attitude, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Democrat, Economics, Geopolitical Events, Politics, Republican, Women's Rights
7 comments That’s it. I’m done. This once staunch Republican, is out of the party. Frankly, I’m just too embarrassed to stay associated with what has swiftly become a party of low life, low brow, say anything to get votes, jerks. We lost the election. Aren’t we supposed to be at our noblest in loss? Aren’t we supposed [...] September 7, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Governance, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics, Republican
Leave a comment A Very American Distrust Barack Obama has crashed headlong into a wall of distrust. If he had any understanding of American history he would know why, but his sole interest is himself and he proved that by writing not one, but two memoirs. The men who waged the American Revolution and then met in secret [...] September 4, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Politics, Republican
Leave a comment Birth of a New Political Party by John Armor The last time a new American political party came into being, one strong enough to elect a President, was in 1854. As you have guessed, that was the Republican Party. Its first elected President was Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Many third party and independent campaigns have been [...] September 4, 2009
The Gun-Grabbers are on the Move Again Every despotic regime in the last century favored gun control laws. Today, the gun-grabbers are on the move again and are being led by the Obama regime. During last year’s campaign both Hillary Clinton and John McCain tore into Barack Obama for saying that residents of small-town America [...] September 3, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Healthcare, Politics
Leave a comment Speak Up, Mr. President, Speak Up! I, for one, am looking forward to President Obama’s address to both houses of Congress. I thought I would have to wait for a State of the Union speech before that happened or, God forbid, that the nation would be attacked as was the case of 9/11. I am [...] September 3, 2009
Posted by Jack B Rochester in: Accountability, Business, Business Management, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Medical, Politics, The Economy
One comment Pfizer has just been fined for the FOURTH time since 2002 for various violations, some of which have left people dead from their drugs. What do they get? A fine, a slap on the wrist. I want to know how much Pfizer made on Bextra. I’ll bet it was more than the fines. And I’ll [...] September 2, 2009
Obama’s Communists “Tailgunner” Joe McCarthy, a 1950s U.S. Senator who lent his name to any effort to expose America’s enemies, was right. At the height of his fame, he said the U.S. government was shot through with communists, many of whom were participating in a vast espionage effort orchestrated by the Soviets. Though McCarthy was [...] September 2, 2009
Does Medicare Need Reform? On Sunday, I managed to “throw my back out”, something I do every few years; a muscle spasm that had nothing to do with lifing something heavy. Just whammo! I took some pain pills I had in the cabinet from a previous problem and on Monday morning I called my [...] August 31, 2009
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Accountability, Business, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Governance, Marriage, Medical, Opinion, Politics, Relationships, Religion, Social Issues
12 comments Whether it is in personal, or business matters, I have always tried to conduct myself where “My Word” matters. If I say something – promise something – commit to something – I give “My Word” and try to follow through with my commitments. I bothers me tremendously, when for one reason or another, I can’t [...] August 30, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Governance, Legal, Opinion
Leave a comment Obama’s Unconstitutional “Czars” Here’s a question that has been nagging me for months. Are Obama’s ever-growing number of “czars” constitutional? I am not a constitutional scholar, but I have read the document. “Article II. Section 2. “He (the President) shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, [...] August 28, 2009
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Opinion, Politics, The Media, The Pundit's Corner
Leave a comment Ted Kennedy led the left while the country overwhelmingly turned to the [...] August 27, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
One comment Shovel Ready in America The only thing that is “shovel ready” in America today is Teddy Kennedy’s corpse and casket. Fortunately for his mortician, Kennedy had already embalmed himself. One can only pray that his brand of insane, unrealistic, and very expensive liberalism will be buried with him, but that is not likely so long [...] August 25, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Governance, Opinion, Politics
2 comments Time to Resign, Mr. President By Alan Caruba If you had purchased a stock in January of this year that had lost as much of its value as Barack Obama, you would be desperate to sell it by now. The problem is, the only buyers would be the mainstream media and their stock has been falling too. I [...] August 20, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Energy, Environment, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
One comment Signs of Sanity I have this theory that nations go crazy from time to time. Collectively they lose their wits or, as is often the case, the people either elect or have imposed on them a complete lunatic, discovering it in slow stages as reports of various horrors make their way to the countryside. These [...] August 18, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Cap-and-Trade Insanity To understand how insane the Cap-and-Trade bill really is you need to know that it based on the belief that carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to avoid a global warming that is NOT happening. The American Clean Energy and Security Act is a giant scam involving “carbon credits” to be sold and [...] August 17, 2009
Posted by seamus in: Accountability, Attitude, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, General Topics, Geopolitical Events, Homeland Security, Military, Morality, Opinion, Social Aspects, Social Classes, Social Issues, The Writer's Corner
3 comments With double navy crosses, a distinguished flying cross, a bronze star and three purple hearts, I was singled out by a long haired professor my first week back in college as a baby killer. Welcome home, right? [...] August 13, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Governance, Healthcare, Medical, Opinion, Politics
2 comments The Obamacare Abomination Not long ago I published a list of elements of the original Obamacare bill that upset a lot of people who accused me of publishing lies about it, but the original bill—now something in the area of five different versions that the Senate and House will consider on their return—was every [...] August 11, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Freedom, Healthcare, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment A Very American Protest The mainstream media is focused, as always, on the more dramatic aspects of the “town hall” meetings during which astonished members of Congress discover how total the disconnect between the machinations of Washington, D.C. and the rest of America is. If the Democrat politicians could recall anything from the past they [...] August 8, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics, The Economy
Leave a comment I Accuse! In 1898, an article by the great French novelist, Emile Zola was published in L’Aurore. It was addressed to the President of France. Zola accused the military of having wrongly convicted Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, of treason, incarcerating him for years on Devil’s Island. The title of the article [...] August 7, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Accountability, Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Environment, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Column 666, about President Obama by John Armor This is the 666th column in this weekly series. It had to be spent on an overarching subject. So it is. President Barack Obama is the most accomplished liar I have ever encountered, and that includes several pathological liars I faced in court. The best of those I [...] August 6, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Economics, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Lots of Taxes, Lots of Spending We sometimes forget that the primary reason we live in the United States of America and not some British Commonwealth nation is that the people who fought our Revolution got fed up with all the taxes that King George and Parliament kept imposing on them. No taxation without [...] August 1, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Governance, Healthcare, Opinion
Leave a comment The Perfect Storm The term, ‘”the perfect storm”, has come to mean how circumstances and bad judgments come together to create havoc and death. I have begun to conclude that America is caught in a perfect storm. It didn’t occur overnight, but it has rapidly reached a point wherein the very life of the nation [...] July 29, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Congress Says NO to Energy Americans are seriously worried over the rising number of their fellow citizens without jobs. Americans watch the daily cost of a gallon of gasoline as closely as sports scores. America has so much untapped oil that it boggles the imagination. Much of it is located offshore of the nation’s coastline. Some states [...] July 28, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Congress, Current Events, Energy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment It’s Getting Colder Everywhere There’s an ancient Scandinavian legend that says, “A long time ago, the universe was made of ice. Then one day the ice began to melt and a mist rose into the sky. Out of the mist came a giant made of frost and the earth and the heavens were made [...] July 18, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Environment, Environmental Issues, Opinion
Leave a comment Of Mice and Men (and Pest Control) Among the many books in my office is the “Handbook of Pest Control”, seventh edition, edited by Arnold Mallis. Its contributing editors are a who’s who of the leading authorities on pest control and its encyclopedic text includes thousands of references to the diseases that insect and [...] July 17, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Healthcare, Medical, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Healthcare “Reform” Sanctions Torture, Death The utter insanity of our leaders in Washington, D.C. is exemplified in Vice President Joe Biden’s statement to a recent meeting of the AARP. “We have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt.” Just how does one do that? If, as Biden says, the nation is “going to [...] July 16, 2009
Your Easy Guide to Democrat Health Reform This chart, presented by GOP leaders, identifies at least 31 new federal programs, agencies, and mandates that accompany the unprecedented government takeover of health care in America. House Republican leader, John Boehner (R-OH) said, “This isn’t reform; it’s a recipe for disaster that will lead to higher health care costs, [...] July 15, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Economics, Finance, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Borrowing, Spending and Regulating, Oh my! It sometimes seems to me that the Congress and the White House are determined to put an end to the nation through a combination of exorbitant borrowing and insane spending. At the end of May, an article in USA Today reported that “The government took on $6.8 trillion in [...] July 14, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Accountability, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Legal, Opinion, Politics
One comment Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Liar? by John Armor Here is what Judge Sotomayor said in her opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. She said, “my judicial philosophy… is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make the law — it is to apply the law.” On seven occasions, one [...] July 12, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment The U.S. Weather Service Says… Below is a recent post by the U.S. Weather Service. I have added some boldface to elements of the text. July 12, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economics, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Freedom, Geopolitical Events, Military, Morality, Motivation, Politics, Republican, Social Issues, Uncategorized
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Is China a danger to the world? This is a topic I have wanted to write about for some time. I suspect my motivation for writing this comes from being sent to Vietnam to fight in [...] July 7, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Democrat, Economic Crisis, Opinion, Politics, The Media
Leave a comment The “Secret” Tea Party Protests An estimated 2,000 “Tea Party” nationwide protests against excessive taxation did not get much coverage in the nation’s mainstream media. You had to visit World Net Daily to get the story. According to WND, between 3,000 and 4,000 gathered in San Antonio while more than 2,000 gathered in Marietta, Georgia. [...] July 3, 2009
Posted by Antonio de la Vega in: Attitude, Congress, Democracy, Freedom, Geopolitical Events, Governance, Latino & Hispanic, Legal, Mexico, Politics, Social Aspects, Social Issues, Sociology
Leave a comment ¿Será el voto nulo como el futuro termidor (cuya etimología alude al hecho de dar calor) de la democracia mexicana? Así definen algunos al fenómeno, en franca y preocupada alusión al undécimo mes del calendario republicano francés, que empezaba el 19 de julio y terminaba el 17 de agosto, y durante el cual (“9 de termidor”) se suscitó el episodio del golpe de Estado con que la Revolución Francesa dio fin al Terror e instauró en su lugar la reacción de la Convención (27 de julio de [...] July 2, 2009
Gays in the Military When I served in the U.S. military I knew two closeted homosexuals were serving in my unit. My version of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was not to tell because I saw no reason to “out” them and not messing around in other people’s lives has always been a policy of [...] July 1, 2009
I’m Still Not Laughing It’s just too easy to make snide jokes about Al Franken’s rise to the U.S. Senate and I won’t do it. The facts are that he has been quite successful throughout his life. He is a graduate of Harvard in government studies, so he presumably has read the U.S. Constitution. He [...] June 30, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Cap and Trade, China, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Education, Energy, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment America, the Silly Nation As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we will hear about our Founding Fathers, about those who fought our wars to preserve and safeguard our nation, and other men and women who contributed to the nation’s greatness. It is good to look back, but future generations will look back as well [...] June 29, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Energy, Global Warming, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment The Lying EPA June 26, 2009, Investor’s Business Daily “A suppressed EPA study says old U.N. data ignore the decline in global temperatures and other inconvenient truths. Was the report kept under wraps to influence the vote on the cap-and-trade bill? “This was supposed to be the most transparent administration ever. Yet as the House of [...] |
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The Government Sucks at Most Things
The Government Sucks at Most Things
By Alan Caruba
On the eve before Daylight Savings Time, I managed to break a wall clock in the process of trying to grasp it to “spring ahead.” It crashed to a counter top and gave up the ghost. I then went online to Staples and 24 hours later I had [...]