Monthly Archives: August 2011

Just Reschedule the Damn Speech. No One Cares What You Say Anyway.

President Obama has boldly and ever so publicly led our nation from 7 percent unemployment to nearly 10 percent unemployment since he took his seat in the Oval Office. He’s regulated the bejeesus out of just about every private sector … Continue reading

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Caption of the Day

While playing on a river in sage brush country out West, I had the pleasure of witnessing and photographing a Sikorsky(?) taking a dip in order to obtain some H2O for fire-fighting purposes. This second picture is the helo pilot … Continue reading

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Muslims Feeling More at Home in US. Muslims Fight With Cops over Headscarf Rule at Amusement Park.

Muslims like Obama and the US. 7 of 10 Muslims polled agree with President Obama. Others do not feel any increased alienation in US society ahead of 9/11 and the past controversies such as the Ground Zero Mosque. Pew Research … Continue reading

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More Evidence of a Thoroughly Unvetted President

It is unbelievable that any government worker or private employee who is privy to sensitive information regarding national security and defense who has the kind of background and prior associates as President Obama does, to then become the foci around … Continue reading

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More Bad News from NASA

I’ve written before on NASA’s growing irrelevancy and the increasing political control its subject to. Certainly that has been the case under the Obama administration. NASA: Boldly Going Toward Irrelevancy To boldly send NASA to irrelevancy Now the latest news … Continue reading

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It’s Back to Recession

ZeroHedge: How The Economy Quietly Entered A Recession On Friday, And Why The GDP Predicts A Sub-Zero Nonfarm Payroll Number sealing the deal for the "recession" argument is the following data from John Lohman which finds that the collapse in … Continue reading

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Two Must Read Essays on Limited Government

From First Principles Bill Kauffman | Bringing It All Back Home Let us, for the sake of this short essay, assume the possibility of a limited government that stays within constitutional bounds. A decent respect for Senator Dole’s Tenth Amendment … Continue reading

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Get to Know Alan Krueger

Washington Post: A closer look at Alan Krueger’s academic work Now that Alan Krueger has been tapped to be the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, it’s a great time to take a peek at his … Continue reading

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Does President Obama use a Teleprompter to Order Food?

Campaign 2012: Three minutes, two teleprompters — President Obama required two heavy-duty teleprompters on Monday during a three-minute speech in which he nominated Alan Krueger to serve as chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. iOwnTheWorld.com: What’s the Shortest Amount … Continue reading

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The Jobless Wonder: Al Sharpton Sowing the Seeds of Destruction Wherever He Goes

While incredibly happy that Al Sharpton finally has a job (now if he can get his pal, Jesse Jackson one) as a commentator for disgruntled liberals at MSNBC, I don’t think he is cut out for this one. How hard … Continue reading

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Nope. Abbas Has No Plans to Recognize Israel

Abbas: We Won’t Recognize Israel as Jewish State – Elior Levy (Ynet News) The Palestinian Authority will not be recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday, adopting a belligerent tone ahead of his planned statehood bid … Continue reading

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Obama Job Plan: Regulate America to Oblivion.

America is holding its breath in anticipation for President Obama’s big post-Labor Day jobs plan. September is when Congress is due back in session. It will be then the president will discuss regulations and their damaging effects on job creation. … Continue reading

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Will Libya Be a Model for Military Statecraft?

Foreign Policy | Why Libya is not a template for future military statecraft There is always a danger, after a perceived policy success, to declare it as a template for all future policies in that arena. Pundits make this mistake … Continue reading

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Pentagon on the Hunt for Cuts

The Pentagon will under go cuts. To what extent remains the question. If the super committee designed to reduce spending fails to reach an agreement, than the Pentagon will face automatic cuts. Even before that has a chance to play … Continue reading

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