By Alan Caruba It’s taken since 2008 and two elections, but as Obama moves into his second term he is beginning to lose traction with Americans, including those who have supported him and who give him approval ratings in the fifty percent bracket. Previous second term presidents have enjoyed comparable ratings, but they tend to…
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Why Is Boehner Negotiating with Obama at All?
As the nation stands ready to plunge over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” it has become obvious that no matter how many ways House Republicans find to “increase revenue,” in an effort to meet President Obama and his Progressive brethren in compromise, nothing short of complete capitulation will placate the spendthrifts existing on the Left side…
What Debt? Obama’s Insane Spending Binge!
By Alan Caruba There’s a reason that President Obama wants to increase taxes. His administration cannot spend your money fast enough. A visit on Tuesday morning to the websites of various federal departments reveals that this administration can find an excuse to spend millions on anything. Here’s a quick tour. In the wake of the…
Obstructionist Politics: Denying a Vote
Just minutes after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tabled (read: killed) the second piece of legislation presented by the House to his chamber addressing solutions to the politically manufactured debt ceiling “crisis” – legislation crafted through not only bipartisan negotiations among members of the House, but bipartisan consultation with Senate members – Mr. Reid…
The Debt Ceiling Is Actually Not the Issue
As we tick-tock toward August 2nd, the day President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner have set as the day the Executive Branch will have to start prioritizing expenditures – establishing what programs are covered exclusively by actual tax revenue and not borrowed money, we approach an artificial deadline for a secondary issue created by…
Left Calls for Huge Defense Cuts – Just as Predicted by Former Terrorist Mark Rudd
By: Trevor Loudon New Zeal The “respectable” US left is calling for huge defense cuts – something predicted in late 2008 by former Weather Underground terrorist leader Mark Rudd. In 2006/2007, Mark Rudd worked closely with his old comrades Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, in a new organization Movement for a Democratic Society. Ayers and…
Greece Is the Word
Greece, the cradle of democracy, is experiencing chaotic violence at the hands of Socialists and anarchists. That country’s Socialist government has come to a moment in time – like most Socialist and Marxist enterprises – when the system has failed. The promises of the Nanny State and prefectorial centralized government have come up empty and…
The Debt Ceiling, Revenue & The Progressive Overreach
Soon, President Obama will stand before the American people, at his inaugural, and take the Oath of Office. He will place his hand on the Holy Bible (we assume) and swear an oath, before God and country, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. He did this once before,…
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