By Alan Caruba This is for all those who voted to reelect Obama or those who stayed home on Election Day 2012 because they found Republican candidates who talked about unemployment and the need for more jobs unappealing. The blame falls on the Democratic Party that controls the Senate and the White House. The blame…
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America Went Over the Fiscal Cliff Long Ago
By Alan Caruba I doubt that President Obama will compromise with the House Republicans on anything that might be done to avoid the January 2nd “fiscal cliff” that kicks in with higher taxes for everyone. Obama has made it clear that increasing the tax rates on “millionaires” is his goal and he made that clear…
No, Don’t Fool America Twice
By Alan Caruba Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It’s a cliché but a true one. After you have learned someone cannot be trusted, continuing to trust him is not just naiveté, but delusional. It is also quite common. I am a few weeks shy of my 75th birthday…
You Know You’re a Moron If…
By Alan Caruba We now know the theme of Barack Obama’s campaign in the remaining weeks before the November 6 election. In an interview with the Associated Press last week he said that Mitt Romney holds “extreme positions.” This is in line with the immediate Democratic Party attack launched against Paul Ryan as a “radical.”…
The Government Gu$her
By Alan Caruba At a time when the biggest issues are the economy, the reform of entitlement programs, the national debt and deficit, many Americans are blissfully unaware of the machine that keeps their taxpayer dollars flowing from every federal government department and agency. Even with a $16 trillion dollar debt, the money gushes forth.…
America’s Fearful Future
By Alan Caruba It’s a cliché that nations and men repeat the same errors, stumbling into various crisises. The locations may change, but the patterns of history remain. The world is teetering on a new Great Depression. Democracies are at risk. In the 1930s there were an estimated two billion people worldwide. Today there are…
Why Obama Will Lose in November
By Alan Caruba I received a campaign letter from Michelle Obama the other day. This is especially surprising because I am a registered Republican; hardly a likely prospect to contribute to her husband’s reelection efforts. “Every day I learn about the challenges and the struggles—the doctor bills they can’t pay or the mortgage they can…
The U.S. is on a Suicide Watch
By Alan Caruba In 1991, the Soviet Union, arguably the greatest experiment in Communism, collapsed. After Mao Zedong died in 1976, his successors moved to shift its Communist economy to one that embraced Capitalism while retaining centralized government control. Following World War Two, the recovering nations of Europe were rescued from Communism by the Marshall…
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