Powell Challenges Cheney May 25 (Bloomberg) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell challenged former Vice President Dick Cheney and talk show host Rush Limbaugh over the future of the Republican Party, saying it must be more inclusive or “watch the world go by.” “If we don’t reach out more, the party is going to […]
Sanction Of The Victim – Part 4
May 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thought Provoking Links Obama – A Jump to the Left, A Step to the Right In a front-page analysis, the NYT notes that Obama is taking “a nuanced set of positions that fall somewhere between George W. Bush and the American Civil Liberties Union.” But the truth is that the combination of harshly criticizing Bush-era […]
The Debt Bomb – Has Saving Us Today Destroyed Our Future?
May 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Can debt create prosperity? A common question asked these days is, if too much debt caused the financial crisis, how can more debt solve the problem? Most American families know that their basic problem is too little income and too much debt. Common sense tells us that unless debt is balanced by inceasing income to […]
Sanction Of The Victim Part 3
May 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thought Provoking Links Socialism Coming Back To Haunt U.S. America is more than a country; it is the ideal of liberty. In economic terms, liberty translates into the entrepreneurial spirit of hard work, risk taking and self-reliance. And this spirit has made America rich beyond compare. Unfortunately, over the past four decades, much has been […]
Sanction Of The Victim Part 2
May 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thought Provoking Links Change? You Asked For It Even some loyal Democrats are feeling queasy about what will happen if, as seems likely, Al Franken wins the endless dispute over that Senate seat from Minnesota. With Arlen Specter’s recent conversion, that would give the Democrats 60 seats, or three-fifths of the Senate, which is a […]
Sanction Of The Victim Part 1
May 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thought Provoking Links Obama Says US Long-Term Debt Load “Unsustainable” May 14 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries. “We can’t keep on just borrowing from China,” Obama said at a town-hall meeting […]