Disturbing Pattern of Lies, Corruption And Special Interests Senator Dodd’s re-election campaign seems to be based on the following strategy: “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”. Senator Dodd is running ads that try to portray him as Joe Six Pack, always ready to pitch in […]
Why It Takes 20 Years To Expand An Airport
July 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Lost American Initiative Whatever happened to the “can do” attitude that allowed this country to put a man on the moon when such a feat was perceived possible only in science fiction movies? Essential and long overdue improvements to US infrastructure now take decades as work is delayed by bickering special interest groups, mindless bureaucrats […]
Hillary (Who?) Clinton – “Marginalized Bureaucrat”
July 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Truth Hurts Some devastating criticism of Hillary by Nile Gardiner at the Telegraph UK. If President Obama’s goal in appointing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State was to neutralize his biggest rival, he has certainly succeeded. Clinton looks a shadow of her former self, and has been the most low-key Secretary of State in […]
United States – A Nation Of Criminals
July 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
Law and Order, or A System Gone Berserk? The statistics on the number of Americans incarcerated are truly eye catching, especially when compared to other nations. There are approximately 2.3 million Americans in jail, equivalent to 1 out of every 100 Americans. America has in its jails almost 25% of the entire prison population in […]
The Mind Of A Liberal – No Fair Play Allowed
June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
“No Individual Should Face Workplace Discrimination Based on Race” Part of the appeal of American culture has always been the sense of fair play and equal opportunity offered by our political and economic system. What has attracted so many immigrants to our shores for hundreds of years was the notion that, given a level playing […]
A Bright Idea – CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs)
June 30, 2009 1 Comment
Energy Department’s New Lighting Standards The Energy Department announced new lighting standards that are expected to reduce the nations energy bill by $4 billion annually when implemented in 2012. The change that will affect the average American the most will be the ban on the sale of standard incandescent light bulbs in 2014. Huge energy […]
Strip Searching A Child – What Were They Thinking?
June 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Power Mad Officials Go To Far The Supreme Court recently found that the constitutional rights of a 13 year old female child had been violated by an overzealous Arizona school administration that forced the child to submit to a humiliating strip search. Although not prohibiting schools from conducting future strip searches of children, the Court […]
America – More Of A Welfare State Than We Admit
June 22, 2009 1 Comment
America has become more of a welfare state than most of us would care to admit as Robert Samuelson details in a recent article. The shock to many will come when it becomes obvious that the promises made by Government are so large that they simply cannot be kept. Washington Post – Raised in an […]
Ukraine’s President Should Have Told Biden To Mind His Own Business
Biden Lectures Ukraine On How To Do Things “Right” In another display of American arrogance, Vice President Biden had the gall to lecture Ukrainian leaders for their lack of progress in emulating the United States’ perfect culture and political system. Mr Biden, well known for verbose speeches with little substance, lectured Ukraine’s political leaders for […]