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Sunday, May 2, 2010

New ‘safety plan’ would control what you eat
   Food piece by Offsite (5/2/10)

Critics say a bill pending in the U.S. Senate would do for Americans’ food supply what “Obamacare” is doing to the nation’s supply of health-care resources.

Modern Leftism and Magical Thinking
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Offsite (5/2/10)

In midst of one of the most amazing displays of irrationality in modern Western history, Americans are left to ponder: What the devil has happened to the USA? Arguably, roots of America’s current confusion are traceable to an infection of leftist Magical Thinking.

Time Square car bomb: Cops evacuate heart of NYC after ‘potential terrorist attack’
   Terrorism piece by Offsite (5/2/10)

Three heroic cops and a quick-thinking street vendor stopped a madman from detonating a car bomb in the heart of Times Square Saturday night, law enforcement officials told the Daily News.

Mayday, Mayday, This is the USA
   Anarchy/MobRule piece by Guest: Armand C. Hale (5/2/10)

Today [May Day] illegal aliens and supporters marched flagrantly in our streets, without fear of any significant immigration enforcement in America. America has no immigration enforcement credibility and is why illegal immigration is happening.

‘Is the USA Too Big to Fail?‘
   Progressivism piece by Alan Caruba (5/2/10)

Lately I have been playing with the question, is the United States of America too big to fail?

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Walter Mitty Bang, Bang
   Guns/Self-defense piece by Guest: Michael R. Shannon (5/1/10)

Wouldn’t you know it? Turn a bunch of Republicans loose in the Virginia legislature and governor’s office and before you can say “Socialized Medicine” they are exposing school kids to guns. Why can’t we get back to normal where Democrats expose school children to safe products, like condoms?

Friday, April 30, 2010

Arizona: Illegal Alien Crime Wave Continues
   Illegal Aliens piece by Jim Kouri (4/30/10)

While politicians such as President Barack Obama denigrate the government of Arizona and “activists” attempt to punish that state’s citizens, these so-called social justice paragons ignore the fact that the U.S. is Mexico’s de facto penal colony. - Complex problems are associated with illegal aliens who commit crimes. Criminal aliens tend to be drug-oriented and violent, often preying on members of their own cultures. If deported, they frequently use new names to reenter the United States and establish residence in different cities.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Goldman Sachs Grilled, Washington Should Be Next
   Economics piece by Offsite (4/29/10)

To really know where you’re going, you need to know where you’ve been. In the battle over how to regulate Wall Street with financial reform legislation, it’s exactly the opposite.

Democrats Could Triple Dividend Tax
   Taxes piece by Offsite (4/29/10)

Everyone knows tax increases are coming. - But a Wall Street Journal editorial explains that these hikes will be bigger than expected, with taxes on dividends nearly tripling.

Abortionist’s Hypocrisy: Infant Survives Abortion, Found Alive 2 Days Later
   Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (4/29/10)

Recently a baby in Italy was put through horror for his two short days of life in an incident that puts paid to the hypocrisy of those that think that an in vitro human infant is not ‘really’ a human at all.

‘Shovels and Axes’ Against Americans
   Immigration piece by Guest: Armand C. Hale (4/29/10)

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALPAC) is releasing a video clip showing an illegal alien supporter in Arizona claiming shovels and axes will be used against Americans just prior to the riot, where police officers and American citizens were assaulted by the mob protesting SB 1070.(1)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Puerto Rico - 51st State? Congress Scrambling to Make It So
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

Last night (Tuesday) on his TV show, Glenn Beck dropped another bombshell - on Thursday, Congress will take up a bill to make Puerto Rico a state. Why is our Congress doing this now? Secretly? Quickly? If it hadn’t been for one of Beck’s “Refounders” (a Congressional insider), would we even know about this? Why is this important to you and me?

Tea Party: Instantly Attacked by Old Media, Coffee Party: Immediate Respect from Old Media
   TheFringeMedia piece by Warner Todd Huston (4/28/10)

Nothing says “media bias” like coffee in the morning.

Everyone Prospers With Free Trade
   Economics piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

Trade is win-win. Two people trade only because each values what he gets more than what he gives up. That’s why in a store both customer and clerk say, “Thank you.“

Ariz. Immigration Law Result of Govt Inaction at Border
   National Security piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

“Misguided and irresponsible” is how Arizona’s new law pertaining to illegal immigration is characterized by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She represents San Francisco, which calls itself a “sanctuary city,“ an exercise in exhibitionism that means it will be essentially uncooperative regarding enforcement of immigration laws.

Dodd Wall Street Bailout Bill Creates Fannie Mae 2.0
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

Today, Americans for Tax Reform sent the following alert to all Senate offices.

Commercial Real Estate Won’t Crash
   Economics piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

While commercial real estate has its problems, the sector isn’t headed for a crash, says property icon Donald Trump.

Treasury Is Misleading Us, Bailout Will Cost Much More
   Economics piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

Christopher Whalen, managing director of Institutional Risk Analytics, says the claims by Treasury officials that the bailout will cost less than anticipated are pure fluff.

Teachers union vs. black school-choice candidate
   EdukShun piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

A May 18 Pennsylvania Democratic primary for governor could change the national debate on parental school choice. A singularly independent black candidate, state Sen. Anthony Williams, is focusing on giving parents the right to choose among charter schools, vouchers for private schools and those public schools that actually work for all children.

The Return of ‘Social Utility’
   Investments piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

In the last few weeks, I have found myself debating on radio and TV programs whether various financial instruments have any social utility—any “real world” purpose other than “speculation or gambling.“ (Disclosure: I give professional advice to a number of financial organizations.)

Arizona lawmakers join with Goldwater Institute to support Montana firearms manufacturing law
   Guns/Self-defense piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Nick Dranias (4/28/10)

On April 9, 2010, the Goldwater Institute filed an amicus brief in defense of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act. The law permits firearms to be manufactured and sold within state boundaries, free from federal regulation. Similar laws have also been enacted in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota and Tennessee. The Institute’s amicus brief has been joined by nearly a third of the Arizona Senate, nearly half of the state House of Representatives, as well as one U.S. Congressman and various Arizona organizations. It is the first of many litigation salvos aimed at restoring state sovereignty and the principles of federalism under the U.S. Constitution.

Here come the salt tyrants
   Nanny State piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

Here’s how my June 14, 2006, column started: “Down through the years, I’ve attempted to warn my fellow Americans about the tyrannical precedent and template for further tyranny set by anti-tobacco zealots. ... In the early stages of the anti-tobacco campaign, there were calls for ‘reasonable’ measures such as non-smoking sections on airplanes and health warnings on cigarette packs. In the 1970s, no one would have ever believed such measures would have evolved into today’s level of attack on smokers, which includes confiscatory cigarette taxes and bans on outdoor smoking. The door was opened, and the zealots took over.“

Governments Are Determined to Bankrupt Us
   Economics piece by Offsite (4/28/10)

Gloom, Boom and Doom Report publisher Marc Faber says he’s long-term “ultra-bearish” but short-term bullish since governments will just print money to get out of economic trouble.

On Arizona and Immigration
   National Security piece by Doug Edelman (4/28/10)

Now that Arizona has passed its “controversial” law on illegal immigration, the pro-amnesty crowd is convulsing in a massive collective conniption fit!  Unlike the imaginary “violence” of the Tea Parties, these people actually RIOT!

One Down, Three to Go
   National Security piece by Guest: Armand C. Hale (4/28/10)

The passage and signing of SB1070, Arizona immigration enforcement law is a prime example what Joe and Jane Citizen can do. Fed up Arizonans banded together and legally took matters in their own hands. This was to the shock of the east coast D.C. establishment.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Robocop Director: Robocop Was an ‘American Jesus’ Because he Kills People
   Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (4/27/10)

Andrew Breitbart appeared(1) at an awards ceremony in Chicago on Friday the 16th and one of his remarks was that Hollywood is “40 years into the left injecting bad into America.“ To counter the bad, Breitbart urged us all to remind each other what is good in our great nation. As an illustration of Breitbart’s warning I give you Paul Verhoeven, the director of the 1987 film Robocop(2).

Powerful Forces Now Calling for a Constitutional Convention
   Constitution piece by Tom DeWeese (4/27/10)

In December, 2008, my American Policy Center (APC) led a fight to stop Ohio from becoming the 33rd state to call for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). In the 1980’s 32 other states had passed Con Con resolutions for the specific purpose of passing a balanced budget amendment. Had that resolution passed the Ohio legislature, we would have been just one state away from such an event. We argued then that one cannot call a Con Con to discuss just one issue. Once a Con Con is in place, there is no controlling the agenda.

Obamacare Analyses Reveal Fallacies
   ObamaCare piece by Offsite (4/27/10)

As President Barack Obama is attempting to steamroll yet another enormous policy change through Congress against the best interests of Americans, we would be well advised to keep abreast of the frauds that are already being exposed about Obamacare.

Rethinking Education
   EdukShun piece by Bruce Walker (4/27/10)

One of the most reflexive responses of the left to any social problem is to blame under-funded education.  What the left means by this, of course, is not really education but the re-education which is the primary purpose of public education and college education in America today.  The vast transfer of wealth from parents and taxpayers to the public schools and universities is one of the most regressive sorts of social tariff in our society.

National Debt - The Real Dirty Little Secret
   Economics piece by Thomas D. Segel (4/27/10)

Harlingen, Texas, April 26, 2010:  Americans no longer trust anything their government tells them, and with very good reason.  A politician will lie about anything, particularly money.  We have seen it in the double counting and misrepresentation of cost in the latest bill to be jammed through Congress…Obamacare.  We have seen it in the babble the politicos put out about Social Security.  We have seen it in the way they exclude sensitive items from the total budget count.  Have you noticed the federal government never includes the unfunded liabilities of Social Security, Medicare or its own retirement system in the total of the national debt?  Examples can go on ad nauseam.