The Washington Times With oil prices surging above $100 a barrel yesterday,consumers are realizing they will be paying a heavy price at the pump for the unrest in the Middle East. A perfect storm of foreign and domestic policy choices by the Obama administration has paved the way for European-style energy prices to [...] Suzanne Eovaldi,CoachIsRight.com “White America still owes us,”is the misguided mantra foisted on blacks for decades. That is upsetting to Lloyd Marcus,an unhyphenated American of African descent,who decries what February,Black History Month,has become in our nation. He says it has become the special time of the year [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com A well-trafficked right-leaning blog has raised the possibility of impeaching Barack Obama. Pajamas Media,one of the most prominent political blogs followed by Republican voters,raised the possibility on its blog,The PJ Tattler. In an entry posted today entitled “Democrats Gone Wild,Subverting Our Democracy,”contributor Bryan Preston [...] This video from the National Education Association’s top lawyer,Bob Chanin,shows how surprisingly open the nation’s leftists are when they no longer have to pose for the cameras and get to speak to one another. Addressing the 2009 NEA Convention,Chanin admits,“It is not because we care about children and it is not [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com The turmoil and shocking thuggery we are now witnessing in Madison,Wisconsin,is at a level seldom seen in America in this era. School teachers,of all people,are setting bad examples for their students. Some engage in outright fraud,aided by medical doctors giving them phony diagnoses of [...] Hans A. von Spakovsky,National Review The redistricting process for congressional and state-legislative seats will soon begin in earnest. All redistricting plans must meet the “one person,one vote” equal-protection standard established by the Supreme Court,which means that districts are supposed to be as even in population as possible. But redistricting also must [...] Michael F. Cannon,Cato Institute So far,two Republican governors — Florida’s Rick Scott and Alaska’s Sean Parnell — have announced they will implement no part of ObamaCare. In the interest of both principle and practicality,the other 48 governors should follow their lead. Governors are understandably confused about their obligations under ObamaCare. When [...] AFP News Leaked diplomatic cables vividly show China’s willingness to translate its massive holdings of US debt into political influence on issues ranging from Taiwan’s sovereignty to Washington’s financial policy. China’s clout —gleaned from its nearly $900 billion stack of US debt —has been widely commented on in the United States,but [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com The left-wing protesters in Wisconsin have insisted they are only calling in sick for work,getting paid for protesting,and demanding excessively generous benefits for “the children.” To drive this point home,they have surrounded themselves with children in the protests. Many of these young people say they feel [...] This video shows the shocking level to which union bosses influence the Obama administration’s policies. AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka,whom Michelle Malkin describes as a man with a legacy of violence,states he has been in touch with the White House everyday and is present at meetings inside the White House several times a week. [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com With Islamic riots,skyrocketing deficits,and state-skipping Democratic legislators hogging the headlines,this item has not yet gotten the attention it deserves. Steve Coll writes in The New Yorker,“The Obama Administration has entered into direct,secret talks with senior Afghan Taliban leaders,several people briefed about the talks [...] Judicial Watch Nearly a decade after terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon how could the U.S. government permit an illegal immigrant to obtain a pilot’s license and run a school that trains dozens of foreigners to fly small aircraft? The question is directed at the Homeland Security agency [...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com Thuggish,“community organizing”politics showed up in Wisconsin after Commander-in-Chief,President Obama,deployed his Organizing for America (OFA) troops to inject protestors into the Wisconsin budget debate Obama describes as an “assault on unions.” Obama is a smart man,so why would he choose to federalize a state [...] Kevin,“Coach”Collins,CoachIsRight.com The current crisis in Wisconsin brings to mind the results of a 1988 Supreme Court decision in the matter of Communication Workers of America v. Beck. “Beck” started when a CWA worker named Harry Beck demanded his dues money back because the CWA was using it to fund [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com The protests in Wisconsin are a perfect representation of the American Left:loud,selfish,churlish,anti-democratic,and unshakably assured of their inalienable right to get paid for doing nothing. And make no mistake,the chaos rending Madison is precisely the future Barack Obama wishes for every state in the [...] Jim Emerson,CoachIsRight.com The Obama administration is planning to sign the European Union’s Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities. The administration insists,in a unclassified summary of Obama’s National Security Space Strategy,“We believe setting pragmatic guidelines for safe activity in space can help avoid collisions and other debris-producing events,reduce [...] | |
