Dr. Earl Tilford,FloydReports.com Note:This article is Part II in a series. Click here to read Part I. —Ed. The U.S. Department of Defense must restructure to accommodate deep budget cuts and,more importantly,be ready for the challenges of 21st-century warfare. Those challenges will include unconventional operations and wars fought in [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com President Obama,the Democratic Party and its members of Congress have spent years blaming former President George W. Bush for the nation’s current economic woes,which is akin to blaming the bank’s tellers for a bank robbery,or for the dishonesty of their bosses,the bank’s executives who were looting the [...] William E. Been,FloydReports.com While watching the debt ceiling increase by $2.4 trillion just to cover spending until the next presidential election,the scam perpetrated on the American people could not have been any more obvious. While the Republican-controlled House of Representatives negotiated with itself for weeks in an attempt to propose something that [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Three years ago,many well-meaning Americans suspended concerns about Barack Obama’s experience,judgment,and associations in order to vote for an “historic”president. To paraphrase H.L. Mencken,they got one —good and hard. Friday night,for the first time in history,Standard &Poor’s downgraded the U.S. [...] Dr. Earl Tilford,FloydReports.com In 1914,on the eve of the Great War,the Duke of Cambridge wrote,“There is a time for all things. There is even a time for change;and that is when it can no longer be avoided.” Speaking of change,the current debt crisis could force drastic cuts in [...] Rep. Tom McClintock,FloydReports.com The “Budget Control Act of 2011” increases the debt limit by between $2.1 and $2.4 trillion,the biggest explosion of debt in American history. It allows the government to avoid spending reductions for the next two years while squandering our last best hope of averting a sovereign debt crisis. I [...] Rep. Tom McClintock,R-CA This act increases the debt limit by between $2.1 and $2.4 trillion,the biggest explosion of debt in American history. It allows the government to avoid spending reductions for the next two years while squandering our last best hope of averting a sovereign debt crisis. I am opposed to this [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch GOP 2012 Contenders (Except Huntsman) Oppose Debt Deal,Blame Obama –CBS News. Michele Bachmann:If We Pass Debt Deal,“We Embrace Being Greece”—CNSNews.com. Ron Paul “Strongly Against”Debt Deal –The Daily Caller. Tim Pawlenty:Debt Deal “Nothing to Celebrate”–Politico. Mitt Romney Rejects [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com Some have called August 2 “Financial D-Day.” That is the date,according to Treasury Secretary Geithner,by which either Congress raises the debt ceiling or some government disbursements will cease. Multiple proposals have been floated for budgetary reforms to be made in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. A [...] Ben Johnson Barack Obama’s White House meeting with members of the Christian organization Circle of Protection on Wednesday has been portrayed as a moment of spiritual solace in the midst of polemical upheaval,or the president’s attempt to seek divine guidance on the stalled debt ceiling negotiations. The media describe the 12 attendees as [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com The playbook of the Washington establishment is getting old and almost boring. Play No. 1 is this:Pass billions in unfunded new programs. Tell everyone we will take care of them from cradle to grave. Subsidized food,medical care,housing,and if your employer goes broke like General [...] Joe Guzzardi With the federal debt ceiling debate at crisis level,Republicans and Democrats are rumored to be working hard to cut fat from the budget. As usual,however,illegal immigration is not one of the variables under consideration. If I didn’t know better,I might think the United States didn’t have an illegal [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com The media frenzy over Republican Senators and Barack Obama making nice over the debt ceiling crisis exposes for all Americans to see the extent to which both parties are aligned with Wall Street interests,and against the interests of Main Street and small business. The subject of this [...] William J. Olson,FloydReports.com There once was a time that elected leaders wanted to be seen as powerful to gain the confidence of their constituents. But many House Republicans,who now have in their hands total power to end runaway government once and for all,are feigning powerlessness. These House Republicans claim to be [...] The Washington Times On Friday,the House Energy and Commerce Committee delivered a subpoena to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordering the disclosure of documents related to the $535 million loan guarantee the Department of Energy gave to Solyndra Inc. This firm has been dear to Democratic luminaries,from Energy Secretary Stephen [...] Matthew Boyle,The Daily Caller The National Institutes of Health (NIH) subsidized a study attempting to find out if a gay man’s penis size has any correlation with his sexual health. The research,titled “The Association between Penis Size and Sexual Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men,” began in 2006 and surveyed [...] | |
