Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com It has been said bad news does not get better over time. I once knew a lady who discovered a lump in her breast,but ignored it until it had metastasized. She finally sought medical help when she reached the point that she could no longer ignore the pain. Initially,[...] 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 Obama scored another historical first on Friday,becoming the first president to see the U.S. credit rating downgraded by Standard &Poor’s,from AAA to AA+. While we hope his presidential reign lasts no longer than January 2013,Americans may have to live with the consequences of Obamanomics [...] As the economy slips into unprecedented territory,Barack Obama’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions have warn Americans’patience beyond the breaking point. After S&P downgraded the nation’s credit rating Friday evening. a small businesswoman sent the president an unmistakable message:quit blaming everyone else and apologize to the American people for your abject [...] 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. [...] Michael Oberndorf,FloydReports.com For two-and-a-half years,the neo-fascist Democrats,led by Harry Reid,D-NV,and Nancy Pelosi,D-CA,willfully refused to submit a budget,despite controlling a large majority in both houses of Congress and the presidency. The government has thus been forced to operate on continuing resolutions,allowing them to play brinksmanship games [...] Rep. Tom McClintock,FloydReports.com Imagine a family that earns $50,000 a year but is spending more than $88,000 with a credit card balance of $330,000. The discussions around the kitchen table are likely to be a little tense. Proportionally,that’s where Washington’s finances are today,and that’s why the national discussion is a little [...] Fred A. Kingery If you had been living on another planet the last three years,you would be shocked to learn that the credit-rating agency,Standard and Poor’s (S&P),has placed the current AAA credit rating for the debt issued by the U.S. Treasury on a “negative watch” status. Most of us who live [...] | |