Lawyer in eligibility case seeks records of secret discussions A lawyer whose case challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility to occupy the Oval Office was denied a hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court says she will demand records of a meeting between the justices and the president. California lawyer Orly Taitz, who has several cases pending over [...]
Archive for January, 2009
28 Jan
Economic stimulus? Feds want your medical records
Electronic database to include lawsuit, mental health, abortion, sexual details A little-discussed provision in President Obama’s economic stimulus plan would demand that every American submit to a government program for electronic medical records without a choice to opt out, and it has privacy advocates more than a little alarmed. Patients might be alarmed, too, privacy [...]
28 Jan
No Time for Defense Cuts
Today, President Barack Obama will visit the Pentagon where Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will introduce Obama to all the key players in formulating strategies for Iraq and Afghanistan. Yesterday, Secretary Gates testified before the House Armed Services committees on budgetary pressures facing the Pentagon. Commenting on Gates’ testimony at Politico, Heritage Senior Fellow James [...]
28 Jan
The Pelosi-Obama-Reid Trillion Dollar Debt Plan
Last Friday we warned you about some family planning provisions tucked away in the House stimulus bill. Some conservative lawmakers then took up the issue on the Sunday shows, and the provisions quickly became a symbol of how completely unrelated to “economic stimulus” the House bill really is. Being the savvy political operator he is, [...]
28 Jan
Cato Fights Back
The Cato Institute sought to make clear where they and the world’s smartest economists stand on the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt plan by running a full page ad in the New York Times, Washington Post and other major newspapers this week that includes 200 signatures from major economists who oppose the stimulus: Notwithstanding reports that all economists [...]
28 Jan
No More Kings
Do all Americans truly have a yearning to fundamentally “remake” our nation? There must be a subversive minority out there that still believes the United States, even with its imperfections and sporadic recessions, is, in context, still a wildly prosperous and free country worth preserving. Some of you must still believe that politicians are meant [...]
28 Jan
Repeating Our Economic Woes (by Steve Chapman)
We all know how we got into this economic mess. We spent too much, borrowed with abandon, and acted like the bills would never come due. So what’s the prescription for getting out? Spending more, borrowing more, and acting like the bills will never come due. When something sounds too good to be true, it [...]
28 Jan
GOP: Time To Get Things Undone (by Michelle Malkin)
President Obama thinks he knows what the primary objective of Republicans in Washington should be: to “get things done.” Bashing Rush Limbaugh last week, Obama urged GOP lawmakers to ignore the voices of obstructionism and sign on to his behemoth stimulus package: “We shouldn’t let partisan politics derail what are very important things that need [...]
28 Jan
There is no Santa Claus (by Walter E. Williams)
Here is what my George Mason University colleague professor Richard Wagner wrote, which was published by office of the House Republican leader: “Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently. Whether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating [...]
28 Jan
New Cato Policy Report Dissects the Financial Crisis
Atop every policymaker’s agenda is the ongoing financial crisis. Is the United States heading for a recession? If so, how bad will it be? What should policymakers do about it? What shouldn’t they do? The latest Cato Policy Report tackles these issues. Full Issue (PDF, 2.8M ) “The Return of Big Government?,” by David Boaz [...]
