By Joseph Farrah, World Net Daily Obama is extending his powers and taking over After yesterday’s events, there can be only one conclusion about the goal of Barack Obama’s administration – to destroy the U.S. economy, to transform it from one based on free enterprise to one directed by government. In the last 48 hours, [...]
Archive for March, 2009
31 Mar
Beyond AIG: Obama administration will Set Your Salary
By Bryon York, Washington Examiner Meet your new Bosses, they set your salary now It was nearly two weeks ago that the House of Representatives, acting in a near-frenzy after the disclosure of bonuses paid to executives of AIG, passed a bill that would impose a 90 percent retroactive tax on those bonuses. Despite the [...]
31 Mar
Bad Energy Policy
The National Basketball Association’s San Antonio Spurs are known for winning NBA championships in odd years, winning in 1999, 2005, 2005 and 2007. Bad energy bills are beginning to follow the same trend as Congress passed energy bills in 2005 and 2007 that focused on subsidies and mandates as opposed to a market-driven approach. 2009 [...]
31 Mar
North Korea Throws Down Missile Gauntlet
via: Heritage North Korea’s launch of a long-range Taepo Dong 2 missile would be a direct challenge not just to the United States but to the international community’s resolve to confront threats to regional stability. Pyongyang’s willingness to escalate tensions shows that, despite the change in U.S. leadership, North Korea will not adopt a more [...]
31 Mar
A Primer on the Implications of the G-20 Summit
via: Heritage Yesterday, the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom hosted a panel on “The Implications of the G-20 Summit for the Political Sovereignty and Economic Freedom of the United States.” The panel, which was hosted by Dr. Ted R. Bromund and featured Dr. J.D. Foster (Heritage), Dr. Desmond Lachman (AEI), and Prof. Jeremy [...]
31 Mar
Obama legal pick wants US under international law
via: bluegrasspundit In what may be the most controversial pick of his administration, President Obama chose Harold Koh to be the State Department’s legal adviser. In that job, Koh would forge a wide range of international agreements. Koh was the Dean of Yale Law School until recently. He believes judges should interpret the Constitution according [...]
31 Mar
Senators Reject Cap, Tax and Spend to Socialize Scheme
via: Heritage The United States Senate declared that any revenues generated from a carbon cap-and-trade scheme or carbon tax could not be used to fund government programs, including the initial stages of government-run health care. By adopting an amendment by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), policymakers stated that American consumers should be held harmless from any [...]
31 Mar
Bankruptcy? Nope, It’s Just Another Bailout.
via: Heritage All bankruptcies are not created equal. For months, Heritage and other conservatives have counseled that the proper course for an ailing automaker is the same medicine as for any other sick company: the bankruptcy process. All along, industry shills and union activists have pooh-poohed that idea, claiming that bankruptcy filings would be the [...]
31 Mar
Everything Must Go!!!
Jon Stewart wasn’t the only one to make fun of the Obama Administration for turning the White House into a car dealership. Jay Leno was on the case too: Leno’s entire monologue should eventually be viewable here.
