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A man in New Hampshire has just been convicted of criminal threatening.  It’s a win for the police who have gotten this criminal off of the street and behind bars where he belongs.  I’m  not sure what kind of country we would be if we didn’t have our police departments on the lookout for . . . → Read More: Armed and Dangerous

During the Watergate hearings, John Dean made the press aware of an Enemies List, the top 20 enemies to the Nixon Administration was to be targeted with retribution once Nixon was re-elected.  While reading the list on the air, Daniel Schorr was shocked to read his own name at number 17.  It was at this time that most Americans really became aware, not just esoterically but in a very real way, of the potential power that could be wielded against the press in an effort to construct an Echo Chamber for their agenda, a way to marginalize and quiet their opposition to allow an administration to more effectively put their agenda in place.  Since this time charges of similar underhanded efforts to manipulate the press and other political opponents from the White House have been made public, but none so overtly or so boldly as the Obama Administration’s current hypocrisy against Fox News.

Continue reading The Echo Chamber

There is a tool in arsenal of the small minded politician that has a sharp edge and can be wielded with abandon when backed up against the wall.  When they can’t win in the arena of ideas or debate, it can be reached for easily, like a warm blanket armor that is stronger than steel.  And it has been brought out now in defense of the President of the United States by his supporters who, with their tiny little minds, think they are fighting the good fight.  I speak, of course, of the all mighty trump in our political card deck, the Race Card.

Continue reading Playing Cards

While running for the office of President of the United States, President Obama made a statement he thought was behind closed doors in San Francisco about voters in Pennsylvania.  We now see that this sentiment about small town America has not changed much as the President still seems taken aback at how people could possibly not want the government’s help.  It must all be a plot and manipulation by his opponents, not a rejection of the ideals he stands for.

Continue reading Out of Touch

Massachusetts’ attorney general, Martha Coakley, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the U.S. government that seeks federal marriage benefits for about 16,000 gay and lesbian couples who have legally wed in Massachusetts.  The state is challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.  Finally!

Continue reading Is It Time for Equality For All?

Barney Frank is a tricky one. Between watching the banking industry, including Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac, fail and then finding anyone and everyone else to blame but himself on one hand and seemingly espousing libertarian ideals on the other, it makes a liberty minded individual scratch their heads. Unfortunately, it seems that, indeed, words are seldom as important as deeds.

Continue reading Close But No Cigar

In looking for a reason for our current economic issues it appears that most people think the problem is just a few years old. They find a point that backs their cause and stop looking. Democrats point to Gramm-Leach-Bliley and say ‘look, deregulation!’ Republicans point to the Community Reinvestment Act and say ‘look, social engineering’. And while both are partially right, and partially wrong, they both stopped looking at the real core problems that started in late 1970s that really opened the doors to this mess.

Continue reading The Root of the Problem

I’ve written often about the hypocrisy of politicians in the past, but nothing prepared me for the full story on President Obama’s latest display of unmasked hypocrisy. Ending the school voucher program in Washington DC is a blatant slap in the face of anyone who thought this type of behavior would change.

Continue reading The Despair of Hypocrisy

For years peace loving individuals have been rightfully upset about President Bush’s abuse of our Constitution in response to the War on Terror.  To date, President Obama has changed the name of this action, and little else.  Except for the fact that he has attempted to acquire even more power in defense of these actions than even President Bush dared push for.  Is this because President Obama is more creative or is it more of a natural progression to fascism that our duopoly is driving us towards?
Continue reading Bushier than Bush?

In a letter to Edward Libby of AIG detailing his resignation from the company, Jake DeSantis provides the evidence that will most likely be missed by the populist rush to further the class warfare that this administration is waging as to why a political body has no business dabbling in running a business. President Obama, who’s supporters claim is a pragmatist, showed the exact opposite character trait and instead displayed a wonderful example of demagoguery.
Continue reading Making The Point