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Monday, May 31, 2010

The Hangman Cometh

The president has nominated his Obamacare executioner, who will decide when you and your loved ones are left to die in the name of egalitarian social justice.

 

Blind Paganism

If one’s mind is not clouded by faith in secular paganism, it’s obvious that “green” makes no economic sense.  Some pet “green” projects consume more energy than using coal or petroleum and, when all elements of the process are considered, actually add to pollution.

 

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

The public aren’t fooled by the Democrat/Socialist Party’s deliberately deceptive Obamacare PR.  Reality is so bad that the Department of Health Education and Welfare feels compelled to spend millions of taxpayers’ dollars mailing a glossy, multi-color advertising brochure touting Obamacare.  The brochure gives no specific, useful information; it’s just a political campaign puff piece that continues to misstate the facts.  Its cost should be billed to the Democrat/Socialist Party campaign committee.

 

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Environmentalists’ Responsibility

Charles Krauthammer notes that, along with BP, environmentalists have a share of the blame for the Gulf oil blowout.

 

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Diplomacy As A Children’s Game

In the real world of political power struggles, the failure of mission in China by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner demonstrates the fairyland quality of liberal-progressivism’s faith in harmonious world government under the tutelage of socialist intellectuals.

 

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Economic Booms And Subsequent Recessions

Ludwig von Mises explains, in Malinvestment, Not Overinvestment, Causes Booms.

Obama’s Brown Shirts

Like Hitler’s Storm Troopers, SEIU labor union thugs take to the streets to intimidate opponents of Obama’s socialization plans.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Stimulus?

Keynesian Obamanomics has delivered the weakest economic recovery in many decades, and the recovery appears to be fading as temporary Federal spending dries up.

 

 

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Going Down?

Some climate scientists are now predicting a few decades of global cooling.

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It’s not exactly Copenhagen or Kyoto, but the 700 scientists attending the fourth International Conference on Climate Change, sponsored by the Heartland Institute, had some chilling news of their own in the most liberal sense.

“Global warming is over

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/23 at 12:47 AM
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Labor Unions and The Mafia

In the extortion and protection rackets, labor unions put the Mafia to shame.

Even the New York Times has become concerned about it.

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/22 at 12:20 AM
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