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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Caring Socialist Nannies

The liberal-progressive-socialist elite always looks out for “the little guy,” provided that he does exactly as he is told to do.

An editorial (The nanny blows his top) in the Washington Times describes a pair of all-too-typical intrusions by the self-appointed, left-wing elite, who are beholden to labor unions or deluded by faith in non-existent, man-made global warming.

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/25 at 07:30 PM
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Hinting At The Truth Under Duress

Washington Post columnist Dan Balz writes:
With more clarity, White House adds to confusion on IRS

quote:

Another question is now being asked by officials from past administrations: Why were Treasury officials not more proactive in pursuing tea party groups’ complaints that they were being harassed by the IRS? Why didn’t anyone in the White House raise questions about whether these accusations were real?

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/23 at 08:27 PM
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Posting Comments

The problem seems finally to have been fixed. For the past couple of weeks the comments module has been out of order, but now is working properly. If anyone attempts to post comments, but experiences difficulties, please email me.

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/20 at 09:16 PM
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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Still Leading From Behind

Trail meekly and close enough behind, and you may get dumped upon. The Obama administration attacks domestic political targets with whatever scurrilous tactics can be employed. In the foreign policy arena, it’s a different matter.

Read Jonathan S. Tobin’s post on the Commentary Magazine website:
The Russians Are Happy with John Kerry

Quote:

But the main result of all this schmoozing is the stark fact that the bottom line here is that the United States has buckled under to Moscow:

Mikhail V. Margelov, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament, said that Russia’s position on Syria had been consistent and that Mr. Kerry had finally accepted it

John Kerry isn’t the first American to be taken to the cleaners by the Russians, but it’s doubtful that any of his predecessors were fleeced so effortlessly.

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/19 at 11:08 PM
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Era Of Big Government Survives

Despite Bill Clinton’s famous assertion, the Democrat/Socialist Party’s urge to control every aspect of our private lives remains as virulent as ever.

Obama vs. American Foreign Policy Interests

It’s difficult to discern what interests of the United States might be served by influencing the UK to remain in the EU in the face of growing voter dissatisfaction in the UK. None the less, President Obama pressured the British Prime Minister to do so.

What seems obvious, however, is that the president is greatly attracted to promoting a world government under the UN or the EU. This strong plank of socialist doctrine was most forcibly articulated by Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto. It is of a piece with Obama’s public assertion, and the multicultural orientation of our educational system, that there is nothing special about the United States and the American Creed that underlay the Constitution in 1787. See the Unwritten Constitution in the right-hand column of this website.

Obama’s British Blunder, an editorial of The New York Sun, nails it.

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/14 at 04:29 PM
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Keynesian Economics And Social Justice

Obama’s proposed tax code revision follows the Keynesian doctrine that derogates saving and it promotes the policy of socialistic redistribution of wealth.

Obama’s War on Successful Americans Hits 401(K)s

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 05/01 at 07:21 PM
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Obama: President Of The Flat Earth Society

The president staunchly clings to his “scientific consensus” that man-made climate-warming necessitates catastrophically expensive regulation of automotive CAFE standards, killing the coal mining industry, foreclosing petroleum and gas pipelines from Canada, and stopping drilling activity in the Gulf and on Federal lands.

Empirical scientific evidence does not support him:

The mercury is falling, but our MPs are full of hot air

Cooling in the Arctic: what to expect?

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 04/30 at 12:13 AM
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