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Archive for April, 2011
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Birthers, Truthers, Race-ers!
Posted on April 29, 2011 | 1 CommentAs political correctness exists only to silence opposition, the Race-er uses racism to silence their opposition. -
Point, Counter-Point: Fixing the US Fiscal Crisis
Posted on April 28, 2011 | 1 CommentSean Carter and Neil Rosekrans debate how to address the budget deficit and national debt -
CBS! The Science is Decided on Price Controls!
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No CommentsCBS and the Democrats worship at the same church -
Understanding Post-Mubarak Egypt
Posted on April 28, 2011 | 4 CommentsIn all likelihood, the military will continue to rule Egypt, making only cosmetic changes -
No One Expects the Muslim Inquisition
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe Muslim Inquisition has been outsourced to the overpaid employees of the modern socialist state -
Game Over: Obama Releases Long-Form Birth Certificate
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 3 CommentsWhy Obama finally decided to show some proof. -
Empty promises for government employees
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsIf [Arizona's pension] funds funds assumed a 5 percent rate of return instead of the current ridiculously optimistic 8 to 8.5 percent, none of Arizona’s pension funds would be more than 65 percent funded. -
Who Will Mediscare the Dems?
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsNow the bigger scare is what will happen if we don't fix Medicare -
The pitfall of “do-something” tax policy
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No Comments[P]referential tax treatment for new businesses sticks existing businesses with a higher tax burden that effectively subsidizes their competitors. -
It’s True, It Doesn’t Matter What You Drive
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsYou can't escape the long reach of Washington's anti-energy policies -
Governor Brewer can take another step to protect our health care freedom
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No Comments[A]n existing federal law gives prior approval from Congress to interstate compacts such as the one authorized by SB1088. -
Bad Assumptions Lead to Bad Policies
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsWithout objective policymaking, all policies are bad policies -
The World Needs an America That Understands Freedom
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe America in which Dr. King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was an America which increasingly saw religion as an obstacle to freedom rather than as a framework to enhance and enable it. -
Slacker America
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsWhile there are certainly exceptions, it seems that the generation now entering the workforce has been raised on the idea that hard work should take a back seat to lifestyle. -
Liberals Are Lamenting ‘Cronyism?’
Posted on April 24, 2011 | No Comments[T]here is every reason to believe that G.E. – and Bank of America and ExxonMobil and a bunch of other large corporations – get special favors and “waivers” from our government, because they can be personally useful to President Barack Obama. -
Liberalism: Crony Capitalism and Skewed Scholarship
Posted on April 24, 2011 | 1 CommentGovernment-funded research produces results favorable to the paymasters -
Freedom of Speech On the Run
Posted on April 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn Postmodern America, censorship has become one form of political clout -
What’s the Matter With Norma Rae?
Posted on April 22, 2011 | No CommentsReaching the white working class voters -
Obama, Let My People Go
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsNo sooner does a Jew build a house in Jerusalem, than one of the Pharaoh's flunkies rushes to condemn him for it. -
Don’t Touch My Medicare
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsI'm coming to the view that we need President Obama to win reelection in 2012. -
Governor can help Arizona cities deliver fiscal responsibility
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsBased on similar “managed competition” approaches adopted by cities throughout the country, this crucial reform promises to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars -
Muslims Are Not a Minority
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No CommentsCountries are not defined by the past, or even by the present, but by the future -
Mohammed Bouazizi, Historical Figure
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No CommentsHow a fruit vendor unleashed a revolution in the Arab world -
Change on the horizon for selection of judges
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe main problem with Arizona’s merit selection system is the outsized role the Arizona State Bar plays... -
Neil Rosekrans on Sunday Square-Off Panel
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe Sunday Square Off Panel discusses MCSO, the birther bill and medical marijuana -
Birther Bill Has a Veto-Proof Majority in the Legislature
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 4 CommentsThe Arizona legislature gives Jan Brewer an easy veto -
High speed rail a losing bet for Arizona
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsPassenger rail seems to be especially vulnerable to the trifecta of special interest advocacy groups, politicians willing to bet federal taxpayer money, and hungry contractors ready to take that money. -
The Afghan War to Nowhere
Posted on April 18, 2011 | No CommentsOur commitment to nation building once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory -
Mother Nancy Pelosi
Posted on April 18, 2011 | 1 CommentWe have reached America’s critical moment. We must determine whether we want to become like Europeans – who have surrendered life decisions to government workers – or whether we want to maintain our individuality. -
Obama Admits That Budget is About Values
Posted on April 18, 2011 | No CommentsA tragic irony is that just as the victims of Stephen Douglas’ moral relativism were blacks, so the main victims of our black President’s moral relativism are black. -
Obama Held Hostage To His Assumptions
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsCan America withstand Obama's philosophical assumptions? -
Only Government Can Set You Free
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe government is not a source of rights, it is a defender of rights -
Did Obama and Holder Scuttle Terror Finance Prosecutions?
Posted on April 15, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s kind of hard to prosecute someone on material support for terrorism when you have pictures of them getting handed awards from DOJ and FBI leaders for their supposed counter-terror efforts. -
Toys in the Attic Strikes Again
Posted on April 15, 2011 | 1 CommentTo support nullification, you don’t have to be from the right or the left. You just have to decide that enough is enough, that you want to determine you own rules in your own area. -
The End of Medicare As We Know It
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsLet's be honest about the alternative -
Politicians go on “jobs poaching expeditions”
Posted on April 14, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Legislature should repeal policies that favor some businesses over others, and avoid the creation of new spending programs and tax laws that reinforce such favoritism. -
Let’s Have a Government Sale
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 1 CommentIf government employees formed their own state, it would be the 36th largest state in the union -
The Fiesta Bowl exposes the sham of Clean Elections
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 2 CommentsArizona’s system is easily gamed to allow politicians to evade campaign finance regulations on a scale unmatched by any alleged Fiesta Bowl player. -
Ambitious Turkey
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsSuch ambition is new for Ankara -
From an Arab Spring to a Muslim Winter
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsYou can teach people to count ballots, but you can't teach them to understand why they count -
Budget Fear and Trembling
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsThe truth is that nothing happens unless one side or the other gets afraid. -
An outstanding week of success for school choice
Posted on April 12, 2011 | 1 CommentESAs have the potential to create a truly 21st century system of public education, in which every child is empowered to pursue the best possible schooling without stifling and costly bureaucracy and special-interest pressures. -
What We Can Learn From the Soviet Union
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsWe beat the Soviet Union, but these days we look a lot like it -
Return America to Main Street
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsThe great sucking sound we hear today is the liberal regime in Washington sucking the living daylights out of this nation. -
Kill Crony Capitalism
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsThe sheer size of the federal government makes it conducive to large entities or consortiums sucking the life out of it for their own purposes. -
Palestine is Genocide
Posted on April 10, 2011 | 1 CommentTo call for a Palestinian state is to call for genocide -
President Trump?
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No CommentsCan Donald Trump become our next president? -
The New (Post-Tucson) Civility
Posted on April 9, 2011 | 1 CommentRep. Louise Slaughter told reporters, "In '94 people were elected simply to come here to kill the National Endowment for the Arts. Now they're here to kill women." -
Can Obama be Beaten?
Posted on April 8, 2011 | 1 CommentObama's not out there to win; he's just trying to stay ahead of the competition -
Improving New York State’s Homeland Security
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No CommentsBecause nothing is known as to the identity and intentions of illegal aliens who entered our country... , their presence in our country...must be presumed to be potentially harmful. -
Mueller Talks Budget Challenges, Reaffirms CAIR Ban
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsWeb sites bring the "sermons of Alwaki into the bedroom of teenagers anywhere in the United States," [Mueller] said. -
Should We Blame a Florida Pastor for Deaths in Afghanistan?
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsHowever distasteful, Jones' act is both legal and non-violent -
Obamacare: It Isn’t Good Enough for the Goose . . .
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 1 CommentRepresentative Weiner ... “just looking internally to whether the city can save money and have more control over its own destiny.” -
A Revolting Middle East Policy
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsWant good relations with the US? Start funding terrorists and building nukes. -
Unaccountable America
Posted on April 6, 2011 | No CommentsThe unaccountable culture affects both family and government -
Promises, promises: Cave Creek School District violates contract with voters
Posted on April 6, 2011 | No CommentsThe district has disregarded the voter-approved plan for what to do with leftover money and now wants to spend the money on something else. -
The Liberal Addiction to Bureaucracy
Posted on April 5, 2011 | 1 CommentWe are approaching the crisis of liberal bureaucratic government -
A Special Message from Barack Obama
Posted on April 5, 2011 | 1 CommentTime flies when you are having fun -
A balanced budget at last, but where’s the reform?
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe budget now before the governor and the bills that implement it are long on reshuffling and short on fundamental reform. -
The Truth about Social Security
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No CommentsThis year...the money will come from the general tax fund – or more accurately, borrowed from China as new government debt
