VIDEO – MITT ROMNEY AT CPAC 2011
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Financial Meltdown
JERRY BROWN: TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OF TURNING CALIFORNIA AROUND
February 10, 2011 Jerry Brown: A Modern-Day Sisyphus By Victor Davis Hanson California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state’s disastrous budget is a symptom, not the cause, of California’s much larger nightmare. Take unemployment. It currently runs 12.6
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REPUBLICAN N.C. SENATOR BOB RUCHO – DEMOCRATS HAVE SPENT US TO DEATH. NOW IT IS TIME TO CLEAN UP THE MESS
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Two approaches to state budget shortfall You Democrats spent us to death; now we must make tough decisions. By N.C. Sen. Bob Rucho Tuesday, Feb. 08, 2011 Excerpts from a speech Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, delivered on the N.C. Senate floor last week: “Here we are in a situation where we’ve got double-digit unemployment. And
BUBBLES BUBBLES EVERYWHERE – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
February 4, 2011 Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere By Victor Davis Hanson The 2008 financial crash originated with a housing bubble. Not long ago, the cheap money policies of the Federal Reserve, the infusion of trillions of dollars in new foreign investment, and the misguided policies of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae all conspired to extend to
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OBAMA’S MOMENT PASSES HIM BY
Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By Noemie Emery Created Feb 1 2011 Obama’s moment passes him by President Obama, who once seemed fortune’s child, is now the least lucky of men. Two years ago, he and his goals seemed as one with the trends of the era. He was a man of destiny, if he
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DON’T JUST CUT GOVERNMENT, REINVENT IT
JANUARY 31, 2011, 7:36 P.M. ET Don’t Just Cut Government, Reinvent It Across-the-board reductions will not improve efficiency. By LOUIS V. GERSTNER JR. The hottest topic in Washington, D.C., and many state capitals is cutting the cost and size of government. Understandably so—we are living way beyond our means, and the future of our nation
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WHAT CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS?
JANUARY 27, 2011 Congress’s inquiry commission is offering a simplistic narrative that could lead to the wrong policy reforms. By BILL THOMAS,KEITH HENNESSEY AND DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN Today, six members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission—created by the last Congress to investigate the causes of the financial crisis—are releasing their final report. Although the three of
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OBAMA’S ‘INVESTMENT’ CHARADE
WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 27, 2011 Milton Friedman warned that government spending cancels out higher-return private investment. By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5
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RYAN, BACHMANN, PALIN AND STOSSEL RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
Click on the link for the responses of ‘Ryan, Bachmann, Palin and Stossel’s Response to the SOTU Speach’ Ryan, Bachmann, Palin and Stossel Respond to the SOTU Speach
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BOOK REVIEW – THE NEXT DECADE
THE NEXT DECADE by George Friedman Published: January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required
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