Government Waste and Fraud

BERNANKE’S FOLLY

AMERICAN  THINKER November 09, 2010 Bernanke’s Cowardice Has Sealed Our Fate By Monty Pelerin The day after the election, the Federal Reserve launched QE2, the second round of Quantitative Easing. This public relations euphemism attempts to hide the fact that the Fed is “printing money” (the Fed actually does it electronically these days). “Cheating, debasing, […]

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CALIFORNIA CAN’T KICK THE HABIT OF LIBERALISM

NOVEMBER 8, 2010 California: The Lindsay Lohan of States Sacramento is headed for trouble again, and it shouldn’t expect a bailout. By ALLYSIA FINLEY Listen up, California. The other 48 states—your cousin New York excluded—are sick of your bratty arrogance. You’re the Lindsay Lohan of states: a prima donna who once showed some talent but

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INVESTING $2 TRILLION INTO EDUCATION WITH NO RESULT

Oct 18 2010 COBURN: Education pork stalls reform Congress can’t stop throwing away your money The Washington Times, By Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. Across the country, America is waking up to the fact that our education system is broken and needs to change. I’m convinced the public understands, now more than ever, that virtually every

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SENATOR DEMINT – WELCOME TO WASHINGTON

NOVEMBER 3, 2010 Welcome, Senate Conservatives Remember what the voters back home want—less government and more freedom. By JIM DEMINT Congratulations to all the tea party-backed candidates who overcame a determined, partisan opposition to win their elections. The next campaign begins today. Because you must now overcome determined party insiders if this nation is going

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OBAMA’S OVERREACHING SPURRED GOP’S GAINS

NEW YORK TIMES October 31, 2010 How We Got Here By ROSS DOUTHAT From the early 1990s through the 2008 election, Americans grew steadily more liberal. Voters became more supportive of government spending and more sympathetic toward the poor. They were increasingly secular and increasingly likely to favor gay marriage. They were more worried about

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BOOK REVIEW – RADICAL: A PORTRAIT OF SAUL ALINSKY

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR The Slaughterhouse The Smallness of Saul By Matthew Vadum from the October 2010 issue Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky By Nicholas von Hoffman (Nation Books, 214 pages, $26.95) “Although Alinsky is described as some kind of liberal left-winger in actuality big government worried him,” writes Saul Alinsky protégé Nicholas von Hoffman

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STATES ARE BEING STRANGLED BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PAY

Op-Ed Columnist – The Paralysis of the State – NYTimes.com October 12, 2010 The Paralysis of the State By DAVID BROOKS Sometimes a local issue perfectly illuminates a larger national problem. Such is the case with the opposition of the New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, to construction of a new tunnel between his state and

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OUR TROOPS DESERVE BETTER

How Could Our Leaders Do This to Our Troops? By Gerald  Molen Published October 11, 2010 | FoxNews.com It’s utterly amazing that our nation’s leadership is able to send our troops around the world and overnight have sleeping quarters (known in military parlance as “billets”) constructed to house them. It is equally amazing that the required

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