Democratic Party
Are Obama’s policies burying the US economy?
Gerard Jackson Monday 28 March 2011
When Obama ran for president I warned that the man is a dogmatic leftist and Americans — those with any sense, that is — would rue the day he sat in the Oval Office. Since then I, along with many others, also pointed out that if unchecked his policies would result in economic stagnation and inflation. Well, this now seems to be the case. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Japan’s disaster deepen the US recession?
Gerard Jackson Monday 28 March 2011
Japan’s tragedy has led some economic commentators to ponder the possibility that she might try to fund a recovery by selling masses of US treasuries which would raise interest rates and therefore deepen the depression. The thinking behind this view is based on the assumption that in buying huge amounts of treasuries Japan — and China — helped drive down interest rates by raising bond prices. Read the rest of this entry »
American jobs, factories and investment: the picture is grim
Gerard Jackson Monday 21 March 2011
The Washington Post recently published a story revealing that if the hidden jobless were included in the unemployment rate it would jump to 10.5 per cent. (Hidden workforce challenges domestic economic recovery) This is a damning indictment of Obama’s economic policies and Bernanke’s monetary mismanagement. Even more damning is the fact that Obama appears completely unfazed by the situation. Read the rest of this entry »
Castro condemns Jewish American aid worker to 15 years in prison
Humberto Fontova Monday 21 March 2011
On Saturday Castro’s court handed down a sentence of 15 years to Alan Gross, a contractor for USAID jailed in Cuba since Dec. 2009 for bringing cell-phone and internet equipment into Castro’s fiefdom. Mr Gross was trying to help Cuba’s tiny Jewish community communicate more freely with the outside world. Read the rest of this entry »
Embarrassed to be American
NancyMorgan Monday 21 March 2011
For the first time in my life, I’m embarrassed to be an American.
Last weekend, as tens of thousands of Japanese were fighting for their lives after an 8.9 earthquake devastated their nation, our President, after giving a generic “We’re with you” statement, remained noticeably absent. Not really absent — Obama could be found on the golf course Saturday afternoon. As a Japanese nuclear reactor melted down and threatened a catastrophe of biblical proportions, Obama was otherwise engaged Saturday night, having a rollicking good time at Washington D.C.’s annual Gridiron Dinner. Joking with journalists. Read the rest of this entry »
The failure of Roosevelt’s New Deal proves why Obamanomics cannot work
Gerard Jackson Monday 8 November 2010
Americans are still regaled with tales that Obama’s spending binge and massive deficits are vital to an economic recovery. As evidence many of his supporters are citing Roosevelt’s New Deal as proof that deficits work. In fact, the New Deal was an economic disaster that kept the US in depression until WW II restored full employment.
Has the Democratic Party become a socialist party?
Gerard Jackson Monday 8 November 2010
A socialist state is defined as one in which the economy and much of one’s personal life is centrally planned, meaning that the rulers and their bureaucracy decide what is to be produced, which lines of production are to receive investment and which are not, how much is to be consumed and invested, etc. (Irrespective of what some socialists assert it is impossible to impose central planning without controlling the people.)
Tuesday’s Sweetest Victory
Jack Cashill Monday 8 November 2010
Of all the sweet spots on Tuesday’s electoral map, none was sweeter than Pennsylvania. There, Republican Pat Toomey held off hard-charging Democrat Joe Sestak to win the Senate seat previously held by the politically transgendered Arlen Specter.
Time to reunite church and state
Matt Barber Monday 1 November 2010
John Adams, our second U.S. president, famously observed: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Barney Frank’s pattern of disgrace and corruption
Chuck Morse Monday 1 November 2010
The most recent Barney Frank scandal involves the congressman accepting a gift of a round trip fight on a luxury jet from S. Donald Sussman of Paloma Partners, a hedge fund manager who had previously received a $200 million federal bailout as a subsidiary of AIG.
Deficits, taxes and the Democrats’ hypocrisy
Gerard Jackson Monday 18 October 2010
Raising taxes to eliminate the Obama’s deficit would be thoroughly destructive. But when it comes to taxes the Americans have been there before, along with everyone else. A look at the 2004 election tells us that the Democrats have learnt nothing from history, nor do they want to.
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Progressives and Communists: Out of the Closet — Together
Paul Kengor Monday 18 October 2010
A close look at the Saturday “One Nation” rally in Washington reveals something quite telling. It was a major gathering of the “progressive” left, highly billed, vigorously promoted. And it happened to include — in fact, it warmly accepted — the endorsement of Communist Party USA.