Obama
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 »
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 »
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.”
Why the US economy is floundering and where it is going
Gerard Jackson Monday 18 October 2010
Last year I explained that there would no recovery and that manufacturing was heading for a slowdown. Both of these predictions came to pass. I am forever stressing that the boom-bust cycle is caused by monetary expansion largely consisting of phony bank deposits. In plain English, we call this credit expansion.
Posted in Bernanke, deficits, Federal Reserve (USA), Gerard Jackson, interest rates, Keynesianism, Obama, Recession, taxes, Unemployment, US economy
Obama’s leftwing beliefs created current conditions
Gerard Jackson 18 October 2010
I warned from day one that an Obama presidency would be a disaster for the US economy (not that it’s doing the body politic any good). Let us first clear the air about who is to blame for starting the recession. The culprit is lousy economics. If it were not for the central banks’ appalling lack of genuine monetary and capital theory the boom-bust cycle would be a thing of the past. (The early classical economists had a better understanding of the banking system and it affect on the economy than any central bank’s ‘research’ department.)
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.
Posted in deficits, Democratic Party, Democrats, Economic growth, Gerard Jackson, Investment, Obama, taxes, US economy
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.