Alieta Eck’s first radio ad, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp9f_LZcl3A
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Dr. Eck’s radio ad
07
Aug
Eck versus Lonegan: the choice is clear
07
Aug
Below is a letter I sent to The Record about its profile of Steve Lonegan on August 6.
Re “Lonegan would stick to his principles,” (August 6) about the former Bogota mayor’s never ending quest to win a statewide race, Republican voters have to ask, which principles?
Steve Lonegan: political huckster
14
Jun
“On the House side, John Boehner intends to prove the crony capitalist critique of the GOP correct. He’ll vote for a bloated farm bill that subsidizes, funds, and kicks back whole industries that could not exist but for the congressional porkers in Washington.”
That was Eric Erickson, in this morning’s RedState. Yesterday afternoon, there was another GOP crony capitalism lovefest here in New Jersey.
Ron Paul is a “crank” and an “eccentric” for speaking the truth
11
Mar
In his New York Times op-ed column (“What Hath Rand Paul Wrought”), Russ Douthat applauds Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Douthat believes Senator Paul has done the GOP a great service by highlighting issues it is embraced—“hair-trigger hawkishness and absolute deference to executive power”– that have made the Party a two-time presidential loser to Barack Obama.
Chris Christie gives a great big bear hug to expanding Medicaid
28
Feb
In his budget address to the legislature, Governor Chris Christie announced that New Jersey would participate in an expansion of Medicaid as part of Affordable Care Act known to most people as Obamacare.
Hollywood’s preemptive move—Michelle Obama at the Academy Awards
25
Feb
After more than three hours, which could have been cut to no more than two and a half hours or less, the Academy Awards ceremony finally got around to announcing the winners for Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture. There were no surprises in the first two categories, Daniel Day Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence won in their respective categories. But Argo won the Best Picture category beating the heavily touted Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg. Maybe the folks in Hollywood have read Tom DiLorenzo’s critique of the movie’s historical accuracy?
The most apparent innocuous moment of the evening occurred when Jack Nicholson was introduced to present the Best Picture award. He then stated that First Lady Michelle Obama via satellite would help him announce the winner. After Nicholson rattled off the names of nine Best Picture nominees, Mrs. Obama announced that Argo won. I had hoped it would because it was a fast paced, accurate account (with some cinematic license) of CIA agent Tony Mendez’s successful rescue of six Americans who took shelter in the Canadian ambassador’s residence in Teheran after the storming of the U.S. embassy in November 1979.
But why was the First Lady invited to participate in the Academy Award ceremony? My only guess is that this was Hollywood’s attempt to preempt any legislation that may come out of the Congress in the aftermath of the Newton shootings containing anti-violence codes, standards, etc. Hollywood knows how to schmooze with the best of them, and there is no better way than to have a member of the First Family be seen by a billion viewers with men and women in uniform as backdrops to ingratiate your industry with the political elite.
Mrs. Obama’s appearance was another way for the Hollywood crowd to gain even more influence with a president who “will have their back” if any motion picture restrictions emerge from Congress. Meanwhile, the president can continue to invade other countries, flying drones over America, etc., knowing that the leftists in tinseltown will give him a pass.
Paul Krugman confesses: I am not an economist
18
Feb
In his New York Times column Paul Krugman calls for raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9.00 as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address. Krugman asserts this would be good policy but acknowledges that raising the minimum wage to $20 per hour would “create a lot of problems.” (See Robert Wenzel’s critique of Krugman’s essay.)
In fact, Krugman acknowledges, “Every textbook — mine included — lays out the unintended consequences that flow from policies like rent controls or agricultural price supports.” But when it comes to labor issues, Krugman ignores his professions conclusions about interfering in markets and asserts that raising a minimum price, in this case the price of unskilled labor, would not have any adverse consequences for workers.
How does Paul reach that conclusion? He doesn’t. Krugman is using his prestige as a Nobel Laureate in Economics and his perch as a New York Times pundit to exclaim to the world that what he writes in his textbook for which he makes oodles of money is really BS, because what he really believes in is “public policy.” Will Krugman’s publisher edit his textbook with the warning? “Paul Krugman claims to be an economist but does not believe in what he writes about markets. Read at your own risk.”
Ludwig von Mises anticipated Krugman and other “economists” decades ago when he wrote: “There is, in fact, in the writings and teaching of those who nowadays call themselves economists, no longer any comprehension of the operation of the economic system as such.”
Paul Krugman is smart but does not believe in the principles of his own profession. He is in effect an apologist for the welfare state.
Guest column: Why Ron Paul should not run for president as an independent
11
Apr
Ron Holland makes a compelling case why Ron Paul should not run for president as an independent. Read the the article.
Review of How to Win America for Ron Paul and the Cause of Freedom in 2012 by Allan Stevo
09
Apr
Allan Stevo has written an comprehensive campaign blueprint for liberty candidates. Stevo lays out practical advice for Ron Paul supporters and future liberty candidates who believe winning elections will help restore freedom in America. Unfortunately, it was published too late for this presidential cycle. Stevo’s primer may have had a greater impact this year if it was published in mid-2011.
For superior tax relief, abolish income and property taxes
11
Mar
Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald calls for “a 20 percent property tax relief credit to homeowners of the first $10,000 in property taxes paid for all homeowners earning up to $250,000 per year” in a March 11 op-ed (The Record). This plan would be phased in over years, according to Greenwald, “and it would be funded by asking New Jersey’s millionaires to pay their fair share.” What is a millionaire’s “fair share” in taxes? Greenwald does not define, identify his redistributionist heist.
Moral Decay: Unchristian Christians and anti-Judaism Jews
21
Jan
The GOP presidential primary has revealed two inconvenient truths, namely, there are Christians who oppose the Golden Rule, ignore other fundamental principles of their faith and claim to be steadfast for “family values” as they support Newt Gingrich, and there are Jews who claim to be “conservatives,” i.e., advocates of limited government but support unequivocally big government overseas, while embracing most big government policies at home as well.
Occupy Wall Street: You want to end Wall Street “greed”? End the FED!
06
Oct
Protests against Wall Street and corporate greed are spreading across America. The amalgam of protestors who have been joined by organized labor unions are complaining that America’s banks and corporate sectors are reaping billions of dollars in profits while unemployment is still hovering around 9%. Read the rest of this entry »
Is the fix in? Christie for president in ’12 and Lonegan for governor in ’13?
24
Sep
The recent report by Newsmax.com that Chris Christie is reconsidering entering the GOP presidential primary should not be surprising. For months, political insiders have been urging the first term governor of New Jerseyto enter the race.
Ron Paul is a Master of the Art of War, and Peace
17
Sep
Guest Column: Joe Sansone
Apparently Ron Paul is the only candidate that understands the Art of War.
Leaving aside the motivation for terrorist attacks against the U.S., let’s consider the foreign policy issue purely from a strategic point of view for the moment. Is the current strategy of endless war in the strategic interests of The United States?