As I write this, 9/11 ceremonies are taking place in lower Manhattan and in Washington D.C. While families and friends remember their loved ones this past weekend who were killed in Manhattan, in the Pentagon and on Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, 9/11 should also be a reminder of the greatest federal government failure in American history.
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If history is a guide, Obama is toast in 2012
23
Aug
The latest Gallup Poll shows President Obama running neck and neck with top-tier Republican candidates Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann for the presidency in 2012. This is not surprising given the state of the economy, the out-of-control federal spending, the ballooning federal debt, the $1 trillion budget deficits, the frenetic money printing and the endless wars overseas. No matter who the GOP standard-bearer is in 2012, President Obama will be defeated next year if history is our guide.
Good default, bad default
27
Jul
On August 15, 1971, President Nixon announced to the world that the U.S. Government is defaulting on its promise to redeem dollars to foreign institutions that had the right to exchange their greenbacks for gold at the official rate of $35 dollars per ounce. This is in an example of a bad default because the U.S. Government had the legal obligation under the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement that shaped the postwar international monetary system to maintain the dollar as the world’s reserve currency by making it redeemable into gold at a fixed rate.
Osama bin Laden and Ratko Mladic
31
May
A navy seal team hunted down Osama bin Laden, found him in a Pakistani compound shot and killed him, and then dumped his body in the ocean. No indictment, no trial, no witnesses against bin Laden for the whole world to hear about his alleged masterminding of the attacks on 9/11 and other terrorist acts. On May 26, nearly four weeks after bin Laden was “taken out” by the seals, police captured former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic in his native country.
The Republican Jewish Coalition and Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy
14
May
The day before Rep. Ron Paul announced his bid for the Republican nomination for president, the Republican Jewish Coalition issued a press release on May 12th, “RJC Expresses Concern about Ron Paul Candidacy.”
Who won the first GOP presidential debate?
06
May
No one “won” the first GOP presidential debate Thursday night in South Carolina. There were no “body blows” and gaffes, but three of the candidates continue to support America’s warfare state while Rep. Ron Paul and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson want U.S. troops withdrawn from Afghanistan ASAP now that Osama Bin Laden is dead.
Pick your poison: Ryan’s welfare state versus Obama’s statist vision for America
17
Apr
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, and all but four of his fellow Republicans passed a budget for fiscal 2012 on April 15. No Democrat voted for the Ryan budget. The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, will not approve Mr. Ryan’s “path to prosperity.”
GE pays zero federal taxes…so should you!
27
Mar
The New York Times, in a front-page article, reported that General Electric paid no federal income taxes in 2010. Should Americans be angry that one of the world’s largest corporations paid no federal income tax while middle income and upper income Americans pay federal, state and in some cases city income taxes?
Impeach Obama…and most of Congress, too
21
Mar
The United States and other nations have launched a so-called humanitarian military campaign sanctioned by the United Nations against Libyan dictator Muammar Khadafy because he continues a relentless assault against a rebel uprising. The principle that a world organization can approve an attack on a sovereign nation—admittedly a country run by a dictator—is the height of arrogance and in the final analysis self defeating.
Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and the 2012 GOP presidential ticket
13
Feb
Rep. Ron Paul won the CPAC 2012 presidential straw poll on Saturday for the second year in a row. Mitt Romney came in second with 23% of the vote to Dr. Paul’s 30%. So how are the mainstream media spinning this turn of events? By asserting that the CPAC poll is not “scientific” and that there were so many young people under 25 out of the nearly 3,800 attendees.
Obama’s vision: more crony capitalism and foreign intervention; the GOP response: we support the welfare-warfare state, too
27
Jan
While I was driving home Tuesday evening, I listened to President Obama’s State of the Union address for a few minutes on the radio. Obama’s speech was vapid with an insightful phrase thrown in here and there to show he really is a champion of free enterprise and middle-class values. Obama sounded like a cross between Vince Lombardi and the head of the Chamber of Commerce.
Government violence: the real evil in the world
11
Jan
Before I sat down to write this essay I checked, as I always do every morning, www.lewrockwell.com to see what some of the best columnists on the web had to say about national and world events. Today, their analysis of the reactions of the political class and the pundits on talk radio and cable television to the shootings in Tucson did not disappoint.
Willie Sutton economics: rob the rich to balance the budget
04
Jan
According to a recent “60 Minutes”/Vanity Fair poll, 61% of Americans want to raise taxes on the “rich” to balance the budget. The next popular option is reducing defense spending. Cutting Medicare or Social Security is not very popular. Less than five percent of those polled want to reduce the federal government’s Ponzi schemes.
The liberty dream ticket for 2012: Ron Paul and Mike Doherty
13
Dec
With the announcement last week that Congressman Ron Paul will chair the House Financial Services subcommittee on domestic monetary policy, Dr. Paul’s media exposure has risen exponentially. Today, the New York Times has a front-page article about the congressman, without any snide remarks that would typically be included in a piece about “Dr. No.” On Sunday, the Week in Review section of the New York Times ran an article about Congressman Paul and the Federal Reserve.
A proposal to restore liberty and free enterprise
09
Dec
The following is an overview of my presentation to both the Middlesex County Tea Party and Americans for Liberty this month. The title of my talk is “How to get from here—big government—to there—limited government.” The talk contains suggestions to end the welfare-warfare state and replace it with a constitutional republic. At the end of the talk I suggest several books and essays for the attendees so they can become better spokespersons for the freedom philosophy. I am available to give this presentation to your association, group, wedding party, etc.