World’s Most Predictable Headline: “Buyers’ Remorse For California’s ‘Bullet Train To Nowhere'”

Who would have ever suspected that a state headed rapidly towards bankruptcy would ever come to regret spending billions on a marginally useful bullet train that’s practically guaranteed to be a money losing disappointment? Ambitious plans for a fast track linking Los Angeles and San Francisco at speeds of up to 220mph in just over […]

 


Ten ways that the Obama administration can lower gas prices

From the: Heritage Foundation. Here’s the list: Lift offshore and onshore exploration and drilling bans Approve Keystone XL Require timely environmental review Permitting process Issue leases on time Allow development of oil shale Stop the land grab Implement 50/50 revenue sharing Prohibit greenhouse gas and Tier 3 gas regulations Repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Here’s […]

 

A quick introduction to the Wisconsin recall election, and the latest polls

A couple of articles to get you situated, in case you haven’t been following the recall election. Here’s George Will in the liberal: Washington Post: On Tuesday, in this year’s second-most important election, voters will judge the attempt by a populism of the privileged – white-collar labor unions whose members live comfortably above the American median […]

 



President Bill Clinton vs. Gov. Scott Walker and Me

Wisconsin Democrats, Washington elite and insiders, and liberal special interests have joined together to fight for the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday’s election. But this past Friday, when I saw them also send in the big gun — former President Bill Clinton himself — against Gov. Walker, I knew I had to […]

 

The Great Destroyer

My newly released book, “The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama’s War on the Republic,” picks up where my previous book “Crimes Against Liberty” left off, chronicling President Obama’s record since mid-2010, and it’s not pretty. I firmly believe that Obama is heading this nation toward financial catastrophe, is greatly undermining our national defenses, the Constitution and […]

 


Once More Into the Drink, Mayor Bloomberg

Explaining his call to ban the sale of supersize sodas at restaurants, theaters and arenas, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg told NBC’s Matt Lauer on Friday: “We’re not banning you from getting the stuff. … If you want 32 ounces, the restaurant has to serve it in two glasses. That’s not exactly taking away your […]

 

LORD GET ME HIGH: CHABAD OHEL, GAN EMUNAH AND CARLEBACH SHUL

In 2012, a career survey revealed that behind being a commercial pilot, working in: Public Relations: was the most stressful job in America — For me, owning a: PR agency: in NYC, the city which never sleeps its nonstop pressure, challenges and requires a constant state of high alert. I have a friend who is a pilot and said […]

 

Give away more money — You will become richer! Charity To Assist Growth

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or donations can often be seen as window-dressing, but if done right, corporate (and personal) responsibility encompasses giving and the highest form of fulfillment. Earning my living helping corporations (and individuals) utilize the media and public forums to build their brand, we are often asked if certain charitable initiatives will help […]

 

On, Wisconsin!

If the polls are right, the vote next Tuesday in Wisconsin on whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators could amount to a redial of their original victory. Voters who first elected the conservative Walker on a promise to fix the state’s dismal economy and crushing debt […]

 


Why to Vote for Romney

Honestly, Mitt Romney was not the first choice as GOP presidential nominee for many voters. They preferred a handful of candidates to Romney. Despite Ron Paul’s many brilliant positions on fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, smaller less intrusive government, balanced budgets, and protecting American sovereignty, due to absolutely irreconcilable differences with him on matters of foreign […]

 

NBC Dumps Corey Booker, Punishes Out Spoken Black Democrat for Disagreeing With Obama

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Corey Booker is apparently now washed up. He went from being one of the most prominent up-and-coming black Democrats to being on the outside looking in merely because he said something that diverges from Obama’s war on capitalism. Now even NBC is kicking him out of its Meet The Press studios. […]

 

Inexcusable: Thad McCotter Out of Congress Over Petition Sigs Snafu

What an inelegant way for such an illustrious career to end — perhaps if only temporarily. Congressman Thad McCotter (R, Mich) not only didn’t get enough signatures on his nominating petitions to get himself on the ballot for his reelection, the petitions his team did turn in were rife with duplicates and outright fraud. Now […]

 

Milton Friedman In 2003 Vs. George Soros Today On The Euro

In talking about the Euro, George Soros had this to say. The European Union is “like a bubble” — not a financial bubble but a political bubble — that could pop as a result of the euro -zone crisis, Soros said. “In the boom phase, the EU was what the psychoanalyst David Tuckett calls a […]

 

The Most Unintentionally Disturbing Column About A Divorce You’ll Ever Read

You ever see one of those horror movies where things appear superficially normal, but out of the corner, you catch sight of disturbing things that let you know things just aren’t right? The shadow in the wrong place. A hint of movement, a twisted reflection in a window pane? That’s sort of like this column […]

 

California Gov. Jerry Brown Finds Environmental Regs Inconvenient For High Speed Rail

California has lots and lots of environmental regulations that stifle business and its economy. Now, not all of them are bad, but, what’s a Democrat governor to do when these regulations get in the way of his high dollar boondogle? (Oakland Tribune) Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to fast-track California’s $69 billion high-speed rail project […]

 

Nancy Pelosi Runs Her Own War On Women, Pays Them Less

This according to the Washington Free Beacon According to publicly available salary data at the website Legistorm, Pelosi’s female employees earned an average annual salary of $96,394 in fiscal year 2011. Male employees earned $123,000 on average, a difference of 27.6 percent. The gap is even larger if calculated using the median salaries for men […]

 

Don’t Forward This Breitbart Painting to the Occupiers or Media Matters

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” –Winston Churchill Art is powerful. Through art nations have been swayed toward greatness … and toward Obama. Via the arts souls have been lifted and wars have been waged. There’s no mistaking the mighty leverage art wields on people and lands. For instance, on a personal level, […]

 



Shocking Similarities Concealed

In a televised address to parliament, President Bashar Assad said foreign-backed terrorists and extremists were to blame for the massacres going on in Syria. Despite suspicions expressed by the UN that Assad’s forces are responsible for the Houla massacre, Assad denied it. Syrian opposition condemned his comments as lies. Assad described protestors as paid killers, […]

 

This Week in Automotivators, May 28-June 3

Just a few stories from the previous week (and one, technically, from next week), whether or not I blogged about them at the time. Click the link under each one for more explanation. Link: Hot Air. Link: American Thinker. Link: Trog. Link: The Wyblog. Link: View from the Porch. And: Previously: This Week in Automotivators, […]

 

NY Times: Obama’s Pretty Much Blameless For Horrible Economic News

You truly have to admire the NY Times and writers Jamie Calmes and Nicholas Kulish, who work themselves into Gordian Knots as they attempt to tell us that “Obama’s hands tied on weak economy”. That was the original web title, changed to Weak Economy Points to Obama’s Constraints The bleak jobs report on Friday predictably […]

 

“An Audacious Promise: The Moral Case for Capitalism”

James R. Otteson: Even if we do not all get rich at the same rate, we all still get richer. To see the importance of this point, ask yourself: If you could solve only one social ill–either inequality or poverty–which would it be? Or suppose that the only way to address poverty would be to […]

 


Romney Follows Obama’s Footsteps to Solyndra

Mitt Romney came to stand on a weed-infested patch of dirt in front of the shuttered Solyndra plant in Fremont, Calif., Thursday. If you stood at the right angle, you could look past Romney’s shoulder and see a big red “for sale” sign draped on the building, dubbed by Romney the “Taj Mahal of corporations.” […]