Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Can't Buy Me Peace.
The Obama administration recently threatened to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority after the organization began unity talks with Hamas, a terrorist group in America’s book. If only the Palestinians would be that lucky. As a matter of fact, if the administration is genuinely interested in Mid-East peace, it should end aid to Israel too.Link
Obama's War on Fun.
It's a high-pressure job, the presidency. Think about how badly the bin Laden raid could have gone. The worst case scenario—Navy SEALs trapped in a firefight with Pakistani forces—could have made Black Hawk Down look like a cakewalk.Link
Stalled or abandoned HUD projects........
The federal government’s largest housing construction program for the poor has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on stalled or abandoned projects and routinely failed to crack down on derelict developers or the local housing agencies that funded them.Link
They hate us for our freedoms.
For the second time in three days, a night raid in eastern Afghanistan by NATO forces resulted in the death of a child, setting off protests on Saturday that turned violent and ended in the death of a second boy.Link
Monday, May 16, 2011
‘worldwide war without end’.
A little noticed provision in the House Armed Services Committee's National Defense Authorization Act would authorize the United States to use military force anywhere there are terrorism suspects, including within the U.S. itself, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.Link
The good and the bad.
The last time we heard about a national sales tax was 13 months ago, when former Federal Reserve Chairman and current Obama Administration advisor Paul Volcker proposed augmenting the federal revenue armory with a value-added tax.Link
Sunday, May 15, 2011
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