April 2006

Rush brings up a funny point about this idea of the oil companies “gouging” the consumers because of the record numerical profits Exxon-Mobil and other companies have seen in the first quarter this year. Rush’s point is:

The oil companies get 9 cents per gallon of gas in profit at the pump.
The Federal tax on gas [...]

Proponents of amnesty for illegal aliens often squawk that illegals perform jobs Americans refuse to do. I suppose intimidating businesses in cities across the country, including Providence, Rhode Island, is one of those jobs. Michael Graham of WTTK radio in Boston has been all over this thuggery on his radio show all week. It’s difficult [...]

Senator Limp Frist and some of the other mamby-pamby Republican Senators have proposed a clever conundrum for the Democrats: We’ll give people money back in the form of tax cuts for gas relief, IF you let us drill in ANWR.
Not bad…
It ain’t perfect, but it will call the Dems out… somewhat. All they’ll say is [...]

William Hague, former leader of the British Conservative party, has called for stepping up the pressure on regimes who abuse human rights. Unlike former President Jimmy Carter, who pompously proclaims his superiority on this issue before kissing up to the Arafats, Castros and Chavezes of the world, Hague has backed up his rhetoric by proposing [...]

Mary O. McCarthy should be in jail for a very long time. They used to say “loose lips sink ships” because people who are around sensitive intelligence should not be in the business of leaking info to the New York Slimes, the Washington Compost, or any other media source. Leaking actionable intelligence could kill people. [...]

Combating higher gas prices should be a national priority. This is difficult to do because of the concept of supply and demand, market forces beyond the control of any one person or political movement. However, this issue is causing trouble for the party in power when it doesn’t have to. The President must renew his [...]

Harriet Reid is on record saying the U.S. cannot win a war in Iran because we wasted our resources in Iraq. So much for the Democrats being tough on National Security. Putting aside the fact that Reid believes the U.S. can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, his statement reveals the Democrats inability [...]

The people can elect a good government. The people can elect a bad government. In a democracy, the people can elect any kind of government they want according to whatever pre-established rules are in place. The people of Italy have elected a weak leader who will implement socialist policies which have failed every time and [...]

There is no need to put Strategery by Bill Sammon away in a lockbox. This is the best book I’ve read in a long time. I highly recommend it.
Sammon essentially leads the reader on a journey from John Kerry’s primary victories through the election of 2004 and into a good part of President Bush’s second [...]

The UK paper The Independent has a warning message for America: be careful, China may overtake the US economically by 2045. There are many reasons for the rise of China’s economy, some dubious (such as the controlling of the value of its currency against the U.S. Dollar) and some legitimate (opening up Free market capitalist [...]

President Bush claims that his nominee for White House Budget Director, Rob Portman, “will be a powerful voice for pro-growth policies and spending restraint.” Unfortunately we’ve heard promises of fiscal restraint from our President before. Yet, spending continues to grow at a pace which would make Walter Mondale proud.
The President’s political standing will only improve [...]