Here is How ISIS Came To Be
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Iran Deal: Will Senate Become Monty Python’s Dead Parrot?
VIA Real Clear Politics by Charles Lipson The Senate will soon vote whether to require President Barack Obama to submit the final Iran nuclear deal to Congress for approval. A bill requiring that approval, named after Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, passed his committee unanimously on Tuesday. It is certain to pass both chambers […]
Lets Reform The Rules That Govern Congress
VIA Real Clear Politics by Michael Golden With tax day looming, Americans are once again questioning if they are getting their money’s worth from the most unpopular branch of government: the U.S. Congress. For most, the answer is no. It cost $4 billion last year to operate an institution that managed to spend another $3.5 trillion […]
Paul Is The Change Candidate, Can He Win?
VIA Washington Post by Chris Cillizza You might have heard that Rand Paul has officially entered the presidential race. “I have a vision for America,” the GOP senator from Kentucky said, kicking off his campaign in Louisville on Tuesday. “I want to be part of a return to prosperity.” The announcement surprised no one since Paul has made […]
How Iceland Beat The Banks
VIA “wakingtimes.com” by Waking Times Staff Writer Alex Pietrowski The tiny Nordic European island country of Iceland is presently experiencing one of the greatest economic comebacks of all time. After the privatization of the banking sector completed in 200o, the economy was thrown into a tailspin when over a five year period, private bankers borrowed […]
Ted Cruz’s Obamacare Duplicity
VIA “huffingtonpost.com” by Bob Cesca Huff Post Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is now apparently undecided how he’ll buy insurance, backing away from his Obamacare announcement earlier in the week. Either way, Cruz is a master at what Al Franken used to call “weasel words” — talking points that are carefully constructed to sound legitimate but […]
U.S. House Passes Bipartisan Bill To Fix Medicare Doctor Payments
VIA “reuters.com” by Susan Cornwell Reuters (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to permanently repair the formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians, marking a rare bipartisan achievement and sending the issue next to the Senate. The measure drafted and driven forward by Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Leader […]
At The Whitehouse, There’s Nobody Home.
VIA “realclearpolitics.com” by Victor Davis Hanson Real Clear Politics What has gone wrong with the U.S. government in the past month? Just about everything, from the fundamental to the ridiculous. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United States to warn Congress about the dangers of a nuclear Iran. He spoke without the invitation of […]
Calling Them Traitors, Beyond Orwellian
VIA “realclearpolitics.com” by Carl M. Cannon Real Clear Politics Two weeks ago, while speaking at a dinner in New York, Rudy Giuliani made news—in a negative way—by opining aloud about President Obama’s love of country. “I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,” Giuliani […]
Obama’s One Man Deal
VIA “weeklystandard.com” by Fred Barnes Weekly Standard President Obama is headed for disaster in the nuclear deal with Iran. The nearly completed agreement, as best we know, would allow Iran to keep its nuclear infrastructure intact and its centrifuges churning out enriched uranium. The mullahs would be free to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons […]