Chart of the Week: Household Income Soars In Energy-Producing States
North Dakota’s energy boom helped the state surpass California and Alaska to become the No. 2 oil-producing state in America. But oil isn’t the only thing that’s booming. Household income rose faster in North Dakota than any other state between 2005 and 2010. Only the District of Columbia — home to the bloated federal government […]
Egypt’s New Islamist President Vows to Win Release of World Trade Center Terrorist
In a surprise and very concerning statement this weekend, Egypt’s radical Islamist and newly president-elect has vowed to win the release of an Egyptian al-Qaeda terrorist jailed by the U.S. for planning the first attack on New York’s World Trade Center. Omar Abdel-Rahman, “the blind sheikh,” is serving a life sentence in a federal prison […]
Syria: Effective American Leadership Needed
Syria’s long-suffering people need U.S. leadership, and they need it now. The situation is dire as activists say more than 14,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in March 2011. But effective action has been held up at the United Nations due to Russia’s diplomatic protection of the Assad regime, which it is […]
13 Reasons Why Obamacare is Unconstitutional
Has any of the Supreme Court Justices read the Constitution lately? I can say five of the justices will have to be held accountable for how they ruled. There is no reason why Obama care should be ruled Constitutional. Many Americans read the Constitution and know with no doubt what is said in simple terms. […]
Repealing Obamacare to Preserve Civil Society
The Supreme Court decision yesterday on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare, or ACA) offered only one hope of answering social issue concerns about the sweeping law: a ruling that the ACA is both unconstitutional in part and non-severable as a whole. That is, if the Supreme Court had dispatched the entire law. Instead, the law’s […]
Obamacare May Still be Struck Down: Here is Why..
Obamacare may have further challenges ahead, the ruling this week may not be the final end. The Supreme Court struck down the individual mandate as an unconstitutional penalty under the Commerce Clause, but upheld it as a permissible tax. Here is the problem. Justice Roberts decision that the Mandate is Constitutional due to it being […]
Was Obama’s Supreme Court Victory A Tactical Or Strategic Win For Obama Or Republicans?
Thursday’s 5-4 Supreme Court ruling basically guarantees that US president Barack Obama’s healthcare initiative – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – will become a major issue in this fall’s presidential election. This was the gist of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Robert’s opinion that upheld the law. For Roberts, the Federal government’s power to tax […]
A Two-Gallon Compact Car
How would you like to buy a nice compact car with a two-gallon gas tank? It costs only $36,000, and it takes seven hours to fill the tank. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu wants lots of those cars, though he insists they will be $10,000 cheaper. The car alluded to is the all-electric Nissan Leaf. […]
Caught on Film: American Muslims Stone Christians in Dearbornistan, Michigan
This extremely disturbing video shows what happened when a group of Christians tried merely to hold up signs about Christianity at the 2012 Dearborn, Michigan Arab Festival. The Christians were viciously attacked, verbally and physically, and ultimately stoned (see 9:30 minutes into the video). Warning: Extremely foul language is used by Muslims and Muslim children. […]
Morsi During Campaign: Jihad Is Our Path (VIDEO)
During his election campaign, Egyptian president-elect Mohammed Morsi reiterated his commitment to jihad and to the Islamic sharia law. Morsi made the remarks in a speech broadcast on May 13 on the Egyptian Misr 25 television network. His remarks in Arabic were uploaded to YouTube, and were later translated to English by the Middle East […]
Hamas Concerned Over Unilateral Israeli Disengagement
Hamas said on Thursday that it is concerned over the possibility that Israel would unilaterally withdraw from Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), as it did in Gaza in 2005. Speaking to the Egyptian-based Al-Ahram newspaper, deputy Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk called on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to abandon negotiations with Israel, and […]