Principles of Plenty
Speech by Congressman McClintock given to the California Independent Automobile Dealers Association We are in the third year of policies predicated on the assumption that if Government just injects enough money into the economy, it can jump start consumer spending and therefore, economic growth. For three years, this administration has squandered more than a trillion […]
Iranian Chessmaster Expelled, Refused to Play Israeli
An Iranian chessmaster has been expelled from an international chess tournament after refusing to play an Israeli opponent. Top Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami refused to play Ehud Sachar for political reasons at the Corsica Masters championship. Shachar, a FIDE Master, was Maghami’s scheduled opponent in the fourth round of the competition. “Politics has no […]
What Kirchner’s Win in Argentina Means for the U.S.
It came as no surprise when Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner swept the election on Sunday, earning herself a second term. After all, polls had projected her win for weeks beforehand, predicting that she would take anywhere from 52 percent to 57 percent of the votes. In the end, exit polls report that she […]
It’s time to end foreign-language voter ballots
Last week, the Census Bureau released its list of covered jurisdictions that will be required to provide bilingual ballots for the upcoming 2012 elections. This list includes 248 counties in 25 states. 100% of the counties in California, Texas, and Florida will be required to foot the burdensome bill to print foreign-language ballots and to […]
Boehner Attacks Administration Policy to a Neo Soviet Russia
In 1974 Henry Kissinger marketed detente with the Soviet Union as a tool for spurring American trade and boosting an economy that had been hit by the post-Yom Kippur war oil price hikes. He encountered resistance in a Democrat-controlled Congress led by Senator Henry Jackson of Washington who sought to tie liberalization of trade with […]
Deborah Orr’s Disgusting Excuse For an “Apology”
Deborah Orr’s obscene abuse of the concept of the “chosen people” in a Guardian commentary deriding Israel’s efforts to bring back Gilad Shalit as motivated by Jewish racism rightly upset many people. Such language is regularly employed by anti-Semites to falsely assert that Jews claim to be superior to non-Jews not only in a theological […]
Israeli Foreign Ministry: No Deal Possible Till Abbas Goes
The Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued a situation assessment to Israeli embassies worldwide that lambasts Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) and says that an agreement between Israel and the PA “will not be possible as long as Abu Mazen leads the PA.” The document comes on the heels of remarks by Foreign […]
What’s Down There? China’s Tunnels and Nuclear Capabilities
Recent news reports have highlighted Chinese construction of a system of underground tunnels and raised serious questions about what they might imply regarding China’s nuclear capabilities. One story highlighted that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) may have some 3,000 miles of tunnels, sufficient to move systems underground across the breadth of the country. Much […]
Obama Succeeds: Libya’s new leader declares an Islamic state
Posted By Blake Hounshell In February, when Libya erupted in spontaneous protests that quickly turned into an armed revolt, Muammar al-Qaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam had a ready response: This was an al Qaeda-backed uprising, a plot to install “Islamic emirates” paying homage to Osama bin Laden. The world scoffed (especially after the Qaddafis […]
Gov. Rick Perry: US Should Reconsider Paying UN Dues
Calling the Palestinian Authority statehood bid at the United Nations a “travesty,” Texas Governor Rick Perry has called for the United States to reconsider funding the world body. The United States currently underwrites 22% of the United Nation’s annual budget, and 27% of its so-called peace keeping operations. “I think it’s time not only to […]
Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem Denies Jewish Connections to the Temple Mount
Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor, David Hadari, dismissed on Tuesday the rejection by the Waqf (Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem) of an opinion by Jerusalem’s city engineer that the Mughrabi Gate Bridge, which links the Western Wall Plaza to the Temple Mount, be demolished. Hadari told Arutz Sheva that the bridge must be demolished because it […]
