Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

President Obama is Wrong About the Tea Party

I had the welcome chance to speak at the convention of the Tea Party of the San Francisco Bay Area last weekend (yes there is one!). I wanted to share my impressions, because they are totally at odds with the image of the tea party in the media. Apparently, President...

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The 'Madison Avenue' Approach to Health Care Reform

John Goodman points out that liberals who support the recently-enacted health care bill continue to refuse to respond to criticism seriously. Instead, they treat the unpopularity of the law as nothing more than a public relations problem. They say it needs to be explained better, or that it has been...

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Senate Vote on new Union rule

The Senate will vote today at 12:30 on S.J. Res. 30. The resolution, which needs only 51 votes to pass cloture, is a disapproval of how the Obama administration has attempted to rewrite how labor unions organize. If passed, this resolution would still need to get through the House and...

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Once a Marine, Always a Marine

“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The MARINES don’t have that problem.” — President Ronald Reagan Last week, Suzanne, a member of a local tea party, left for her fourth tour in Afghanistan.  She is going back to help the citizens of Kabul with...

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Evidence and Denial: Obama’s Economic Advisers refuse to believe they are failing

Richard Rahn writes in the Washington Times that the Obama Administration is simply in denial that their economic policies are not working, despite evidence like the report that the economy only grew by 2.4% last quarter, while unemployment remains high. The administration insists on continuing Keynesian economic policies, in contrast...

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Look Outside D.C. for Grown Up Government

Rich Lowry writes in RealClearPolitics “What happened to the adults in Washington?” By adults, he refers to politicians who make tough choices, take on problems directly, and combine principle and pragmatism for true statesmanship. President Obama promised America this kind of leadership, according to Lowry, but has failed to deliver...

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Obama Administration considering “backdoor” Amnesty plan

With Congress unable to pass an immigration reform package, the Obama administration is considering a bureaucratic back door to stop deporting many illegal immigrants, in effect a non-legislative version of amnesty. The memo, obtained by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), suggests that the administration has at least considered how to keep...

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Taxes are the Defining issue for America

Daniel Henninger writes in today’s Wall Street Journal that the American people need to make decisions about the nation’s purpose, and that taxes are the greatest illustration of where we are headed. The question is whether our country should become like Europe, where people work to create enough revenue to...

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Government now mandates diversity in Wall Street Hiring

POLITICO writes today that a section of the Financial Reform Bill signed by President Obama allows government to compel the hiring of women and minorities at Wall Street firms. As we have previously reported at Liberty Central, this bill contains provisions that force all kinds of companies to account for...

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White House Budget Review shows Deficits larger than claimed

The Office of Management and Budget released its semi-annual budget review, which revealed that tax revenue has gotten smaller, spending is greater and deficits are larger than the Obama Administration has been saying. The Fiscal deficit of 2010 is 10% of the American economy, and it is projected to only...

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