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Some people seem to be obsessed with the idea that this president is going to fix everything if we just give him a chance, even though it has long been evident that he has a low opinion of this country. It is very evident whenever he gives a speech before the leaders of other countries. Is it not absurd for a sitting president to besmirch his own country before the world? We have seen the "change" but where is the "hope?" I find it hard to believe that according to some polls, Obama is still given a 40-50 percent approval rating. Much too high! ...more
December 16, 2009
Exxon Mobil will buy XTO Energy in an all-stock $31 billion deal as the oil giant moved aggressively Monday to capitalize on the growing supply of natural gas at home. ...more
December 15, 2009
With 20,000 delegates, advocates and journalists jetting to Copenhagen for planet Earth's last chance, the carbon footprint of the global warming summit will be the only impressive consequence of the climate change meeting. Its organizers had hoped it would produce binding caps on emissions, global taxation to redistribute trillions of dollars and micromanagement of everyone's choices. ...more
December 5, 2009
Never have the citizens of the United States of America faced a more important decision. Economic and social forces have collided and seem destined to now make us choose between continuing with the nation of our proud and productive history or creation of a new one, which is based on the repeatedly failed, socialist/communist structure. ...more
December 1, 2009
It is evident that many people who are living in this country either cannot see what is about to happen to us or do not care. The signs of catastrophe are all about us, but many argue that all is well, or insist that we have not moved far enough or fast enough. ...more
October 24, 2009
If we could have eavesdropped on a recent China-India economic conference, I suspect this, in essence, is what we may have heard: Obama's extreme carbon and other taxes on industry will give much of the remaining United States industry to us on a silver platter; especially since we have no carbon controls and our taxes are industry friendly. Their huge unemployment numbers may also give us an opportunity to import skilled workers at reduced cost. ...more
August 7, 2009
Depends on whose ox is being gored. Our media darling Barack Obama quits his job way early and did not even attend most of the meetings scheduled before he quit, but that's fine, no problem. How can a media God do wrong? ...more
July 12, 2009
I am 83 years old and I have seen things come and go. I have never written to my congressman or any newspaper because everything would seem to come back and it wouldn't hurt the people. Now people, get your calculator. The stimulus package has cost the taxpayers in the trillions of dollars. ...more
July 8, 2009
The White House sought today to stress the positive in a looming fight with Congress over a $3.6 trillion budget, saying blueprints put forth by Democratic allies in both chambers hew closely to President Barack Obama's priorities. ...more
March 25, 2009
History will record the third week of March 2009 as Outrage Week in Washington. ...more
March 23, 2009
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