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State of the Economy Address

First time jobless claims were again over 400,000 (at 409,000) last week. Second quarter productivity slid to 0.7 percent for the second quarter in a row. Tomorrow fresh unemployment numbers come out for the month of August and if I had a crystal ball I would predict they will probably remain over 9 percent. Next […]

The U.S. – U.N. Relationship Needs Reform

The United Nations is a broken mess that needs to be reformed now or its existence as a (somewhat) viable international institution will go the way of the Dodo bird. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen unveiled a U.N. reform bill earlier this week – the bill makes it clear to the U.N. that […]

Politico: Should disaster aid be conditional?

While the federal government should play a role in disaster relief, Congress has a responsibility to spend the taxpayers’ money wisely. Far too often Congress has issued blank checks in an emergency that are ripe for waste, fraud, and abuse. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the New York Times – of all publications – […]

Obama Surfs, America Suffers

While the long hot summer continues, more news about how lackluster America’s economy is came out today. The economy grew at a snail’s pace in the second quarter and the Gross Domestic Product was revised down from 1.3 percent to 1 percent. This revision is just more evidence that America’s economy is in the doldrums. […]

Obama & Project Vote: The ACORN Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree

President Obama’s campaign today launched “Project Vote” to increase registration amongst Democrat-friendly demographic groups. The Obama campaign wants to “expand the electorate” for the upcoming 2012 race. One problem with the name “Project Vote” – it shares the same title as a 501 (c) (3) also called Project Vote which worked closely with the now-defunct […]