charles rangel cornered

this hack was/still kind of is the head of the ways and means committee in the House, the committee in charge of WRITING OUR TAX LAWS. charles evaded the laws HE WROTE and hid millions of dollars in personal income for years. now he's finally going to trial (13 charges) for his blatant ethics violations. if this is not the brightest, most glaring example of hypocrisy in washington dc, then i dont know what is.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_go_co/us_rangel_ethics

a 2008 campaigning classic (line) from Obama. this guys is a serious egomaniac.

the most divisive president of our time?

"President Obama's divisive approach to governance has weakened us as a people and paralyzed our political culture. Meanwhile, the Republican leadership has failed to put forth an agenda that is more positive, unifying or inclusive. We are stronger when we debate issues and purpose, and we are all weaker when we divide by race and class. We will pay a price for this type of politics."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703700904575391553798363586.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

truly revealing of the times: britain plans to decentralize health care

who would have thought the United States and Britain would be going in complete opposite directions? something is wrong when we're growing our government programs and europe is shrinking theirs. trust me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/europe/25britain.html?_r=2&hp

illegals flee arizona ahead of crackdown

hmm..maybe AZ's law will work. who woulda thunk it?

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2514063220100725

obama hits road to restore 44% approval rating

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfe7ed12-9819-11df-b218-00144feab49a.html

europe's prospects brighten as US fades

KEY WORDS IN BOLD:

"Dig beneath the headline and the contrast between the United States and Britain looks even sharper. Nearly all the growth in the British economy came from the PRIVATE SECTOR, led by construction and services.

Friday's U.S. GDP report is likely to show a hefty contribution from government spending and a slowdown in consumer spending."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66O1P420100725

40 states have fewer jobs than they did 5 years ago.

guess who's the bottom three? here's a hint.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2622998620100726

majority of small business owners face tax rate hike under obama-pelosi-reid plan

did know know that small businesses created almost 75% of new jobs in the United States? i came to the conclusion awhile ago that obama strongly disliked business/private sector/wealth/whatever u want to call it, but this reaffirms yet again my conclusion. who is this president benefiting? i'm starting to wonder.

http://www.atr.org/smallbusiness.html?content=5247

in defense of W

"Yes, GOP politicians are constantly enticed into the Left's orbit. That is the conversation we should be having. But George W. Bush, not to mention his dad and mom, nor his brother Jeb, are in the rare category of good and decent people in politics. We do not have to agree with them, but it is wrong to toss them into the spaghetti bowl of the Left. The Bushes have taken decades of nasty attacks from the sleazocrats and still managed to keep their dignity and sense of humor. We can only hope for more like them."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/in_defense_of_w.html

zuckerman: why obama's policies have failed

"The growing divide and tension between the Obama administration and the business world is a cause for national concern. As Clive Crook wrote in the Financial Times, Obama is "a president under business attack." He is certainly under sharp criticism and for good reason: He has lost the confidence of much of the business community, whose worries over taxes, the dramatically increased costs of new regulation, and a general perception that the administration is hostile toward them and may take yet harsher steps, are holding back investment and growth. In the midst of a weak economy accompanied by levels of unemployment unprecedented since the Great Depression, it is critical that the government in Washington appreciate that confidence is an imperative if the business community is to invest, take risks with start-ups, and altogether get the economy going again to put the millions of unemployed back to productive work."

http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/mzuckerman/articles/2010/07/16/obamas-anti-business-policies-are-our-economic-katrina.html

a hidden world, growing beyond control

"The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/print/

fiorina, boxer, and california politics

"Fiorina might surf it from here to Capitol Hill because her opponent, Barbara Boxer, 69, is the Senate’s fiercest liberal, and California is an intensely unhappy laboratory for liberalism—high taxes, opulent entitlements, thick regulations, and subservience to government employees’ unions.

Three years ago, global warming was one of the top issues for Californians. Now it has dropped off the radar in a state with actual, rather than hypothetical, problems. Unemployment is at least 15 percent in 21 of the state’s 58 counties. Of the 13 U.S. metropolitan areas with unemployment that high, 11 are in California, which has lost more than 400,000 jobs since passage of the $862 billion stimulus. Like Barack Obama as he campaigns in what he calls Recovery Summer for more stimulus (because the first did not ignite recovery), Boxer is vexed by the fact that California’s unemployment rate is 2.2 points higher than when stimulus was passed. When she said the stimulus was responsible for 100 jobs at a Los Angeles lithium-battery factory, the owner demurred, saying the stimulus had nothing to do with the jobs."

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/16/is-california-irredeemably-blue.html

an ugly preview of Obamacare

"If you want a preview of President Obama's health care "reform," take a look at Massachusetts. In 2006, it enacted a "reform" that became a model for Obama. What's happened since isn't encouraging. The state did the easy part: expanding state-subsidized insurance coverage. It evaded the hard part: controlling costs and ensuring that spending improves people's health. Unfortunately, Obama has done the same."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/19/obamacares_future_foretold_106358.html

enjoy paying the bill for obama's PR

"This week we learned that the Imperial Federal Government has squandered around $20 million dollars on signs. That $20 million? Well, that was stimulus money. The signs? They simply said, “Hey, y’all! We’re spending stimulus money here! Ain’t that cool?”

OK, so the wording may not be exact. The signs actually say something about “The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act” and contain that wonderful phrase “Putting America Back to Work.” Yeah, putting America back to work painting signs that say we’re putting America back to work. That probably works for the average Democrat voter. But not for me."

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/neal-boortz-enjoy-paying-572320.html

China passes USA as world's biggest energy consumer

"The figures reflect, in part, how the global recession hit the U.S. more severely than China and hurt American industrial activity and energy use. Still, China's total energy consumption has clocked annual double-digit growth rates for many years, driven by the country's big industrial base. Highlighting how quickly its energy demand has increased, China's total energy consumption was just half the size of the U.S. 10 years ago."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703720504575376712353150310.html

proggressivism and the dissolution of boundaries

"The genie is out of the bottle, and has been for some time. Unfortunately, this genie has bestowed more curses than gifts upon mankind. The genie I am referring to goes by many names: liberalism, progressivism, idealism, secularism -- call it what you will, but the end game has been the degradation of morality, the trampling of traditional values, the destruction of the nuclear family, and the annihilation of our economy. In its place we have apathetic youth, abortion on demand, scientific historicism, Social Darwinism, voter disenfranchisement, and financial chicanery. The genesis of all these issues is the same: the unrelenting erosion of boundaries that traditional mores placed on individuals, families, and communities. You can see this trend everywhere you look nowadays."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/progressivism_and_the_dissolut.html

medved: why obama should defend the tea party

"After 18 months in office, it's increasingly obvious that Obama won't grab the chance for serious reconciliation because his deep-seated personal instincts push him the other way -- toward a self-righteous sense of personal victimization. For all his superficial self-assurance, there's an unmistakable aspect of his character that's brittle and insecure. He regularly attacks not just the judgment of his opponents but their motives, suggesting that Wall Street bankers or insurance company executives or Republican politicians care only about their selfish gain rather than the long-term interests of the country."

http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-why-barack-obama-should-defend-the-tea-party/19555987

GOP sees chance to retake senate

"Leaders of both parties have believed for months that Republicans could win the House, where every lawmaker faces re-election. But a change of party control in the Senate, where only a third of the members are running and Republicans must capture 10 seats, seemed out of the question.

That's no longer the case. The emergence of competitive Republican candidates in Wisconsin, Washington and California—Democratic-leaning states where polls now show tight races—bring the number of seats that Republicans could seize from the Democrats to 11.

Democrats now control the Senate 59-41—after the death of Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was replaced by Republican Sen. Scott Brown—including two independents who usually vote with them. That means Republicans need 10 seats to take a 51-49 advantage."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704875004575375122374132154.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories

obesity rating "for every American by 2014"

big brother (and obamacare) don't care about privacy.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69436