American Neutrality Toward Israel Invites Violence

Victor Davis Hanson "No wonder that in the ongoing dispute, most of the world adds up the pluses and minuses and concludes that it is wiser to side with Israel’s foes than to become its friend. But why, until now, has America always bucked the tide?"...."No matter. This administration should take a deep breath and review history. It would learn that when Israel is alone, its opportunistic enemies pile on. And then war becomes more, not less, likely."

Finance Reform: Neal Boortz makes the complex understandable

Neal Boortz "Ok, I know it may be a snooze-fest but it's important. I'm learning about all of this nonsense right along with you. So before we turn to the latest in Washington on financial reform, let's do a little Boortz Finance 101."

Obama slams Wall Street ways while asking support

Yahoo "Obama has denied any White House involvement in the timing of the SEC case, but the charges have emboldened Democrats in their criticism of Republicans who oppose the administration's overhaul proposal -- even though measures in the proposal may not have stopped the transactions involved in the Goldman case."

A Response to the President Obama’s Earth Day Message

Heritage "Take the Endangered Species Act, for instance, which creates perverse incentives for landowners to destroy their land if endangered species become an economic liability. Jonathan Adler, law professor at Case Western, explains,"...

On the road

Blogging will be a bit slower for a couple of days since we are somewhere alone US 40. This location has very slw wi-fi

OBAMA ON EXCESS, WALL STREET AND THE VAT

Boortz "Now he tells us. Obama can't let the Bush tax cuts expire because of the deficit that he inherited. Isn't that convenient? We can spend a trillion dollars on a government takeover of healthcare but god-forbid we let rich people keep more of the money they earn ... we need that money in order to pay down the deficit! Somehow the money that is used (or borrowed) to pay for the Democrat agenda is more legitimate than the money earned by hard-working Americans simply because the government believes they earn "too much." "

Economic Freedom Will Save the Earth

Heritage "The left in this country has always considered it “tragic” when people make money in this country, and the plight of the earth is just one of many justifications they have used over the years to demonize free markets."

The Crony Capitalist Threat to Our Economic Freedom

Heritage   Quoting the Wall Street Journal: "Distorted prices and interest rates no longer serve as accurate indicators of the relative importance of goods. Crony capitalism ensures the special access of protected firms and industries to capital. Businesses that stumble in the process of doing what is politically favored are bailed out. That leads to moral hazard and more bailouts in the future. And those losing money may be enabled to hide it by accounting chicanery."

Wouldn't A Mini Series on Attila the Hun Explain Nancy Pelosi?

Ann Coulter "Rachel Maddow's MSNBC special on Timothy McVeigh this past Monday night did not come a moment too soon. As Maddow explained in the introduction to her show: "Nine years after his execution, we are left worrying that Timothy McVeigh's voice from the grave echoes in the new rising tide of American anti-government extremism." "  "After months of hysterically warning viewers that cheerful, well-dressed tea partiers carrying "I Can See November From My House" signs could suddenly erupt into wanton violence, MSNBC finally had proof: Timothy McVeigh. "

Obama and the New Civility

Victor Davis Hanson  "It will be considered childish to caricature a stressed president for mangling his words, whether “nucular” or “corpseman.” If, from time to time, the commander-in-chief flubs up and says something stupid like Bush’s “Is our children learning?” or Obama’s “Cinco de Quatro,” we have learned to accept that such slips are hardly reflective of a lack of knowledge. The old “gotcha” game is puerile and, thankfully, is now a thing of the past."

The New Front in the War on Wealth

American Thinker "And per the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, "A lot of banks simply will not be able to do business in the US and that would cause considerable damage to the US economy." "...."Therefore, foreign investors viewing the overall landscape of what was once the preeminent nation for investment will not subject themselves to the machinations of the IRS and other enforcement agencies, which have been given unlimited power to broadly interpret regulatory bills passed by this Congress and signed by President Obama."

Progressives in America

Big Government  Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the United States of America in 1831 ... One result of those travels was a rather prophetic study of American society, “Democracy in America.”:...."What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear"...."It is therefore most especially in the present democratic times, that the true friends of the liberty and the greatness of man ought constantly to be on the alert, to prevent the power of government from lightly sacrificing the private rights of individuals to the general executions of its designs."