Demonizing Goldman Sachs

Powerline "I'm not a particular fan of either Goldman Sachs or Congress, but today's hearing confirms that, given a choice, I'd rather have Goldman Sachs regulating Congress than Congress regulating Goldman Sachs. Goldman's employees are much smarter, considerably more honest, and far more likely to have my interests at heart."  Maybe Goldman can write that $900k donation to the Obama campaign as a  loss.

The Contract from America; in case you missed it last time

The Contract from America "...8. Pass an ‘All-of-the-Above” Energy Policy.Authorize the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of energy creation, lowering prices and creating competition and jobs."

America's enemies testing our resolve

American Thinker "Example number one. North Korea torpedoes a South Korean warship in international waters, killing 46 South Korean naval personnel. This should have triggered an immediate, decisive, military response by the United States as guarantor of South Korea's security but no response has been forthcoming despite the event having taken place over a month ago. North Korea has certainly taken notice. Attacks by the North Koreans on South Korea will increase in frequency and severity because North Korea now knows that the U.S. will not use it's military to stop them or allow the South Koreans to respond in kind." This is what those people with "peace" bumper stickers all wanted the US to be like.

Steele's latest goof

American Thinker "Apparently, the creation of a dependency state in which misery trickles down is a winning platform for Democrats; whereas, limited government, low taxes, free markets and self-reliance is a loser for Republicans."

About those lower insurance costs we promised . . .

WSJ   "In fact, the real choice with medical care, as with any good or service, is between rationing via politics and bureaucratic lines or via a competitive market and prices. As Democrats are showing by trying to pass a new insurance bill, they want all U.S. health care to function like price-controlled Medicare. Dr. Berwick's job as the country's largest purchaser of health care will be to find ways to offset the higher insurance and medical costs that ObamaCare's subsidies and mandates will cause, which will inevitably mean political rationing of care."

Costly IRS Mandate Slipped into Health Bill

CATO "Basically, businesses will have to issue 1099s whenever they do more than $600 of business with another entity in a year. For the $14 trillion U.S. economy, that’s a hell of a lot of 1099s. When a business buys a $1,000 used car, it will have to gather information on the seller and mail 1099s to the seller and the IRS. When a small shop owner pays her rent, she will have to send a 1099 to the landlord and IRS. Recipients of the vast flood of these forms will have to match them with existing accounting records. There will be huge numbers of errors and mismatches, which will probably generate many costly battles with the IRS."

No More Beer Summits: Tea Party ‘N-Word’ Incident Didn’t Happen, And the Congressional Black Caucus Owes America an Apology

Andrew Breitbart "When I offered a reward of $100,000 to be donated to the United Negro College Fund if anyone produced video and audio evidence that this occurred, I was accused of a publicity stunt (because everyone knows that the best way to get publicity in America is to accuse a civil rights icon of lying about racism). Rep. Carson himself suggested that my challenge was “a veiled attempt to justify actions that are simply unjustifiable.” Get it? He calls protesters racist and if you ask him to prove it, you’re a racist, too.
Needless to say, no one has claimed the $100,000."

TODAY'S GOLDMAN HEARING

Boortz   "In everything the left does there is always the quest for more power. They cannot see why they should not be controlling something as large as the U.S. economy; but to do that they must first demonize and then destroy the major private aspects of that economy. One of those battles will be fought today in a hearing room on Capitol Hill."

Liberals Seek VAT to Pay for Big Gov’t

Human Events  "What is a president to do when his gargantuan spending increases threaten to double the national debt and push the federal government into insolvency? A conservative would put together a commission to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse and unnecessary programs (all those things the federal government is doing but shouldn’t be). A liberal would raise taxes."  Brian Darling

The Federal Budget in Pictures

Heritage "This recurring feature allows visitors to dig down deep into the data of government revenue and expenditures in a visual format that is easy to understand. This year’s chart book does not disappoint, providing roughly 40 new charts–even several that are interactive. We also recently put together a brief video introduction to the chart book and all of its features. Watch the  video,  explore the new chart book, and learn more about the federal budget."

Filtering History

Thomas Sowell "Only the fact that the West had more firepower than others put an end to slavery in many non-Western societies during the age of Western imperialism. Yet today there are Americans who have gone to Africa to apologize for slavery-- on a continent where slavery has still not been completely ended, to this very moment."

Obama's credibility crisis

Washington Post "As the Obama administration will learn, plummeting public trust eats away at the fundamental credibility of government and undermines its ability to carry out even its most basic duties."