05.10.2011

Must Reads for May 10

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Double dip in housing threatens Obama ‘recovery’ Political cartoon of the day, “The Gut Stops Here” Boehner’s debt-limit marker Energy tax credit bill splits conservatives… Boehner: Tax cuts are off the table An EPA attempt to re-extend its regulatory tentacles The psychology of discarded statesmen Sowell: The ‘education’ mantra DeMint becomes a 2012 power broker… Trains in vain Feinstein rethinks Pakistan aid… It’s time for America to let go of Pakistan South Carolina takes the light bulb ban into its own hands… National alert system to launch in NYC… Is it time to end the war on terror? Barney Frank’s latest bad idea The most interesting man in the Senate: Rand Paul

05.10.2011

The Week Ahead: The Obama/Carter Similarities and Government Involvement in the Housing Market

Host Frank McCaffrey speaks with ALG President Bill Wilson on how similar President Barack Obama and President Jimmy Carter are. Plus, hear from Congressman Scott Garrett on organizations such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

05.10.2011

The Gut Stops Here

By William Warren – After Obama made the gutsy move to take out Osama Bin Laden, he should consider making even more gutsy moves.

05.10.2011

An EPA Attempt to Re-Extend Its Regulatory Tentacles

By Victor Morawski – In a well-produced brochure touted as its Clean Water Framework , the Obama Administration last week announced its updated and revised policies governing the Nation’s Waters. Included in the initiatives it discusses is “ updated draft guidance regarding Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction .” Those of us now familiar with the Administration’s attempts to use the EPA as a vehicle […]

05.10.2011

Double Dip in Housing Threatens Obama ‘Recovery’

By Robert Romano – “We are in a double-dip housing recession,” declared Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson , commenting on a Zillow, Inc. report showing a 22 percent increase in negative equity, a measure of homeowners owing more than their properties are worth and an increase in foreclosures for the first quarter of 2011 . “Zillow’s data confirms what Case Shiller reported two weeks ago , with home values plummeting to their April 2009 lows,” Wilson noted. Except, none of this was supposed to happen. When Barack […]

05.09.2011

The Obama/Carter Similarities and Gov’t Involvement in the Housing Market In “The Week Ahead”

Host Frank McCaffrey speaks with ALG President Bill Wilson on how similar President Barack Obama and President Jimmy Carter are. Plus, hear from Congressman Scott Garrett on organizations such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

05.09.2011

Must Reads for May 9

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Is it Jimmy Carter all over again? Senate Dems get ready to spring a stealth budget… On spending cuts, Dems tell voters to buzz off On Medicare, Dems revert to a well-worn strategy… WaPo lays into Obama over Mediscare tactics GOP shouldn’t be afraid to challenge reckless spending The facts about the corporate income tax Sen. Schumer wants a ‘do-not-ride’ list for Amtrak… If supermarkets were like public schools Senator Vitter inspires the tea party in battle against the federal bureaucracy America’s costly, counterproductive war on terror… Is the use of torture vindicated by the killing of OBL?

05.09.2011

Team Obama Spotlight: Goodwin Liu is Back…

By Frank McCaffrey – Radical Goodwin Liu is being considered for a judgeship yet again. Why won’t Obama stop trying to get this kook on the bench?

05.09.2011

Sen. Vitter Channels Reagan and Inspires Tea Party in Battle Against Federal Bureaucracy

By Kevin Mooney — Just prior to the one year anniversary of the moratorium on Gulf of Mexico, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has announced that he will introduce the Agency Moratorium Act. The legislation would require congressional approval for expansion of federal regulations restricting energy […]

05.09.2011

Is it Jimmy Carter All Over Again?

By Bill Wilson – It feels like we’ve been here before. The malaise-filled economic train wreck of the Carter years has risen zombie-like from the ash heap of history to inflict its special brand of pain and suffering. On May 6, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that unemployment rose from 8.8 percent to 9 percent in April . That includes a 205,000 increase […]

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