Sep

16

The Last Refuge

Category: Obama Pundit, Racism | Leave a Comment

by Obama Pundit
With Obama plummeting in the polls, his agenda in danger and the center abandoning him, the Left has come up with an explanation:  It’s all because of racism!
Jimmy Carter cites protesters calling Obama a Nazi as an example of racial politics.  Of course, Obama isn’t the first President to be called such, nor [...]

Sep

11

ECONOMIC EXTREMISM

Category: Economy, Hector N. Fertig | Leave a Comment

by Hector N. Fertig
In a recent conversation with a good friend and self-described liberal democrat, the discussion turned to economics.  My economic position, well-known to my friend, is relatively straight-forward.

I tend to view income as labor and find appealing the idea of a flat tax for everyone beginning above some threshold.  I don’t have a [...]

Sep

9

WATERLOO? NOT QUITE YET.

Category: Health Care, Hector N. Fertig, Overreach | Leave a Comment

by Hector N. Fertig
On July 17th, Senator Jim DeMint (R – South Carolina) famously said about Obamacare:
“If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.”
Senator DeMint is wrong.  Universal Health Care / Coverage will not be the end for Obama in the sense that Waterloo was the [...]