Pat Buchanan at Townhall: We’re not going to get into the business of dictating (Russia’s) path (to democracy). … We’re just going to support what we like to call ‘universal values’ — not American values, not Western values, universal values.” But what, exactly, are these “universal values”? And who are we to impose them on other nations? Did Divine Providence assign us this mission? Who do we Americans think we are?
- Posted: 01/27/2012
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: townhall.com
- Tags: Category: Global, Topic: Military, Topic: Politics
Matt Paterson at the Washington Times: Once our body politic accepted this fundamental role of government, Medicare, welfare, Obamacare (or something very much like it) and all the rest of the unaffordable entitlement programs were all but inevitable. Obamacare will put us over the edge, to be sure, but make no mistake: It was Social Security that put us on the road to fiscal disaster and moral lethargy.
- Posted: 01/26/2012
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.washingtontimes.com
- Tags: Topic: Debt, Topic: Socialism
David Malpass at WSJ (full access via Google): The central bank should take note when a popular presidential contender calls for limits on its power . . . The Fed’s responsibility is to create confidence in price stability and the dollar, thus providing the best monetary policy environment for full employment. Most central banks operate on this principle. Instead, the Fed has systematically undermined economic confidence by promising to maintain zero interest rates for privileged borrowers. That policy will have to stop if the U.S. is to again achieve impressive growth.
- Posted: 01/26/2012
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- Category: Miscellaneous
- Tags: Topic: Economics, Topic: Monetary Policy, Topic: Politics
Phyllis Schlafly at Townhall: Barack Obama’s latest unconstitutional action is his attempt to make four so-called recess appointments to high-level, well-paying jobs in the federal bureaucracy when the Senate was not in recess. He appointed three people to the National Labor Relations Board, plus Richard Cordray to head the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even though the Senate had declined to confirm his nomination.
- Posted: 01/24/2012
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: townhall.com
- Tags: Category: Bench and Bar, Topic: Nominations
Judge Andrew Napolitano at Townhall: The theory behind the income tax is that the government’s need for cash is so great, it can just take it from your employer after you earn it but before your employer pays you — before you even see the cash — and use it as it sees fit. This presumes that the federal government has a greater right to your income than you do. There really can be no rationale for income taxes without that belief.
- Posted: 01/20/2012
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: townhall.com
- Tags: Topic: Economics, Topic: Taxation
Politico (includes video): Gingrich called that story “false” — and delivered an extended denunciation of ABC and CNN for engaging Marianne Gingrich in the first place. “I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that,” Gingrich said. “Every person in here knows personal pain. Every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question for a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”
- Posted: 01/20/2012
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.politico.com
- Tags: Topic: Media, Topic: Politics
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