June 23, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The fact that bad people are elected to office and then appoint other people with questionable backgrounds should not shock anyone observing the trends that have crept into our society... (more)

June 23, 2011

MONTE KULIGOWSKI — At this point, no lingering questions should remain as to whether Barack Obama is faithful to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States... (more)

June 22, 2011

CAL THOMAS — Is there a profit-making business -- other than TV networks and The New York Times -- that so disrespects its audience it works overtime to offend them? What other business metaphorically flips the bird to those who don't subscribe to their social, cultural and political worldview? That is precisely what big media does to a large number of potential viewers and subscribers... (more)

June 22, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Hailing the beginning of the end of a devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he sent in to rescue a flailing effort. Said Obama to a country eager for an exit: "The tide of war is receding"... (more)

June 22, 2011

REUTERS — The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would speed up approvals for drilling in the Arctic by removing regulatory hurdles that have stymied development of the area's vast oil and gas resources... (more)

June 22, 2011

REP. RON PAUL — Among the facts that the Federal Reserve would rather you didn't know is that at the height of the financial turmoil in 2008, when average Americans were just beginning to suffer, the institution was passing out sweetheart deals to protect the powerful and well-connected. Among the beneficiaries were foreign banks, Wall Street giants and even the company that then owned MSNBC... (more)

June 22, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — House and Senate conservatives rallied Wednesday around a pledge to vote against any debt-ceiling increase that fails to include enforceable reductions in the size of the federal government. The "Cut, Cap, Balance" pledge to put Uncle Sam on a diet includes cuts in outlays, caps on future spending authority and passage of a balanced-budget amendment that would limit taxing and spending... (more)

June 22, 2011

REP. PAUL RYAN — The shadow of an oncoming debt crisis is hindering job growth today and threatening our fiscal and economic future. The latest warning came today from "The Long-Term Budget Outlook," an annual report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which details the state of the nation's finances. This year's news is grim. We are on the verge of leaving the next generation with an unsustainable debt burden and a less prosperous nation... (more)

June 22, 2011

GARY BAUER — If you watched NBC's Sunday coverage of the young Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy's historic win at the U.S. Open in Bethesda, you probably also saw a feature whose purpose was to capture the patriotism of America's national championship in our nation's capital... (more)

June 22, 2011

NEWSMAX — The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to confirm outgoing Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta as the new secretary of defense, replacing the retiring Robert Gates. Panetta, who has held a variety of senior posts in Washington dating back decades, was nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Pentagon. Panetta is expected to start his new job on July 1... (more)

June 22, 2011

MICHELLE MALKIN — Jon Huntsman wants you to know he rides a dirt bike. On real dirt! He's Salt of the Earth. Grease of the Garage. Dragster on the Dunes. Huntsman's runnin' and gunnin' for president. But underneath the Steve McQueen costumery, this made-for-cable-TV Moderate Speed Racer is a creaky old John McCain on Wheels... (more)

June 22, 2011

BLOOMBERG NEWS — Americans are growing more dissatisfied with President Barack Obama's handling of the economy and say it will be hard to vote to re-elect him without seeing significant progress over the next year and a half... (more)

June 22, 2011

REUTERS — Conservative Republican Michele Bachmann will officially launch her presidential bid in Iowa on Monday, a source close to her campaign said on Tuesday. The US representative from Minnesota, who announced her intention to run at a Republican debate in New Hampshire last week, will hold a kick-off event Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, where she was born, the source told Reuters... (more)

June 21, 2011

SHER ZIEVE, RA ANALYST — Treason is generally defined as "betrayal of country: a violation of the allegiance owed by somebody to his or her own country, e.g. by aiding an enemy." High treason is defined as "treason perpetrated by somebody against his or her own country"... (more)

June 21, 2011

DAVID LIMBAUGH — The left's assault on liberty never rests, so don't ever be sucked into supporting the dangerous idea of a new constitutional convention, even if its stated purposes purport to be limited. Recently, CNN's Fareed Zakaria spoke admiringly of how "Iceland is actually junking its own constitution and starting anew and ... soliciting ideas from all of Iceland's 320,000 citizens, with the help of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube"... (more)

June 21, 2011

PHILL KLINE — As Roxie is facing the gallows for the murder of her lover in the musical Chicago, her defense attorney Billy Flynn played by Richard Gere, turns towards her and says: "Roxie, you got nothing to worry about...it's all a circus, kid...you've got to razzle dazzle 'em, give 'em the old flim flam flummox, fool and fracture them -- how can they hear the truth above the roar?"... (more)

June 21, 2011

PAT BUCHANAN — "Is our children learning?" as George W. Bush so famously asked. Well, no, they is not learning, especially the history of their country, the school subject at which America's young perform at their worst. On history tests given to 31,000 pupils by the National Assessment of Education Progress, the "Nation's Report Card," most fourth-graders could not identify a picture of Abraham Lincoln or a reason why he was important... (more)

June 20, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A Dane County circuit judge ruled Monday that Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry does not violate the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Judge Daniel Moeser's ruling was a major victory for the state's largest gay rights group, which defended the registry established in 2009 to bestow legal rights to same-sex couples... (more)

June 20, 2011

Question: Why the reluctance to expose links to Communists?

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — A key leader of the Cold War-era Communist underground in the U.S. has verified the Communist affiliation of a man (Hugh DeLacy) who was a friend of the current CIA Director Leon Panetta... (more)

June 20, 2011

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — Michele Bachmann made her announcement to run for president this past week. The third-term Republican congresswoman from Minnesota had the full attention of Americans. That includes not only those who watch Fox News, but liberal CNN... (more)

June 20, 2011

NEWSMAX — A federal judge has heard arguments on a request by civil liberties groups to block Georgia's law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect until a legal challenge has been resolved. The judge said Monday that he would not make an immediate ruling... (more)

June 20, 2011

CHUCK NORRIS — Some of us are old enough even to remember the shocking nature of Barbara Eden showing her navel on "I Dream of Jeanie" in the '60s -- or how the torso-revealing, one-piece bathing suit was considered scanty on "Charlie's Angels" in the '70s. Compare that to today. No one is shocked or surprised today to see several performers on MTV's music-award shows barely clothed and parading like dancers in a strip joint... (more)