The Disinfecting Value of Sunshine

SCOBEY, Montana (CNN)
The Department of Homeland Security had announced it was spending $31 million to enhance and upgrade two remote border crossings — just 12 miles apart — on the border between Montana and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The spending was lauded by Montana’s two senators, even though only an average of 22 [...]

Frank Throws ACORN Under The Bus

(Quote) In a stunning turnaround, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is distancing himself from ACORN, blasting their response to a string of recent scandals — and contradicting a staffer who said the congressman would have voted against a GOP-sponsored bill banning the group from federal funding.
In a rambling, contrite, at times bombastic statement to reporters, Frank [...]

Yes, It Is a Tax

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer – Mon Sep 21, 7:55 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Memo to President Barack Obama: It’s a tax. Obama insisted this weekend on national television that requiring people to carry health insurance — and fining them if [...]

Steve Jobs on Teachers Unions, Wall Street Journal

February 23, 2007; Page A10
“I believe that what is wrong with our schools in this nation is that they’ve become unionized in the worst possible way,” said Mr. Jobs during a Q-and-A session on technology in the classroom. “This unionization and lifetime employment of K-12 teachers is off-the-charts crazy.”
“Here’s the problem,” said Mr. Jobs, using [...]

Zazi’s Error

Zazi, and several of his cohorts,  face 8 years in prison for lying to “federal authorities.
Bill Clinton only faced a $2,000 fine and loss of Arkansas Law License for the same offense, of course he was lying to a state judge.
Either one was too easy, or one is too harsh.

You can’t convert your enemies by betraying your friends. All you do is double your enemies.

(QUOTE)By VANESSA GERA, Associated Press Writer Vanessa Gera, Associated Press Writer – Fri Sep 18, 8:10 am ET
WARSAW, Poland – Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield planned for their countries.
“Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back,” the Polish tabloid Fakt [...]

From the Heritage Foundation, Today

“Despite all the rhetoric you hear about the rest of the world abandoning fossil fuels to avoid global warming, their actions show where their real priorities are. Brazil, whose beautiful beaches rival or even surpass anything in California or Florida, recently discovered a huge underwater oil field and it is moving quickly to begin drilling. [...]

The Enemy is…

We have met the enemy, and it is … The Obama Department of Interior!
It is that department that has cut off the water to the San Joaquin Valley, the World’s Breadbasket, and the Fresno Mayor has rightfully called that an “Act of Domestic Terrorism.” The most fertile land in America is becoming a dustbowl. Farmers [...]

Confusing Friends and Enemies

(QUOTE)Polish PM refused U.S. call
By BEN SMITH
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed today that he declined Wednesday night to take a call from the U.S. informing him of the decision to scrap planned anti-missile bases in his country.(UNQUOTE) http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0909/burned_by_tusk_831a11b0-e561-409f-a786-ef6d06a71fbe.html
Comment: We are driving our friends away, so as to have seats at the table for our [...]

Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year

The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.
A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new taxes would be between $100 billion to [...]