A couple of days ago I wrote about the first principle of progressive thought. That there are no unalienable rights given to us from our creator. In Mathew Spalding’s book, We Still Hold These Truths, he points out the second principle; one that is necessary for their first principle to make any sense. This principle [...]
Idea 8- Eliminate the Department of Education We sometimes forget that many departments of the federal government have not been around that long. The argument that we absolutely need these departments is quite ridiculous when you think about it. I believe that we would be better off as a nation if we got rid of [...]
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” So perhaps we can now claim Obama is in fact insane. Take these comments from Obama’s now infamous speech at Carnegie Mellon. (or at least I am trying to make it that way as much as I am using it) “So what [...]
“the economy is getting stronger by the day.” So said Obama today applauding the 431,000 new jobs reported by labor. It really makes me question his intelligence. Of those 431,000 jobs, only 41,000 were private sector. The rest were mostly made up of temporary census jobs. And there are certainly some number games being played [...]
“Now let me make one broader point, though, about energy. The fact that oil companies now have to go a mile underwater and then drill another three miles below that in order to hit oil tells us something about the direction of the oil industry. Extraction is more expensive, and it is going to be [...]