America is holding its breath in anticipation for President Obama’s big post-Labor Day jobs plan. September is when Congress is due back in session. It will be then the president will discuss regulations and their damaging effects on job creation.
These latest numbers are a good snapshot and measurement of people’s disgust with our federal government and everyone in it. I posted recently on several polls that show Americans are at their lowest in terms of how they view their
The left’s boogieman is releasing a new book. The contents, of which, Cheney says, promises to have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C. I just read Cheney’s book… Part of the tell-all is that he encouraged President Bush to bomb Syria’s suspected
Just about everyone knows that Democrats have a real passion for abortion. In fact, few things make them prouder to be an American than to catch sight of an abortion clinic. Of course, most never come and outright say they
Consider this a follow-up to yesterday’s post. The Pentagon finally released its long awaited annual report on China’s growing military capabilities. The findings of which are not all that surprising. It only confirms the obvious — China’s ambition to expand
Case in point: College students take a pass on GPA redistribution. Oliver Darcy, a recent college graduate, proposes that students with good grades contribute their GPA to their academically sluggish friends. He argues that this is how the federal government
China instituted the one-child policy in 1979 under the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in order to control China’s exploding population rate. Then China was largely rural with a large peasantry class. That still remains the case outside of China’s major
Remember the line in Apollo 13? NASA flight director, played by Ed Harris, showed how little his patience was with those who accepted anything less than success. When faced with a doubter, Harris boasted:”With respect sir, I think this will
President Bush’s foreign policy has often been reduced to unkind terms by his detractors. He was considered a reckless cowboy, a hick, an idiot that lucked his way into office and benefited from his father’s life time in politics. His
For a man who once said “typical white person” during a radio interview to describe his grandmother’s actions toward a black man who kept bugging her at a bus stop, his words of advice to Perry seem comical. Or his
I’ve already written on the Left’s special plan for Rick Perry. No need to go into it here but in case you missed them: Perry Should Have a Plan against Southern Bigotry Remember When I said Perry Should Have a
How is that relationship working out for you? Does it have you bummed? Has the dip in the market hurt your 401K and other investments? Feeling at a loss? Is life just sometimes too fast? Leaving you feeling alone and
National Journal In one of the deadliest days in Iraq so far this year, nearly 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded after a period of relative respite from violence there during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The
I know that is a dumb statement. I mean, what candidate doesn’t have a plan when seeking office? So when I mean a plan, I mean a plan. Yesterday’s post about Southern bigotry, I said would be a major factor
I know that not all of our readers here are Southerners. However, I am not writing to pick a fight, nor will I go into some boring rehash on the Civil War. I simply want to address a phenomenon that
Several of us at Big Peace have reported in the past about the noticeable warming relationship between China and Pakistan. This has concerned the US because of the amount of cooperation and assistance – worth billions of dollars — given
The Irish gentlemen, Jonathan Swift, once penned a scathing pamphlet in reaction to political and economical conditions in Ireland due to English policies. His satirical essay, “A Modest Proposal” reached outlandish proportions when he recommended that society make use of
The US Postal Service is planning to reduce payroll by 20 percent. That’s a nicer way of saying 20 percent will join the unemployment lines. The Postal Service is citing increasing costs from employees and declining mail volume. Notably among
Some recent articles and essays on Perry’s world view will smack of neoconservatism — a well known word, if not its actual ideology — and that will rile many. Now that Perry is sending out strong signals of his imminent
A quote from Tony Blair’s memoir It is amazing that people constantly miss the importance of the fact that any threat made in international affairs must be credible. The absence of credibility actually increases the likelihood of confrontation. The recipient
In my recent post, “Is Revolution in the Air? If So, Let It Be an American Revolution,” I tried to articulate what makes us – American-minded patriots – different and uniquely equipped to respond to the growing mess around us
The world seems to be coming apart at its seams. We are facing real threats that resemble the great plagues of the past. This plague is targeting the foundations of society as opposed to the people who make it. Great
For the first time during Assad’s assault on his own people, his neighbors and historical allies are calling for him to step down. Most notably was Turkey’s decision to go public by asking Assad to step down so that his
Washington DC, August 10, 2011 Dear taxpayers, we were slightly off in our projections for economic recovery. You may have heard about this. There have been some externalities that even the smartest economists could not account for. The earthquake in
If this report is true, to say that Syrian President Assad was less than pleased with his Defense Minister, Ali Habib, would be an understatement. Less than 24 hours after Syrian Defense Minister Ali Habib was fired – he has
The once outlawed Islamic Band of Brothers is showing its shariah bona fides since coming to power after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak was an ally to the US and helped, as did his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, to
Program officials are blaming an electrical fault aboard one of the Air Force A-model birds that has caused the grounding for all test jets while they gather information and investigate. Luckily for the program and the pilot, the power failure
At this point, it’s hard to call of this a coincidence. What we know is that the Chinook did crash as a result of hostile fire and everyone aboard was killed in its crash. The service members aboard were overwhelmingly
We need to backup and take a moment to collect ourselves. While it is true we have a wounded president who appears all but finished as a one termer, it will not be from lack of support from the Left.
The bottom-line decision is not surprising, even if it took months to realize. Iraqi security forces, though improving, are still not capable of keeping violence down so that its government can function. There are many hot spots to contend. There
Syrian President Bashar Assad has been straddling the fence since his regime and long time family rule came under threat in March. First, he sought to quell the public dissenters with good old fashioned Arab force. When the protesters proved
Look leftists, you’ve taken every good word that use to mean something and run it into the ground. Because of your overuse brought on by your hysteria and uncontrollable tantrums, the once strong words that specifically defined someone has been
“Big Oil” has taken a public relations pounding. After all, the industry is thoroughly protected and its profits guaranteed out of necessity of the market. With the economy tanking and the government unable to do anything except make matters worse,
The Debt Debate was politically nasty and a sickening display of Washington maneuvering. That’s not to say the negotiations were the worst we have witnessed, especially when compared to the first two years of the Obama administration. Before moving any
These statistics only solidify what we have already known. From the EFP’s (Explosive Formed Pentetrator), that show distinctive Iranian manufacturing introduced onto the battlefield, to electronics, rockets, and highly effective snipers, the US military has long known of Iranian assistance
To get inside the head of a madman and discern his thoughts is probably impossible. If Anders Behring is not insane, then he is probably one of those individuals who has an evil element to his character and suffers from
The Baathist regime in Syria looks to be bending to the will of the people. What was once thought unthinkable, maybe even suicidal, to the ruling regime, Baath party members have decided on a draft law that would allow the
Despite crippling protest that has all but brought its economy to a halt, and international criticism for its reaction to those protests, the Syrian government has pressed ahead with its usual policies. Namely, stockpiling missiles, pursuing an ambitious weapons program,
It was back in late June (June 23 to be precise) that President Obama announced that he planned to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. According to some of the estimates I’ve read, that was
Stephen Marche — no doubt his pen name and stage name, probably pronounced Steffen (I picture a Bruno-like character) — mocks modern day journalism and it agents who openly display sycophantic behavior toward their liberal masters. In this case, he