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…us acts of terror. While it may be hoped that such a magnanimous trade will spark gratitude and prompt a new round of peace talks, I can’t escape the thought that Israel just made kidnapping a very profitable activity. Ronald Reagan in 1986 at the height of the "arms for hostages" scandal The United States had a serious problem with jihadi kidnapping in the 1980’s. Several diplomats, who in civilized countries would have been sacrosanct…
…t conservatism, which would provide a more dynamic flow of capital, making it more widely available to the benefit of everyone, is said to support the 1%. Go figure. Gingrich likes to refer to himself as a Foot Soldier of the Reagan Revolution. Apparently the Code of the Corps did not include Reagan's Eleventh Commandment. Gingrich, a putative conservative, should sing the praises of venture capital. It is the fuel that drives the engine of …
…ingrich is soaring to the top of the polls whether you like it or not. He is the only one of the three main candidates left that is not a wussy. This wussy factor played in the 1980 campaign in which Bush, Sr. took on Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination. At that time, Bush had the wussy factor and he could not overcome it. He was seen as the elitist northeasterner. Reagan, on the other hand, was the gun slinging western bad ass who co…
… will destroy Obama in all debates. I know Newt can point to his accomplishments while he was Speaker of the House, including balancing the budget and major welfare reform. And, I believe Newt is the closest thing to Ronald Reagan out there right now. Notice, I said, “closest.” There is no Republican running right now even close to Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately, that is the biggest problem we will have in November. In 1980, after…
… Unfortunately, this is not the case in 2009. The Federal Reserve cannot lower interest rates anymore. We are already at a target rate of approximately 0.25%. In fact, the actual rates may be closer to 0.0%. And, there are no Reagan era tax cuts right now. Most of what Congress is doing at the present time would be considered tax increases. Hence it is my belief the 10% unemployment number will be far exceeded in the next two quarters or so befor…
This week turned out to be very interesting. Because of its events, I now have a whole new view on what has become of the Republican Party and who are actual Republicans. Unfortunately, it appears that the Reagan Republicans and the highly educated Yuppies from the 80’s are long gone. The party is beginning to look like it consists of what used to be Democrats in the 50’s and 60’s. It seems that our base has completely changed. On Monday night, …
…people and for many others, they will go from unemployed to self-employed. It’s a fact and history backs the data. President Kennedy lowered tax rates across the board and both employment and revenues went up. When President Reagan cut taxes, unemployment dropped from 10% to 6% and revenues went up. In 1984, Ireland went to a flat rate of 15% versus 35% and they grew their economy four times faster and their GDP remained strong for the next 22 …
…of the Obama Coalition”, Thomas Edsall, by pushing “takers” into a non-working, entitlement, nanny state, socialistic philosophical ideology. Republicanism is not lost but it is certainly a candidate for a “Progressive Lite” label….or what as “Congress is Useless” all about? http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/2011/11/congress-is-useless/ And all that is supported in academia today is under the myth of “academic freedom”. Collectivism and totalit…
… of these circumstances, the use of the word hero is trivialized. A deeper problem is that ides of myth, legend and story hold a society’s culture together. The concept of the hero is central to these. By misapplying the hero label and refraining from using it when needed takes our culture in the wrong direction. I hope we can recover the sense of propriety about who we call a hero and what they did to be considered brave before it’s too late. A …
… complex man).”He really never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct for what works, (was he referring to Principled Capitalism, the antithesis of the “Occupy” target?)” he said.” As a compliment to Reagan (sic) conservatives, Rush is an honest advocate, one must concede Rush Limbaugh’s acknowledgement of Steve Jobs, “Would you stop talking about Apple? They’re nothing but a bunch of liberals! I don’t want to hear about…
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