May 1, 2012

…us health care plan that will add even more to the budget deficits and a massive tax increase across the board affecting every American ready to go in effect in 2013; the new President will have to act fast to avoid a massive recession. This doesn’t take into account a major economic failure that is happening in Europe that may ripple through the United States and lead to a major economic crisis. Obama has been willing to threaten Republican do…
Tags: Herbert Hoover, Obama, Richard Nixon
Posted in Domestic Policy, Economy, Elections, Tom Donelson | 5 Comments »
October 20, 2011

…e Democratic Party. It is not just about winning the election; it is about ideology for the left truly believes that Keynesian on steroids actually worked to save us from a Great Depression and will save us from the upcoming recession. Democratic key to victory will be the get out the vote. With many minorities reeling from the recession, the enthusiasm for Obama has been stifled, in particular among minorities. Democratic strategy will match …
Tags: Democrat, Democratic Strategy, Tom Donelson
Posted in Democrat, Domestic Policy, Elections, Tom Donelson | 1 Comment »
December 31, 2009
2009 is over. Probably the worst year in my adult life since 1991. That recession almost cause my business to go under. Thank God that this one has not effected me as badly. But, there are many out there that have been effected by this recession in any number of ways. There are the unemployed which would do anything for a decent job, there are business owners that would do anything to just break even; and, there are homeo…
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November 30, 2011

…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…
Tags: First Amendment, Religion, Separation of Church and State
Posted in Domestic Policy, Guest Writer | 1 Comment »
October 30, 2011

… 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 …
Tags: " "Dancing with the Stars, Chaz Bono, Fini Goodman, JR Martinez
Posted in Entertainment, Fini Goodman | 3 Comments »
April 27, 2012

…a Shortly thereafter the Stock Market crashed in October 1929 and the remainder of his presidency was marred by the Great Depression, of which Hoover is given most of the blame. We can argue whether he prolonged it, turned a Recession into a Depression by his policies or whether the economic cycle was just reacting to the prosperity of the 20s; i.e. a great boom brings a great bust. In either event none of this matters, because evidence shows t…
Tags: Al Ramirez, Cedar Rapids Iowa, Cedar Rapids Kernels, Herbert Hoover, Hooverville, Iowa City, Iowa Hawkeyes, Tom Donelson
Posted in Conservative, Entertainment, Frank DeMartini | No Comments »
February 8, 2010
…that NASA is already planning 8,000 layoffs as a result of President Obama’s decision last week. That does not include any people that will be laid off at the myriad of NASA contractors. Is this the right thing to do during a recession? Maybe save some of the money on welfare and entitlement and put it into NASA. This is just more evidence of the current administrations short sightedness. So, forget about the national pride, forget about technol…
Tags: NASA
Posted in Frank DeMartini, Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
January 12, 2012

…lass warfare rhetoric, Romney promises to eliminate taxes on capital gains, interest, and dividends, but only for middle income Americans. He says he would do that because they, not the wealthy, were the ones most hurt by the recession. But effective tax policy does not distribute tax cuts based on who “needs” a tax cut the most. That is Obama neo-socialist class rhetoric. Effective tax policy enacts tax cuts that will do the most to …
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Mitt Romney, RINO Romney Is the Least Electable, Ronald Reagan
Posted in Elections, Republican, that and the other thing | No Comments »
November 7, 2009
… club, I wrote the following as a response to Frank. Please take a look and let’s talk about it. The situation we have today is the confluence of several events which have created ‘the perfect storm’. If this were a ‘normal’ recession, we’d see the unemployment rate bottom out and then return to the normal 4-5% range. Unfortunately, I think what we’re going to see is a jobless recovery and the further destruction of the middle class. 1. We no l…
Tags: Economy, George Wolke, Stimulus
Posted in Frank DeMartini, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
July 23, 2009
…me ones the general public is seeing. Keynesian stimulus plans do not work. As I have said before in this column, a stimulus did not work in the Great Depression. It did not work in Japan in the 90’s and it will not work now. Recessions are cyclical as are growth periods. Time will end this recession and nothing else. The only difference now is that when this one ends our future will be laden with more debt than anyone could have imagined on Nove…
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Economy, socialism
Posted in Frank DeMartini, Uncategorized | 13 Comments »