Author: Rretta

The GOP Must Stop The Capitulation Carousel

Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute  says that the backdoor negotiations on solving the fiscal cliff  and reducing the deficit are irksome because our  fiscal problem is excessive government spending. Red ink is merely a symptom of that underlying problem.   Politicians…

GOP: Hurling Conservatism Over A Cliff

The GOP machine has become a bunch of liberal Democrats whose only care is to retain their power.    If this were not the case, they would have pulled out all the stops and fought Democrats’ excessive spending over the last four…

Sign The Petition: Obama Should Stay Home

“Somerset County is Maryland’s poorest county.  The towns of Crisfield, Fairmount and Deal Island were devastated by  hurricane Sandy, with flood waters causing widespread damage. These poor, working, waterfront communities were already fragile from the decline of the seafood industry. Superstorm…

ObamaEd: Killing Innovation

President Obama’s bid to control what your children learn in school is surely one of the most important and disturbing of his many transformative plans. Not only is Obama’s attempt to devise what is in effect a national K–12 school…

Socialized Health Care: Backdoor Euthanasia

I wrote in a previous article about problems associated with the UK Socialized health care program, in particular a program instituted to save money, the “Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP).  The LCP was initially instituted to care for patients close to…

You’ve Got Mail

A US Senate panel approved a bill to boost email privacy protections in a vote Thursday that followed widespread uproar over the FBI probe that toppled CIA director David Petraeus. The measure, which if enacted would require police to obtain…

Come To America: The Land Of Free Stuff

A website run by the federal government (“WelcomeToUSA.gov“) encourages new immigrants to the United States to apply for welfare benefits.  Operated by the Department of Homeland Security, this website  “is the U.S. Government’s official web portal for new immigrants.” On…

GITMO In The U.S.A.

There’s a showdown happening in Washington and it could get very ugly soon. Will President Barack Obama’s first-term promise to close down Guantánamo Bay and bring Gitmo detainees to the U.S become a reality or will the Republicans with the…

The Fiscal Cliff In Nondefinable Terms

The biggest question we have to ask ourselves is there really a fiscal cliff or is it just the matter of a crisis too good to waste?  Is Obama really attempting to fix the economy or push his socialist agenda?  Is Boehner …