This lady can THINK and write! Wham! === By CATHY CLEAVER RUSE Last week Sandra Fluke, a student at Georgetown University Law Center, went to Congress looking for a handout. She wants free birth-control pills, and she wants the federal government to make her Catholic school give them to her. I’m a graduate of Georgetown Law and former chief counsel of the House Subcommittee... Read more
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Our Phony Contraception Debate
March 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Religion, Socialism, The LeftWalmart vs ???
February 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, SocialismI am not a huge fan of Walmart, but… I think the message in the email I got might have a few points. —– 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year. 4. Wal-Mart... Read more
Record 1.2 Million People Fall Out Of Labor Force
February 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, SocialismHmmm. A month ago, we (zerohedge.com) joked when we said that for Obama to get the unemployment rate to negative by election time, all he has to do is to crush the labor force participation rate to about 55%. Looks like the good folks at the BLS heard us: it appears that the people not in the labor force exploded by... Read more
Europe Now Doubts That Greece Can Embrace Reform
January 16 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, SocialismThe US is on this same highway, aren’t we? No one is willing to say, and no one wants to hear the truth. =============== ATHENS — As Greece and its lenders prepare for another week of tense negotiations, European officials now say that the task is less to help the country through its troubles than to avoid the sort of uncontrolled default... Read more
The Death of Europe? – Mauldin
January 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Debt, Economics, Socialism, The LeftJohn Mauldin- to whom I was introduced by my son Mark -writes one of the best financial analysis weekly articles I know of . The unnerving thing about this article is that the USA is on the same “highway” as Europe. And your president keeps wanting to step on the gas. (I’ll see if I can get the graphs added). ======= One... Read more
How Stimulus Spending Ruined Buffalo
January 15 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Liberal Press, Party Politics, Socialism, The LeftWhat? WHAT am I missing? ============ By STEVEN MALANGA Why do cities like Buffalo decline, and what role should government play in promoting recovery? In his State of the State Address this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced $1 billion in incentives to attract new investment to the beleaguered city by Lake Erie. “We believe in Buffalo,” he said, “and we’ll put our... Read more
