I am informed by a certain Senator’s spokespeople that American workers are unworthy of employment, and a means must be arranged to replace them. From Mickey Kaus at the Daily Caller , quoting a Rubio staffer:

There’s a reason unemployed Americans are unemployed. They aren’t star performers. Screw ‘em. We’re bringing in workers from abroad!

As recently as [...]

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Tags: sequestration, defense, budget, military Here is an update about sequestration from people who actually testified to Congress, along with my translation into “civilian speak.”  The following link proclaims my source, confirmed in a conference call with a high-ranking Air Force official February 15 and another high-ranking Air Force official last week.  Here is the [...]

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A Guest Blog by: By Jeffrey Lord                                                                                           Reposted with permission from the American Spectator. Shulman rallied for Rangel: Jason Furman, Media Matters, Fox News, Jarrett and a job. And the Liberal Dog Whistle Blows. Congressman Charles Rangel of New York. Ex-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman. The new chairman of the president’s Council on Economic Advisors, Jason Furman. And George Soros, Media Matters, Gail Furman — [...]

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I want to begin by saying that I believe the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, with the Bill of Rights included, comprise the most enlightened, ennobling, and beneficial documents ever penned by the hand of man. I also believe that the Constitution afforded the United States the greatest level of freedom [...]

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Tags: middle east, Syria, Russia, Putin, Debka, Israel, military, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Obama, Turkey, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, Turkey In late Fall of 2012, I wrote two posts on this site about the Middle East.  The first was “The Imminent Threat to Israel”, a threat assessment that included maps and historical data.  The second post was “Oil, Religion and [...]

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On Sept. 22, 2011 in a speech to business executives Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “Debt is the biggest threat to U.S. national security.”　 When the leader of the people famous for $800 hammers and $640 toilet seats has to lecture business leaders about the perils of deficit spending we know capitalism in [...]

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House committee to probe Sebelius soliciting money for ObamaCare signups (FOX) Gov’t probe obtains wide swath of AP phone records (AP) Tea Party leader calls IRS actions something out of a ‘dictatorship’ (The Hill) The Question that Launched the IRS Scandal: Planted? (National Review) EPA Gives Info For Free to Big Green Groups 92% of Time; Denies 93% of Fee [...]

There are three kinds of taxes: direct, indirect, and fog.  A direct tax is one which is paid directly to the government – example, our Apr. 15 income tax.  An indirect tax is one which we pay to intermediaries who ultimately forward it to government – example, a store tax is paid to a store [...]