Articles from February 2010



Health Care Summit Failure

It started after a long presidential introductory speech that accomplished two things: it established that the president was going to control the process and it eliminated any notion of compromise or bipartisanship. It was simply political theater.  The Republicans refused to knuckle under to Democrat health care oratory, tactic or strategy. Republicans understood the deeper [...]

Congress: A Trojan Horse for Progressives/Socialists

Capitalism is the economic engine behind the greatness of the United States. Capitalism and liberty are reciprocal values culminating in American exceptionalism that allowed the United States to save the international community from two world wars, force the collapse of communism without firing a shot, and willingly share our wealth with those less fortunate.  American [...]

Okay, Let’s Be Bipartisan Now

President Obama’s first year in office was marked by total isolation of the Republican minority by a Democrat super-majority in Congress, one party back room rule absent checks and balances and a President who failed to extend a hand of bipartisanship but did extend his middle finger to the Republican minority.  Now President Obama wants [...]

A Retrospective on Liberals and Progressives aka Collectivists

We are still fighting the same issues Ronald Reagan warned us about prior to his presidency: excessive government spending and regulations, taxation, a faltering economy, devalued dollar, high unemployment, approaching inflation, threats from abroad and weak national leadership.  Now we have additional issues in terms of one party control (despite Scott Brown’s election) absent checks [...]