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While Frank’s role in the financial crisis has been noted by some publications and commentators, the sex scandal that could have forced his resignation or expulsion from Congress was mostly ignored. By Cliff Kincaid The publication that published scores of stories about sexual charges against Republican Herman Cain whitewashed the documented sex scandal that almost brought down Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, saying that a prostitute Frank hired through a “hot bottom” ad was just his “friend.” A liberal Democrat from […]

[Obama] is damning the torpedoes and continuing to pursue a liberal, progressive agenda that has proven to be a failure. As they have for the past three years, Americans will pay the price. Mike Brownfield December 9, 2011 at Heritage Foundation If U.S. history is a painting on a giant canvas, President Barack Obama’s speech this week in Osawatomie, Kansas, is a thick coat of whitewash layered all over it, and the failure of the last three years lies underneath. […]

Over the past three decades, government debt, business debt and household debt have absolutely exploded, but our assets have not. That means that we are getting poorer as a nation. By Michael T. Snyder How do you decide whether you are wealthy or not? Do you determine that by how much money you spend at the stores? Of course not. You can tell if you are wealthy or not by comparing your assets (the money in your bank account, equity […]

There are legal restrictions that make hiring and firing a litigator’s paradise. There are high payroll taxes that vastly increase the cost of new works. There are minimum wage laws, labor union privileges and “child” labor laws that cartelize the workplace to benefit the few at the expense of the many. By Jeffrey Tucker at Whiskey & Gunpowder There was a brief moment of joy at the news that retailers hired 206,000 new people in November. But only one day […]

We’ve allowed a “cradle to the grave” entitlement society! 144 million in the US pay no taxes and are supported by the rest of us. Under Reagan only 19% of households paid no taxes, under Clinton it rose to 25%, under Bush to 30% and under Obama went up over 50% to 47% of households not paying taxes. The Marxists are winning and America is going bankrupt. Detroit “is a graveyard of socialism in America” Obama bragged of his support […]

When there are more losses, and there will be, the only way to guarantee banks do not take them, is to have someone else take them, namely taxpayers. By Mike “Mish” Shedlock at Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis If French president Nicolas Sarkozy gets his wish to “Level the Playing Field” on sovereign bonds, a decade-long European recession is on its way. French President Nicolas Sarkozy made it clear in a speech in Toulon last week that he wanted the […]

…Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. Obviously President Barack Hussein Obama believes in a “guarantee of happiness” and that he, along with his liberal disciples, are the arbiters of fairness. America is about equal opportunity, not the liberal progressive mantra of equal achievement. Nice try Mr. President but teleprompters and poll tested messages do not equal visionary leadership. Sorry… I know, that ain’t fair! Rep. Allen West on Greta: More Allen West videos

Sometimes children survive failed abortions and exist in our world today. Melissa Ohden, a 34-year-old international pro-life speaker and advocate, wife and mother, is one such survivor. Over 1.2 million children lose their lives to abortion every year in the United States alone. Over 53 million children have lost their lives to abortion in the United States since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Many know the sad reality of these statistics, but most don’t know the amazing reality […]

The bill would explicitly empower the government to keep suspected terrorists in military custody indefinitely without trial, on the mere basis of suspicion of terrorist activities, and it does not make specific exception for American citizens. By Zachary Gappa at Center for a Just Society Our nation’s ongoing war on terror has had a major impact on the traditional tension between security and liberty. The latest news item is the Senate’s passage of the latest National Defense Authorization Act. This […]

usACTIONnews reported back in February 2011 that the purpose of this “gun walking” program was to give political cover to the administrations gun ban by executive order. Rep. Darell Issa now confirms that this “Rahm Emanuel” crisis was created by Obama’s DOJ so they could cite an increase in American guns used in Mexican drug cartel violence. It backfired. Weapons that the DOJ allowed to be smuggled to the drug cartels have been used to kill a US border agent, […]