Month: September 2012

Lie to Me

  Like most adult Americans, I am not surprised when my government lies to me. It is what they do. I expect it. There are times when, in the words of the poet Col Nathan Jessup, “I can’t handle the truth.” I expect my government to lie to me about things that I am unable to process. Sometimes it is because the government’s business is so messy and complicated that we can’t understand why this industry needs a tax incentive, but that one doesn’t. Sometimes it is because we all need our government to do things that, as individuals,...

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Uncommon Knowledge with Thomas Sowell

  Peter Robinson of Uncommon Knowledge and Ricochet has another interview out with the legendary Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution. These interviews are always chock-full of great knowledge. Sowell is a legend and a national treasure who has been skewing the conventional wisdom of the day for over half a century. Robinson and Sowell talk about Sowell’s latest essay “Trickle Down Theory” and “Tax Cuts for the Rich”. Sowell makes the case for tax cuts and articulates their true effects and corrects notions put forward by the media. Sowell takes apart the often-circulated myth known at the “trickle-down...

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Dennis Prager Clarifies The Middle East Problem

  “The Middle East conflict…in fact, probably the easiest conflict in the world to describe”   In this mere 5+ minute video, Dennis Prager succinctly instructs why there is no peace in the Middle East, and reiterates the motto of Hamas:   “We love death as much as the Jews love life”       Dennis teaches about “the 3 famous no’s”, how over the years Israel has given back territory for peace, and how this little Jewish state the size of El Salvador has miraculously managed to survive since 1948. This is a must watch video for every American, every...

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I miss the good old days.

  You know, the good old days when the United States was respected throughout the world? In 2008, the electorate was tired of that cowboy George Bush. We needed a new leader who would repair our damaged reputation around the world, especially in the middle east. Our Harvard educated (we think) and world-savvy new President was going to repair our relations in the middle east and present a warm and fuzzy America to the rest of the world.Well the world, at least those parts that hated us, just interpreted that attitude as they always do: weakness. Now they are...

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