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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 9:05pm

Obama is “The Alien in the White House”

Posted by Tom Skypek in American Culture, American Politics, The American Presidency

If you haven’t read Dorothy Rabinowitz’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, you should. It is one of the most articulate and sobering critiques of Barack Obama and his administration that I’ve ever read. It’s sad that an article like this needs to be written. The fact of the matter is that Obama’s love for this country is conditional. He views himself as a world citizen first and an American second. This administration apologizes for this country on a regular basis, both at home and abroad. This country’s top counter terrorism official, John Brennan, has made excuses for those who have killed Americans, saying that “violent extremists are victims of political, economic and social forces.”

“One of his first reforms was to…

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 7:47pm

Jon Kyl Takes Lead on Nuclear Policy

Posted by Tom Skypek in American Foreign Policy, U.S. Nuclear Policy

United States Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) made a compelling argument in today’s Wall Street Journal against ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). For nearly two decades the United States has relied on technical extrapolations to verify the reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile. But these technical extrapolations are essentially ”best guesses” based on historical trends and data. As I said in a recent post, “The only way to be certain a weapon is reliable is to test it.” Kyl is right when he argues that the credibility of our nuclear deterrent is dependent on the reliability of our stockpile. As I’ve mentioned previously, as the credibility of our deterrent decreases, friends and allies may be forced to develop their own nuclear deterrents.

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Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 8:03pm

Rush Limbaugh, the St. Louis Rams, and the NFL

Posted by Tom Skypek in Media

What is there to say? Rush Limbaugh got sandbagged by both the mainstream media and his business partners. Whether you’re a liberal or a conservative, you should care about the St. Louis Rams debacle and what happened to Rush. Rush was discriminated against just because he’s an outspoken conservative. In America, anyone should be able to purchase whatever they want, regardless of political ideology. I’m not a fan of Michael Moore, but if he wanted to buy the Detroit Lions he certainly has the right. There is a double-standard for conservative and liberals. You can read Rush’s recent article in The Wall Street Journal; he chronicles some of the more memorable remarks of the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Of course,…

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Sunday, September 28th, 2008 at 7:26pm

Bailout Language Benefits Democrats, ACORN

Posted by Tom Skypek in Economy, Media

Here’s a must-read op-ed from The Wall Street Journal. It details how groups like groups ACORN are likely to benefit–at taxpayer expense–from the bailout legislation proposed by the Democrats. ACORN is a “non-partisan” partisan organization that has spent $16 million this year registering Democratic voters. If you look up “voter fraud” in the dictionary, ACORN will be cited as one of the most egregious offenders.

Taxpayers are naturally suspicious that political insiders and contributors on Wall Street are going to make out like bandits once Washington starts spending the $700 billion in the financial market rescue. But Democrats have already decided to spin off potentially billions of taxpayer dollars from the bailout fund to their own political buddies — not…

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