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Archive for July 16th, 2009

  • Audio: DeMint, Meese Townhall on Sotomayor Hearings

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 4:42pm in Rule of Law 4

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  • Let’s Reduce Carbon Dioxide, but Let’s Not Include Nuclear Energy

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 4:18pm in Energy and Environment 10

    We take you to Knoxville, Tennessee: Several environmental groups are banding together in petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to stop TVA from operating a second reactor at Watts Bar nuclear plant. The Sierra Club, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Tennessee Environmental Council, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and We the People Inc. on Wednesday [...] More

  • Are You Feeling Lucky, Punk?

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 3:33pm in Health Care 16

    President Obama and his liberal counterparts in the Congress continue to falsely promise that their health care plan wouldn’t affect Americans who don’t crave change. However, all conventional wisdom points the opposite direction. In fact, the Lewin Group has estimated that if a public plan was made available at Medicare payment levels, approximately 119 million [...] More

  • Quote of the Day: Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) on Waxman-Markey

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 3:29pm in Energy and Environment 5

    Senator Byron Dorgan speaking on the floor of the Senate on why he can’t support any legislation that looks like the Waxman-Markey Global Warming bill: My preference would be that we not take up the Waxman-Markey bill, as such. I know a lot of work has gone into that legislation, but my preference would be that we [...] More

  • Video: Diverse Opinions on Energy?

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 3:24pm in Energy and Environment 1

    Earleir today, Harry Alford, the President of the Black Chamber of Commerce, was invited to speak at a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK). The hearing focused on the erroneous claims of the left that cap and trade somehow creates jobs. Mr. Alford correctly told the committee [...] More

  • In Case You Missed It: Government Health Care in Pictures

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 3:20pm in Health Care 54

    This chart was released yesterday by the U.S. House Republican Conference to demonstrate their view of a government run health care system. More

  • Obama, Medvedev, and Missile Defense

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 3:16pm in American Leadership, Protect America 2

    As President Obama and Russian President Medvedev met in Moscow July 6-8, arms control and missile defense were key issues. Both sides agreed to a preliminary framework for a treaty to replace the START Treaty, which expires in December. However, since before Obama arrived in Moscow, President Medvedev has been tying arms control to the [...] More

  • Nomination Hearings: The Art of Speaking Without Saying Anything

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 3:13pm in Enterprise and Free Markets 0

    No, this is not a post about the Sotomayor hearings. Yesterday there was another widely-attended Senate hearing. Another room was packed, interested parties cramming into every available seat to hear what the nominees had to say. But, what they heard was little, at best. Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Baker, Democratic and Republican respectively, testified before the Senate [...] More

  • UNDP and Libya: A Partnership Worth Looking Into

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 2:57pm in American Leadership 0

    Just to show that it is not above dealing with any shady dictatorship – and not just North Korea or current Iran – the United Nations Development Programme just completed a deal to manage a $1.5 million donation by the Libyan government “to build a school of Muammar Abu-Mnyar Al-Gaddafi in the Gaza Strip” to [...] More

  • Hugo Chavez’s Bad Habits

    Posted July 16th, 2009 at 2:48pm in American Leadership 1

    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is about to release a new study reporting links between Venezuela and increased cocaine trafficking. The report notes that shipments of cocaine transiting Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela increased from 60 metric tons in 2004 to 260 metric tons in 2007. (The State Department says 300 metric tons in 2008.) The report [...] More