The Community Organizer’s New Clothes There’s a piece by James Taranto of the WSJ today about Obama’s “Community Organizer” days that shouldn’t be missed. …community organizing consists of helping elect Barack Obama president! This fits right in with Obama’s claim, noted here yesterday, that he is more qualified to be president than Palin is...
Fruits of Liberal Policy
Democrats Maintain Prison of Poverty in U.S. Cities
Looking for still more proof that Democrat social and fiscal strategies (hehehe) fail? Please take a few minutes to read Glenn Beck’s excellent article on the poorest U.S. cities and their governments. Yep, you guessed it… Five of the 10 cities with the highest poverty rates (Detroit, Buffalo, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Newark)...
Who Really Cares, Right vs. Left in Charity & Service…
In “Who Really Cares: America’s Charity Divide – Who Gives, Who Doesn’t, and Why It Matters”, Arthur C. Brooks uses hard data to prove that, when it comes to charitable giving, conservatives – especially religious conservatives – are far more generous than liberals, who seem to believe that “compassion” begins and ends with voting...
Andrew Carnegie on Poverty
I recently read “The Gospel of Wealth”, and essay by Andrew Carnegie, and many quotes from it continue to resonate in my mind, to the point where I feel compelled to post some here. In just the introduction there are so many gems of wisdom that if a person just read that, it would...
Katrina vs Iowa: Strong Contrast
There’s an interesting email going around lately. I don’t know the origin, but the message is spot on and should be considered by all. As you watch the coverage of the flooding in the Midwest, take notice of the following… There are no farmers running around with stolen high-end tennis shoes and big screen...
Kenyan Economist: Stop The Aid To Africa!
There’s a incredibly insightful article in Spiegel about the damage foreign aid brings to third world countries in very plain language. These are things I and others have been saying for years, but when you have an economist from Kenya saying the same, maybe people will believe it now. The Kenyan economics expert James...
Keeping The Down Down: “Charities” Try To Corner The Market on The Meek
There’s an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (online.wsj.com) on the recent development of microloans and other economic stimulus to poor countries, in this case Mexico, which has caused some outcry among non-profits and so called “social innovators”. The apparently self-interested non-profits are claiming that these microlenders are earning too much profit providing...
Obama Truth Squads Suspend Free Speech in MO
Last Tuesday, CBS affiliate Channel 4 TV News in St. Louis reported that some Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors have formed a truth squad to target anyone who engages in misleading ad or statements about Senator Obama. Here’s the transcript of the lede on the CBS story: “Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is asking Missouri...
