Two days after news surfaced about President Barack Obama’s plan to charge wounded war veterans for treatment, the White House on Wednesday backed off a controversial plan that would have dramatically altered the way the Department of Veterans Affairs handles insurance claims, after veterans groups staged an all-out fight against such a proposal. According to [...]
Entries from March 2009
Obama Drops Plans to Soak Wounded Veterans
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: · american legion, Barack Obama, david k. rehbein, david rehbein, department of veterans affairs, Obama, president barack obama, president obama, private insurance companies, service-related injuries, The Hill, treatment of veterans, va, va budget, veterans affairs, veterans groups, veterans health care system, war veterans, White House
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Do Taxes Targeting Oil and Gas Industry Affect Consumers, Other Industries?
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments
As a public service, I offer the second in a series of posts intended to help readers of this blog distinguish between rhetoric and economic reality when it comes to matters impacting the nation’s energy future: RHETORIC: Taxes targeting the oil and natural gas industry are okay because they don’t affect consumers or other industries. [...]
Tags: · Economy, gas, Health Care, job security, natural gas, oil, oil and natural gas, oil and natural gas industry, reality, rhetoric, rhetoric versus reality, rhetoric vs. reality, taxes
Yikes, I Might Be Part of the Militia Movement! (Sixth Update)
March 18th, 2009 · 25 Comments
It appears I removed the political bumper stickers from my car just in time — that is, before the Missouri Information Analysis Center issued to members of the Missouri law enforcement community what one writer described as “chilling instructions” about how to identify members of the “modern militia movement.” Don’t get me wrong! I’m not [...]
Tags: · Amero, Barack Obama, Bob Barr, campaign for liberty, Christian, Christian Identity, chuck baldwin, Constitution Party, Democrat, economic collapse, governor jay nixon, igor panarin, jay nixon, law enforcement, libertarian, miac, miac strategic report, militia, militia movement, Missouri, missouri information analysis center, missouri law enforcement community, missouri state police, modern militia movement, monetary system, North American Union, north american union coins, Obama, political affiliation, political paraphernalia, political speech, political thought, religious ideology, rfid, rfid human implantations, rfid technology, right-wing circles, roger webb, Ron Paul, russian professor, Show-Me State, Sleeper Cells, stifle political thought
Inhofe Slams Obama’s Cap-and-Trade ‘Scheme’
March 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
“There is nothing in it for taxpayers, consumers or the climate,” said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) while speaking about President Barack Obama’s cap-and-trade tax scheme on the Senate floor this morning. “If it is time for anything, it is time for us to get realistic about these policies, and focus on what is achievable, both [...]
Tags: · Ben Stein, cap and trade, cap-and-trade tax scheme, carbon, carbon states, CNBC, Energy, Inhofe, James Inhofe, Jim Cramer, Jim Inhofe, New York Times, Sen. James Inhofe, sen. jim inhofe, senate environment and public works committee, Senator Inhofe, tax scheme, Wall Street Journal, warren buffett
Will Barack Obama Ask Air Force to Remove Weapons, Countermeasures from Air Force One? (Updated)
March 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In a Washington Times editorial published yesterday, I learned the anti-gun Obama Administration was “quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.” Now, I wonder how much time will pass until President Barack Obama shows a willingness to assume the same sort of risk and [...]
Tags: · 44, 9-11, Air Force, air force one, airline passengers, airline security, airlines, Barack Obama, barack obama bio, countermeasures, dark humor, federal firearms program, flight attendant, Homeland Security, major airline, Obama, obama administration, passenger safety, president barack obama, president obama, public safety, safety on airlines, Sept. 11, terror attacks, terrorist attacks, Washington Times, weapons, White House
Boston Globe Fails to Tell Story About President Obama’s Horrible Plan for Veterans Health Care (Updated)
March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
In researching a post about President Barack Obama’s scheduled Thursday night appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, I came across a brief article, Obama taking economic message to Leno, on Boston.com. While the text of the article was pretty straightforward, a Reuters photo (right) sandwiched between the headline and the body copy speaks [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Boston Globe, boston.com, Jay Leno, leno, mlitary veterans, Obama, president barack obama, president obama, private insurance, service-connected disabilities, service-connected injuries, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Veterans, veterans groups, veterans health care, wounded gis, wounded soldiers, wounded veterans
Morning Headlines Deliver Daunting News
March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
The headlines to which I awoke this morning are nothing if not daunting: Feds Undercut Ammo Supply — A recent government policy change has taken a bite out of the nation’s already stressed ammunition supply, leaving arms dealers scrambling to find ammo for private gun owners. Observation: Makes one wonder what’s next in the assault [...]
Tags: · ammo, ammo supply, ammunition supply, arms dealers, Barack Obama, brass, g20, global currency, global financial system, Headlines, Health Care, health reform, matthew 24, Obama, president barack obama, private gun owners, Second Amendment, Socialism, Universal Health Care
