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Neither the president nor his would-be successors talk much about the fact that we are now nearing $20 trillion in debt-in an ossified economy of near-zero interest rates, little if any GDP growth, and record numbers of able-bodied but non-working adults. (The most frequent complaint I hear in my hometown is that the government lags behind in their cost-of-living raises in Social Security disability payments.) No one can figure out how and why America's youth have borrowed a collective $1 trillion for college tuition, and yet received so little education and skills in the bargain. Today's campuses have become as...

In his self-made role as a life-long Emperor of Insanity, Obama uses NSA to spy on all Americans and on our allies in Europe; sends foreign aid to Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood; destroys the American economy by putting millions of white Americans out of work and giving zillions of dollars in benefits to minorities; stifling American healthcare which is one sixth of our economy with Obamacare; rigging the presidential election by using the IRS and other illegal tactics to shut down opposition to his Marxist policies; gutting the military; destroying private business enterprises with heavy-handed government regulation; turning our...

By mandating 40% of our corn crop be dedicated to ethanol, we've created domestic shortages that may turn the U.S. into a net importer of corn and destroy our dominance in one more area of the world economy. [...] We are now reaping the unintended consequences of those decisions. Accepting as fact that American farmers are the most productive in the world, and also accepting as fact that the agriculture sector is one of the few sectors of the economy which is performing well, we’re still faced with a problem. Coming off the third-highest corn harvest in U.S. history in...

No place in America better symbolizes the ruination brought by Democrats than Detroit. The city has been run by Democrats for decades, while its economic life has been in thrall to the unions, which drove up wages to unsustainable levels, ruining the American auto industry. The UK Guardian has published a selection of stunning photographs taken by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, showing the ruins of once grand buildings in the Motor City. It is heartbreaking to see -- almost as if a war was fought there. Actually, there was, but it was a political war won by Democrats and...

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In his November 2004 message to Americans, Usama bin-Laden stated the 9/11 attack was chosen in order to continue the "policy of bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy." He added that it appears to "some analysts and diplomats that the White House and we are playing as one team" towards "the economic ruination of the country even if the intentions differ." He cited the Royal Institute of International Affairs estimate that the attacks cost al Qaeda just $500,000. For related prior post on January 2 at Pasadena Sub Rosa see below (text in full): ALL FOR THE LOSS OF...

Results have yet to emerge six days after presidential elections were held in Zimbabwe. Tension is rising as President Robert Mugabe decides whether he will agree to a runoff with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Two journalists have been arrested, and there are reports of raids on opposition offices. President Mugabe summoned the leadership of the country's ruling ZANU-PF party to a meeting Friday to determine whether it should contest the runoff vote. The meeting follows the party's loss of control of parliament for the first time since 1980, when Mugabe led the former British colony to independence. "I have no...

The debate over recent remarks by Senator Dick Durbin on the floor of the U. S. Senate shows little sign of letting up. When Senator Durbin compared the forceful interrogation of a few detainees at Guantanamo Bay to the atrocities of the Soviet Gulag, many saw this analogy as excessive. David Wallace-Wells of “Slate” echoes this criticism but goes even farther. He quotes Jonah Goldberg who says, “While I can muster the requisite moral outrage if necessary, what really astounds me about Durbin’s comments is the political stupidity of it.” Such political stupidity demands a retraction. The senator offered a...

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

Urine may lead to collapse of major bridge in Indonesia's Sumatra Nov 27, 2:25 AM ET JAKARTA (AFP) - A landmark bridge in Indonesia's Sumatra island may collapse because too many people are fond of urinating on one of its steel pillars. Public works officials have found that the Ampera bridge, the landmark of Palembang city, the capital of South Sumatra province, has begun to lean on an angle and rocks slightly when traffic is heavy, the Jakarta Post said. An official at the public works department in Palembang, Azmi Lakoni, was quoted as saying the bridge had deteriorated because...