FTC floats Internet “Drudge” tax
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to "reinvent" journalism, and that's a cause for concern. According to a May 24 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul. The bureaucracy sees it as a problem that the Internet has introduced a wealth of information options to consumers, forcing media companies to adapt and experiment to meet changing market needs.
U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP
President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation’s annual economic output, a step toward what Bill Gross called a “debt super cycle.”
Founder of Ground Zero mosque funded flotilla
The imam behind a proposed mosque near Ground Zero is a prominent member of a group that helped sponsor the pro-Palestinian activists who clashed violently with Israeli commandos at sea this week.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is a key figure in Malaysian-based Perdana Global Peace Organization, according to its Website.
Assassination plot by radical Muslims against Pope
Two Moroccan students who attended a university in the central Italian city of Perugia were expelled from the country last month after it was discovered that they were conspiring to kill Pope Benedict. One of them allegedly said he wished to “earn a place in Paradise.”According to Italian weekly newspaper Panorama, conversations intercepted by Italian authorities led to the arrest and deportation of the two suspects.
NJ Men Accused in Muslim Terror Plot
The young men's intentions were sinister, investigators say: to head to Somalia to seek terror training from al-Qaida-affiliated jihadists and unleash attacks against fellow Americans.
Reappraising the Right
Written and published well before the policies of the current administration helped spark the growing Tea Party movement, “Reappraising the Right” puts the lie to any suggestion that the modern conservative movement is dead. True, the political landscape since Ronald Reagan has left many fearing for the future of free-market capitalism, representative government and personal and religious freedoms, which they feel will be abandoned in favor of over-regulation, high taxation, statism and the denigration of American exceptionalism. What is needed, according to Nash, isn't a new breed of conservatism, but, rather, a fresh dialogue between various conservative camps employing the same tools as the left – namely, the power of the Internet, where he perceives a tremendous intellectual energy. All is not lost, he asserts. Let's hope his optimism is warranted.
Business: Strangled by overtaxation and regulation
"May’s devastating jobs report should be a huge red flag to President Obama and Speaker Pelosi that we are on the wrong course. Small businesses — the backbone of our economy — are being strangled by overtaxation and onerous regulations coming from the Obama administration,” Tiahrt said. “How are jobs supposed to be created when a huge percentage of their income is taken to grow a bigger Washington?”
States Plunder 911 Funding
State governments are getting bolder about diverting funds intended to maintain and modernize 911 emergency calling systems for other uses. As states face greater budget gaps spurred by reckless spending and unsustainable obligations to the public sector employees, legislatures have been turning everywhere for extra cash. The 911 surcharge that appears on most consumer phone bills is no exception.
President Barack “Decorum” Obama
“I was down there a month ago, before most of these talkin’ heads were even paying attention to the gulf. A month ago I was meeting with fishermen down there, standin’ in the rain talking about what a potential crisis this could be. And I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick.”
Why aren’t you buying the oil barriers
He’s already had a representative from BP visit his factory and inspect his product. The governor of Maine, John Baldacci, visited the facility and made a video plea to no one in particular to close the deal. Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins wrote a letter on May 21 to the secretary of the Interior, the administrator of NOAA, and the commandant of the Coast Guard to alert them to the existence of Packgen, their supply of boom, and their demonstrated capacity to make more. I have no idea if those are the correct persons and agencies to notify about the manufacturing capacity and the availability of boom.
'10,000' throng to stop Ground Zero mosque
As many as 10,000 protesters from across the country – including family members who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 – took to the streets in New York City Sunday to fight construction of a 13-story Islamic mosque to be built just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah.
EPA’s Regulatory Overreach on Global Warming
The Clean Air Act was never intended to address global warming, and regulations attempting to do so would be very troublesome for the economy. Fortunately, the Congressional Review Act was enacted to stop just such bad regulations. S.J. Res. 26, sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R–AK) would use the act to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing global warming regulations that would do tremendous economic damage in the years ahead.
Liberals fail economics test, conservatives best
Who is better informed about the policy choices facing the country—liberals, conservatives or libertarians? According to a Zogby International survey that I write about in the May issue of Econ Journal Watch, the answer is unequivocal: The left flunks Econ 101.
Conservative Files for County Chair
Former Olathe City Councilman, former State Representative and former District 6 Johnson County Commissioner John Toplikar filed with the Johnson County Election Commissioner to run for Johnson County Chair. His entry into the race now forces an August primary election along with current County Chair Annabeth Surbaugh and District 4 Commissioner Ed Eilert.
Helen Thomas quits over anti-Israel rant
In a terse statement this morning, the Hearst Corporation announced the retirement of liberal, anti-Semitic, Helen Thomas, the longtime White House reporter whose remarks that Jews should quit "occupying" Palestine and return home to Poland and Germany scorched the Internet
Rinehart sentenced to life for incest, baby deaths
Danial Rinehart received life in prison plus 22 years today in Cass County Circuit Court on convictions of incest, felony murder, statutory rape and abandonment of a corpse. A jury found him guilty April 20 in a trial that included his daughter’s testimony that he carried on an incestuous relationship with her that began when she was 5 years old and produced four babies.
Crist accused of approving cash diversion
Charlie Crist claimed not to know anything about the deal that allowed his handpicked state GOP chair, Jim Greer, to take 10% off the top of Republican spending. Greer’s attorney accused Crist of lying and said that the Governor “personally approved” the fundraising arrangement.
St. Agnes Golf Classic
Drumm Farm Golf Club’s Championship Course is built over approximately 280 acres of preserved farmland located in the heart of Independence, Missouri. Playing Drumm Farm in the 2010 St. Agnes Golf Classic offers the perfect blend of fellowship, competition, camaraderie and philanthropy.
