2 The Point News – Page 670 – The Oasis for Rational Conservatives

Member Login
You are not currently logged in.
Username or Email Address:

Password:

Remember Me

» Register
» Lost your Password?
Article Categories</h3> </div><div class="art-blockcontent"><div id='wlmember_loginwidget'><form method="post" action="https://www.2thepointnews.com/wp-login.php"><p>You are not currently logged in.</p><span class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_username_holder"><label>Username or Email Address:</label><br /><input class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_username" type="text" name="log" size="15" /></span><br /><span class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_password_holder"><label>Password:</label><br /><span class="wishlist-member-login-password"><input class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_password" type="password" name="pwd" size="15" /><a href="#" class="dashicons dashicons-visibility" aria-hidden="true"></a></span></span><br /><span class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_checkrememberme_holder"><input class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_checkrememberme" type="checkbox" name="rememberme" value="forever" /> <label>Remember Me</label></span><br /><span class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_submit_holder"><input class="wlmember_loginwidget_input_submit" type="submit" name="wp-submit" value="Login" /></span><br /><br /><span class="wlmember_loginwidget_link_register_holder">» <a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/register/?wlfrom=%2Fpage%2F670%2F%3FItemid%3D2%26id%3D1420">Register</a></span><br /><span class="wlmember_loginwidget_link_lostpassword_holder">» <a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword">Lost your Password?</a></span><input type="hidden" name="wlm_redirect_to" value="wishlistmember" /><input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="wishlistmember" /></form></div> <ul> <li class="cat-item cat-item-117"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/adventure-explore/">Adventure/Explore</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-127"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/archives/">Archives</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-2"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/behind-the-lines/" title="Featured article">Behind The Lines</a> <ul class='children'> <li class="cat-item cat-item-26"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/behind-the-lines/c104-free-articles/">Free Articles</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/behind-the-lines/members-only-articles/" title=" ">Members Only</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-138"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/deuces-wild/">Deuces Wild</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-150"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/adventure-explore-free-articles/">Free Articles</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/guest-authors/" title="Articles by Guest Authors">Guest Authors</a> <ul class='children'> <li class="cat-item cat-item-49"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/guest-authors/c89-free-articles/">Free Articles</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-50"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/guest-authors/c90-members-only-articles/">Members Only</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-136"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/half-full-report/">Half-Full Report</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-9"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/humor-file/" title="Humor File by To The Point">Humor File</a> <ul class='children'> <li class="cat-item cat-item-36"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/humor-file/c76-free-articles/" title="TTP Intelligence Bulletin by Dr. Jack Wheeler">Free Articles</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-35"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/humor-file/c75-members-only-articles/" title=" ">Members Only</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-140"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/ttp-intelligence-bulletin/">Intelligence Bulletin</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-144"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/keeping-your-sanity/">Keeping Your Sanity</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-149"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/live-long-and-prosper/">Live Long and Prosper</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-147"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/long-live-and-prosper/">Long Live and Prosper</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-137"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/c95-members-only-articles/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-145"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/keeping-your-sanity-membersonly/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-148"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/members-only-long-live-and-prosper/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-139"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/members-only-deuces-wild/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-141"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/c68-members-only-articles/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-142"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/c87-members-only-articles/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-132"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/adventure-explore-membersonly/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-133"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/members-only-archives/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-134"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/members-only-skyes-links/">Members Only</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-146"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/no-fear-of-the-evil-eye/">No Fear of The Evil Eye</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/skyes-links/">Skye's Links</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/uncategorized/">Uncategorized</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-143"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/category/the-virtue-of-happiness/">Virtue of Happiness</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div><div id="archives-2" class="art-block widget widget_archive clearfix"> <div class="art-blockheader"> <h3 class="t">Article Archives</h3> </div><div class="art-blockcontent"> <label class="screen-reader-text" for="archives-dropdown-2">Article Archives</label> <select id="archives-dropdown-2" name="archive-dropdown"> <option value="">Select Month</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/10/'> October 2025 (3)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/09/'> September 2025 (61)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/08/'> August 2025 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/07/'> July 2025 (66)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/06/'> June 2025 (58)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/05/'> May 2025 (62)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/04/'> April 2025 (62)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/03/'> March 2025 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/02/'> February 2025 (58)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2025/01/'> January 2025 (66)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/12/'> December 2024 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/11/'> November 2024 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/10/'> October 2024 (61)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/09/'> September 2024 (54)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/08/'> August 2024 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/07/'> July 2024 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/06/'> June 2024 (52)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/05/'> May 2024 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/04/'> April 2024 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/03/'> March 2024 (56)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/02/'> February 2024 (54)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2024/01/'> January 2024 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/12/'> December 2023 (54)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/11/'> November 2023 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/10/'> October 2023 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/09/'> September 2023 (55)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/08/'> August 2023 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/07/'> July 2023 (55)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/06/'> June 2023 (58)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/05/'> May 2023 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/04/'> April 2023 (51)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/03/'> March 2023 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/02/'> February 2023 (53)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2023/01/'> January 2023 (58)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/12/'> December 2022 (58)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/11/'> November 2022 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/10/'> October 2022 (54)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/09/'> September 2022 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/08/'> August 2022 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/07/'> July 2022 (55)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/06/'> June 2022 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/05/'> May 2022 (61)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/04/'> April 2022 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/03/'> March 2022 (65)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/02/'> February 2022 (56)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2022/01/'> January 2022 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/12/'> December 2021 (64)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/11/'> November 2021 (54)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/10/'> October 2021 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/09/'> September 2021 (62)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/08/'> August 2021 (60)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/07/'> July 2021 (63)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/06/'> June 2021 (63)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/05/'> May 2021 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/04/'> April 2021 (62)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/03/'> March 2021 (64)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/02/'> February 2021 (59)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2021/01/'> January 2021 (58)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/12/'> December 2020 (67)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/11/'> November 2020 (57)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/10/'> October 2020 (64)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/09/'> September 2020 (65)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/08/'> August 2020 (61)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/07/'> July 2020 (50)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/06/'> June 2020 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/05/'> May 2020 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/04/'> April 2020 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/03/'> March 2020 (39)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/02/'> February 2020 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2020/01/'> January 2020 (40)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/12/'> December 2019 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/11/'> November 2019 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/10/'> October 2019 (38)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/09/'> September 2019 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/08/'> August 2019 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/07/'> July 2019 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/06/'> June 2019 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/05/'> May 2019 (40)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/04/'> April 2019 (42)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/03/'> March 2019 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/02/'> February 2019 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2019/01/'> January 2019 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/12/'> December 2018 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/11/'> November 2018 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/10/'> October 2018 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/09/'> September 2018 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/08/'> August 2018 (41)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/07/'> July 2018 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/06/'> June 2018 (47)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/05/'> May 2018 (44)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/04/'> April 2018 (39)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/03/'> March 2018 (46)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/02/'> February 2018 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2018/01/'> January 2018 (38)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/12/'> December 2017 (40)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/11/'> November 2017 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/10/'> October 2017 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/09/'> September 2017 (44)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/08/'> August 2017 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/07/'> July 2017 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/06/'> June 2017 (40)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/05/'> May 2017 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/04/'> April 2017 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/03/'> March 2017 (40)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/02/'> February 2017 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2017/01/'> January 2017 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/12/'> December 2016 (43)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/11/'> November 2016 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/10/'> October 2016 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/09/'> September 2016 (41)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/08/'> August 2016 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/07/'> July 2016 (43)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/06/'> June 2016 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/05/'> May 2016 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/04/'> April 2016 (38)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/03/'> March 2016 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/02/'> February 2016 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2016/01/'> January 2016 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/12/'> December 2015 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/11/'> November 2015 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/10/'> October 2015 (42)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/09/'> September 2015 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/08/'> August 2015 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/07/'> July 2015 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/06/'> June 2015 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/05/'> May 2015 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/04/'> April 2015 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/03/'> March 2015 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/02/'> February 2015 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2015/01/'> January 2015 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/12/'> December 2014 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/11/'> November 2014 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/10/'> October 2014 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/09/'> September 2014 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/08/'> August 2014 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/07/'> July 2014 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/06/'> June 2014 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/05/'> May 2014 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/04/'> April 2014 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/03/'> March 2014 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/02/'> February 2014 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2014/01/'> January 2014 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/12/'> December 2013 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/11/'> November 2013 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/10/'> October 2013 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/09/'> September 2013 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/08/'> August 2013 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/07/'> July 2013 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/06/'> June 2013 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/05/'> May 2013 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/04/'> April 2013 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/03/'> March 2013 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/02/'> February 2013 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2013/01/'> January 2013 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/12/'> December 2012 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/11/'> November 2012 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/10/'> October 2012 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/09/'> September 2012 (24)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/08/'> August 2012 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/07/'> July 2012 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/06/'> June 2012 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/05/'> May 2012 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/04/'> April 2012 (24)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/03/'> March 2012 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/02/'> February 2012 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2012/01/'> January 2012 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/12/'> December 2011 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/11/'> November 2011 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/10/'> October 2011 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/09/'> September 2011 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/08/'> August 2011 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/07/'> July 2011 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/06/'> June 2011 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/05/'> May 2011 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/04/'> April 2011 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/03/'> March 2011 (34)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/02/'> February 2011 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2011/01/'> January 2011 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/12/'> December 2010 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/11/'> November 2010 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/10/'> October 2010 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/09/'> September 2010 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/08/'> August 2010 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/07/'> July 2010 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/06/'> June 2010 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/05/'> May 2010 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/04/'> April 2010 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/03/'> March 2010 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/02/'> February 2010 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2010/01/'> January 2010 (37)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/12/'> December 2009 (19)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/11/'> November 2009 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/10/'> October 2009 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/09/'> September 2009 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/08/'> August 2009 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/07/'> July 2009 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/06/'> June 2009 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/05/'> May 2009 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/04/'> April 2009 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/03/'> March 2009 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/02/'> February 2009 (23)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/01/'> January 2009 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/12/'> December 2008 (24)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/11/'> November 2008 (22)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/10/'> October 2008 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/09/'> September 2008 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/08/'> August 2008 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/07/'> July 2008 (23)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/06/'> June 2008 (22)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/05/'> May 2008 (31)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/04/'> April 2008 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/03/'> March 2008 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/02/'> February 2008 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2008/01/'> January 2008 (33)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/12/'> December 2007 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/11/'> November 2007 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/10/'> October 2007 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/09/'> September 2007 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/08/'> August 2007 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/07/'> July 2007 (16)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/06/'> June 2007 (24)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/05/'> May 2007 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/04/'> April 2007 (24)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/03/'> March 2007 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/02/'> February 2007 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2007/01/'> January 2007 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/12/'> December 2006 (30)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/11/'> November 2006 (36)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/10/'> October 2006 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/09/'> September 2006 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/08/'> August 2006 (32)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/07/'> July 2006 (19)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/06/'> June 2006 (41)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/05/'> May 2006 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/04/'> April 2006 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/03/'> March 2006 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/02/'> February 2006 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2006/01/'> January 2006 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/12/'> December 2005 (29)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/11/'> November 2005 (26)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/10/'> October 2005 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/09/'> September 2005 (35)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/08/'> August 2005 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/07/'> July 2005 (28)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/06/'> June 2005 (19)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/05/'> May 2005 (22)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/04/'> April 2005 (21)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/03/'> March 2005 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/02/'> February 2005 (21)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2005/01/'> January 2005 (22)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/12/'> December 2004 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/11/'> November 2004 (23)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/10/'> October 2004 (23)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/09/'> September 2004 (23)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/08/'> August 2004 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/07/'> July 2004 (25)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/06/'> June 2004 (24)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/05/'> May 2004 (21)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/04/'> April 2004 (27)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/03/'> March 2004 (18)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/02/'> February 2004 (18)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2004/01/'> January 2004 (15)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/12/'> December 2003 (9)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/11/'> November 2003 (4)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/10/'> October 2003 (14)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/09/'> September 2003 (9)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/08/'> August 2003 (5)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/07/'> July 2003 (10)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/06/'> June 2003 (10)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/05/'> May 2003 (4)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/04/'> April 2003 (4)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/03/'> March 2003 (3)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2003/02/'> February 2003 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2002/12/'> December 2002 (2)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2002/10/'> October 2002 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2002/09/'> September 2002 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2002/08/'> August 2002 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2002/06/'> June 2002 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2002/04/'> April 2002 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2001/10/'> October 2001 (2)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2001/09/'> September 2001 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/2001/06/'> June 2001 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/1998/07/'> July 1998 (1)</option> <option value='https://www.2thepointnews.com/1997/12/'> December 1997 (1)</option> </select> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ / (function() { var dropdown = document.getElementById( "archives-dropdown-2" ); function onSelectChange() { if ( dropdown.options[ dropdown.selectedIndex ].value !== '' ) { document.location.href = this.options[ this.selectedIndex ].value; } } dropdown.onchange = onSelectChange; })(); / ]]> / </script> </div> </div><div class="art-widget widget widget_text" id="text-2" ><div class="art-widget-content"> <div class="textwidget"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="art-layout-cell art-content"> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix" style="padding: 15px;"> <p id="breadcrumbs" typeof="BreadcrumbList">  <span property="itemListElement" typeof="ListItem"><span property="name">2 The Point News</span><meta property="position" content="1"></span></p> </div> <div class="art-pager"><a class="prev page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/669/?Itemid=2&id=1420">« Previous</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/1/?Itemid=2&id=1420">1</a> <span class="page-numbers dots more">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/668/?Itemid=2&id=1420">668</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/669/?Itemid=2&id=1420">669</a> <span aria-current active="page" class="page-numbers current active">670</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/671/?Itemid=2&id=1420">671</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/672/?Itemid=2&id=1420">672</a> <span class="page-numbers dots more">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/983/?Itemid=2&id=1420">983</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/671/?Itemid=2&id=1420">Next »</a></div> <article id="post-6104" class="art-post art-article post-6104 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/the-road-ahead-for-a-benghazi-committee/" rel="bookmark" title="THE ROAD AHEAD FOR A BENGHAZI COMMITTEE">THE ROAD AHEAD FOR A BENGHAZI COMMITTEE</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="12:38 pm">May 14, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jkelly/" title="View all posts by Jack Kelly">Jack Kelly</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> Thanks to the testimony of whistleblowers last week, and subsequent reporting of how "talking points" were systematically scrubbed of every reference to the truth, we know for sure President Barack Hussein Obama and senior aides were lying when they blamed a Youtube video for the attack on our consulate in Benghazi. More important is what is being covered up.<span> </span>To get to the bottom of what may be more a looming national security crisis than a scandal in the past, we must have answers to a large number of critical questions. The way to get them is for the House of Representatives to form a Select Committee, armed with subpoena power, to investigate what was going on before and during the attack on 9/11/2012, and what's been happening since. Here's how to form it, who should be on it, and what its members should focus on.<span> </span>Hint: <em>not</em> impeachment. There are very good reasons why - at least not before the mid-term elections in November 2014. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/the-road-ahead-for-a-benghazi-committee/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6103" class="art-post art-article post-6103 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/immigration-and-productivity/" rel="bookmark" title="IMMIGRATION AND PRODUCTIVITY">IMMIGRATION AND PRODUCTIVITY</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="11:58 am">May 14, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/rrahn/" title="View all posts by Richard Rahn">Richard Rahn</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> <em>[Note from JW: Dr. Rahn here presents an economic discussion of immigration - after all, he is an economist.<span> </span>It is not a discussion of the national security threat of immigration, specifically that of illegal immigration from Mexico. A lively discussion of Dr. Rahn's arguments is expected on the TTP Forum!]</em> How many new immigrants should the United States allow each year? How many guest workers? These are not easy questions, which is why there is as much fierce debate within the two parties as between them. The two main reasons given for restricting current immigration are the myths that immigrants take away American jobs and that immigrants are more likely to go on welfare, thus putting an additional burden on the taxpayers. Rather than taking away American jobs, good economists understand that immigrants who work create wealth in America, which in turn creates more and higher paying jobs for everyone. To explain the economics of this adequately would take more space than this entire commentary, but the truth of the assertion can be seen in the fact that high-wage countries with many immigrants such as Switzerland, Australia and Canada tend to have much higher labor force participation rates and lower unemployment rates than low-wage countries. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/immigration-and-productivity/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6101" class="art-post art-article post-6101 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/half-full-report-051013/" rel="bookmark" title="HALF-FULL REPORT 05/10/13">HALF-FULL REPORT 05/10/13</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="12:05 pm">May 10, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jack/" title="View all posts by Dr. Jack Wheeler">Dr. Jack Wheeler</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> Good grief - let's see if I still remember how to do this. I can't believe the last HFR I wrote was February 22. I've been gone that long.<span> </span>Then again, there's an <em>Agence France Presse</em> story this week (5/09) about scientists revealing that "<a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130509-study-shows-adventure-shapes-individual">Adventure Shapes the Individual</a>." The more exploratory you are, the more new neurons grow in your brain - even in adulthood, a process called <em>adult neurogenesis</em> - particularly in a structure of the brain called the hippocampus, responsible for learning and memory. AFP made a news story out of the research report appearing in today's (5/10) issue of <em><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/756.abstract?sid=8bf0c135-2b3f-4d39-9ed6-a8d1db8d0821">Science</a></em>, the world's premier journal of peer-reviewed science. Nonetheless, I learned about the connection between adventure and hippocampal neurogenesis a long time ago from Skye. So let's hope all the exploration I've been doing in the South Atlantic worked, as I have to get up to speed fast. First, though, I want to thank Jack Kelly so very much for his marvelous HFRs while I've been gone. I'm going to have a tough time now doing as well. Let's cut to the chase and explain the week's main event... </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/half-full-report-051013/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6099" class="art-post art-article post-6099 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/benghazi-and-watergate/" rel="bookmark" title="BENGHAZI AND WATERGATE">BENGHAZI AND WATERGATE</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="12:37 pm">May 9, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jkelly/" title="View all posts by Jack Kelly">Jack Kelly</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> How different history might have been if the news media then were as blasé about Watergate as they've been about Benghazi, if Republicans then were as disinterested in truth as Democrats are now. If Watergate had not brought Richard Nixon low, the "emerging Republican majority" <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Republican-Majority-Kevin-Phillips/dp/0870000586">Kevin Phillips</a> predicted in his 1969 book might well have. Democrats wouldn't have won the lopsided majorities in the 1974 congressional elections that led to the vast expansion of domestic spending that now threatens to bankrupt the country. President Nixon, if unweakened by scandal, wouldn't have abandoned South Vietnam when the North Vietnamese invaded. The Watergate burglars were caught while removing a bug on the phone of a Democratic National Committee official they believed <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/06/15/watergate-40-years-later-questions-endure-about-cia-role-in-break-in/">supplied prostitutes</a> for visiting Democrat big shots. President Nixon and his senior aides were furious when they found out. They were undone by their attempt to cover up a crime in which they were not involved. A crime in which no one died, like those in Benghazi. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/benghazi-and-watergate/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6098" class="art-post art-article post-6098 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-c89-free-articles" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/a-history-of-the-threat-of-chechnya/" rel="bookmark" title="A HISTORY OF THE THREAT OF CHECHNYA">A HISTORY OF THE THREAT OF CHECHNYA</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="12:20 pm">May 9, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jack/" title="View all posts by Ben English">Ben English</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> Some three years ago, as a retired Texas State Trooper, I taught a high school Criminal Justice class entitled "Crime in America." This course covered the types and trends of crime in our nation, and illustrated what someone working in our criminal justice system would most likely encounter in a future career. In this course I also identified future trends in crime, including terrorism and mass killings. Examples of the Chechen experience were utilized to explain how monstrous this could be, and was chosen due to the high likelihood of it coming to our nation. On April 15th, 2013, that calculation was proven true in Boston. Authorities have learned those involved in this hideous act originated from Chechnya, in the Northern Caucasus region of Russia, which serves as a fertile breeding ground for violent Islamic extremist groups. What follows is a brief history that may illuminate the horrifically bloody nature of Moslem Chechen violence -- which has now been perpetrated on us. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/a-history-of-the-threat-of-chechnya/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6096" class="art-post art-article post-6096 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-c90-members-only-articles" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/is-bitcoin-a-bubble/" rel="bookmark" title="IS BITCOIN A BUBBLE?">IS BITCOIN A BUBBLE?</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="11:58 am">May 8, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jack/" title="View all posts by Matt Ridley">Matt Ridley</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> Seems like everyone these days is talking about <a href="http://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoins</a> and their implications for private money. Bitcoins - a form of digital private money - shot up in value from $90 to $260 each after Cypriot bank accounts were raided by the State, then plunged last month before recovering some of their value. These gyrations are symptoms of a bubble. Just as with tulip bulbs or dotcom shares, there will probably be a bursting. All markets in assets that can be hoarded and resold - as opposed to those in goods for consumption - suffer from bubbles. Money is no different; and a new currency is rather like a new tulip breed. Yet it would be a mistake to write off Bitcoins as just another bubble. People are clearly keen on new forms of money safe from the confiscation and inflation that looks increasingly inevitable as governments try to escape their debts. Bitcoins pose a fundamental question: <em>will some form of private money replace the kind minted and printed by governments?</em> It has happened before. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/is-bitcoin-a-bubble/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6095" class="art-post art-article post-6095 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-c90-members-only-articles" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/is-the-curtain-coming-down-on-china/" rel="bookmark" title="IS THE CURTAIN COMING DOWN ON CHINA?">IS THE CURTAIN COMING DOWN ON CHINA?</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="11:14 am">May 8, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jack/" title="View all posts by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard">Ambrose Evans-Pritchard</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> Anti-reform hardliners in China's Communist Party have become seriously alarmed by the sharp slow-down in economic growth, creating a "task-force" to crank up production. China's Caixin Magazine reports that there is a growing "sense of crisis" not felt since the depths of the global banking crash in 2008-2009. The State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has assembled a team to "protect economic growth" and pressure state companies to boost jobs at all costs. SASAC is the bastion of vested interests and controller of 115 state behemoths with assets above $6 trillion and a lock on much of the economy. The move comes amid further signs that growth is faltering across all fronts. HSBC's gauge of Chinese services fell three points to 51.1 in April, the lowest in almost two years. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/is-the-curtain-coming-down-on-china/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6094" class="art-post art-article post-6094 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-c90-members-only-articles" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/israel-was-really-attacking-iran-and-russia-not-syria/" rel="bookmark" title="ISRAEL WAS REALLY ATTACKING IRAN AND RUSSIA, NOT SYRIA">ISRAEL WAS REALLY ATTACKING IRAN AND RUSSIA, NOT SYRIA</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="2:44 pm">May 7, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jack/" title="View all posts by Michael Ledeen">Michael Ledeen</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> As information about the apparent Israeli strikes on targets inside Syria continues to pour in, it's easy to lose sight of the central fact: the two reported Israeli attacks are part of an ongoing war, the big war against the West. While the attacks were in Syria, the mission was <em>primarily a major strike against Iran and Russia,</em> two key components of the global alliance arrayed against us. Both are desperately trying to shore up the Assad regime in Damascus. The fall of Assad would be a devastating blow to Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei's tyranny in Tehran, would gravely weaken Russia's strategic position in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and would threaten the strength (and even the survival) of Hezbollah, the world's most dangerous terrorist organization and the creation of Iran's founding tyrant, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The attacks apparently did great damage to Iranian missiles, and the vaunted Russian antiaircraft system provided to both Syria and Iran was unable to do anything to prevent them. Both have been humiliated. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/israel-was-really-attacking-iran-and-russia-not-syria/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6093" class="art-post art-article post-6093 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/why-obama-is-like-a-bartender-encouraging-you-to-drink-more/" rel="bookmark" title="WHY OBAMA IS LIKE A BARTENDER ENCOURAGING YOU TO DRINK MORE">WHY OBAMA IS LIKE A BARTENDER ENCOURAGING YOU TO DRINK MORE</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="9:31 am">May 7, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/rrahn/" title="View all posts by Richard Rahn">Richard Rahn</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> There is considerable evidence that drinking one glass of red wine per day for most middle-aged men has more health benefits than costs. There is also considerable evidence that drinking three or more glasses of wine per day causes more health problems than benefits. Even so, the owner of your favorite winery might encourage you to drink at least three glasses a day, perhaps with the following argument: "If you and my other customers drink three times as much, it will enable me to hire more workers, thus increasing employment." What the winery owner conveniently ignores is the damage the additional drinking causes to both your health and your pocketbook, and the fact that if you spend less on wine, you probably will be spending more on other goods and services, thus increasing employment in those areas. Many of the economic arguments I hear from the political class -- including members of Congress and President Obama -- are equally fallacious. It is tiresome to hear the president (as he did again last week during his news conference) and others say, time and time again that if we just tax and spend a bit more, our problems will diminish. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/why-obama-is-like-a-bartender-encouraging-you-to-drink-more/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <article id="post-6092" class="art-post art-article post-6092 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-members-only-articles" style=""> <h2 class="art-postheader entry-title"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/cinco-de-realidad/" rel="bookmark" title="CINCO DE REALIDAD">CINCO DE REALIDAD</a></h2> <div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><span class="art-postdateicon"><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date updated" title="12:45 pm">May 6, 2013</span></span> | <span class="art-postauthoricon"><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/author/jack/" title="View all posts by Dr. Jack Wheeler">Dr. Jack Wheeler</a></span></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent clearfix"><div class="ecae" style=""><p> By now, I hope you are recovered enough from too many cheap tequila margaritas celebrating <em>"Cinco de Mayo"</em> last night to handle a dose of <em>la realidad</em> - reality. <em>Cinco de Mayo</em> is a phony tradition, a joke on <em>los gringos</em>, then exploited as a marketing gimmick by Mexican restaurant chains. So at TTP, our tradition on or about May 5th is to explain <em>la verdad</em>, the truth. Which is, to begin with: Nobody in Mexico cares about May 5th. Only <em>we</em>, us gringos, pretend to. For if you ask just about any reveler at the nearest Pancho Villa's Cantina or some such Mexican-themed bar anywhere in the US, just <em>what</em> is being celebrated on May 5th, you'll get either a blank stare or "It's their July 4th " ignorance. So first the real history. Then the reality - the horrific reality of how the fascists of the American Left are using Mexico to destroy their own country. Their treasonous "Immigration Reform Bill" currently proposed by a Senate "Gang of Eight" is the latest example. </p><span class="ecae-button ecae-buttonskin-white" style="text-align:left" > <a class="ecae-link" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/cinco-de-realidad/"><span>Read more...</span></a></span></div></div> </article> <div class="art-pager"><a class="prev page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/669/?Itemid=2&id=1420">« Previous</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/1/?Itemid=2&id=1420">1</a> <span class="page-numbers dots more">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/668/?Itemid=2&id=1420">668</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/669/?Itemid=2&id=1420">669</a> <span aria-current active="page" class="page-numbers current active">670</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/671/?Itemid=2&id=1420">671</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/672/?Itemid=2&id=1420">672</a> <span class="page-numbers dots more">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/983/?Itemid=2&id=1420">983</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/page/671/?Itemid=2&id=1420">Next »</a></div> </div> <div class="art-layout-cell art-sidebar2"><div id="nav_menu-2" class="art-block widget widget_nav_menu clearfix"> <div class="art-blockheader"> <h3 class="t">Dr. Jack’s Classics</h3> </div><div class="art-blockcontent"><div class="menu-classics-container"><ul id="menu-classics" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-8461" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8461"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/what-life-is-all-about/">What Life Is All About</a></li> <li id="menu-item-11927" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-11927"><a href="http://www.2thepointnews.com/2009/09/islam/">Religion</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8462" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8462"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/rejecting-the-evil-eye/">Rejecting The Evil Eye</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8463" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8463"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/infantilizomania/">Infantilizomania</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8464" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8464"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/mexican-nazis/">Mexico</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8466" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8466"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/pretending-to-be-happy/">Pretending To Be Happy</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8467" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8467"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/democratic-fascism/">Democratic Fascism</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8468" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8468"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/the-chinese-christian-crusades/">The Chinese Christian Crusades</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8470" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-8470"><a href="https://www.2thepointnews.com/solar-warming/">Solar Warming</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div><div class="art-widget widget widget_text" id="text-3" ><div class="art-widget-content"> <div class="textwidget"></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="art-footer"> <div class="art-footer-inner"><div class="art-footer-text"> <p>Copyright © 2025. All Rights Reserved.</p> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <div id="wp-footer"> <script type="text/javascript"> function get_stripe_vars() { return eval('(' + '{"cancelmessage":"Are you sure you want to cancel your subscription?","nonceinvoices":"33a69a125e","nonceinvoicedetail":"3333f793d9","noncecoupon":"e2d6bef55a","noncecoupondetail":"57ba5adb5a","nonce_prorate":"92aa75c66a","stripethankyouurl":"https:\/\/www.2thepointnews.com\/register\/HPij27"}' + ')'); } jQuery(function($) { // Coupon code toggle. $('.stripe-coupon').hide(); $('<a href="#" style="display:block;padding: 0.5em 0" onclick="jQuery(this).hide();jQuery(this.dataset.target).show().focus();return false;" data-target=".stripe-coupon">'+wp.i18n.__('Have a coupon code?','wishlist-member')+'</a>').insertAfter('.stripe-coupon'); }); </script> <style id='wishlistmember-frontend-styles-sidebar_widget-inline-css' type='text/css'> / The Main Widget Enclosure / .WishListMember_Widget{ } </style> <script type='text/javascript' id='wlm3_js-js-translations'> ( function( domain, translations ) { var localeData = translations.locale_data[ domain ] || translations.locale_data.messages; localeData[""].domain = domain; wp.i18n.setLocaleData( localeData, domain ); } )( "wishlist-member", { "locale_data": { "messages": { "": {} } } } ); </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.2thepointnews.com/wp-content/plugins/wishlist-member/ui/js/frontend.js?ver=3.25.1' id='wlm3_js-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='password-strength-meter-js-extra'> / <![CDATA[ / var pwsL10n = {"unknown":"Password strength unknown","short":"Very weak","bad":"Weak","good":"Medium","strong":"Strong","mismatch":"Mismatch"}; / ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' id='password-strength-meter-js-translations'> ( function( domain, translations ) { var localeData = translations.locale_data[ domain ] || translations.locale_data.messages; localeData[""].domain = domain; wp.i18n.setLocaleData( localeData, domain ); } )( "default", { "locale_data": { "messages": { "": {} } } } ); </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.2thepointnews.com/wp-admin/js/password-strength-meter.min.js?ver=5.8' id='password-strength-meter-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.2thepointnews.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=5.8' id='wp-embed-js'></script>  </div> <script> $(function(){ jQuery('#categories-4 > div.art-blockcontent > ul').addClass('sf-menu sf-vertical sf-js-enabled sf-arrows'); }); </script> </body> </html>