THE EMPTY SUIT
OBAMA’S TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA
"It's unbelievable," said an unemployed waitress. "How can Obama be leading in the polls and likely to win enough electoral votes for a second term despite the worst economic performance by any President in the past 100 years?" "It's downright frightening," said A small business owner. "What is the real plan that Obama and the Democrats have for their ‘transformation of America' and, more importantly, how are they going to achieve that plan and how will it affect my business and my family?" The answers to these critical questions is clear. There is enough evidence, both direct and circumstantial, to provide reasonable answers. Yet, the reasons for Obama's showing in the polls and his transforming plan are kept masked by a media and a public who is seduced by the silver-tongued politician. Obama's ability to mask his intentions produces an almost opium-like effect. That mask, however, will be removed once re-elected and America will, more clearly than ever, see and feel the impacts of the ‘plan'. Here is that unbelievable, frightening plan to transform America.
AMERICA IN FREE FALL
Economic freedom in the US is dropping fast. The annual Economic Freedom of the World report, including an index of country rankings, has just been released, and it should be a wake-up call. The United States was known as the bastion of economic freedom for more than two centuries, and it was because of its economic freedom that the nation became the pre-eminent economic power. However, in just a few short years, the U.S. has fallen from No. 3 in 2000 (behind the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore) to No. 8 in 2005 and to No. 18 in 2010, the last year for which complete statistics are available. Worse yet, the U.S. decline continues, and in next year's ranking, it is almost certain to be lower. A few facts will help illustrate why economic freedom is so important.
A BODYGUARD OF LIES
HALF-FULL REPORT 09/14/12
Why do history, common sense, and election fundamentals say one thing, the polls and pundits something very different? The clue is in the column I wrote in July on Charlie Brown Conservatives. We know the news media are biased, but we haven't grasped - or internalized - how breathtaking mendacious they've become. We keep expecting Lucy to hold the football. They're counting on that.
AN ALARM BELL IN THE NIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE
911 AND 1979
CENTRAL BANKS AND THEIR POLITICAL MASTERS
Central banks are being pressured by their political masters to solve a problem they cannot solve. On Wednesday (9/12), a German court ruled that the European Central Bank can buy a seemingly unlimited amount of debt from the national banks of the countries in the eurozone without violating German law. By week's end, the U.S. Federal Reserve likely will decide if it is going to engage in another round of massive debt buying. These are political decisions, irrational and destructive on any sound financial or economic basis. Yet the bankers have been given no choice.
THE NUMBER ONE EDUCATION PRIORITY OF THE ROMNEY ADMINISTRATION
In 1970, our schools, from kindergarten on, were the envy of the world. In the four decades since, per pupil spending in the public schools, adjusted for inflation, has increased 250 percent. College tuition has risen four times faster than inflation. But today we lead the world only in spending per pupil. We trail far behind our major international competitors in student achievement. The U.S. is the only OECD country where young adults haven't learned more than their parents were taught in school. In earlier columns, I've shown how little our children learn even in college, and how this blights their futures, harms the economy, and threatens the viability of our democratic institutions. "So what would you do?" several TTPers have asked. Here's what.
THE WORLD’S CRAZIEST BORDER
[Note: From the world's craziest border, tomorrow I embark for the world's craziest country, in which there is no communication to the outside world. You may not hear from me for the next 16 days. TTP will be in good hands, however, with Miko and Jack Kelly.]
Tin Bigha Corridor, Dahagram-Angarpota Enclave, Bangladesh. For some time now, I've been preparing a research study for the Asia Subcommittee in Congress on India vs. her neighbors. Here is one key place to do so. What follows will be incorporated into the research study.
There are a lot of maps and pictures I took over the past few days. I think you'll find it all mind-blowingly informative.