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September 02, 2010 • 10:42 am

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On Israel and Peace in the Middle East:
 
 

"During Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's July visit to Washington, Barack Obama praised him as 'willing to take risks for peace.'...

"The creation of Israel did not involve the destruction of a Palestinian state, there having been no such state since the Romans arrived. And if the Jewish percentage of the world's population were today what it was when the Romans ruled Palestine, there would be 200 million Jews. After a uniquely hazardous passage through two millennia without a homeland, there are 13 million Jews.

"In the 62 years since this homeland was founded on one-sixth of 1 percent of the land of what is carelessly and inaccurately called "the Arab world," Israelis have never known an hour of real peace. Patronizing American lectures on the reality of risks and the desirableness of peace, which once were merely fatuous, are now obscene."

 
 
— George Will, Syndicated Columnist
— George Will, Syndicated Columnist
Posted August 19, 2010 • 08:26 am
 
 
On President Obama's Agenda and the Economy:
 
 

"Almost every action the president has taken has deepened and lengthened the downturn. The private sector has retreated, frightened by his agenda and paralyzed by the uncertainty, lack of predictability, and outright hostility he has engendered.

"His policies are anti-investment, anti-jobs, and anti-growth. Raising taxes — with a 15 percent hike on certain small business corporations, new taxes to pay for ObamaCare, and an increase on the dividend tax from 15 percent to nearly 40 percent — depresses new investment throughout the economy. Promoting an open-ended cap-and-trade tax dissuades expansion by employers in the energy sector. Bowing to the demands of unions to tilt the table in their favor — with proposals for card check and mandatory arbitration as well as the installation of a labor stooge at the National Labor Relations Board — chills new hiring.

"Hostility toward foreign trade — by delaying agreements with Colombia and South Korea and by threatening punitive taxes on US businesses that compete abroad — stalls opportunities for new jobs at home. The so-called stimulus that focused on government spending and bailing out states and unions has boosted GDP only modestly and temporarily; the latest stimulus reincarnation will likely do no better. All the while, the president’s failure to address the looming deficits, national debt, unfunded entitlement liabilities, ballooning Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae liabilities, and incalculable government pension obligations causes employers and investors to ask whether the dollar will be worth very much in the future, and thus, they hold back. The policies of the president and congressional Democrats are job killers."

 
 
— Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts
— Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Posted August 18, 2010 • 08:34 am
 
 
On President Obama's Handling of the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy:
 
 

"It would be hard to think how Obama could have done a worse job on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. He took a position objectionable to the vast majority of Americans, within 24 hours chickened out, and then sent his press minions forward to assure his base and the Muslim World and its American community (over which he fawns incessantly) that he really does think we must accept a mosque that will produce nothing but pain for his countrymen and a sense of vindication to those who incinerated 3,000 Americans. It’s bad policy, bad politics, and bad execution, with a side order of political cowardice."

 
 
— Jennifer Rubin, Commentarymagazine.com
— Jennifer Rubin, Commentarymagazine.com
Posted August 17, 2010 • 08:49 am
 
 
On Hamas and the Ground Zero Mosque:
 
 

"A leader of the Hamas terror group yesterday jumped into the emotional debate on the plan to construct a mosque near Ground Zero -- insisting Muslims 'have to build' it there.

"'We have to build everywhere,' said Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas and the organization's chief on the Gaza Strip."

 
 
— S.A. Miller and Tom Topousis, New York Post
— S.A. Miller and Tom Topousis, New York Post
Posted August 16, 2010 • 09:42 am
 
 
On America's Spending and Debt Crisis:
 
 

"A nation whose national debt is approaching the size of its gross national product, that goes abroad to borrow money to keep non-essential workers on government payroll is a nation on the way down and out.

"And anyone who thinks this Obama party is ever going to cull the armies of tens of millions of government workers or scores of millions of government beneficiaries to put America's house in order is deluding himself.

"As long as this Congress and White House remain in power, a U.S. default on its national debt is inevitable. The only question is when."

 
 
— Pat Buchanan, Author, Commentator and Columnist
— Pat Buchanan, Author, Commentator and Columnist
Posted August 13, 2010 • 08:54 am
 
 
On the $26 Billion Bailout for States and Public Unions, and Congressional Democrats' Priorities:
 
 

"Voters' focus on spending forced Democrats to make a telling choice this week -- between public unions and folks on food stamps.

"Guess who they picked? Yup: To fund another bailout -- $26 billion to save teaching and other government jobs -- Dems cut money meant to feed the poor."

 

 
 
— The Editors, New York Post
— The Editors, New York Post
Posted August 12, 2010 • 10:37 am
 
 
On the Public Will and the November Mid-Term Elections:
 
 

"If the upcoming election results fail for any reason (including GOP campaign incompetence) to empower the public's overwhelming desire to stop and reverse the 'fundamental transformation' of the United States -- I suspect the country will be rocked to its core within the following months and few years.

"A foul and dangerous brew is heating up that is composed of: (1) The economic collapse that started in 2008; (2) the radical, 'fundamentally transforming' left-wing agenda of the government; and, (3) the thwarting of the public will -- with glee -- by the entrenched, non-elected powers (in the courts, media, colleges and government bureaucracies) as they get into the face and under the skin of the cultural and political majority."

 
 
— Tony Blankley,Columnist and Poitical Commentator
— Tony Blankley,Columnist and Poitical Commentator
Posted August 11, 2010 • 08:25 am
 
 
On Interpreting Tuesday's Primaries:
 
 

"Primary elections in Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota and Connecticut on Tuesday will provide perhaps the best snapshot of the electorate’s mood since May 18, when Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter was ousted in a Democratic primary and Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter."

 
 
— Alexander Burns, Politico
— Alexander Burns, Politico
Posted August 10, 2010 • 08:51 am
 
 
On Extending the Bush Tax Cuts:
 
 

"If President Obama is interested in promoting growth now and in the future, he should commit to retaining the low tax rates Congress passed in 2003."

 
 
— Glenn Hubbard, Dean of Columbia Business School and George W. Bush Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
— Glenn Hubbard, Dean of Columbia Business School and George W. Bush Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
Posted August 09, 2010 • 08:08 am
 
 
On the Democrats' Gamble on State Aid:
 
 

"When the House returns next week to rubber-stamp the Senate’s $26 billion state-aid package, Democrats will take a political crapshoot.

"Even though party leaders expect that approval will be a slam-dunk, some early responses from rank-and-file Democrats have raised red flags about the optics of returning to a special session to vote on more spending — even if it’s framed as saving teachers’ jobs.

"The risk for Democrats as they seek to bolster their flagging election prospects is that some of their vulnerable members will feel like they have to walk the plank, yet again, on a politically unpopular economic-stimulus agenda, while reminding voters of their failure to handle routine budget work this year."

 
 
— Richard E. Cohen, Politico.com
— Richard E. Cohen, Politico.com
Posted August 06, 2010 • 08:24 am
 
Question of the Week   
Until 1947, the Air Force had been most closely associated with which of the following service branches?
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Quote of the Day   
 
"The Obama administration's 'summer of recovery' has morphed into a summer of economic discontent amid anxiety over the weakening economy. The greater than 4% growth and less than 8% unemployment envisioned by the president's economic team are nowhere to be seen. Almost everything that is supposed to be up -- the economic growth rate, the stock market, bond yields -- is down. And almost everything…[more]
 
 
—Michael Boskin, Economics Professor, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow and former Council of Economic Advisers Chairman
— Michael Boskin, Economics Professor, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow and former Council of Economic Advisers Chairman
 
Liberty Poll   

Do you agree with House Minority Leader John Boehner that Pres. Obama should fire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Larry Summers for their handling of the economy?