by David Davenport. After all the money (a campaign spending record exceeding $2 billion), hard work, negative campaigning and wall-to-wall advertising, Americans have voted to kick the can down the road. They don’t want to take their medicine yet. They want to continue to live in a suspended reality where government can keep growing and spending ... MOREVoters Kick The Fiscal Can Down The Road
by David Davenport. After all the money (a campaign spending record exceeding $2 billion), hard work, negative campaigning and wall-to-wall advertising, Americans have voted to kick the can down the road. They don’t want to take their medicine yet. They want to continue to live in a suspended reality where government can keep growing and spending ... MORECivil Asset Forfeiture, Government's Right To Steal
Taking property based on suspicion, not conviction. Innocent until proven guilty carries a lot of weight if you are accused
of a crime. But it can be a different story when state agencies seize
the property or assets of those suspected of criminal activity. A
procedure known as civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement
agencies in many states to ... MORESteve Chapman: Situation Lousy, Don't Change A Thing
Voters seem to like the status quo. Republicans are mystified that in a nation they know as
fundamentally conservative, a president they regard as deeply
radical has been re-elected. But Americans didn't vote for Barack
Obama because they are liberal. They voted for him because they are
conservative. Not conservative as defined by modern ... MORE
Obama's Benghazi Scapegoat Gets A Year Of Prison
Politically incorrect speech trumps free speech. The filmmaker behind an anti-Islam YouTube video that was initially blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world admitted today violating his probation and was sentenced to a year in federal prison. Mark Basseley Youssef, 55, who previously used the name Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, admitted ... MORE14 Ways Legal Marijuana Could Boost The Economy
by Harry Bradford. Two states became the first to legalize marijuana for recreational
use Tuesday, but it's not just users that may get a high as a result. Colorado and Washington state voted Tuesday night to legalize marijuana,
sparking celebrations distinct but not mutually exclusive from those
rooting for Barack Obama. But it's not just stoners and ... MOREObama May Levy New Tax On Energy To Pay Deficit
by Mathew Carr. Barack Obama may consider introducing
a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit
after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC
Holdings Plc. A tax starting at $20 a metric ton of carbon dioxide
equivalent and rising at about 6 percent a year could raise $154
billion by 2021, Nick Robins, an analyst at the bank in ... MORENathan Vardi: Obama Win Makes Wall Street The Big Loser
Market looks to future with dread. In October, Wall Street hosted a rich fundraiser at the Hilton New York
for Mitt Romney. Hedge fund, private equity and investment banking big
shots were among the nearly 200 co-chairs of the event that cost $1,000
to attend. Those who shelled out $5,000 got to leave with a photo with
vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan, ... MORENational Review Online: Sandy And Climate Change
Complex science meet simpleminded politics. The case for climate change, formerly the case for global warming, entails a series of propositions that begin with the unobjectionable and escalate to the absurd: that the climate is changing, that these changes are likely to be dangerous and destructive, that these changes are in the main ... MORE
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