Spending Does Not Make Us Great
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 9th, 2011 4:30 am by HL
Spending Does Not Make Us Great
Fred Lucas, The American Spectator
President Barack Obama has yet to adopt a slogan for his 2012 reelection bid, but he does seem to be warming up to a theme, or at least a formula: Spending equals greatness.That's not to say the president does not realize spending restraint is necessary to avoid a fiscal crisis. Rather — at least based on a reemerging theme — Obama seems to think American greatness is directly tied to government spending.
The Waterboarding Trail to Bin Laden
Michael Mukasey, Wall St. Journal
Osama bin Laden was killed by Americans, based on intelligence developed by Americans. That should bring great satisfaction to our citizens and elicit praise for our intelligence community. Seized along with bin Laden's corpse was a trove of documents and electronic devices that should yield intelligence that could help us capture or kill other terrorists and further degrade the capabilities of those who remain at large.
CIA: From Distress to Success
Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times
The first CIA officers who rushed to Afghanistan to find Osama bin Laden after the terrorist attacks of 2001 had to buy field gear at an REI camping goods store in Virginia. Some flew in on rickety, former Soviet helicopters. A few rode horses.What a difference a decade makes.Thanks to U.S. intelligence, the Navy SEALs who killed Bin Laden last Monday swept into Pakistan on nearly silent, secret stealth helicopters.
Critics Don’t Realize What Keeps Us Safe
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Years ago, when my young son and I visited a dude ranch in Montana, a local rancher told us he butch ered his cows for meat. My son, Scott, who was only 7, was horrified. “You kill your own cows and eat them?” he asked with urban disgust.The rancher answered with country logic, saying something like, “Well, how is that different from you eating cows that other people butcher?”
