Reich the conspiracy theorist: Tea Partiers will ‘eviscerate’ U.S. Government

Robert Reich probably carries politics markers in his DNA, having spent a lifetime earning his livelihood in the federal and academic sectors. Reich is top of the political class hierarchy. He beats a perpetual social justice drum and now he’s apparently moved into the realm of conspiracy theory.

In a blog post later republished at Salon, Reich warned that Tea Partiers will “eviscerate” the U.S. Government.

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Media, Left fawned on Arab Spring, slammed American Spring

Sen. Jim DeMint recounted the American Spring in his new book 'The Great American Awakening.' Shown here: DeMint at Red State Gathering 2011 in Charleston. (Photo by Kay B. Day/The US Report)As protesters filled the streets of Egypt, media and everyone else on the Left fawned on that event and others like it in countries in the Middle East. The term ‘Arab Spring’ became commonplace.

Some on the left even began to hint that perhaps President George W. Bush’s decision on Iraq was the stimulus for the general awakening of people in countries ruled by tyrants.

Legacy media praised the rebels in countries where uprisings occurred. Few praised the American activists.

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More than one million on Facebook want military bargaining chip off table

Updated on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 4:24PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Screen snip of 'Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011', a Facebook page currently listing one and one-half million supporters, aims to make military pay permanent even during a government shutdown. *Ed. Note: See the followup at the end of this article for statements from the Dept. of Defense and the Dept. of the Army on the impact of the continuing resolution on military pay.
 
Amid extreme rhetoric by socialist-progressives on Friday as a government shutdown loomed, a Georgia woman set up a Facebook page ‘Ensuring Pay for Military Act’ aimed at guaranteeing members of the military would be paid. As of Saturday morning, the page has drawn 1,470,490 supporters. I did what so many other supporters did—posted the link on social media and emailed it. Now those supporters want to make sure military troop pay is never endangered again.

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Republicans’ Pledge to America good start at government reform

The Republican Party’s newly released Pledge to America gets down to the task of government reform, and overall, it looks like a good start. Based on the draft of the Pledge posted by The Daily Caller, the plan addresses some high profile issues and other issues that are equally important but not as much in the public eye.

Stopping the tax increases slated for 2011 is an obvious necessity in the mind of anyone who understands or has run a small business. Complete reform of the tax code should follow as soon as possible.

Regulations stemming from lawsuits often based on questionable science or aimed at benefiting trial lawyers are a definite barrier to the US economy, and the Pledge includes a goal to enact legislation requiring Congressional approval of any new federal regulation that will cost the economy $100 million or more.

Other objectives are:

• Repeal of the mandate for small businesses to complete a form for purchases totaling $600 or more—the form is an obvious effort by the government to put small businesses in the position of birddogging revenue reporting from providers of services.
• Cancellation of unspent ‘Stimulus’ funds and blocking the timeline for spending such funds.
• Caps on discretionary spending; reductions in Congressional budget.
• Weekly votes on spending cuts via YouCut, giving the public a direct voice in decisions about taxpayer money.
• Repeal and replace ObamaCare.
• Cancellation of TARP.
• Ending government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• Net federal hiring freeze on nonsecurity (federal) employees—an offset perhaps to Obama’s increasing the federal employee roster.

The Pledge is a common sense plan to begin returning control of government to the people. Hopefully by doing so, we will begin to also see US sovereignty elevated rather than subordinated as we are seeing at present. (Commentary by Kay B. Day/Sept. 23, 2010)



Clamoring for ‘fair share’ points to tax system in need of reform

By Kay B. Day

Calls for ‘my fair share’ frequently crop up in letters to the editor and comments threads on blogs these days. When the subject of taxes comes up, there’s always a person who claims the rich should pay more because the rich make more.

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Reagan’s advice can save Obama a minimum of $62.6 billion in federal spending

Photo of President Ronald Reagan from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library.Remember President Barack Obama’s campaign promise to go line by line through the federal budget? Still waiting on that one. I came across an interesting passage that goes to the heart of Obama’s political ploy, and the passage reflects a shortcoming of every Congress and president since Jimmy Carter. There was a time when this expense, destined to increase with every administration, could have been reeled in.

In the book ‘The Reagan I knew,’ William F. Buckley, Jr. recounts Ronald Reagan’s appearance on the long-running TV program ‘Firing Line.’ Reagan was in the midst of his campaign for the presidency in 1980, and Buckley decided it would be “theatrically effective” to grill Reagan by asking questions, as Buckley explains, “on the assumption not that he was a candidate for president, but that he was president.” Buckley didn’t tell Reagan about the approach beforehand. (pg. 115)

The debate is intriguing, but one particular point caught my fancy.

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