1. Dr. Gerard Lameiro: The Price of Oil
Continues to Plummet
2. Kyle Olson: Legislators' Voicemails,
Letters Reveal Corrupting Influence of the California Teachers Association
3. Michelle Seiler-Tucker: Are Torture Techniques
Really Worth It?
4. Bill Tatro: Obama's Star Trek Budget... NOT
5. Dave Bego: Beware
the Ambush
The
Price of Oil Continues to Plummet
The
price of oil has plummeted since June 2014. Brent crude oil went from
over $110 per barrel to about $61 per barrel, a remarkable drop of close to
50%. Its impacts are being felt around the world and watched closely by
governments, central bankers, financial markets, analysts, investors, and
others. Let's look at the reasons that help explain this precipitous
decline in oil prices, some of the impacts felt around the world, and whether American
citizens should be concerned. Let's start with the reasons for the huge
drop in oil prices that has occurred in the last six months. [more...]
Legislators'
Voicemails, Letters Reveal Corrupting Influence of the California Teachers
Association
By
Kyle Olson
Political
contributions from powerful special interests are more than gifts to favorite
candidates – they are often down payments for preferential treatment from
elected officials who accept the money. Teachers unions play the "purchase-a-politician"
game very well. A good example is the California Teachers Association, the
state's largest teachers union and a powerful player on the political scene. In
the 2010 and 2012 campaign cycles, the CTA doled out approximately $57 million
in campaign contributions. Almost all of that money went to Democratic
candidates. [more...]
Are
Torture Techniques Really Worth It?
Following
the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA interrogation
techniques, polls show that the nation is split in its opinion on the subject
matter over whether waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques
are ever justified and/or effective, but the majority does consent that the
tactics used are nevertheless various forms of torture. I agree. The
questionable ethics behind such actions are what make this media uproar so
enticing. The question becomes, "Should suspected terrorists have the same
legal rights as other criminals?" My general response to such a question
is no, but the hardest thing for me in admitting that is that my response is
fueled by fear, not by logic. [more...]
Obama's Star Trek Budget... NOT
By Bill Tatro
As
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has reported, the President's budget,
the first one in a while, is a road map for "growth, opportunity and
fiscal responsibility." What the OMB fails to mention is that we have been
down this road many times before. "The budget invests in American
innovation... the development of clean energy alternatives." Apparently
Solyndra's default on a $535 million dollar loan guaranteed by the Department
of Energy wasn't disastrous enough. We need to once again fuel all those
wonderful clean energy alternatives. [more...]
Beware the Ambush
By
Dave
Bego
Employees and employers across the country need to be
wary of the forced union ambush being promulgated by President Obama and his
big labor "gasping dinosaurs" and the radicals the President has
appointed at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The President is
utilizing "rule by fiat" to fundamentally transform America as he
promised when he was first elected, while also paying back his political
supporters. His motives are blatantly evident as seen by his recent actions
following the November elections to provide amnesty for illegal aliens (to
eliminate "racial injustice") and now through his radical pro-union
appointees to the NLRB pushing quickly for a "card check" style
system. [more...]
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