
 |
|
May 20, 2013
Melissa Healy: Genetic copies of living people from embryos no longer science fiction
Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Jews Inducted into Rock Hall of Fame; Anton Yelchin co-stars in New "Trek" film; Kutcher (but not Kunis) visits Israel; Jewish TV Star Praises Jewish Rap Star
The Kosher Gourmet by Cathy Pollak: WARNING: This WALNUT CAKE WITH PRALINE FROSTING, perfect for afternoon coffee, is addicting
May 13, 2013
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo: Why the giving of the document that would permanently change the world could only be done in desolation
David G. Savage: Church-state, literally? Supreme Court weighing public school graduation in a church
May 10, 2013
Rabbi Berel Wein: Be all that you should be
May 8, 2013
Peter Ford: Why China is welcoming both Israel's Netanyahu and Palestinians' Abbas
Warren Richey: Obama administration quietly backs out of appeal over new contraceptive mandate
Fred Weir: At Kerry-Putin meeting, US-Russia relations thaw --- a tad
The Kosher Gourmet by Leela Cyd Ross : Almost too pretty to eat, this colorful salad with Sicilian inspiration will tickle the taste buds and delight your visual sensibility
May 6, 2013
May 3, 2013
Kids, kittens the Same? With employee perks at struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo! it's hard to tell
Sandy Kleffman: Artificial kidney offers hope to patients tethered to a dialysis machine
April 29, 2013
Roy Gutman: Poland's new Jewish museum celebrates life, doesn't revisit Holocaust
Mark Clayton: Terrorism in America: Is US missing a chance to learn from failed plots?
Kim Murphy: Boston Bomber's 'Svengali' Revealed
Pete Spotts: Tiny satellites + cellphones = cheaper 'eyes in the sky' for NASA
April 26, 2013
Clifford D. May: Defense in the Age of Jihadist Terrorism
Sharon Palmer, R.D.: How to feel your best -- with plenty of energy, a healthy weight and optimal mental and physical function -- without driving yourself batty
April 24, 2013
|
| |
Jewish World Review
April 30, 2009
/ 6 Iyar 5769
The 100-Day Assault on America
By
Larry Elder
|

|
|
|
|
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
Has it really been 100 days? Aided by an eagerly compliant Democratic-controlled Congress, a
sycophantic media, and a bunch of squishy Republicans, President Obama
has taken the country on a radical, mind-boggling leap into
collectivism.
Obama to use one of his favorite expressions doubled down, no,
tripled and quadrupled down on Bush's "stimulus" and "rescue" packages,
spending trillions of dollars to "bail out" financial institutions,
too-big-to-fail businesses, and even deficit-running states. Obama
promises to use taxpayer money to rescue "responsible homeowners"
whatever that means from foreclosure, thus artificially propping up
prices that shut out renters who would love to buy now-much-cheaper
houses.
Obama proposes spending billions (or trillions?) more on "creating or
saving" whatever that means 4 million, 3.5 million or 2.5 million
jobs. Pick a number. Given the government's vast business expertise,
Obama proposes spending gobs of money to "invest" in green jobs. And
he's just warming up. He wants taxpayers to guarantee, presumably to all
who request it, a "world-class education" whatever that means.
| FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO INFLUENTIAL NEWSLETTER |
| Every weekday NewsAndOpinion.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". HUNDREDS of columnists and cartoonists regularly appear. Sign up for the daily update. It's free. Just click here. |
|
Firmly in charge of much of the domestic car industry, Obama effectively
fired the CEO of General Motors. He threatens to fire still more
executives in the parts of the financial services industry currently
under the management, direction or control of Uncle Sam that eminent,
well-regarded banker.
Obama blames the financial crisis on "greed" and the "lack of regulatory
oversight." Funny thing about greed. Celebrated
investor-turned-Obama-supporter/adviser Warren Buffett says, "Be fearful
when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful."
Apparently, some practice good greed, while others engage in greedy
greed.
As for regulation, the SEC already heavily regulates most of the
troubled financial institutions. The world's largest insurer, AIG,
operated under heavy regulation. The government-sponsored entities
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae blamed for irresponsibly buying, packaging
and selling bad mortgages are regulated by a government agency,
called the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. Its sole responsibility is to oversee those two agencies.
OFHEO, shortly before the government takeover of Freddie and Fannie,
gave them two thumbs up.
Did the President, after campaigning against pork and earmarks, really
sign bills that include both? Yes. Will the President's new budget
really triple and quadruple the annual deficit? Yes. Will the
President's budget really double the national debt within a few years
and then increase still more beyond that? Yes. Do the President and
members of Congress, many of whom never operated so much as a T-shirt
concession booth, really believe that they can "modernize" health care,
thus "saving" taxpayers buckets of money? Yes.
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's
going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the
government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap
rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism
or, at least, we used to.
Today's global downturn reflects too much borrowing and too much
lending. But would borrowers and lenders at least in America have
engaged in the same kind of behavior but for artificially low interest
rates under the Federal Reserve System? Would borrowers and lenders have
acted as precipitously but for the existence of Fannie and Freddie,
which bought up their mortgages? Would banks have so readily lent money
to those who clearly could not repay it but for the Community
Reinvestment Act? That law pressured banks into relaxing their normal
lending standards to help low-income borrowers.
Now let's turn to Job No. 1 national security. We no longer call the
War on Terror the "War on Terror." We no longer call Islamofascist enemy
detainees "enemy detainees." The President embarked on an I'm-not-Bush
and we're-sorry-for-being-arrogant international tour. To the receptive,
admiring G-20 nations, the President flogged America, calling us
domineering and overbearing. What did the swooning leaders give in
return? Virtually nothing. He wanted more assistance in fighting the war
in Afghanistan. The NATO members offered more advisers and trainers,
all, mind you, out of harm's way and only on a temporary basis.
The President offered a new relationship with Iran, provided Iranians
"unclenched their fist." The President even sent a shout-out video to
the Iranians on one of their holidays. What did he get in return? Iran
promised to continue its march toward the development of a nuclear
weapon and called Israel the "most cruel and racist regime."
Obama offered North Korea a kinder, gentler foreign policy. What did he
get in return? The North Koreans, in violation of a United Nations
resolution, attempted to launch a long-range missile. The President
condemned the act. The United Nations Security Council convened an
emergency session. What happened? Nothing. Well, not exactly nothing.
North Korea kicked out the U.N.'s nuclear inspectors and announced the
resumption of its nuclear weapons program. And North Korea, along with
Iran, arrested and imprisoned American journalists.
On the other hand, Washingtonian magazine graced us with a spiffy,
Photoshopped cover of a fit and toned swimsuit-wearing President Obama.
So all is not lost.
At least he looks good.
Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here.
JWR contributor Larry Elder is the author of, most recently, "Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card--and Lose."
(Proceeds from sales help fund JWR) Let him know what you think of his column by clicking here.
Larry Elder Archives
© 2006, Creators Syndicate
|
|

Arnold Ahlert
Mitch Albom
Jay Ambrose
Michael Barone
Barrywood
Lori Borgman
Stratfor Briefing
Mona Charen
Linda Chavez
Richard Z. Chesnoff
Ann Coulter
Greg Crosby
Larry Elder
Suzanne Fields
Christine Flowers
Frank J. Gaffney
Bernie Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg
Julia Gorin
Jonathan Gurwitz
Paul Greenberg
Argus Hamilton
Victor Davis Hanson
Betsy Hart
Ron Hart
Nat Hentoff
A. Barton Hinkle
Jeff Jacoby
Paul Johnson
Jack Kelly
Ch. Krauthammer
David Limbaugh
Kathryn Lopez
Rich Lowry
Michelle Malkin
Jackie Mason
Ann McFeatters
Dale McFeatters
Dana Milbank
Jeanne Moos
Dick Morris
Jim Mullen
Deroy Murdock
Judge A. Napolitano
Bill O'Reilly
Clarence Page
Kathleen Parker
Star Parker
Dennis Prager
Wesley Pruden
Tom Purcell
Sharon Randall
Robert Robb
Cokie & Steve Roberts
Heather Robinson
Debra J. Saunders
Martin Schram
Greg Schwem
Culture Shlock
David Shribman
Roger Simon
Lenore Skenazy
Michael Smerconish
Thomas Sowell
Ben Stein
Mark Steyn
John Stossel
Cal Thomas
Dan Thomasson
Bob Tyrrell
Diana West
Dave Weinbaum
George Will
Walter Williams
Byron York
ZeitGeist
Mort Zuckerman

Robert Arial
Chuck Asay
Baloo
Lisa Benson
Chip Bok
Dry Bones
John Branch
John Cole
J. D. Crowe
Matt Davies
John Deering
Brian Duffy
Everything's Relative
Mallard Fillmore
Glenn Foden
Jake Fuller
Bob Gorrel
Walt Handelsman
Joe Heller
David Hitch
Jerry Holbert
David Horsey
Lee Judge
Steve Kelley
Jeff Koterba
Dick Locher
Chan Lowe
Jimmy Margulies
Jack Ohman
Michael Ramirez
Rob Rogers
Drew Sheneman
Kevin Siers
Jeff Stahler
Scott Stantis
Danna Summers
Gary Varvel
Kirk Walters
Dan Wasserman

Tech Q&A
Mr. Know-It-All
Ask Doctor K
Richard Lederer
Frugal Living
On Nutrition
Bookmark These
Bruce Williams
|