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Where Credit's Due 8.31.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:43:09 -0400

Iraq: President Obama is marking the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from this country by addressing a worn-down nation from a spiffed-up Oval Office. He has some thanking — and apologizing — to do. The president graciously told 130 servicemen and women at Fort Bliss in El Paso Tuesday afternoon that his speech Tuesday night from a newly redecorated Oval Office was "not going to be a victory lap." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Resolve In Mexico 8.31.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:40:19 -0400

Border: Mexico had a rare reason to celebrate Monday with the arrest of cartel kingpin Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez Villarreal. As good as that news was, a poll showing Mexicans aren't wavering on the war is even better. Just eight months after Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltran-Leyva was blown away by Mexico's armed forces, his top lieutenant, called "La Barbie" for his blonde hair, went down too. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Cool-Down Phase 8.31.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:31:36 -0400

Global Warming: America's media are largely uninterested in what a scientific association is saying about the United Nations' climate change panel. Which tells you that the findings are, indeed, worth knowing. The InterAcademy Council, an Amsterdam-based association of the world's top national science academies, reported Monday the results of its review of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Can't Blame War For Spike In Deficit 8.31.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:30:56 -0400

Federal Spending: The CBO says eight years of war in Iraq were less expensive than the president's failed stimulus package. In Iraq, we jettisoned a losing strategy and changed generals. Hint, hint. The cost in lives and limbs in Iraq is beyond calculation, but those who fought and the families of those who died and were wounded in Iraq can take solace in a job well done. It didn't go well early on and all the results aren't in, but we learned from our mistakes and went on to complete the mission. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Ignoring Glenn Beck - And Us 8.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:01:48 -0400

Grass Roots: The president says he didn't watch any of Glenn Beck's "Restore Honor" rally on the National Mall. That's not surprising. Democrats and the White House haven't been listening to the people for awhile. Whistling past the political graveyard looming for his party in November, President Obama dismissed the crowd gathered to hear the Fox News pundit, telling Brian Williams of the NBC Nightly News, "It's not surprising that someone like a Mr. Beck is able to stir up a certain portion of (the American people) ... " Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

U.N. Human Wrongs 8.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:00:35 -0400

United Nations: The U.S. State Department is holding up Arizona as America's human rights problem, fishing for applause from the likes of Cuba and Libya. But Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer isn't taking it lying down. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton managed to go lower than even Andrew Young in his Carter-era heyday by holding up Arizona as a human rights violator in its groveling "Universal Periodic Review" for the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

A Candidate In Touch 8.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:59:52 -0400

Election '10: When the Founders envisioned our government, they saw a lawmaking branch of citizen legislators. Today's Senate is a pack of professional politicians. It needs the diversity a Ron Johnson can bring. Johnson is the likely Republican challenger to Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, a Democrat who's made a career of setting public policy, first as a state senator (10 years), then as a member of the U.S. Senate since 1993. As are many of his colleagues, Feingold is a lawyer by education. His business experience is largely limited to a few years of law practice that preceded the beginning of his political career. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Fed's Failed Tools 8.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:58:41 -0400

Monetary Policy: With the economy seemingly headed for a big slowdown or even a double-dip recession, it's tempting to demand that the Fed print more money. The only problem is, it won't work. Fed chief Ben Bernanke, speaking last week at the central bank's annual Jackson Hole meeting, promised that the Fed would do "all that it can" to keep the economy from falling off the table and to stave off deflation. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Run Like A Deere From Cap-And-Trade 8.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:18:29 -0400

Junk Science: Deere & Co., a major player in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, drops out, saying the group's legislative strategy is no longer a foundation for moving forward. Is cap-and-trade dead? The farm equipment giant was a major player in the Climate Action Partnership, a group of large firms that advocate cap-and-trade legislation and lead the drive for reductions of so-called greenhouse gases. In announcing its withdrawal, spokesman Ken Golden said: "We came to the conclusion that Deere had other opportunities to be involved in climate change initiatives." In other words, Deere came to the conclusion that in being part of a coalition backing legislation such as Waxman-Markey, which has passed the House, and Kerry-Lieberman, which is going nowhere in the Senate at least for now, it was riding a dead horse. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Reform We Can Use 8.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:17:57 -0400

Health Insurance: Forty percent of all individual policyholders in California will soon be stuck with higher premiums. They could shop around for a better deal, but government has severely limited their options. State regulators last week approved rate hikes for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California that had previously been blocked because they were considered too big. But when both carriers were able to show that 70% of their premiums after the increases would be spent on medical care, the California Department of Insurance could not stop the higher rates. More than 1 million individual policyholders out of a total market of 2.5 million in the state will be affected by the increases. Rates for the nearly 800,000 Anthem customers will go up by an average of 13.5%. The 250,000 Blue Shield policyholders will be subject to increases averaging 18.8%. Both will take effect Sept. 1. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Politicking Justice 8.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:17:17 -0400

War On Terror: A decade after the USS Cole bombing, the Obama administration has halted prosecution of the al-Qaida operative believed to have planned the attack. What an insult to the sailors who lost their lives. As the Cole's crew lined up for chow in the ship's galley during a refueling stop in a Yemeni harbor on Oct. 12, 2000, al-Qaida suicide bombers used a small craft to detonate over 1,000 pounds of explosives, tear a 40-by-40-foot hole in the ship's side, slaughter 17 U.S. sailors and injure 39 more. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Enforcement On ICE 8.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:16:41 -0400

Politics: If there's one agency that's been made useless by its leaders, it's Immigration and Customs Enforcement. If, under a new policy, being here illegally is no longer reason enough for deportation, why does it still exist? The Obama administration has effectively declared open borders to millions of would-be illegal immigrants — not through legislation, but with a sneaky policy move. On Aug. 20, its man at ICE, John Morton, wrote a memo stating that being in the U.S. illegally is no longer sufficient reason to send someone home. An illegal immigrant now has to be a security threat or else commit a crime — and a violent one at that. To everyone else, ICE turns the blind eye. Director Morton says it's a matter of priorities. But make no mistake: This is amnesty by another name. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Debt's Dangers 8.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:41:46 -0400

Finance: Warnings about America's impending financial car wreck are being sounded, loud and clear. The only question is whether those driving the car will slam on the brakes before it's too late. No doubt alarmed at the headlong plunge into fiscal irresponsibility by both the White House and the Democrat-dominated Congress, Wall Street is starting to fret that the recklessness could touch off another financial crisis. On Thursday, Standard & Poor's said action is needed soon if the U.S. is to keep the much-coveted AAA bond rating that lets the government borrow in global markets at the lowest rates possible. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Mosque's Saudi Patron 8.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:41:11 -0400

Islamofascism: New dots are emerging from the probe into who's behind the Ground Zero mosque, and the radical Muslim Brotherhood is coming into view. While a couple of U.S. nonprofits — the Cordoba Initiative and its sister, the American Society for Muslim Advancement — are coordinating the New York project, they hardly give the full picture. A Saudi charity has sunk more than $300,000 into ASMA. It's called the Kingdom Foundation — headed by Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi prince whose 9/11 relief check was rejected after he blamed the attacks on U.S. foreign policy. Bin Talal is a major financier of Muslim Brotherhood fronts in the U.S. His foundation is run by Saudi hijabi Muna Abu Sulayman, who appears on ASMA's Web site as one of its "Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Blame Cartels For Mexico's Massacre 8.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:40:34 -0400

Border: Monday's discovery of the slaughter in Mexico of 72 illegal immigrants by Los Zetas cartel underscores that drug and alien smugglers are the same evil. It's a warning to Mexico: It won't win without halting both. Mexico and the rest of the hemisphere gasped in shock at the terrible spectacle near San Fernando, at a ranch 180 miles outside Matamoros. The 72 non-Mexican illegal immigrants on their way to the U.S. were gunned down in cold blood, with the sole survivor claiming they died resisting cartel demands to become assassins in the U.S. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

EPA's Gun Control 8.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:39:42 -0400

Regulation: The U.S. Supreme Court says Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The EPA says the bullets for those guns may be banned as an environmental hazard. The endless power grabs by the federal leviathan know no boundaries of law, science or even common sense. The Environmental Protection Agency of Lisa Jackson is seriously considering a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, a leading anti-hunting group, to ban all traditional lead ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a ban on all ammunition containing lead-core components. Bullets made of material other than lead are often considered armor-piercing by law and are banned. So this amounts to gun control by stealth. Where permitted, it increases the cost of gun ownership and use. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Jobs Knowingly Killed And Destroyed 8.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:16:15 -0400

Unemployment: A damning memo shows the administration knew its oil drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico would kill tens of thousands of jobs but did it anyway. We're the ones getting drilled. There's a law known as the law of unintended consequences. It's invoked when you try to do the right thing but overlook other events and occurrences set in motion by your actions. In the case of the drilling moratorium, the consequences were intended. In June, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman struck down Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's original moratorium, saying it was overkill based on flawed reasoning. "If some drilling equipment parts are flawed, is it rational to say all are?" Feldman asked in his ruling. "That sort of thinking seems heavy-handed and rather overbearing." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Don't Diss Small Biz 8.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:15:41 -0400

Employment: We try not to comment on opinions expressed on our own op-ed page, but Wednesday's On The Left column asserting that small businesses are not major job-creators mustn't go unanswered. 'The myth of small business as the engine of job creation is largely that — a myth," Ruth Marcus wrote in support of higher taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. "Small businesses create new jobs when they start and take off; they also lose jobs when they crash and burn." With all due respect to Marcus, who is syndicated through the Washington Post Writers Group, we're in deeper trouble than we thought if this is what passes for conventional wisdom in our nation's capital. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Killing Fields Of Caracas 8.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:14:55 -0400

Socialism: Quick, what's the murder capital of the world: Kabul? Juarez? Try Caracas, Venezuela, a city whose dictator, Hugo Chavez, has made murder a means of extending his control. The silent protest at Monday night's Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas was invisible to nearly everyone — except Venezuelans. On her final catwalk, the ranking Miss Universe, Stefania Fernandez, suddenly whipped out a Venezuelan flag in a patriotic but protocol-breaking gesture. Fernandez waved her flag for the same reason Americans waved theirs after 9/11 — to convey resolution amid distress. Her flag had seven stars, significant because Chavez had arbitrarily added an eighth, making any use of a difficult-to-find seven-star banner an act of defiance. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

CEOs Speak Up 8.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:14:15 -0400

The Economy: Everyone keeps asking: When will America's businesses start expanding and hiring again? Funny thing is, no one listens when they tell us. It may not have gotten a lot of press, but we found the comments of Intel CEO Paul Otellini this week at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum quite enlightening. At a time when many CEOs are hunkered down and holding back, Otellini let go with both barrels, warning Americans, who have become used to being the center of the innovation universe, to lower their expectations. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The State Dept.'s Campaign Brochure 8.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:13:37 -0400

Abuse Of Power: How could the Obama administration top wasting a trillion-plus dollars on bogus "job creation"? With a taxpayer-funded report to the U.N. celebrating President Obama. When the president violated all traditional comportment and protocol in his State of the Union address in January by blasting Supreme Court justices sitting a few feet away from him, he said he didn't think "American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse by foreign entities." Now his administration has reversed that image. Our own State Department has had the taxpayers bankroll what amounts to an Obama campaign pamphlet concocted for the consumption of a foreign entity: the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Its message: "A more perfect union, a more perfect world." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Cleaning House 8.24.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:57:30 -0400

Leadership: It's not unusual, especially in a lousy economy, for an opposition leader to call for the resignation of an administration's economic team. Still, President Obama would be wise to follow John Boehner's advice. Let's face it: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers have not performed competently in their jobs. They have come up with one Rube Goldberg solution after another to solve our problems but have instead left us with the prospect of a double-dip recession, trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and the bankrupting of several generations of taxpayers. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Tick, Tick, Tick 8.24.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:51:04 -0400

Pension Bombs: The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued (and settled with) New Jersey for municipal bond fraud stemming from underfunded retirement plans. But is this just one state's problem? Not at all. On the surface, the case settled last week between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the state of New Jersey looks like a minor bump in the road. The alleged fraud against municipal bond investors was old news — the securities in question were sold from 2001 to 2007, and the New York Times had reported on the state's bogus accounting three years ago. The state got off with no admission of wrongdoing, no fine, and just a bill for $7.9 million in legal fees. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Stem Cell Research: Adults Only? 8.24.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:45:10 -0400

Bioethics: A federal judge rules that the administration violated congressional intent when it lifted restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. No, this will not usher in a new dark age. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth was striking enough. Lamberth said that when President Obama lifted Bush administration restrictions on ESCR, he violated the Dickey-Wicker Amendment. First passed in 1996, and passed every year as part of the federal budget, Dickey-Wicker blocks federal funds for stem cell research in which human embryos are destroyed. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

That Mosqued Man 8.24.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:42:54 -0400

Media Bias: The campaign to label anyone who opposes the Ground Zero mosque as racist and Islamophobic is in full flight. Of course, this allows the media to avert their gaze from what's really important. Last week, MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell said opponents of a mosque going up just north of where Muslim terrorists massacred thousands are acting "like the people who attacked America and killed 3,000 people." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

MoveOn Target 8.23.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:35:04 -0400

Politics: Retailer Target found itself in the bull's-eye of a boycott over its donation to a pro-business group that MoveOn.org claims is anti-gay. Target said sorry, but MoveOn won't stop. So what's the real agenda here? Already something smells funny with the leftist radicals of MoveOn.org. The group, which claims to be member-run and grass roots, seems to have full-blown rebellion on its hands over its nonstop boycott of and harassment campaign against Target Corp. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Plight Of St. Nicholas 8.23.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:25:53 -0400

Ground Zero: The furor touched off by the proposed mosque and Islamic center two blocks from New York's gaping World Trade Center site has obscured another simmering controversy: What about St. Nicholas? The four-story Greek Orthodox church by that name has stood for eight decades as a place of repose in the noisy, rambunctious city. In the few short years before Sept. 11, 2001, the church stood in the Twin Towers' shadow. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Secretary Clinton's Climate Con 8.23.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:27:05 -0400

Junk Science: Our secretary of state tells the world the devastating Pakistani floods are caused by man-made global warming as the U.N. plans to exploit the crisis to restart stalled climate talks. Repent, the end is near. In an interview with Anwar Iqbal of Pakistan's Dawn TV posted on the State Department's Web site, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while discussing the Pakistani floods and American relief efforts, gratuitously said "having gone through Katrina and seeing what's happening around the world with the increase in the number of natural disasters and the extent of the damage that they're causing ... some people believe (they are) linked to global climate change." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Abridging Too Far 8.23.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:21:07 -0400

The Cost Of Speech: Philadelphia is charging bloggers $300 for a "privilege" license. In the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the Constitution signed, a right has become a privilege. The scheme went virtually unreported until the Philadelphia City Paper ran a story last week noting that the city requires privilege licenses for any business engaged in what local tax attorney Michael Mandale terms "activity for profit." The tax is levied "whether or not they earned a profit during the preceding year," a policy likely to shut down many bloggers. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

L.A.'s 'Taj Mahal' School's Real Cost 8.23.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:17:54 -0400

Education: For anyone who ever doubted bureaucrats' ability to spend, one need look only at Los Angeles' newest public school, the most expensive ever built. If only the education inside was as rich. With a price tag of $578 million, the new Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools is an impressive building — perhaps indicative of what some call the Los Angeles Unified School District's edifice complex. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Grand Old Tea Party Rising 8.23.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:17:11 -0400

Election '10: Democrats are ashamed to be Democrats while establishment Republicans masquerade as Tea Partyers. These may be the ingredients of a history-making GOP comeback. A Sunday New York Times headline charges that Marco Rubio, Florida's GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate, "Veers From Tea Party's Script." But the story's documentation amounted to little more than the hard-hitting Cuban-American former state speaker of the House providing more specifics regarding policy proposals. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Hard Hats: No Mosque! No Mosque! 8.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:04:26 -0400

Ground Zero Mosque: A grass-roots movement among construction workers and unions asks Cordoba mosque supporters: Who do you expect to build it? The same people who built the World Trade Center perhaps? In real estate, it's said the price of a property is based on three things — location, location, location. The price in blood and treasure America has paid for the gaping hole where the Twin Towers once stood is incalculable. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Iran's Realities 8.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:52:18 -0400

Nuclear Terror: Democrats say bombing would only slow Tehran's nuclear program. The U.S. tells Israel that Iran is far from having a nuke. Are we lying to ourselves about the dangerous realities of Iran's nukes? Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., a member of the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees, says the mighty U.S. arsenal can't destroy Iran's nuclear program. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Sleeping With The ... 8.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:42:05 -0400

Politics: President Obama hit a new low in using a recess appointment to name Maria del Carmen Aponte as U.S. envoy to El Salvador. The radical has consorted with Cuban spies but will be taking no questions. Dismissing three congressional holds on Aponte's ambassadorial confirmation as "playing politics," Obama used his vacation to slip Aponte through to represent the U.S. to the strategic Central American country, without a vote in Congress. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Why Subsidize? 8.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:41:17 -0400

Housing: Phasing out Fannie and Freddie is just a start toward preventing the next financial disaster. Also needing change are policies that inflate the cost of homes while claiming to help homeowners. Even Barney Frank has had an epiphany about the failures of federal housing finance, but that doesn't mean everyone is ready to embrace real reform. As a sort of counterpoint to Frank this past week, there was Bill Gross, chief of the giant bond fund firm Pimco, pleading with the Obama administration to keep the government very much in the housing game. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Redline The CRA 8.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:32:03 -0400

Regulation: Community Reinvestment Act lobbyists are making wild demands to expand the anti-redlining rule that fed the subprime bubble. Even crazier, they may just get their way. The administration also wants to expand the CRA. During the financial overhaul talks, it proposed merging the four CRA regulatory agencies into one superagency (the new consumer watchdog bureau that passed) and giving it broad new powers. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Support Your Border Sheriff 8.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:31:12 -0400

Immigration: As nearly half the states weigh measures similar to Arizona's SB1070, the sheriff of Pinal County issues a challenge to the president: Spend 30 minutes with me and I'll show you how to secure the border. Sheriff Paul Babeu is on the front lines of the border war. Although his jurisdiction is not directly on the Mexican line, Pinal has been designated by the Justice Department as part of a High Intensity Drug Trafficking region that is a major route for drug and alien smugglers bringing narcotics and illegal aliens into America from Mexico. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

On Leaving Iraq 8.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:30:25 -0400

Victory: Our combat troops have departed the faraway country they liberated. The Iraqi people have them and George W. Bush to thank for a chance at long-term freedom, and themselves to blame if they squander it. It's by no means clear that the departure of our soldiers from Iraq is not premature. The Iraqi government is in an extended state of stalemate after March elections that saw former Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party edge incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition by just two votes, both groups well short of a majority. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Some Who Can't Teach Still Do 8.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:29:39 -0400

Education: Public school teachers are unhappy with the growing campaign to grade their performance. They shouldn't be. It's almost impossible to fire a union teacher, even those who are profoundly incompetent. From Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, the debate about teacher effectiveness has taken off. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Walking Back Pelosi 8.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:28:48 -0400

Free Speech: The speaker of the House wants to know how opponents of the Ground Zero mosque are being funded. When Americans can be investigated for their opinions, our republic has arrived at a dangerous place. In an interview Tuesday with KCBS in her home district of San Francisco, Nancy Pelosi said she's among "those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded,"and wondered how the issue is being "ginned up." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

General Motors' Stage-Managed IPO 8.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:27:57 -0400

Commerce: The GM initial public offering filed Wednesday was hailed as a victory for an Obama administration that wants Americans to see the auto bailouts as a success. But that's just what's wrong with it. GM's rush to the IPO market before it posted a convincing series of profitable quarters raises questions about why it picked a time like this to issue new shares to the market. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Dividing America 8.18.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:26:53 -0400

Islamofascism: Sept. 11 brought the nation together, uniting us against what we thought was a clear, common foe. Now the America-haters are dividing us, blurring the target, sapping our will to win. Exhibit A is the debate over the Ground Zero mosque. A few years ago, there wouldn't be a debate. There wouldn't even be plans, let alone a zoning OK, for such a monstrosity. Talk about blasphemy! Building a 13-story shrine to Islam next to the ashes of an Islamic attack on America is a kick in our collective teeth. Ground Zero is sacred ground. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Frank: Fannie And Freddie Must Go 8.18.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:26:15 -0400

Housing: After years of dissembling and denial, Rep. Barney Frank has finally come out. He now says bankrupt government mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "should be abolished." Better late than never. 'There were people in this society who for economic and, frankly, social reasons can't and shouldn't be homeowners," Frank said in an interview with the Fox Business Network and sounding a lot more like an elephant than a donkey. "I think we should, particularly, stop this assumption that you put everybody into homeownership." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

How To Go Extinct 8.18.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400

Labor: The members of a United Auto Workers local decide they'd rather shut their Indiana GM plant than take a pay cut to keep their jobs. It's their choice, but it's also about as intelligent as a dodo. Commentators including Rush Limbaugh have noted with amusement that even the UAW leadership was unable to persuade 631 Indianapolis union members to accept a pay cut so their plant could stay in business. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Death Panels Begin As Reform Takes Shape 8.18.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:16:51 -0400

Medicine: After the recess appointment of a Medicare and Medicaid head, an FDA panel drops its endorsement of a widely used cancer drug. Another FDA-approved cancer therapy may not be paid for. It begins. It didn't take long for the health care philosophy of Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama's choice to head the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, and an appointee we have labeled a "one-man death panel," to have an effect. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Obama's 'Progressive' Failures 8.17.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:17:04 -0400

Leaning Left: At a fundraiser Monday, the president boasted to Hollywood celebrities and deal makers about enacting "the most progressive legislative agenda" in decades. That may be true, but it's hardly something to be proud of. It may sound harmless, but by declaring himself a progressive, the president has positioned himself on his party's far-left wing. It's also revealing. Given the progressive movement's baleful and pervasive influence over academia, the media, Hollywood and even kids' schools, it's hard not to find an area of modern life it hasn't touched. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Human Shields In A Nuclear Iran 8.17.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:16:05 -0400

Atomic Terror: Tehran will soon have a new "defensive system" to protect its Bushehr nuclear plant — not anti-aircraft artillery, but lethal radiation that will poison innocent Iranians if the U.S. or Israel attacks. Truer words never came from a regime for which lying is a well-honed skill: "These threats of attacks had become repetitive and lost their meaning." So said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday of the chance that military force would hit his country's nuclear program. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

China Targets U.S. 8.17.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:14:58 -0400

Defense: A Pentagon report suppressed by the administration describes a massive Chinese military buildup that has only one purpose: to deny us access to the Western Pacific and destroy American forces that try. The required annual report to Congress on China's military power was finally released Monday amid questions of why the document, due in March, was delayed five months. With the Ground Zero mosque dominating the news, maybe now was considered a good time to sneak the grim news past the American people. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

China's Spy Games 8.17.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:14:08 -0400

Security: The Pentagon report warning that Beijing is amassing high-tech missiles leaves out another alarming domestic security issue: massive Chinese spying. Forget about the Russian spy ring the FBI broke up that stole mostly headlines (as opposed to U.S. secrets) for their amateurish methods. This is no joke. These Chinese moles mean business. And they're stealing highly sensitive military secrets. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Fannie's And Freddie's Fakeover 8.17.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:33:45 -0400

Subprime Scandal: You can't talk about the housing crisis or reforms without talking about the affordable-housing goals HUD slapped on Fannie and Freddie. That is, unless you're Tim Geithner. The Treasury secretary hosted a summit Tuesday to discuss redesigning the mortgage-finance system — 75% of which is still controlled by Fannie and Freddie, which are still bleeding billions at taxpayer expense. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

President Obama's Mosquerade 8.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:32:44 -0400

9/11 Mosque: At a Ramadan Iftar dinner at the White House, the president says building a mosque near Ground Zero is just a real estate deal. Of course, 9/11 was just a "man-caused disaster." So is his presidency. On Friday, President Obama endorsed the construction of a mosque within shouting distance of Ground Zero. On Sunday, Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-founder of the terrorist group Hamas and the organization's chief in the Gaza Strip, did the same. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Media Miss Cartels' War In U.S. 8.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:31:52 -0400

Media: As Mexico's drug war and Arizona's bid to defend itself take center stage, the growth of cartels in Los Angeles is another leg of the story. But to know about it you need to read Spanish. Los Angeles and its suburbs are in grave danger of becoming outposts for Mexican drug- and immigrant-smuggling cartels, according to local law enforcement officials. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

For The Taking 8.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:31:00 -0400

Philanthropy: An ultrawealthy German criticizes private charity, saying it takes "the place of the state." More disturbing than the statement itself is the sad fact that many in the Western world agree with him. Der Spiegel reported last week that "Germany's super-rich have rejected" an invitation to join Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's "Giving Pledge," in which the wealthy promise to give away a majority of their fortunes "either during their lifetime or after their death." Wealthy Germans, Spiegel says, believe "donations shouldn't replace duties that would be better carried out by the state." Among them is a bitter Peter Kramer. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

As Gates Era Ends, U.S. Looks Weaker 8.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:30:06 -0400

National Security: Amid setbacks in the global war on terror, Defense Secretary Robert Gates signals his coming retirement. He never should have agreed to serve under President Obama in the first place. Fred Kaplan of Slate, writing in Foreign Policy magazine, recounts his 2007 interview with the man President George W. Bush tapped to replace the much-maligned and reviled Donald Rumsfeld. Asked if he would stay on at the Pentagon for the next administration, Secretary Gates said it was "inconceivable to me." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

SOS From A Troubled Sowell 8.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:00:04 -0400

Commentary: Doomsters are a dime a dozen. But when a leading economist who's been called "the nation's greatest contemporary philosopher" sees serious trouble ahead, we'd better listen up. Thomas Sowell's 45th book, "Dismantling America," is a collection of 100 of the Hoover Institution scholar's best newspaper columns. For book purposes, they're called essays — but they retain the brevity, clarity and simple profundity of the columns that have graced our "On The Right" column for years. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

WikiLeaks' Hands To Get Bloodier 8.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:59:25 -0400

War On Terror: The Pentagon warns that WikiLeaks' vow to publish more stolen U.S. documents may be worse than the first leaks. Even the anti-war left opposes the theft. When will WikiLeaks be treated as an enemy? WikiLeaks, which puts stolen, mostly classified U.S. documents on the Internet, justifies its publishing of secrets as throwing sunlight on the devious doings of governments. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

New U.K. Bellwether? 8.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:58:38 -0400

Allies: It's five years since the backbencher emerged as conservative leader, and three months since Prime Minister David Cameron embarked on a radical agenda to restore Britain's economic power. So far so good. Indeed, Cameron's dramatic program of budget cuts and decentralization — a full-throttled attack on the top-heavy government the likes of which have not been seen since Margaret Thatcher broke Labour's iron grip three decades ago — should serve as a model for the financially traumatized civilized world. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Rose Garden Thorn 8.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:57:23 -0400

Federal Spending: When the president urged Congress last week to pass $26 billion in emergency aid to help save the jobs of laid-off teachers, one of his human props was out of place. It was a mistake he may regret. Flanked in the Rose Garden by teachers, President Obama said last Tuesday: "We can't stand by and do nothing while pink slips are given to the men and women who educate our children or keep our communities safe." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Knife That Cuts Brass 8.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:55:51 -0400

Defense: America is fighting two wars. Russia announces it will power up Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor next week. What a great time for the U.S. to be slashing the military and eliminating generals and admirals. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has declared war on a military hierarchy he says has "grown accustomed to operating with little consideration for cost." And so he plans to eliminate the positions of at least 50 admirals and generals. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Jobbed In America 8.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:55:10 -0400

Jobs: Obamanomics has done more than just keep unemployment high during a modest recovery. It may also be keeping high joblessness permanent by raising the costs to businesses of hiring new workers. July's 9.5% unemployment level was bad enough. But the real problem is that the private-sector jobs machine, which is usually going full tilt at this point in a recovery, now seems to be broken. To many, it's becoming clear that if President Obama's radical job-killing agenda stays in place, job growth will be nonexistent. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Cabinet From Another World 8.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:19:40 -0400

Politics: A week ago, as the secretary of labor greeted grim job data by hailing the economy's "turnaround," the Dow fell 100 points in seconds — a vivid sign America is wising up to this administration's incompetence. Only minutes after her department reported that payrolls had shed another 131,000 positions in July, there was Secretary Hilda Solis speaking brazenly of the "strong and immediate action" the White House had taken to save or create "more than 2.5 million American jobs." But as the market action showed, investors could see she didn't know what she was talking about. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Letting Terrorists Go 8.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:19:08 -0400

War On Terror: Homeland Security has caught and set free almost 500 illegal aliens from state sponsors of terror. Some on the loose may be planning the next 9/11. We recently noted that the number of illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico numbered 180,000 from 2008 through mid-March. Many were from state sponsors of terror. We also noted that it hasn't escaped the notice of terrorist groups such as al-Qaida, Hezbollah and even the Taliban that our porous border with Mexico presented an opportunity to sneak their operatives into the United States. According to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) database obtained by CNSNews through a Freedom Of Information request, even when illegal aliens from state sponsors of terror are caught inside our borders, they often fall through the cracks of an inept federal bureaucracy apparently unconcerned with protecting American citizens from harm. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Giving Up On Iraq? 8.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:18:26 -0400

War On Terror: America's victories in Iraq since 2003 have been hard-won. Now, after claiming credit for the successes of President Bush's surge, the Obama administration is in danger of giving it all back. Some 90,000 U.S. troops are in Iraq today. President Obama wants that down to 50,000 by month's end, and by the end of next year he wants virtually all our troops out. The situation on the ground, however, is not looking good. Britain's Guardian newspaper, quoting two U.S.-backed militia leaders, reports that "al-Qaida is attempting to make a comeback in Iraq by paying them more than the monthly salary they currently receive from the government." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Small Price For Jobs 8.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:16:34 -0400

Rx For Recovery: A new study from the Democratic Congress claims that keeping the Bush tax cuts is too expensive. What's too costly, though, is the economic price of adding to the tax burden of job creators. Congress' revenue estimate shop boasts the lofty title of Joint Committee on Taxation, but a better name would be the Static Statisticians Association. The JCT on Wednesday released an analysis projecting that Republicans' wishes to extend all of the expiring Bush tax cuts would add $36 billion more to the federal budget deficit next year than President Obama's plan to extend them only for families making under $250,000. Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee requested the study, so we don't know if the panel's disgraced chairman, Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York, pulled strings to have revenues from rental income on Caribbean villas excluded from the calculus. We also don't know if the historically proven stimulus effects of low tax rates got short shrift — though it's a pretty good bet, given the record of congressional revenue estimators. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Jobs Of The Future 8.11.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:28:43 -0400

The Public Sector: "I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Government. There's a great future in government. Think about it. Will you think about it?" OK, so it's not exactly how Mr. Maguire put it to young Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate." In fact, he famously advised the young college grad to go into "plastics," not government. But it might very well be how the script would read if the 1968 movie classic were remade today. At least that's the impression we got from an ad that ran recently in a major metropolitan newspaper and touted Uncle Sam as "the new 'it' employer." "Anyone who wants to work an interesting job, earn a generous salary, enjoy unbeatable, rock-solid job security and, most importantly, advance the public good in pivotal ways would probably favor the federal sector," says the ad, quoting "federal careers expert" Lily Whiteman. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Freeing Up Trade 8.11.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:28:07 -0400

Commerce: President Obama vowed to double exports in five years, but June's record trade deficit shows U.S. exports dropping. Trade requires new markets, so why do three finished free-trade pacts sit without a vote? The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly widened by a record $7.9 billion to $49.9 billion, with U.S. shipments abroad tumbling the most since October 2008. The reason that sticks out is President Obama's failure to open a single new market to U.S. exports in the 18 months of his presidency. Trade pacts, more than anything, are express highways to exports and jobs. Not surprisingly, the U.S.' biggest markets are those like Mexico and Canada that have free-trade accords with the U.S. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Buying Union Votes With Food Stamps 8.11.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:27:29 -0400

Corruption: In an election year in which Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress are threatened, no price is too high for extra votes — even if it means taking from the poor. What do you do when a trillion-plus dollars in "job-creating" stimulus fails to create jobs? Pass more stimulus — telling the people not to worry, that this time it's only $26 billion. But what President Obama signed into law this week was not just good taxpayer money thrown after bad. This was not, as the president claimed, about "saving the jobs of teachers and other essential professionals." It was about using taxpayer money to pay off teacher union bosses, reward them for past political favors and get the vote out for Democrats this year. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

No Time To Scrimp On Defense 8.11.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:26:54 -0400

Federal Spending: The secretary of defense announces that due to economic conditions, the military must be slashed by $100 billion. Since when did defending the United States become an optional budget item? As Chinese warships tour the Mediterranean and Iran adds four submarines to its navy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced this week the closing of the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in Norfolk, Va., the first step toward finding $100 billion in savings over the next five years. The command was just formed in 1999 to improve the ability of the various services to work together and find efficiencies. It employs 5,000 people and will be soon headed by Gen. Ray Odierno, now our commander in Iraq. His new job will be to return home and dismantle JFCOM. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Last Option 8.10.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:11:08 -0400

Monetary Policy: After meeting Tuesday, the Federal Reserve signaled that it believes the economy isn't performing as well as it should. But there's not a whole lot left that the Fed can do. A government can "stimulate" a dead economy in only two ways. One is to print money and risk inflation — monetary policy. The other is to cut spending and lower taxes — fiscal policy. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Amnesty In Disguise 8.10.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:10:23 -0400

Border: After suing Arizona to assert federal supremacy over states on immigration, it turns out that ICE, Washington's immigration cop on the beat, isn't enforcing the law at all. This is amnesty by another name. Oh, what a hullabaloo the Justice Department made last month over Arizona's SB 1070, arguing before a federal district judge that the law must be struck down because the federal government has "pre-eminent authority to regulate immigration matters." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Is Congress Ashamed Of Its Record? 8.10.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:09:32 -0400

Election '10: Earlier in the year, congressional Democrats were gushing about their historic legislative achievements. But if they've done such great things for the country, why aren't they campaigning on them? It was only in May that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared, "Health care reform is my proudest achievement in Congress." Now it's America's long, hot summer of discontent, and pride in their legislative record is the last thing Democrats want to campaign on as they face a popular uprising and the possible loss of their House and Senate majorities. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Behind The Ground Zero Mosque 8.10.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:08:24 -0400

Sacred Sites: While a Greek Orthodox church is held up near ground zero, the Cordoba Mosque is fast-tracked on property the developers don't own. Moderate Muslims and Muslim victims of 9/11 say it's a provocation. Like the fabled Trojan Horse, the Cordoba Mosque is touted as an offering of friendship and a chance for us to show our tolerance. But its march toward construction has been marked with deceit, fraud and double standards. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Little, Brown & Biased 8.10.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:06:50 -0400

Subprime Scandal: The Democrat-run Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has retained a major publisher to help sell its false narrative that Wall Street caused the housing crisis. Look for it in the fiction section. Commission Chairman Phil Angelides is former head of the California Democratic Party and a big fan of the Community Reinvestment Act. The CRA is the anti-redlining regulation that, after Clinton changes, standardized "flexible" underwriting and put the housing market on its fatal path of reckless lending. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Political Revenge 8.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:54:59 -0400

Lame-Duck Session: If the majority party loses one or both chambers this fall, what could beaten and embittered Democrats do to the nation before the next Congress is seated? They could actually make things worse. In the nearly two years since voters entrusted them with both the White House and Congress, Democrats have been pedal to the metal with their hard-left agenda. They've forced nationalized health care on a country that didn't want it, enacted toxic financial changes, extended jobless benefits into eternity, taken over General Motors and Chrysler, and emptied the public fisc in a failed attempt to stimulate the economy. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Leaky Sanctions 8.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:53:45 -0400

Iran: China, Russia and other countries are neutralizing the already minimal effects of U.S. sanctions on Tehran. As a Middle East terror state builds nuclear weapons, our strategy is full of holes. 'Iran: Open for Business!" — that might as well be the slogan of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce. The "tough" new U.S. and European sanctions aren't stopping some of the world's biggest economic powers from engaging in trade with the soon-to-be first terrorist nuclear weapons state. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

American Citizenship Is Not A Birthright 8.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:52:26 -0400

Immigration: The 14th Amendment was written to guarantee citizenship for freed slaves. It's been misinterpreted to give citizenship to children of illegal aliens. Now some GOP leaders want to restore its original meaning. In Texas this year, some 60,000 so-called "anchor babies" will be born to the 1.5 million illegal aliens estimated to reside there. They're called that because under the current interpretation of the 14th Amendment they're automatic citizens, encouraging more illegals to arrive and making it hard to deport those already here. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Still Oblivious To Meltdown's Cause 8.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:51:17 -0400

Big Government: One of the tragic ironies of the financial meltdown is that it was caused by well-meaning politicians who didn't know what they were doing — and ended up hurting the very people they intended to help. Monday's Los Angeles Times carried a timely and melancholy piece on how the economic downturn that resulted from the housing crash three years ago has taken down entire regions in California — places that once hummed with businesses and people but have now become industrial wastelands. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Rogues' Gallery Of Government 8.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:13:55 -0400

Washington: Social Security is deep in the red, the post office is losing billions, and Fannie Mae's back for another handout. These and other examples speak volumes about government fecklessness and negligence. Social Security checks mailed in 2010 will total $41 billion more than the program will collect in payroll-tax revenues, trustees reported last Thursday. The program will also run a deficit next year, before briefly returning to surpluses for a few years. Then the red ink will be back — for good — starting in 2015, a year earlier than previously projected. Some analysts believe that while deficits begin this year, 2015 is key because that's when Social Security will need permanent injections of cash from general revenues. The billions the program will require, says David C. John of the Heritage Foundation, "will make it harder to find money for other government programs or require large and growing tax increases." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Gracias, Presidente 8.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:12:36 -0400

Leadership: Colombia's Alvaro Uribe leaves office as one of the hemisphere's most successful leaders, courageously transforming a failed state to a rising star. His friendship has also paid off handsomely for the U.S. As with Australia's John Howard and the U.K.'s Tony Blair, President Bush knew what he was doing when he presented Colombia's president with the Medal of Freedom, America's highest honor, in 2009. Rarely has our country benefited so greatly from an alliance. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Propaganda Of Incompetents 8.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:11:58 -0400

Economy: As the "recovery summer" turns into a nightmare, one thing has become painfully clear: This is the most economically incompetent administration since the Great Depression. Two years into the Obama era, when the U.S. should be enjoying a booming recovery from the 2007-08 meltdown, with millions of new jobs and higher incomes for all, all we see is economic wreckage from the unbelievably foolish policies pursued by the White House and the Democrat-controlled Congress. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

China's Naval Game-Changer 8.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:11:00 -0400

Military Superiority: By the end of the year, China could deploy an anti-ship missile capable of hitting U.S. aircraft carriers at long range. The naval dominance that American foreign policy depended on may be at an end. When the naval planners of Imperial Japan were laying out the attack on Pearl Harbor, the major question on their mind was — where are the American carriers? In the end, their failure to find them doomed Imperial Japan to defeat. Since World War II, every president alerted to a crisis has asked the same question — where are the carriers? These floating air bases the size of small towns were visible signs of American power, that we meant business and were able to project that power deep within a potential enemy's territory. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

A Mortgage Rescue In Every Pot 8.5.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:34:28 -0400

Buying Votes: It appears that Democrats will receive a severe beating in the fall elections. What can save them? How about the administration wiping out large swaths of debt for underwater mortgage holders? James Pethokoukis, a Reuters columnist who once wrote for IBD, reported Thursday that the White House might have an August Surprise in the works. "Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth," Pethokoukis wrote in Reuters' Political Risk blog. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Somali Terror Pipeline 8.5.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:33:41 -0400

War On Terror: A flurry of indictments against Somali immigrants accused of aiding al-Qaida, including a number of naturalized U.S. citizens, shows we're still importing people who want to destroy us. The Justice Department on Thursday announced 14 new indictments of terrorists mostly from Minneapolis, which has a large Somali community. The city has acted as a deadly pipeline routing funding and fighters to al-Qaida in Somalia and other jihad hot spots. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Disoriented Judge 8.5.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:33:11 -0400

Journalism: Funny how practically no one knew that Judge Vaughn Walker was openly homosexual before his seismic ruling Wednesday. Why was such an obvious predisposition worth so little media attention? All federal judges must swear they "will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me ... so help me God." But can a judge given the opportunity to knock down a law that declared homosexual marriages invalid be impartial when he himself is openly homosexual? Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Out Of Thin Air 8.5.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:31:19 -0400

Same-Sex Marriage: A federal judge decides marriage is a constitutional right and overturns California's Proposition 8 forbidding such unions. The issue is headed to a Supreme Court that Elena Kagan will be sitting on. The imperial judiciary has struck again, with Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker striking down California's Proposition 8, passed in November 2008 with 52% of the vote, on the grounds that the voter-approved law was a violation of gay couples' civil rights. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Missouri Shows 'Em 8.4.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 4 Aug 2010 23:54:26 -0400

Power: Show Me State voters overwhelmingly rejected the federal mandate to buy health insurance. Those who ignored the consent of the governed to pass ObamaCare take heed: The governed no longer consent. It is fitting that Missouri was the first state to hold a public referendum on ObamaCare, sending the notion that government can shred the Constitution to impose its will to a crushing defeat with three-quarters of the voters approving Proposition C. The measure would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance. A year ago, on Aug. 6, 2009, Kenneth Gladney, an African-American vendor, was beaten by thugs wearing the purple shirts of the Service Employees International Union outside a town hall forum called by Rep. Mel Carnahan, D-Mo., at a school in Mehlville, Mo. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Spill Is Gone, So End Drilling Ban 8.4.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 4 Aug 2010 23:53:48 -0400

Energy: Now that the nation's newspaper of record has told us there is "little additional risk" from the Gulf oil spill, maybe the government can give us our offshore oil industry back. We could sure use it. Heeding White House aide Rahm Emanuel's now-famous dictum — "never let a good crisis go to waste" — Democrats wasted little time in moving on major legislation after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In the process, they created a government-made disaster the impact of which may be felt far longer than the oil spill itself. In Congress, they used the disaster to push for a tax-raising, job-killing "energy bill." And in the White House, they imposed a six-month moratorium on oil production in the Gulf. Congress' energy bill is dead — for now. But the moratorium remains in place. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Dodd's Neighborhood 8.4.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 4 Aug 2010 23:53:15 -0400

Central Planning: A bill that would provide billions for "livable" neighborhoods and enact an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities is moving in Congress. Is this the proper role of the federal government? Has anyone in Washington bothered to read the Constitution? We don't want to indict all 535 members of Congress, but it's clear that if the Constitution were more widely read in the Capitol, then Sen. Chris Dodd's Livable Communities Act would have never made it out of committee. But it did. By a 12-10 party-line vote, the Senate Banking Committee passed the Connecticut Democrat's bill on Tuesday. Should it become law, some $4 billion in taxpayers' money will be made available in grants that local governments can use for designing and developing communities that central planners — not families and individuals — believe people should live in. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Another Ahmadinejad-Hitler Parallel 8.4.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 4 Aug 2010 23:52:33 -0400

Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has much in common with Adolf Hitler — hatred of Jews, warmongering, delusions of divine inspiration. Now add this: His own people have tried to blow him to smithereens. After surviving the July 20, 1944, plot on his life at his field headquarters near Rastenburg (now Ketrzyn) in Poland, Hitler said: "I take this as confirmation of my assignment from Providence to continue to pursue my life's goal as I have done hitherto." Historians believe that afterwards nearly 5,000 people were executed by the Gestapo. When the news spread of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad surviving a homemade bomb being tossed at his convoy in Hamedan in western Iran Wednesday, some Iranian opposition groups were acting as if Tehran's 21st century Gestapo, the Revolutionary Guards, might similarly come after them. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

ObamaCare: A Tangled Knot Around America's Throat 8.3.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:51:33 -0400

Bureaucratic Web: Those who wondered what was in the health care overhaul bill now have a chance to look inside. What they see is a snarl of lines, arrows and geometric shapes that will do nothing to improve medical care. Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, GOP Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas and the minority staff of the Joint Economic Committee have provided a priceless public service by creating a flow chart (below) of the federal health care system that is being created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Black Caucus: Too PC To Fail? 8.3.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:28:08 -0400

FinReg: Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters' banking scandal is a cautionary tale about the Congressional Black Caucus, a group that's enjoyed little scrutiny while influencing major legislation. The 42-member caucus helped write whole sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that have more to do with advancing its radical redistributionist agenda than heading off another crisis. Both Waters, D-Calif., and Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., are caucus leaders, and both face trial for serious ethics breaches. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Don't Ask, Don't Tell 8.3.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:27:12 -0400

Security: Is keeping homosexual behavior and Islamism out of the barracks wrong? The Manning leaks and Hasan massacre both show it to be sound policy. Bradley Manning's Facebook page reads like a second-tier soap opera. According to the London Daily Telegraph, the 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst, suspected of leaking more than 90,000 pieces of classified material to the WikiLeaks Web site, was depressed over breaking up with a male companion.
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Yes, Virginia! 8.3.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:26:11 -0400

Law: A judge will let proceed a Virginia suit to declare ObamaCare unconstitutional while the state's attorney general says police can check immigration status a la the Arizona law. Somewhere Patrick Henry is smiling. ObamaCare is unconstitutional, and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli knows it. He also knows our unsecure borders and a stealth amnesty program pushed by this administration threaten citizens as far north as Richmond. That's why he's taken action in both areas, leading the states that formed a group in revolt against it. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

An Illegal Bounty 8.3.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:25:15 -0400

Border: Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is hated by activists for his tough enforcement of immigration law. But now a Mexican smuggling cartel has put a price on his head. T his is about big money, and Arpaio's hurting business. To hear open borders supporters tell it, the trouble on the Arizona line is about civil rights — most specifically anti-Latino racism. Never mind that as illegal immigrants flow in, U.S. territory is being ceded to Mexican smuggling syndicates and Arizona now has the world's second-highest kidnapping rate. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Tim Geithner's Empty Cheerleading 8.3.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:24:18 -0400

Economy: "Welcome to the Recovery," said the headline over an op-ed by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in the New York Times. At first we thought it must be a joke, maybe even a parody. It wasn't. Welcome, indeed. The very same administration that promised unemployment wouldn't rise above 8% if we passed the $862 billion stimulus has dubbed the tepid economic rebound "recovery summer." They seem to think they deserve credit for the mess. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Ahmadinejad: Let's Talk On C-SPAN 8.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:27:01 -0400

Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is offering to meet one-on-one with President Obama. Is he mimicking the president's C-SPAN health reform powwow? Or is he getting scared? In an oft-repeated promise to sell his health reform, President Obama told Ohioans at a town hall in March, 2008, "we are going to do all these negotiations on C-SPAN so the American people will be able to watch these negotiations." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Stark Raving 8.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:25:54 -0400

Power: The federal government, according to Democratic Rep. Pete Stark, can do anything it wants. If there are indeed no checks on the state's power, as the congressman claims, then the state is a tyrant. Stark, who represents San Francisco's East Bay area, let the left's secret slip when he told constituents at a July 24 town-hall meeting in Hayward that he believes "there are very few constitutional limits that would prevent the federal government from rules that could affect your private life." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Gov't Motors' Electric Edsel 8.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:24:37 -0400

Industrial Policy: The administration's electric car represents both the genius of American technology and the stupidity of its government. Imagine Rube Goldberg with $50 billion. Buy now and get a free 40-mile-long extension cord. It wasn't exactly Michael Dukakis riding in a tank wearing a Snoopy helmet, but it was close. President Obama, who reportedly hasn't driven an inch himself since taking office, visited a GM plant in Hamtramck near Detroit on Friday to drive a Chevy Volt 10 feet off an assembly line. It was a perfect image, as the American economy is being driven off a cliff by this White House. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Backdoor Amnesty 8.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:23:22 -0400

The Border: Polls show Democrats have decisively lost the debate over granting amnesty to illegals. But has that stopped them? Hardly. Using the federal bureaucracy as their agent, they plan to do it anyway. This is what happens when big government becomes so powerful that those who run it feel they can do whatever they want — no matter what the Constitution allows or the people prefer Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Slow Poison 7.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:57:39 -0400

Economy: Disappointing GDP growth of 2.4% in the second quarter signals that our "recovery" isn't what it's cracked up to be. But then, how could it be when politicians have been trying to kill it for years? How do you keep an economy from digging itself out of a major recession? One surefire method is massively expanding a government whose major programs are already on their way to bankruptcy, then sitting idly by as major tax increases arrive. The Democratic Congress has spent a trillion dollars on a failed Keynesian stimulus that promised millions of jobs that never materialized. They added a massive new entitlement in the form of a government takeover of health care when the entitlements already burdening us are going broke. And they are letting the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Chinese Century? 7.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:57:05 -0400

Growth: China claims it has just passed Japan as the world's No. 2 economy, and it's beating its chest loudly about the fact. But, as impressive as its new status may be, it still deserves a bit of perspective. We've heard about this being the Chinese Century, with the U.S. soon to be consigned to the ash heap of once-great empires. Now new projections from the World Bank, Goldman Sachs and others, as reported by CNBC, say China will pass the U.S. as the world's largest economy in just 15 years. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Blow WikiLeaks Off The Internet 7.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:56:28 -0400

Warfare: Now that the Taliban are scouring WikiLeaks for names of allies to kill from a trove of stolen U.S. documents, the White House is begging the site not to publish more. It should make WikiLeaks an enemy target. The horror we feared would happen is here. Friday, the New York Times reports the Taliban is studying 75,000 classified U.S. documents posted on WikiLeaks for names of informants, potential defectors and others who cooperated with American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Climate Profiteers 7.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:55:35 -0400

Taxes: While the oil and gas companies are bearing the brunt of taxation, regulation and environmental angst, others are doing just fine, thank you. If you think cap-and-trade is dead, just follow the money. According to a recently released Center for Responsive Politics review of reports filed with the U.S. Senate and U.S. House, General Electric and its subsidiaries spent more than $9.5 million on federal lobbying from April to June — the most it's spent on lobbying since President Obama has been in office. Why? As the fight over cap-and-trade grows, so does lobbying. Since January, GE and its units have spent more than $17.6 million on lobbying — a jump of 50% over the first six months of 2009. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Urban Myths 7.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:50 -0400

Economy: Speaking to the Urban League on Thursday, the president had a great chance to tout his accomplishments. Sadly, when it came to the economy, he had to stretch the truth quite a bit just to say anything. President Obama's main topic in speaking to the big city representatives in Washington, D.C., was education. But what struck us was his blithe recitation of what he believes he has achieved on the economy. It bears deconstructing, because in the upcoming election, a whole lot of claims are going to be made that are simply untrue. Yet, they'll be repeated by the mainstream media as if gospel. To wit: Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Zombie Option 7.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:17 -0400

Health Care: A 2,000-page government takeover of the health system was just enacted, but now congressional Democrats want even more government. The "public option" is rising from the grave. When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delighted the liberal Netroots Nation convention in Las Vegas on Saturday by telling them, "We're going to have a public option. It's a question of when," most people assumed he was talking long-term. But 128 House Democrats have co-sponsored a bill to establish a "robust" government-operated health insurance program. Their selling point is, surrealistically, deficit reduction. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Mexico: Where Is Your Shame? 7.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:46 -0400

Immigration: Mexico's government gloated triumphantly after a federal judge's injunction blocked Arizona's immigration law. But it's no victory for Mexico. In fact, Mexico's leaders ought to be mortified. As radical immigration activists crowed with glee and the Obama administration claimed victory, Mexico's government joined the applause. Calling Judge Susan Bolton's injunction Wednesday "a step in the right direction," Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa declared: "The government of Mexico would like to express its recognition for the determination demonstrated by the federal government of the United States and the actions of the civil organizations that organized lawsuits against the SB 1070 law." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

HUD's New Slush Funds, Thanks To FinReg 7.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:14 -0400

Finance Reform: HUD is at the heart of the subprime scandal, yet it's empowered as never before by FinReg. It'll manage various slush funds underwriting more Acorn-type housing activism. Housing and Urban Development is one of two federal agencies regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with HUD supervising the mortgage giants' congressionally chartered "affordable housing" mission. In the run-up to the subprime crisis, HUD gutted underwriting standards at Fannie and Freddie to help them meet a 50%-plus affordable lending quota. HUD also authorized the now-toxic twins to receive credits toward these affordable-lending goals by purchasing and issuing subprime securities. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The President's False START 7.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:46:26 -0400

National Security: Think Moscow will violate the New START arms limitation treaty? A just-issued report says it never obeyed the first one. The motto of the Obama administration is blindly trust, don't verify and unilaterally disarm. You can forget about peace through strength, the Reagan doctrine that won the Cold War. Our policy is now peace through wishful thinking. If Neville Chamberlain and Jimmy Carter had a child, his name would be Barack Obama. The president is pushing ahead with what is called the New START Treaty to rid the world of nuclear weapons, but not those who would use such weapons against us if they had a chance. He's doing so in the face of a 2010 State Department report on arms-control compliance that showed Moscow continued to violate the old START treaty until the very moment it expired in December. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Judging Arizona 7.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:30 -0400

mmigration: A federal judge blocked most of Arizona's immigration law on the grounds that it puts an undue burden on the federal government. That leaves Arizona defenseless to open borders and derelict feds. One could almost hear the cheers from the badlands of Durango and Sonora, home of the biggest Mexican drug and people-smuggling cartels, to read District Court Judge Susan Bolton's ruling effectively striking down Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070. Bolton blocked the main provisions of Arizona's law requiring state lawmen to ask people they come into legitimate contact with to show documentation if there's reasonable suspicion they're here illegally. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

CBO's Grim Diagnosis: Enemy Is Us 7.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:04:56 -0400

Debt: In the long debate over financial reform, proponents repeatedly argued that an overhaul was needed to "prevent the next financial crisis." Who'd have thought the real threat for another crisis was government itself? That stunning assessment comes not from a think tank or political group, but the government itself. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, whose job it is to make reasonable projections about the economy and budget, now says it's not the financial sector that's putting us at serious risk — it's government's almost insatiable desire to spend ever larger sums of money. In a new report this week, the CBO grimly summarizes America's fiscal future: "Unless policymakers restrain the growth of spending, increase revenues significantly as a share of GDP, or adopt some combination of those two approaches, growing budget deficits will cause debt to rise to unsupportable levels." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

An Unserious Presidency On View 7.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:04:15 -0400

Leadership: As Americans suffer economically, President Obama golfs, vacations, campaigns, appears on a frivolous talk show — and vacations some more. Gee, don't we have a war and other problems to attend to? Will history record that Barack Obama's only great achievement as president was getting his golf handicap down to the teens? The president played more than two dozen rounds of golf in his first year in office — as many as George W. Bush did over his entire eight years. This week, he traveled to New York City to be swooned at on ABC's daytime gal fluff-fest "The View." It led Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell to remark, "I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency... I think the president of the United States has to go on serious shows.". Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Job Moratorium 7.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:03:27 -0400

Energy: A new analysis of the effects of the offshore drilling moratorium shows more to worry about than beaches and tourism. Massive job loss and economic hardship lie ahead, and we're doing it on purpose. It's been 100 days since the Deepwater Horizon disaster cast a pall over America's energy future while endangering the environment onshore and off. Whether it was due to negligence or the inherent dangers of deep-water drilling, it pales in comparison to the self-inflicted wound of increased energy regulation and taxes and the Obama administration's moratorium. President Obama has succeeded in turning a crisis into an economic disaster. During a conference call with journalists, Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, detailed the harmful effects of expected new energy taxes and regulation in administration proposals. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Stealth Amnesty Creeps Ahead 7.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:14:10 -0400

Immigration: Even with time running out, Democrats haven't dropped the idea of ramming through illegal-immigrant amnesty to create more Democratic voters. Their new push shows an array of underhanded tactics to sneak that in. After passing major programs that most Americans don't want — from a wasteful stimulus to a health care nightmare — Democrats know it's time to pay the piper with voters. But another touchy issue — immigration — looms large on their to-do list. And because 70% of Latinos backed Democrats in 2008, a lot of mischief could be in the works — including an amnesty for illegals that would serve both as political payback and a way to create a new voting bloc. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

WikiLeaks' Word War 7.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:13:32 -0400

National Security: The 9/11 attacks were famously blamed on the Free World's failure of imagination. The WikiLeaks attack has found the West, once again, unprepared for a new kind of threat. In the wake al-Qaida's 9/11 atrocities, New York Times columnist William Safire asked, "Why, with $30 billion a year spent on intelligence, couldn't our FBI, CIA and NSA prevent this well-coordinated, two-city attack?" The 9/11 Commission's report answered that: "The most important failure was one of imagination. We do not believe leaders understood the gravity of the threat." The Commission noted that "National security used to be considered by studying foreign frontiers, weighing opposing groups of states, and measuring industrial might. To be dangerous, an enemy had to muster large armies. Threats emerged slowly, often visibly, as weapons were forged, armies conscripted, and units trained and moved into place." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Lockerbie Lie 7.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:12:51 -0400

Terrorism: The administration says it was surprised and angry at the Lockerbie bomber's "compassionate" release. Now a letter reveals that it actually lobbied for it. Was this malicious intent or mere incompetence? Last week, at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama was asked what he thought about a possible Senate investigation into the "Lockerbie bomber stuff" — namely that British Petroleum, among its other sins, lobbied the British government to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi in order to win oil contracts from the Libyan government. Obama replied: "I think all of us here in the United States were surprised, disappointed and angry about the release of the Lockerbie bomber, and my administration expressed very clearly our objections — prior to the decision being made and subsequent to the decision being made." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Pelosi, Reid: Divorced From Reality 7.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:12:14 -0400

Leadership: A major poll just gave Congress a favorability rating of 11% — lowest in history. Never, it seems, have our representatives in Washington been so disconnected from the people they purport to serve. The disconnect was most evident in separate comments made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a conference of the far-left group Netroots Nation last weekend in Las Vegas. Both weighed in on vital topics. Both revealed why they're so out of touch with reality. Pelosi told the audience she adamantly opposes raising the retirement age for Social Security and said the Depression-era program shouldn't be cut to help reduce the deficit. "When you talk about reducing the deficit and Social Security, you're talking about apples and oranges," she said. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

ADA Vs. Chipotle 7.27.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:11:31 -0400

Overregulation: Leave it to California's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to mark the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) with another of its goofy, ripe-for-recision rulings. This one involves the counter height at a couple of Chipotle Mexican Grills in San Diego. Seems the 45-inch walls between customers and the food-preparation areas prevent people in wheelchairs from "fully participating in the selection and preparation of their order," as Judge Daniel Friedman put it. In short, Friedman wrote for the court, the wall "significantly reduced" the "ability to enjoy the Chipotle experience." We won't argue that "the Chipotle experience" isn't worth fully taking in. The Denver-based chain is the country's most successful publicly held restaurant operator, and it's hard to argue with success. But the two outlets in question tried to accommodate disabled persons by providing alternatives, such as showing a customer a sample of food in a spoon or assembling meals elsewhere. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Venezuela: Haven For Terrorists? 7.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:44:14 -0400

Americas: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez sputtered rage and fury Sunday after Colombia charged him with harboring terrorists. It was about par for a bully whose nation is going downhill fast. It didn't get much play in the media, but on Friday Colombia's government laid out scads of evidence — photographs, videos, satellite GPS coordinates and computer e-mails — to the Organization of American States showing why it's so tough to fight terrorists. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

On The Way: Job-Killing Tax Hikes 7.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:43:09 -0400

Fiscal Policy: Timothy Geithner thinks tax hikes will help the economy dig its way out of the hole. Can we really afford two more years of this kind of thinking? Appearing Sunday on ABC News' "This Week," the secretary of the treasury said he had no problem with letting tax cuts expire for wealthy Americans. "It's responsible to let the tax cuts expire that just go to 2% to 3% of Americans, the highest-earning Americans." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

WikiCrimes 7.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:41:25 -0400

Leaks: Secrecy is an indispensable weapon with which free countries defend themselves. In making tens of thousands of Afghan war documents public, a Swedish Web site has cyberattacked the U.S. and the Free World. WikiLeaks, which is sending the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan into convulsions by revealing some 92,000 sensitive military documents, was apparently founded for the noblest of purposes. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

FinReg's Cheerleaders 7.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:31:42 -0400

Media Bias: FinReg is 2,319 pages of unintended consequences for the economy. Yet the media have suspended any critical analysis to cheer "another huge milestone for President Obama," as CBS News gushed. As with health reform, troubling details of the financial overhaul are leeching to the surface, percolating through the filter of rosy Democratic talking points parroted by the media. Still, the public's been told maybe a third of what lurks inside the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Cap-And-Trade On Ice 7.26.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:30:31 -0400

Energy Policy: Senate Democrats have shelved job-killing cap-and-trade legislation, at least for now. Neither the political nor the Earth's climate suggests it's a good time to try to fool Mother Nature or the American people. After a Thursday meeting with Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has apparently dropped plans to pursue cap-and-trade before the August recess. He doesn't have the votes to overcome a GOP filibuster, and saving the earth from a phantom threat stands way below jobs on Americans' wish list. But watch out after November. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Unkindest Cuts 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:00:28 -0400

Defense: It was inevitable: The $13 trillion debt this Congress and White House helped run up has imperiled defense spending in an age of continued terrorism. The New York Times reported last week that thanks in large part to "big budget deficits," the Defense Department is under "intensifying political and economic pressures to restrain its budget, setting up the first serious debate since the terrorist attacks of 2001 about the size and cost of the armed services." The House and Senate are considering cuts. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Defense is the only part of the budget Democrats seem to want to cut. And they've supplied themselves with the perfect cover to do so: the all-too-familiar "bipartisan commission." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The End Of Rangel's Arrogant Rule 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:59:40 -0400

Scandal: The former Ways And Means chairman faces possible expulsion for playing fast and loose with his finances and taxes. Since that's what the Congress has done with ours, maybe they should all face expulsion. It is said absolute power corrupts absolutely, and for much of his 40 years in Congress, many spent riding herd on the nation's tax code, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., had absolute power over our tax laws and finances. He was, in political terms, 10 feet tall and bullet-proof. Not anymore. We don't know if his shenanigans got too much for even House Democrats to handle or if they just felt they had enough problems this November, particularly on the issue of taxes, to have as one more albatross around their neck — someone who made avoiding them an art form. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

JournoLism's Bias 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:59:06 -0400

JournoGate: For those who think the growing JournoList scandal is much ado about nothing, think again. It's about secrecy and power among the left-wing media — and leads all the way into the White House. One of the defenses put forward by those taking part in the JournoList — the secretive online discussion forum for liberal journalists and "experts" — is that it was really just a place to talk and discuss things without a lot of argument from those who don't share their left-leaning views. But JournoList, formerly run by Washington Post journalist Ezra Klein, was much more than that. It was an attempt to secretly influence public debate in one partisan direction — toward the Democrats — and to bias the news toward both the liberal political agenda and the election of Barack Obama. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Speaking Of Trouble 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:58:14 -0400

Bailouts: How's that Troubled Asset Relief Program going? Not so well. A review of TARP found that homeowners aren't avoiding foreclosure and the decisions to close car dealerships were politically based. The Home Affordable Modification Program, infused last year with $50 billion in TARP money by the Obama administration, was supposed to help 3 million to 4 million mortgage holders with their problem loans. But according to a government audit, it has failed to "put an appreciable dent in the foreclosure filings." Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the $787 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, told Congress on Wednesday that fewer than 400,000 homeowners have had their mortgages permanently modified under the program. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Rebooting America 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:40:22 -0400

Prosperity: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can talk all day about doing everything possible to sweeten a sour economy. Monetary policy is pretty much exhausted. It's Congress that could act — but won't. 'We remain prepared to take further policy actions as needed to foster a return to full utilization of our nation's productive potential in a context of price stability." Those were the words the Fed chief hoped would have a healing effect on an economy battered by years of housing and lending policies hijacked for ideological purposes. But what more can Ben Bernanke do? Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Bell's Hell 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:39:42 -0400

Government Greed: The city manager of a low-income Southern California suburb has been pulling down nearly $800,000 a year. And get this — he claims he could match that in the private sector. Robert Rizzo was, at this writing, reported to be on the verge of resigning as city manager of Bell, a city of 37,000 about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. He clearly didn't want to leave. It took a week of protests and horrific publicity to pry him loose. And we can see why. He was making $787,637 a year. To hear him tell it, he was worth every penny. When the Los Angeles Times broke the story about his salary, he had this to say: "If that's a number people choke on, maybe I'm in the wrong business. I could go into private business and make that money. This council has compensated me for the job I've done." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

JournoGate Continued: Pouncing On Palin 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:39:05 -0400

Media Bias: Ever wonder why 2008 VP candidate Sarah Palin was so ridiculed before much was known about her? Turns out liberal journalists engaged in a coordinated smear campaign to aid the Democratic ticket. When we talked with Alaska's then-governor in the summer of 2008 about plans to develop her state's energy resources, she came across like most other Alaskans we've met — frank, down-to-earth, colloquial, but more than technocratically knowledgeable about the energy field. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Arizona On Trial 7.22.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:38:01 -0400

States' Rights: A federal judge hears arguments over whether a state law that mirrors federal law on immigration should take effect next week. Can a state protect its borders when the federal government won't? U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton heard arguments Thursday on Arizona's SB1070. The law says Arizona police, during the enforcement of other laws, can inquire of an individual's immigration status if they have reason to believe that individual is here illegally. The new law is scheduled to take effect on July 29, and the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to block its enforcement largely on the flimsy ground that Arizona is usurping federal powers. We have argued that the federal government is a creation of the states, not the other way around, and that a state is within its powers to take actions to protect its citizens from potential harm. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Smoking Gun For Media Bias 7.21.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:35:51 -0400

Journo-Gate: For decades, moderates and conservatives have been derided and ridiculed for complaining about the mainstream media's pervasive liberal bias. As it turns out, however, their worst fears were true. If you don't know about Journolist, you should. It's a semi-secret listserv maintained by Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein. Don't bother to try to log on. If they want you, they'll ask you to take part. No outsiders need apply. And who uses it? Almost exclusively liberal journalists and left-leaning movers and shakers. Sound innocuous? It isn't. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Inspired To Jihad 7.21.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:35:09 -0400

War On Terror: In three short years, Samir Khan went from blogging about jihad from his parents' North Carolina basement to editing al-Qaida's new online magazine in Yemen — all under the FBI radar. The 24-year-old Khan is now helping America's Enemy No. 1 recruit Muslims to kill fellow Americans as Webmaster of al-Qaida's splashy new propaganda organ, which provides instructions in English on how to "make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom."And the FBI and U.S. intelligence never saw it coming. The Khan case is the latest example of a disturbing trend in U.S. intelligence lapses involving radicalized Muslims. From the Fort Hood shooting to the Christmas Day airline bombing to the Times Square car-bomb plot, warning signs are ignored, dots left unconnected. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Tax Tsunami On The Horizon 7.21.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:34:32 -0400

Fiscal Policy: Many voters are looking forward to 2011, hoping a new Congress will put the country back on the right track. But unless something's done soon, the new year will also come with a raft of tax hikes — including a return of the death tax — that will be real killers. Through the end of this year, the federal estate tax rate is zero — thanks to the package of broad-based tax cuts that President Bush pushed through to get the economy going earlier in the decade. But as of midnight Dec. 31, the death tax returns — at a rate of 55% on estates of $1 million or more. The effect this will have on hospital life-support systems is already a matter of conjecture. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

China Filling America's Vacuum 7.21.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:33:55 -0400

Strategy: As the U.S. retreats from the world stage, the nation's top military officer is warning us about China's military buildup and intentions. Already, China is telling us to keep off the grass. Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen, visiting U.S. troops at Camp Red Cloud in South Korea on Wednesday, talked about his growing concerns about China. "I've moved from being curious about what they're doing to being concerned about what they're doing," the admiral said. "I see a fairly significant investment in high-end equipment — satellites, ships ... anti-ship missiles, obviously high-end aircraft and all those kinds of things. They are (also) shifting from a focus on their ground forces to focus on their navy ... and their air force." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Son Of CRA: The Scandal Lives On 7.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:38:21 -0400

Race-Based Lending: Changes that the Clinton administration made to the Community Reinvestment Act bent underwriting rules, paving the way for the easy-credit boom and bust. Now come hearings to expand the CRA. The Obama administration has ordered a "comprehensive review" of the 1977 anti-redlining law. It seeks to update it "to reflect changes in current housing and community development needs" in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, which has hit inner cities hardest. "There are new challenges" for minorities seeking loans, lamented Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

NAACP's Image Issue 7.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:49:54 -0400

Racial Politics: After passing a resolution condemning Tea Party racism, the NAACP must confront its own tolerance of bigotry. The post-racial society we were promised seems to be drowning in a sea of hypocrisy. The historic civil rights organization famous for its Image Awards seems to be having problems with its own. The latest chink in its armor is a speech by a black Agriculture Department official at an NAACP event that, if given by a white person at a Tea Party event, could rightfully be called racist. It will not get an Image Award. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Why No On Kagan 7.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:48:41 -0400

Supreme Court: As another functionary of the left slides through to a lifetime perch of unchecked power, listless Republicans fail to focus on the central issue: Elena Kagan is no supporter of the Constitution. James Carville's famous keep-your-eye-on-the-ball reminder to his fellow campaign aides on Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign — "It's the Economy, Stupid!" — should be refashioned: "It's the Philosophy, Stupid!" Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Capturing ... No One 7.20.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:46:53 -0400

War On Terror: Democratic candidates like Barack Obama made catching Osama bin Laden their bottom line in 2008. Now in power, the administration is sending all the wrong signals to those who may harbor him. Last Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Fox News that she believed that "elements" of the Pakistani government knew where al-Qaida terrorist kingpin Osama bin Laden was held. "I'd like to know, too," she said. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Colombia At 200: Surprise Success 7.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:19:32 -0400

Allies: Colombia is a nation that has been to hell and back — and on its bicentennial, has never been better. Its success offers a lesson that should be copied by other states facing similar challenges. As Americans, it's hard not to be proud of the success of Colombia, our best ally in Latin America, on its July 20 bicentennial celebration. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Keynesian Diplomacy 7.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:18:15 -0400

War On Terror: We know the White House thinks big spending will cure our economic troubles. Now the secretary of state is combating terrorism by delivering a big stimulus check to Pakistan. Maybe we should take some of those big signs with their Obama-for-president-style logos claiming that your highway dollars are at work and put them on Pakistani streets. Except "Your" will be "Their" — meaning U.S. taxpayers. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

New Terror Threat On Mexico Border 7.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:17:04 -0400

Border: A Hezbollah-like car bomb explodes in a border town as a congresswoman asks Homeland Security about links between the terrorist group and Mexican drug cartels. This is more than an immigration problem. Car bombs are a terrorist specialty and not a drug cartel modus operandi. The heavily armed cartels are more into shootings and kidnappings. So the car bomb that exploded Thursday in Ciudad Juarez, near a federal police headquarters, killing four, was either a change in tactics for the cartels or a sign of teaming up with a terrorist group, one of which could be Iran-linked Hezbollah. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Blame Game 7.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:15:13 -0400

Job Recession: The White House has gotten into the habit of blaming everything on Republicans. Nowhere is that more evident — or mistaken — than in the debate over the extension of jobless benefits. President Obama, for example, leveled an attack Monday at Republican lawmakers, essentially saying they were denying extended unemployment benefits for millions of jobless Americans. "It's time to do what's right, not for the next election, but for the middle class," he said, implying that the GOP's only concern was politics. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Insurers Set Up For Next 'Affordable' Crisis 7.19.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:14:01 -0400

Subprime Scandal: When Democrats described FinReg as the most sweeping overhaul of Wall Street since the Depression, they didn't say it would also affect your local insurance agent. But it does. Check out Title V of their 2,300-page regulatory fatwah. It sets up a powerful new race-monitoring bureaucracy within the Treasury Department called the Office of National Insurance — the first office in the federal government focused on insurance. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Beyond Politics? 7.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:48:36 -0400

Energy: Oil firms have been lumped into one big, bad group by the U.S. drilling moratorium. But they're not all alike. BP's green politics played a big role in the Gulf spill. That's what should be repudiated, not drilling. Collectivism is alive and well in the White House, which seeks to spread the price of its deepwater drilling moratorium across the oil industry and the Gulf's economy. As if the April 20 BP oil spill weren't bad enough for the people of the Gulf, they now face a jobless future no matter what the environmental and safety record of their local companies. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

A Food Czar? Really? 7.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:48:01 -0400

Limited Government: You may laugh about the White House assistant chef being appointed "Senior Policy Adviser." You'll stop laughing when you realize that those in power really do want to tell you what to eat. You just can't cook these things up. The 29-year-old Chicago chef that the Obama family for years paid to be their private cook, Sam Kass, was quietly promoted last month from his job as assistant chef at the White House residence and "food initiative coordinator" to the position of "senior policy adviser for healthy food initiatives." The long-suffering American people don't get to know if an increase in salary is involved, because Kass is on the residence staff rather than the West Wing's. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Global Warming Guessing Game 7.16.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:47:30 -0400

Environment: A federal agency is reporting that the world has just had its warmest June on record and the agency's climate chief is blaming man for the increasing heat. And he would know ... wouldn't he? No, he wouldn't. He's just guessing, the same way that all the global warming alarmists are speculating. We confess that they have some numbers to lean on. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for June 2010 was the warmest on record at 61.1 degrees, which is 1.22 degrees above the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The White House Against The World 7.15.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:00:03 -0400

Politics: Once the darling of everyone, this administra-tion now seems to be at odds with everyone, fussing, feuding and defending itself. Not since Carter have we had a White House so divorced from public opinion. You expect the opposition to disagree with a president who has moved the country farther to the left than any chief executive since FDR. And indeed, the changes have been epic, whether it's the nationalization of health care, the $700 billion in bailouts, the $862 billion in failed stimulus, the takeover of the car industry or attempts to control Wall Street. What's surprising is that so many others also now find themselves in sharp disagreement and near open revolt with Obama & Co., from businesses to average voters to foreign countries that once revered our new president as some kind of global savior. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Price Of A Vote 7.15.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:59:15 -0400

Ethics: On the very day the Senate passes major bank reform, we learn dozens of senators or Senate employees received VIP loans from a company hip-deep in the subprime loan mess that the bank bill fails to address. As the top Republican member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Darrell Issa has been looking at Countrywide Financial Corp.'s VIP mortgage program. What the California lawmaker recently found is a strong appearance of impropriety: Countrywide has made 30 cut-rate loans to senators or Senate employees. A dozen of the VIP loans were made to customers who named the office of Sen. Robert Bennett, a Utah Republican, as their workplace. The remainder went to borrowers whose place of employment was designated as "U.S. Senate" or "U.S. senator." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Rubio's Plan: Based On What Works 7.15.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:58:43 -0400

Election '10: Smart Republicans know that in an election year of great vulnerability for incumbent Democrats, the ideas of freedom are the best strategy. Florida's Senate candidate, Marco Rubio, has just shown the way. Former State Assembly Speaker Marco Rubio has unveiled a 23-point program of ideas on national issues that could help forge a legislative agenda if Republicans win the U.S. Senate this fall — an increasingly realistic prospect as poll numbers for President Obama and the Democratic Congress sink to newer depths. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Sanctuary Sanctions 7.15.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:57:57 -0400

Justice: The administration said its lawsuit against Arizona was all about the pre-eminence of federal law over state. Now they say city laws pre-empt federal when it comes to sanctuary for illegals. Double standard, anyone? Call it another loop in the pretzel logic of the Justice Department on immigration politics. The agency charged with enforcing federal immigration laws told the Washington Times Wednesday that it won't force U.S. municipalities that declare themselves sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants to comply with federal law. So cities such as Los Angeles, Laredo, San Francisco, Austin, Ann Arbor, Cambridge and 133 others, as well as Oregon, can go on ignoring the illegal immigration in their cities, no matter what the cost, because the Feds don't really care. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Energy Needs Left High And Dry 7.15.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:57:16 -0400

Energy Policy: As the job-killing deepwater drilling ban continues offshore, our interior secretary defends an onshore ban imposed in Utah. If we could drill in places like that, maybe oil wouldn't be gushing a mile under the Gulf of Mexico. The 64-million-gallon question in the Gulf oil spill is why we were drilling 5,000 feet down in the first place. The administration line, as expressed by the president in his recent Oval Office speech, is that oil resources on land and just offshore are running out. The falsity of that claim can be seen in the battle over 77 oil leases in Utah. On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar defended his decision to block those leases, which were auctioned off in the waning days of the Bush administration. Last year, Salazar also stopped plans to lease oil shale rights in five Western states estimated to hold between 1 trillion and 2 trillion (with a 't') barrels of recoverable oil. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

A Time To Gather Stones Together For Iran 7.14.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:57:51 -0400

Mideast: Years of a growing nuclear threat plus recent developments are converging to signify that the time for waiting is over. Either the United States, or the Israelis backed by the U.S., must act against Iran. 'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose," the Book of Ecclesiastes says. "A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embracing ... a time of war, and a time of peace." With the intensification of the greatest threat to the world since that of nuclear-armed communist domination in the last century, it has become a time to refrain from embracing and instead reluctantly gather the stones of pre-emptive self-defense. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Jobbing America 7.14.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:57:09 -0400

Stimulus: The White House now claims that its various stimulus and bailout efforts have "saved or created" 2.5 million to 3.6 million jobs. If so, they must have been created not in the United States, but in Fantasyland. We hate to be negative, but the claims made by the administration's top economists are ludicrous. The U.S. economy has struggled for more than a year and a half under Obamanomics and is no better for it. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Sudden Exaggeration 7.14.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:56:24 -0400

Hysteria: A federal report indicates that the runaway Toyota problem was mainly driver error, not a manufacturing or design issue. So when do the official government and media apologies begin? Toyota is now thought of as the company that makes cars that suddenly and unintentionally accelerate and bolt out of control. Under great pressure, it has recalled more than 8.5 million vehicles since last fall. Accelerator pedals and floor mats, which are thought to jam accelerators — one mat was apparently responsible for the San Diego accident that caused four deaths — were replaced on many of the recalled autos. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Senator From Stir 7.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:53:16 -0400

Elections: A new study says Minnesota's freshman senator squeaked out a recount victory with illegal votes cast by convicted felons. Is this why Democrats are trying so hard to have all felons vote? An 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, has found that at least 341 felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. This was the campaign that culminated with a six-month recount that gave the victory to former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Idled Gulf Rigs Head For Africa 7.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:40:53 -0400

Commerce: What does it say about America’s investment climate when the Republic of Congo now attract oil rigs that once drilled the Gulf of Mexico? That’s the effect of the Obamaadministration’s nonstop bid to halt production here. As millions were enjoying the World Cup last weekend, powerful engines began churning the waters of the Gulf of Mexico as Diamond Offshore Drilling began pulling its huge floating rig on a 60-day trip to the Republic of Congo. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Ditch The 'Dream' 7.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:25:22 -0400

Housing: America still has far too many underwater debtors labeled as "homeowners," but Washington can't bear to let them liquidate. Instead, it saddles taxpayers with ever-costlier bailouts. The federal government has tried just about every trick in the book to revive the nation's housing market and forestall a feared tsunami of foreclosures. How well have they worked? Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Tea Party Is Dealt The Race Card 7.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:23:08 -0400

Racial Politics: The NAACP, in crafting a resolution condemning racism in the Tea Party movement, seems to have forgotten those Black Panthers with clubs intimidating voters and wanting to kill white people. The "angry mobs" that reshaped the 2010 political landscape are angry white racist mobs, at least according to a resolution proposed by the NAACP at its annual convention this week in Kansas City, Mo. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Nothing Reform 7.13.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:21:35 -0400

Finance Overhaul: With support from three Republicans sewed up, Senate Democrats look set to pass a sweeping overhaul that will be hailed as the salvation of our financial system. It is nothing of the kind. Democrats needed at least three Republicans to go along with their bill after Sen. Robert Byrd died and one of their own — Wisconsin's Sen. Russ Feingold — decided the legislation was too friendly to the banks. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Our Fiscal Cancer 7.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:26:21 -0400

Debtocracy: As a president, it's one thing to know you have a big fiscal problem. It's quite another when a panel you appointed tells you the policies you have in mind will only make things worse. That's what happened Sunday, when leaders of President Obama's deficit commission offered up the darkest of outlooks for our financial future — calling current trends in U.S. budgets a "cancer" that will "destroy the country from within" unless halted soon. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Great Escape 7.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:25:41 -0400

State Finances: Oregon voters decided in January that it was a good idea to raise taxes on the wealthy to increase revenues. The result: Tax revenues are actually down. The lesson: Envy doesn't pay. Measure 66 passed 54-46 on Jan. 26 to increase funding for "education, health care, public safety, other services." It's an envy tax that increased the rates to 10.8% from 9% on single filers earning $125,000 to $250,000 a year and joint filers earning $250,000 to $500,000. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Al-Qaida Terror: This Time, Africa 7.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:23:57 -0400

Terrorism: Sadly, Spain's World Cup triumph was marred by a Somali terror strike on Uganda. It brought back memories of how Spain fled Iraq after al-Qaida's attack in 2004 — a response Africa shouldn't repeat. The bombings that killed 74 soccer fans watching the World Cup championship between Spain and the Netherlands on Sunday night had all the earmarks of a classic al-Qaida operation: They targeted large crowds of bystanders; the victims were multinational, with Irish, Indian, American, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Ugandan nationals among the dead; the blasts occurred almost simultaneously in two places; and it happened on a date ending in 11. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Suing America 7.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:16:03 -0400

Illegal Immigration: Democratic governors warn of an apocalyptic November if the administration pursues its war on Arizona. They fear defeat by people who want jobs, not "comprehensive immigration reform." The main topics at the National Governors Association's summer meeting were supposed to be jobs and the economy. Instead, the buzz was about immigration and the political consequences of Washington's mindless suing of a sovereign state for daring to enforce federal immigration law. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

FinReg's Crucial Congo Codicil 7.12.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:15:06 -0400

Subprime Scandal: What's the Congo have to do with financial overhaul? Absolutely nothing. But Democrats have sneaked it into the final bill, along with a host of other race-related oddities. Tucked away under Title XIV — "Misc. Provisions" — and attracting zero media attention is yet another stealthily omnibus aspect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Why So Gloomy? 7.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:43:05 -0400

Economic Policy: The U.S. economy seems to be undergoing a "pause," according to former Fed maestro Alan Greenspan. But is it the pause that refreshes — or one that leads to an inevitable second downturn? While we can't pretend to know all the answers, we can say this: The mischief, malfeasance and just plain incompetence by our government leaves us with a sick feeling in our stomach when it comes to next year. Today, there's no shortage of head-scratching over the weak, jobless recovery we're in, and the failure of the economy to catch fire and start growing again. But really, it's no mystery at all. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

ObamaCare: Dream Turned Nightmare 7.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:42:24 -0400

Health Reform: Key provisions of the president's health care reform are about to take effect. Don't expect any of it to be pretty. It turns out that — as predicted by health experts, and reported on this page — ObamaCare will make health insurance premiums rise rather than fall. This and other unpleasant truths are revealed in a new report from two Republican senators, which charges that "when measured against the administration's own stated goals, the new health law fails to address the top health care concerns of the American people." Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John Barrasso of Wyoming are the only two members of the U.S. Senate with M.D.s, and their prognosis in the report, titled "Bad Medicine: a Check-up on the New Federal Health Law," is far from good. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Defending Marriage 7.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:41:46 -0400

The Law: An activist judge has declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, saying states have a right to define what marriage is. If it feels good, do it. This is a recipe for societal suicide. With this gavel, I thee wed. In effect, Joseph Tauro, a federal district court judge in Boston, said that to same-sex couples when he ruled the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional on grounds it denied them equal protection. A third of the judge's decision involved all the benefits, financial and legal, that the feds and DOMA were denying to same-sex couples, as if marriage was just another business deal and not the basic foundation of a stable society. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Progressive Paradise 7.9.10

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:41:09 -0400

Nanny State: Liberalism is about big things, socialized medicine, nationalized industries, etc. So what about personal choices? For that, let's revisit San Francisco. The progressive paradise by the Bay, where the left's still-beating heart never left, lately has whipped up a whirlwind of nannyism — the notion, virtually synonymous with liberalism, that political government was designed to control the lives of the people for their own good. Mayor Gavin Newsom, who sees himself as a paladin of progressivism, is embarked on a campaign for California's lieutenant governor. As a running mate for former Gov. Jerry Brown, who after more than three decades wants to reclaim his old office, Newsom will float on — or answer for — the liberal tide whose headwaters are San Francisco. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

All Talk, No Action 7.8.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:49:02 -0400

Free Trade: President Obama uttered some fine words Wednesday on the value of export trade. But with no trade pacts on the horizon until after elections, it's just political busywork. What's really needed is courage. Yes, the president said all the right things Wednesday about boosting exports, opening markets and getting Congress to approve free-trade deals with Colombia, South Korea and Panama. "(W)e hope to move forward on new agreements with some of our key partners," he said. "And we're focused on submitting them as soon as possible for congressional consideration." by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Tea With Terrorists? 7.8.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:48:32 -0400

Homeland Security: President Obama promised lobbyists wouldn't run his White House. They're just doing it from across the street — at a Shariah-compliant coffee chain tied to a radical jihadist group. That's right: According to the New York Times, prominent K Street lobbyists are buttonholing Obama officials at a Caribou Coffee shop on Pennsylvania Avenue, raising far more than just ethics questions. What the Times story neglects to mention is that Caribou Coffee is a Shariah-compliant firm owned by an Islamic bank based in Bahrain. One of its founders and a current adviser are leaders in the radical Muslim Brotherhood. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The President's One-Man Death Panel 7.8.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:47:38 -0400

Health Care: The president recess-appoints a fan of rationing and Britain's National Health Service to direct one-third of American health care. Why does the administration want his views hidden from scrutiny? 'The decision is not whether or not we will ration care — the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open." That's what Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama's nominee to head the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, told a National Institutes of Health publication a year ago, when he was just president and CEO of the Institute for Health Care Improvement. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Work A Little Longer 7.8.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:45:21 -0400

Entitlements: The administration has delayed release of the 2010 Social Security and Medicare Trustees report, possibly to hide its gloomy forecast of U.S. finances. Meanwhile, clear thinkers are offering solutions. The report, more than three months overdue, was more than a month behind last year. Mere incompetence? Or an effort to cover up, as Peter Ferrara wrote Wednesday in IBD's opinion pages, "sweeping draconian cuts to Medicare resulting from the ObamaCare legislation, which the annual report will document"? by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Hollow Case Against Arizona 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:40:05 -0400

Law: After smearing Arizona's immigration law as racial profiling, the Justice Department has issued its lawsuit against the state. But it's not about civil rights anymore. It's about a federal "right" to not enforce U.S. law. When Arizona passed a law last April mirroring U.S. federal immigration law, it was the opposite of the sort of challenges states historically bring to the feds. Back when, say, schools were being desegregated, federal troops had to face off against state sheriffs because state laws were in direct contradiction to federal laws. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Kennedy's Conscience 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:39:27 -0400

Supreme Court: Justice Anthony Kennedy has reportedly vowed to keep his job until President Obama's first term ends. Sounds like he's not impressed with the president's politicized high court picks. Serving on the highest court in the land for more than two decades now, Kennedy is the unrivaled King of Swing. Considered by some the most powerful man in America, he has in the past voted with both the conservative and liberal blocs of the Supreme Court, each of which has been four justices strong. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Holder's Justice Is Not Colorblind 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:38:44 -0400

Justice: A former top official charges the Justice Department with practicing racial politics and selective prosecution in the Black Panther voter-intimidation case. Are we a "nation of cowards," or is it just Holder's DOJ? In February, on the occasion of Black History Month, Attorney General Eric Holder called the United States a "nation of cowards" regarding discussions of race even as his department was failing to prosecute one of the clearest cases of voter intimidation in American history because the defendants were black militants, members of the New Black Panther Party. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Stone's Reel Mission 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:47:31 -0400

Hollywood: It's one thing for Oliver Stone to release a propaganda film glorifying Venezuela's dictator and let it bomb at the box office. It's quite another to see it dis tributed as "history" in schools, which is Stone's real aim. One has to wonder why a big-league filmmaker like Oliver Stone, who's capable of producing good movies, would waste his time on a $2 million documentary called "South of the Border." It's nothing but a gooey valentine to Venezuela's failing dictator, Hugo Chavez, comparable to Soviet-style propaganda. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

U.S. Space Program Bows To Mecca 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:27:39 -0400

Priorities: NASA's chief says his mission is not to return us to space but to help the Muslim world feel good about its scientific contributions. The moon we should be landing on should not be crescent-shaped. At a time when the only missile programs in the Arab world, namely in Syria and Iran, are aimed at hitting Israel with chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, NASA administrator Charles Bolden goes on Al Jazeera to tell the Muslim world his "foremost" goal was to make them feel good about their achievements in math, science and engineering. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The Voice Of Tehran 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:16:18 -0400

Axis Of Evil: Voice of America's mission is to promote U.S. interests abroad, which includes freedom in Iran. But VOA's Persian newscast has been hijacked by pro-Tehran broadcasters. The Obama administration's sole strategy for defanging the Ahmadinejad regime is talk and more talk. Only, the propaganda that VOA is piping into Iran is helping the regime — thanks to deep-seated bias in favor of Tehran by Persian editors and producers whose salaries are paid by American taxpayers. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Tasing Arizona 7.6.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:15:04 -0400

Border: When the Justice Department sued Arizona Tuesday for the grievous crime of protecting its border, it did more than just signal a softer policy on immigration. It also put our national security at risk. 'A state may not establish its own immigration policy or enforce state laws in a manner that interferes with the federal immigration laws," the U.S. wrote in its complaint. But Arizona isn't "interfering" at all. It's just doing what should be Uncle Sam's job — protecting our border. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Bottom Scholars 7.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:53:27 -0400

Academic Fraud: A new ranking of U.S. presidents has been released. No. 15 — three spots higher than Ronald Reagan — is a chief executive who's been in office less than 18 months. This would be funny if it weren't so sad. The list was compiled by the Siena College Research Institute, which asked 238 "presidential scholars" to rank the 43 presidents in 20 categories. FDR finished first, buoyed by a No. 1 rating in "handling the economy." Theodore Roosevelt was second, then Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson. Rounding out the top 10: Madison, Monroe, Wilson, Truman and Eisenhower. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Kagan's Cakewalk 7.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:45:50 -0400

Supreme Court: Yes, Republican senators mostly played dead and, yes, the media were compliant shills. But the ultimate blame for Elena Kagan's free ride rests with the voters themselves. What were Americans thinking in November 2008? Did they think they had just voted to put in motion the Supreme Court appointment of someone who has never served as a judge, whose paper trail is as thin as it is indicative of extremism, and whose career as a political hack betrays a well-honed opportunism? by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

The War On Coal 7.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:44:43 -0400

Politics: The Export-Import Bank wanted to stop the export of U.S. coal-mining equipment to India. But it seems coal isn't so bad, and green isn't all that special, when the re-election of a senator is affected. President Obama journeyed to Wisconsin last Wednesday ostensibly to tout the success of his failed stimulus package(s). On the same day, the Ex-Im Bank announced it was reconsidering a denied loan guarantee affecting a Milwaukee-based company that sought to export coal-mining equipment to India. A coincidence? We think not. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Shootout At El Paso City Hall 7.2.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:42:05 -0400

National Security: In his speech Thursday, President Obama assured us that our "southern border is more se cure today than at any time in the past 20 years." So why is El Paso's City Hall taking fire from Mexico? The president made his pitch for "comprehensive immigration reform" by assuring us problems on the border were already taken care of, so the next course of action was a modified amnesty program for 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

It Takes A Pillage 7.1.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:22:40 -0400

Retirement: Argentina nationalized private pension funds in 2008 under the guise of shielding them from the economic meltdown. But the funds have been used by lawmakers. That couldn't happen here, could it? Socialist President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said the state was protecting private retirement from "policies of plunder." By moving tens of billions from the private sector and placing it in the public fisc, she claimed to be providing "an example" for others to follow as the global financial crisis heated up.
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The Last Refuge Of The Incompetent 7.1.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:21:27 -0400

Leadership: With their own economic policies in complete disarray, Democrats have turned to a tried-and-true tactic: Blame the opposition for your failure. It may be too late — their incompetence is starting to show. Recent events, along with the continued bleeding of the U.S. economy and Wall Street, underscore the desperation of the party in power to escape responsibility for its failures. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Politics Over People 7.1.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:20:13 -0400

Politics: The president's immigration address was little more than a cynical bid to sugarcoat amnesty for illegals as his polls sag. Maybe that's because he's not doing his real job: fostering jobs and enforcing the border. In a speech Thursday that oozed Emma Lazarus-like treacle, the president distilled the current crisis facing states — from Arizona's massive kidnapping rate and loss of control of territory, to California's bankrupt state hospitals and schools, to Texas' near-catastrophic destruction of a dam and cartel violence spillover — as merely an issue of Americans disliking immigrants, as if there were no difference between legal and illegal. by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Covering Their Fannie 6.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:09:57 -0400

Subprime Scandal: Missing from stories about finance reform is what Democrats left out of it: a fix for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which continue to bleed billions. Nor has it been explained why the two mortgage giants at the heart of the housing crisis were excluded. A little research, however, provides answers. Many of the Senate and House conferees who assembled the final overhaul bill are among the biggest recipients of cash from Fannie and Freddie, which over the years have been plagued by Democrat cronyism and corruption. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Republicans Roll Over For Kagan 6.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:08:54 -0400

Supreme Court: The questioning of Elena Kagan has been mostly laughs and smiles. Republicans are letting image and empathy win out over substance, and that's no laughing matter. Supreme Court confirmation hearings have degenerated into slick TV entertainment. Millions of viewers seeking real scrutiny of President Obama's choice instead heard light banter about how New York Mets fan Kagan might get along with Yankees fan Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (Answer: They'll be too busy working together with fellow liberal New Yorker Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg against the court's conservative male justices to talk baseball.) Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Delayed Response 6.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:07:50 -0400

Deepwater Disaster: Washington is finally accepting international help for dealing with the crude spill in the Gulf. It took only 70 days of gushing for the White House to agree to the aid. The delay is inexcusable. On Day 3 of the Katrina wreckage, the Bush administration waived coastal laws, including the Jones Act, to keep oil production and shipping moving. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Dropping The Shield 6.30.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:05:40 -0400

National Security: The administration is ready to sign a treaty stripping us of our ability to defend ourselves against enemy nuclear missiles, including Iran's and North Korea's. In space, no one can hear you surrender. On Monday, the ground-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, part of the U.S. missile defense shield, successfully shot down a ballistic missile launched from a ship's deck off Kauai, Hawaii. The test simulated an Iranian SCUD launched from the deck of a ship off the U.S. coast, which, if armed with a nuke, could devastate the American heartland. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

A Drop In Confidence? No Wonder! 6.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:13:53 -0400

Economy: As the White House proclaims its "recovery summer," Americans are suddenly feeling pretty bad about things. Maybe it's because their can-do spirit has come face-to-face with a "can't-do" government. Given the many serious problems faced by the U.S., the last thing we need is a government that runs up spending to unprecedented levels and then says, sorry, we can't fix anything. But that's exactly where we find ourselves today. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Paying President's 'Price On Carbon' 6.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:08:33 -0400

Energy Policy: The administration plans to use sleight-of-hand politics to sneak through an economy-killing tax on energy as necessary to save the Earth. Make no mistake: Cap-and-trade is a tax every American will pay in every aspect of his or her life. Cap-and-trade is like Jason Voorhees of the "Friday the 13th" movie series. Just when you think you've killed it, it comes back. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Spies Like Us 6.29.10

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:06:10 -0400

Intelligence: The Justice Department's surprise roundup of 11 Russian "illegals" acting as unregistered foreign agents is being dismissed as irrelevant to the Obama administration's "reset button" with Russia. We doubt it. Late Monday, the FBI shut down a major ring of Russian "illegals," a term used to describe agents who burrow deep in American society, blend in with the locals over years, perform spylike tasks and otherwise await orders from Moscow. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

A Bull's-Eye For The Supreme Court 6.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:01:44 -0400

Second Amendment: In the "living Constitution" era, the Supreme Court rediscovers original intent and rightly rules that the right to bear arms applies to all Americans just as the rest of the Bill of Rights does. It's hard to conceive how the justices could have decided otherwise. But by the narrowest of margins- 5-4 - they have reaffirmed that keeping and bearing arms is an inalienable and individual right like speech and religion, and that it applies to all individuals as the Founding Fathers intended. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Sen. Robert C. Byrd 6.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:52:28 -0400

R.I.P.: The passing of the longest-serving senator gives mainstream media another chance to rewrite history. Will he be touted as a constitutional scholar or a free-spending former Klansman who fought civil rights? That Robert Byrd left his mark would be an understatement. Our prayers are with his family and the people of West Virginia. He was both the dean of the Senate and the prince of pork. He knew the history of his chamber better than anybody, having authored a four-volume history of the upper chamber, and the Constitution better than most. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Fessing Up 6.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:31:34 -0400

Iran: We now have it on high authority from within the Obama administration that the new sanctions against the regime will not stop Tehran's nuclear weapons ambitions. They're all about show, not substance. All the think tank reports by foreign policy experts, all the on-background quotes to reporters from anonymous "Western diplomats," all the defiant taunts from Iranian officials - none of these has the weight of Sunday's confession from President Obama's own CIA director that intensified economic sanctions are not going to prevent Tehran's terrorist regime from getting the bomb. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Krugman's Depression 6.28.10

Investor's Business Daily — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:30:11 -0400

Economic Policy: Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says the U.S. is in the "early stages of a third Great Depression." If he's right, it's only because American policymakers have been following his advice. Hell knows no wrath like that of an economist scorned - especially one on the left of the political spectrum. Case in point: New York Times columnist and sometime economist Paul Krugman. The world is going to hell in a handbasket, Krugman suggested this week, thanks in large part to its refusal to follow his advice to the letter. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Financial Deform 6.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:25:31 -0400

Regulation: The financial reform bill that's about to be passed is reform in name only. It does little to correct the problems that led to our meltdown, and may do more harm by giving people a false sense of security. The media have called this "compromise" legislation the most sweeping change in U.S. financial regulation since the 1930s. Which is saying a lot. The two sponsors, Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd, are as much responsible for the financial crisis as any two people in America. Yet, we're now supposed to believe that they, and their flailing party, which can't even meet its legal obligation to produce a budget, have now fixed our financial system. (Watch out Republicans! It sounds like she might even be borrowing the president's teleprompter.) Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Elena Kagan Ready For Her Close-Up 6.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:24:17 -0400

Supreme Court: A political hack with no experience as a judge and no constitutional scholarship — wasn't that why Harriet Miers didn't make it onto the high court? Is Elena Kagan any better? As hearings begin Monday for the nomination of President Obama's solicitor general to replace retiring liberal Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, the White House is ballyhooing it around that Kagan will "make a vigorous case" for herself before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Watch out Republicans! It sounds like she might even be borrowing the president's teleprompter.) Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Carter Country 6.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:23:16 -0400

Evening In America: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the world can no longer depend on the U.S. to drive the global economy. Yes, that's the demoralizing sound of the White House spreading more malaise. Speaking ahead of the G-20 weekend meeting in Toronto, Geithner told the BBC Thursday that "world growth in the future cannot depend as much on the U.S. as it did in the past." In other words, don't expect the engine that has been the driver for the world economy for over a century to keep up the pace. This fits with President Obama's conviction that the U.S. is no more extraordinary than any other country. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Changing The Climate In California 6.25.10

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:22:19 -0400

Regulation: An initiative to suspend California's draconian climate law has qualified for the November ballot. The people can now choose between jobs and junk science and fight hot air at the ballot box. Thomas Jefferson once said that when people fear the government, there is tyranny, but when government fears the people, there is liberty. And right now there are politicians and bureaucrats in Sacramento who are at least very concerned. An initiative to suspend Assembly Bill 32 officially qualified for the ballot last week by gathering more than 800,000 signatures, far more than the 433,971 required. Those who signed might not know if the world is going to end the day after tomorrow, but their jobs or unemployment insurance might end soon enough. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Now, Give Petraeus What He Will Need 6.24.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:45:00 -0400

Afghanistan: There's no doubt Gen. David Petraeus can get the job done. But will President Obama let him have the resources and time he'll need? Winning the war in Afghanistan is more important than ever. The recent discovery there of trillions of dollars worth of mineral resources — notably lithium, the black gold of high-tech portable devices — only adds to the reasons why the beleaguered country mustn't fall into the hands of the Taliban and al-Qaida. If we're to take the president at his word, he realizes all that's at stake. "I have a responsibility to do whatever is necessary to succeed in Afghanistan, and in our broader effort to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida," he said in replacing Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan with Gen. Petraeus, whose leadership worked so well in the Iraq surge. Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com

Hedging The No-Tax-Hike Pledge 6.24.10

Investor's Business Daily — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:44:19 -0400

Politics: As a candidate, Barack Obama promised that he wouldn't raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year. But he didn't say his party wouldn't. His next pledge needs to include the word "veto." The Hill reported Tuesday that congressional Democrats are saying they're "not bound" by the "president's tax vow" and are agreeable to "raising taxes on families who earn between $200,000 and $250,000." Brought to you by GoToAssist.com/techpodcast by OutloudOpinion.com For more Podcasts visit www.outloudopinion.com