The Madison Forum was pleased to have Attorney and former Congressman Bob Barr, Madison Forum Member, speak at the February breakfast meeting. The topic of Bob’s speech was “Is Our System of Government Cracking Under the Strain (Emergency Powers, Rogue Law Enforcement, the Rise of Socialists, and the 25th Amendment).”
Bob’s vast experience including his time working for the CIA, U.S. Congress, Federal Prosecution, as well as teaching … Read more...
Just The Numbers, Mam
By: Les Dunaway
As regular readers know, I’ve been less than optimistic about the prospects for recovery in the EU. I don’t believe that Greece, Portugal, Italy or, for that matter, France, will wean themselves from the socialist trough.
Sunday night, the most clueless of the clueless “mainstream media”, 60 Minutes, led with An Imperfect Union: Europe’s debt crisis [story] . Steve Kroft deserves … Read more...
Just The Numbers, Mam
By Les Dunaway
Well the suspense is over – what little suspense there was.
“Super Committee Says It’s Unable to Agree on Debt Reduction Deal“
We all knew that Boehner got rolled on the debt limit deal. [read] [read] [read] He should have asked Bush I about trusting Democrats. At least, he called Obama out … Read more...
By Donald S. Conkey – “Can you believe …” is the punch line for a popular TV commercial used to grab the attention of older women. But today I have borrowed this line to reflect on a Cherokee Tribune editorial and corresponding cartoon published a week ago today. The editorial was titled “Cuba – Socialism failing there, so why not raise rabbits.” The cartoon shows an older badly beat up … Read more...