Archives for April 2012

In recent years, NASA officials have spoken up frequently in defense of the theory that human activity is adding too much carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and is dangerously elevating the earth’s temperatures.  But that belief is not universal in the nation or even within NASA.  That’s why a large group of former astronauts and Johnson Space Center officials are pleading with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to stop presenting an unproven contention as settled science.  Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham says the space agency has no business wading into a politically charged debate and believes the prestige of NASA is being used to achieve political goals that are not good for America.  Cunningham also offers his thoughts on the end of manned space flights here in the U.S. and what the priorities of our space program ought to be.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review like new polls from Fox News showing Mitt Romney leading President Obama and winning among independents.  They’re also stunned at Jay Carney’s pathetic attempt to claim Hilary Rosen has not been a White House insider.  And they have fun with North Korea’s failed missile test but still see the nation as a serious threat.

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Democratic party spokeswoman and Obama insider Hilary Rosen is drawing severe criticism for suggesting Ann Romney can’t have any meaningful economic insights because she “never worked a day in her life”.  Romney chose to stay home and raise five sons.  Ann Wagner is the mother of three children, is a former Republican National Committee Co-Chair and is now running for Congress in Missouri.  Wagner explains why she was so deeply offended by the comments and what she thinks they indicate about the administration’s views toward stay-at-home mothers.  She also comments on the Romney campaign assertion that the vast majority of job losses on Obama’s watch have impacted women.  She details what sort of agenda she would pursue if elected to Congress and why she expects conservatives to rally enthusiastically behind Mitt Romney.

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Over the past several days, more and more instances of astonishing waste of taxpayer dollars by the General Services Administration (GSA) have come to light – from lavish parties in Las Vegas to week-long trips to Hawaii for just one hour of official business.  California Rep. Jeff Denham is chairman of the Transportation subcommittee with jurisdiction over the GSA.  He explains why he thinks there are many more flagrant examples of waste yet to be uncovered and why this level of corruption is not just par for the course.  Denham previews the hearings he is planning to lead and the questions he wants answered.  He tells us what power Congress has to respond to all this and offers his assessment of whether President Obama’s outrage at this waste is genuine.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are hopeful Republicans can benefit from the stunningly stupid comments of Obama supporter and DNC spokesman Hilary Rosen, who said Ann Romney never worked a day in her life since she chose to stay home and raise her children.  They also wonder how the government can spend $369 billion – just in the month of March.  And they have some fun with a new survey that asks people to compare President Obama to a car.

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For millions of Americans, the instinct whenever a problem arises is to look to government for a solution. However, John Stossel of the Fox Business Network says history shows that government almost always makes things worse. In his new book, “No, They Can’t”, Stossel explains why government stifles individual responsibility and the incentive to work hard. He also sets the record straight on the battle over “fairness” and explains why letting big and small businesses fail is ultimately a good thing for the economy.

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On Tuesday, Rick Santorum announced he was ending his quest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.  The move comes exactly one week after Santorum lost three contests but declared the fight was only half over and that he was planning to reverse his fortunes in Pennsylvania later this month.  University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato explains what factors went into the timing of this decision and why this was actually a very smart move by Santorum.  Sabato weighs in on whether this gives Newt Gingrich any chance at a final resurgence and why Romney should be happy today but his campaign coffers are even happier.

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On Tuesday, President Obama went to Florida to pitch what he calls tax fairness.  That’s the idea that wealthy Americans have a responsibility to pay more in federal taxes.  And since some rich people make most of their money through investments that are taxed at a lower rate than traditional income, Obama wants to mandate they pay at least 30 percent in taxes.  It’s called the Buffett Rule, since Obama often repeats the contention that billionaire Warren Buffett has a lower tax rate than his secretary.  Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh says this is exactly the wrong approach, since the higher taxes will stifle investment and saddle small business owners with additional burdens.  He also says wealthy Americans already pay far more than their “fair share” in taxes.  Rep. Walsh also slams the administration for allocating $500 million to the IRS as part of the implementation of the health care laws.  He discusses the projections of greater and greater debt incurred by the health care laws and predicts the Supreme Court will strike down the individual mandate and probably the entire law.  And Walsh updates us on his tough re-election effort in an increasingly left-leaning district.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are encouraged that 62 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s performance on gas prices – including a lot of Democrats.  They also groan as Obama trots out his latest tax hike pitch cloaked as “The Buffett Rule”.  And they remind Ozzie Guillen and other sports figures that complimenting dictators for any reason is always a bad idea.

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Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe has released videos from three states that show his undercover colleagues easily gaining access to ballots for dead and living people and even registering to vote as Tim Tebow and Tom Brady.  Thus far, O’Keefe’s efforts have been dismissed by the Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder himself.  Well, the latest Project Veritas video shows a young white man getting easy access to Eric Holder’s ballot in the District of Columbia primary on April 3 since not photo identification is required.  O’Keefe tells us what message he’s trying to send to Holder and state leaders around the country about the need for Voter ID laws.  He also reveals how the Justice Department reacted to this video and gives his response to the DOJ criticism.  O’Keefe reveals how two states have passed Voter ID legislation in the wake of his videos and how leading Democrats in those states have been more outraged by his actions than by the apparent ease of committing voter fraud.  And he reveals what the next videos from the DC primary will show.

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