Retired U.S. Air Force General Tom McInerney says President Obama is not acting like a Commander-in-Chief. He says Obama’s ambivalence toward Afghanistan is helping our enemies and demoralizing our own troops? Should he wait until the electoral mess is resolved in Afghanistan? How is this delay received by the military leaders?
We’ve told you how the ‘green jobs’ experiment in Spain was a disaster – losing two jobs for every temporary position added. We explained how the Danish experiment with wind power has saddled Danes with the highest energy costs in Europe while wind power adds a microscopic portion of the nation’s energy. Now we focus on Germany. What does a new report tell us about the impact of a ‘green jobs’ program in Germany? Are good jobs being created? How much does it cost taxpayers to keep each ‘green job’ afloat? What do their energy rates look like? And what has been the change in emissions? We ask Dr. Colin Vance, co-author of a new study on the German renewable energies effort.
The Obama administration has gone out of its way to declare the Fox News Channel an arm of the Republican Party and an organization pressing a conservative agenda. Are they right? Either way, why is Obama picking this fight? Why does the White House really hate Fox? What message should this send to other media outlets? We ask Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center.
The Capitol Steps poke fun at Democrats and their instinct to spend lots of your money in dealing with the nation’s problems.
South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson offers his latest insights into the war in Afghanistan. Does he trust the recent election results? Does he trust Karzai or is the rampant corruption too much? How soon does President Obama need to make a decision on strategy and troops? Why does he consider Joe Biden’s strategy in Afghanistan ‘utterly bizarre’? Why does he say the same thing about House Democrats voting to allow Guanatanamo Bay terrorists to be tried in the U.S. and have full Constitutional protections?
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Georgia Rep. Phil Gingrey discusses some of the latest ideas floated by Democrats to reform the health care system. What does he think of a trigger mechanism that would only launch a government-run public option if private health costs don’t come down? What if states decided whether to allow citizens to access the public option? And what does Gingrey think of efforts to lift the antitrust exemption for the health insurance industry?
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The Congressional Budget Office gave a favorable score to the Baucus health plan, so it wouldn’t add to the deficit, right? WRONG says Cato Institute Director of Health Policy Studies Michael Cannon. He says the CBO was honestly scoring a vastly dishonest bill. In what three ways was the bill fundamentally dishonest? What is the actual total cost? And what does he think of the suggestion to open Medicare to everyone?
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A new book details an undercover operation conducted by a former federal agent and his son into the Muslim Brotherhood, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). What is CAIR and what triggered this undercover operation? What did they learn from the documents about CAIR’s activities and agenda? What has been CAIR’s reaction?
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John Gizzi of Human Events says President Obama is torn between satisfying his anti-war base and honoring the recommendations of the general he picked to evaluate the road forward in Afghanistan. But which way is Obama likely to go? If Obama sides with Gen. McChrystal, what will be the fallout for VP Joe Biden who is leading the fight against a troop surge? Why does Gizzi believe the Nobel Peace Prize was as much about George W. Bush as it was about Obama? What does he see happening in the health care debate? And who will John pick as winners in his first round of election predictions?
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Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns has plenty to say about how the health care process is moving along. Why does the former governor say he would have been run out of the state if he tried to handle a major issue the way Democrats are handling health care? Has he been invited by any Democrat to be part of the health care dialogue? Why is he opposed to what the Democrats have proposed thus far? What does he say in response to Democratic allegations that lawmakers opposed to their brand of health reform are simply defending the status quo? And does he believe the Senate will approve the Democratic agenda on health care?
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