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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012 00:00 |
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 Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, referring to Barack Obama and his foreign/defense policy: "He's not only the most radical President in history domestically; he is the first President, Republican or Democrat, at least since Franklin Roosevelt, who didn't get up every morning thinking first about what threats the United States faces. He just doesn't care about national security the way other presidents did, " Bolton told an audience at a veterans rally in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
The American people, Bolton continued, are looking for a president "who doesn't believe that the role of America in the world is to be a well-bred doormat."
Bolton also stripped the President of any credit for the killing of Usama Bin Laden.
"It's because Navy Seal Team 6 killed Usama bin laden. That's his definition of success. As somebody pointed out, in 1969 when Americans landed on the moon, it's like Richard Nixon taking for credit for that, because it happened to occur during his presidency," Bolton said.
Bravo John Bolton!
Let's face facts.
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Read more... [Obama Has Made the U.S. a "Well-Bred Doormat]
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:00 |
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 It's interesting. I knew that the country had been swinging to the left -- not the right -- in recent years and have said so repeatedly. The Tea Party seemed, for only a moment, to be an opposite trend. But look at whom the Tea Party is about to end up with as a standard bearer, of all people: Mitt Romney, the architect of the inspiration for nationalized health care (also known as ObamaCare).
The latest evidence of America's continuing shift to the left comes from the Republican candidates themselves. The supposedly more conservative candidates are condemning rival Mitt Romney for being a "vulture capitalist." What's interesting about these attacks are the basis of the distinction. Republicans such as Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry are claming there's a distinction between "real" capitalism, which they claim to support, and "vulture" capitalism, which they define as
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Read more... [Vulture" Capitalism is a Contradiction in Terms]
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Sunday, 08 January 2012 00:00 |
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 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has reportedly said that every child has a "God-given" right to a heterosexual set of parents -- meaning man and woman, not two men or two women. He argues this in defense of a Constitutional amendment to ban gay/lesbian partnerships or marriages.
Think about the implications of this assertion. They go way beyond any debate over gay marriage or homosexuality in general. If somebody has a right to something, then they're entitled to it, via force, if necessary. We don't yet know how Santorum would implement this right, if given the chance. But since he's running for President -- the highest government office in the land -- he clearly believes that government should have some kind of role in enforcing this right.
Santorum's belief is an example of
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Read more... [Santorum for Ayatollah 2012]
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Friday, 06 January 2012 00:00 |
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 Q: For those of us who don't understand the issue, can you explain why you believe that Iran is so dangerous and why we must prevent them from obtaining a nuclear weapon?
A: I'll give you not one reason, but many reasons.
Iran has been the # 1 government sponsor of terrorism since the government came to power, in 1979. This is not just my opinion, but the statement of all American administrations since that time. While it cannot be established that 9/11 was directly sponsored by the government of Iran, the government of Iran is clearly sympathetic to such terrorism, and would have loved to have been responsible for it.
The government of Iran states that it wants to
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Read more... [Some Say: Iran? Not a Problem]
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 00:00 |
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 Someone sent me an interesting quote, attributed to Mark Twain: "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on... or by imbeciles who really mean it."
Let's apply this to the presidential candidates for 2012.
First and foremost: Barack Obama. There's no question that this quote could have been written for him. Obama sometimes appears to be the smart man putting us on. But if you’re really listening, you come to understand that he really means it. He rammed ObamaCare through Congress, without popular support before or after. Why? Because when he says he seeks to spread the wealth, he really means it. When he says
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Read more... [The Awful Part is When They Mean It]
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