Archive for January 2012
The Danger of the Obama Administration’s Loose Lips
Copyright 2012 Susan Stamper Brown
During World War II, posters displaying the slogan “Loose lips might sink ships” reminded service members and civilians alike to avoid indiscreet discussions about secure information that could be exploited by the enemy and used against America during wartime. People understood that freedom of speech did not give them license to spill their guts because national security was vital to victory and victory was paramount to America’s survival. Read the rest of this entry »
Voter’s Best Choice Revealed With the Restatement of the Obvious
Copyright 2012 Susan Stamper Brown
“We have now sunk to a depth where the restatement of the obvious is the duty of intelligent men.” –George Orwell
Unlike children, who often surprise parents with their simple logic, adults have the propensity to over-think things. So often, the answers we seek are directly in front of us, but we fail to see them because they are too obvious. Politicians take advantage of this nearsightedness when they distract us with hoards of information labeled as fact, but in the end, it doesn’t really give us an accurate picture of anything. George Orwell described this political-speak as a “Political language… designed to make lies sound truthful,” and he wasn’t kidding. 
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Over-Regulation Is Choking The Life Out Of Business
© Copyright 2012 Susan Stamper Brown
I guess we were supposed to be encouraged last week when the regulator-in-chief pulled out his plastic preschool scissors while promising to cut the government down to size. “The government we have is not the government we need,” Obama announced to a group of business owners at the White House on January 13, 2011. Obama promised he’d snip off a scant $3 billion over the next ten years — in exchange for just a little more power. Read the rest of this entry »
Marching Behind Europe Toward Cliff’s Edge
© Copyright 2012 Susan Stamper Brown
Freedom is a two-edged sword in that it grants us the opportunity to destroy our own destiny should we make wrong choices. But it doesn’t have to be that way, should we choose to learn from others’ mistakes. Read the rest of this entry »
New EPA Regulations Harmful to “The Folks”
Copyright 2012 Susan Stamper Brown
An eleventh-hour ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. to temporarily delay an Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2012 saved the day for Americans who are doing their best to make ends meet in this struggling economy and cannot afford higher electricity bills. Read the rest of this entry »