Sunday, September 11, 2011
As It Happened...
CNN and Fox breaking news coverage of the World Trade Center Attack on 9/11/01 plus newly released NASA footage from the International Space Station:
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Homeland Security Authorities On Alert for al Qaeda 2.0
Based on communications intercepts, a possible terrorist threat on the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks:
Incidentally, the correspondent filing this report, Catherine Herridge, sued Fox News for "discrimination" and "retaliation" but a judge recently tossed the case. She's still on the payroll, though, collecting an annual salary of about $600K.
Incidentally, the correspondent filing this report, Catherine Herridge, sued Fox News for "discrimination" and "retaliation" but a judge recently tossed the case. She's still on the payroll, though, collecting an annual salary of about $600K.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Feds Threaten Health Freedom With New Vitamin Regulations
More absurd regulatory overreach from this administration: The Food and Drug Administration, the federal agency that is very happy to greenlight pharmaceutical drugs with horrible side effects, wants to pull most vitamins and other nutritional supplements off the shelves.
When the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) was passed in 1994, Congress intended there be a simple notification system for new supplements. But under draft regulations, the FDA is turning it into a pre-approval scheme—-one that Congress never intended. This will reduce the number of supplements sold and increase the cost of those that remain. In other words, the regulations as currently written translate into forced withdrawal from the market of many of many dietary supplements and skyrocketing prices if the supplements are allowed to be sold again.
Many holistic health freedom organizations have designated today, September 8, as a national "call-in day" to contact Congress to protest these draconian regulations.
Millions of Americans derive good results from natural dietary supplements. Isn't the Obama administration all about "healthcare"? While some supplements (especially those advertised on TV) lack quality ingredients or overstate their efficacy, existing law, voluntary industry standards, and the ability for consumers to research specific products on the Internet provides a self-correcting mechanism.
As we've said before, the fact that some businesses are unethical or corrupt provides no justification for turning over entire industries to bureaucratic central planners.
When the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) was passed in 1994, Congress intended there be a simple notification system for new supplements. But under draft regulations, the FDA is turning it into a pre-approval scheme—-one that Congress never intended. This will reduce the number of supplements sold and increase the cost of those that remain. In other words, the regulations as currently written translate into forced withdrawal from the market of many of many dietary supplements and skyrocketing prices if the supplements are allowed to be sold again.
Many holistic health freedom organizations have designated today, September 8, as a national "call-in day" to contact Congress to protest these draconian regulations.
Millions of Americans derive good results from natural dietary supplements. Isn't the Obama administration all about "healthcare"? While some supplements (especially those advertised on TV) lack quality ingredients or overstate their efficacy, existing law, voluntary industry standards, and the ability for consumers to research specific products on the Internet provides a self-correcting mechanism.
As we've said before, the fact that some businesses are unethical or corrupt provides no justification for turning over entire industries to bureaucratic central planners.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Date Night With Jimmy Hoffa?
When Teamsters Union President James P. Hoffa said at the Labor Day rally that his followers should "take out" the "SOBs" in the Tea Party, could it be that he meant take them out on a date?
Probably not...
And yet ironically there continues to be no shortage of bogus claims that the Tea Party (i.e., ordinary law-abiding Americans who believe in limited government, personal responsibility, and free markets) engage in inflammatory rhetoric. President Obama, who previously called for more civility in political discourse, shared the dais with Hoffa, but the White House has issued a "no comment" on Hoffa's statement.
As Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit wrote, "the thing about most 'violent rhetoric' from the Tea Party movement is that it’s stuff that Democrats made up."
In broken clock is correct twice a day department, Joe Scarborough sized up the situation quite well:
Probably not...
And yet ironically there continues to be no shortage of bogus claims that the Tea Party (i.e., ordinary law-abiding Americans who believe in limited government, personal responsibility, and free markets) engage in inflammatory rhetoric. President Obama, who previously called for more civility in political discourse, shared the dais with Hoffa, but the White House has issued a "no comment" on Hoffa's statement.
As Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit wrote, "the thing about most 'violent rhetoric' from the Tea Party movement is that it’s stuff that Democrats made up."
In broken clock is correct twice a day department, Joe Scarborough sized up the situation quite well:
Don't Mess With New Mexico
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, who cut perhaps the best political ad of the 2010 election season, recently renewed her concealed-carry permit--with a perfect score on the gun range. Martinez, a former prosecutor, sought a pistol permit for self defense. Even if you're not a gun enthusiast (as many people aren't), you still have to be impressed with her skills.
Martinez just called the state senate back into special session in an attempt to end the absurd practice of granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
FEMA's Master of Disaster: the Waffle House
Just when you thought that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wasn't on the ball following a disaster comes news of the "Waffle House Index" to determine the impact of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.
Green means the restaurant is serving a full menu, a signal that damage in an area is limited and the lights are on. Yellow means a limited menu, indicating power from a generator, at best, and low food supplies. Red means the restaurant is closed, a sign of severe damage in the area or unsafe conditions."If you get there and the Waffle House is closed?" FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate has said. "That's really bad. That's where you go to work."
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