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Written by George Landrith
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Friday, 12 June 2009 |
Just this past weekend, there was a successful in-flight test of the Airborne Laser (ABL) tracking system. Despite this, there is a common misperception that the ABL is an experimental defensive weapon that has no practical use. On some level, this misperception is understandable. After all, lasers may be commonly used in eye surgery, but the only place most people have seen lasers in battle is in the movies.
No doubt the ABL is super high tech. But it would be a grave mistake to assume that it belongs only in science fiction. The truth is, the ABL has a track record of continuous testing achievement. Later this year, it is scheduled to complete a lethal shoot down of a missile during the boost phase (i.e. shortly after launch). |
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Written by George Landrith
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
When was the last time you heard a president or Member of Congress say, “I don’t care about our military, our troops, or our national security. None of that matters to me.”? I’m pretty sure you’ve never heard that said verbally. But politicians say that all the time. They say it with how they vote on the federal budget.
The federal budget is often viewed simply as one really big number -- one so big that our eyes almost reflexively glaze over when we hear it. But there are important details in the budget -- ones that matter in very practical and concrete ways. The federal budget shows in real and tangible terms what our nation’s true priorities are. |
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Written by George Landrith
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
Statement issued by U.S. Senator Malcolm Wallop (retired) and George Landrith, President, Frontiers of Freedom Institute:
Around the world, we see evidence that we have enemies and they mean us harm. North Korea continues to develop, test, and deploy offensive nuclear missile capabilities. They have come right out and said what their intentions are. All we have to do is listen.
Much the same thing can be said of Iran. Russia is again selling equipment and materials to the Iranians as they pursue their quest of offensive nuclear missile capabilities. They too have made it quite clear what their intentions are. Hopefully, we are listening. |
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Written by Jillian Bandes (Townhall.com)
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
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A new study released by the Tax Foundation details just how regressive the proposed cap-and-trade legislation will be on American families, a plan the Obama administration hopes to implement by the end of the year. According to the Tax Foundation, the bottom 20% of income earners would pay 6.2% of their income towards the tax, while the top 20% of income earners will pay 1.4%.
Glenn Hurowitz, media director of Greenpeace, did not address the specific numbers in the report but claimed that the nature of the tax in the proposed cap-and-trade system would be precisely the opposite of what the Tax Foundation found: that poorer Americans would feel the least financial impact from cap-and-trade in comparison to other economic groups. |
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Written by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi
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Friday, 27 February 2009 |
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Destructive political idiocy is spreading like wildfire in Washington, D.C. Conversely, common sense is missing even – or perhaps especially – where it is needed most: in formulating new ideas, coherent policies, and workable strategies. Indeed, almost three decades after the utterly failed presidency of the former governor of Georgia, and nearly ten years after the politically lackluster performance of another democrat in the White House, Americans and foreigners alike are witnessing the spectacle of the rapidly advancing political suicide of another democrat president and his administration. |
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Written by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 |
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Who should rule Jerusalem and the lands that surround it? The latest armed conflict between the State of Israel and the Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement) or Hamas in Gaza made it clear once again that both Israelis and Palestinians are determined to rule and not to share the holy land. Since getting involved in the Middle East, the United States has repeatedly tried to reconcile, albeit unsuccessfully, these two diametrically opposed visions in the interest of short and long term strategic stability. Yet, permanent military strife and constant political uncertainties have perpetuated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a source of enduring regional and even global instability that begs for a solution, or at least for a manageable containment policy. |
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Written by Republican Leader Press Office, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009 |
House Democrats Derail Bipartisan Process, Plow Ahead with Proposals to Fund Digital TV Coupons, Cars for Bureaucrats, and Contraceptives ... In a Bill Allegedly About the Economy
Washington, Jan 26 - Earlier this month, when then-President-elect Obama met with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders, he laid out a vision of crafting a bipartisan economic recovery package focused on creating jobs and fast-acting tax relief. However, in the weeks since that meeting, Democratic leaders in Congress have taken that vision and turned it upside down, crafting a plan loaded with hundreds of billions in spending on programs and projects – most of which will not impact our ailing economy for many years, if ever, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. |
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Written by Sheldon Richman
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Friday, 23 January 2009 |
FDR's public works only exacerbated the Depression.
Never has the phrase “the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression” been uttered so often. Reporters and commentators routinely discuss our current financial woes as though it were 1930 again. Pundits and even economists urge President-elect Barack Obama to launch a “new New Deal” as soon as he takes office. Thus it might be useful to revisit the original Great Depression and New Deal to see what actually happened and what lessons we might draw for the present crisis |
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Written by Paul Boyce (OCPA - Media Relations)
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Friday, 23 January 2009 |
In what is the single largest acquisition of its kind ever, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren announced today that the Army plans to lease thousands of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs).
"The Army is committed to substantially reducing the greenhouse gas emissions through our acquisition of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles," Geren said. "This historic acquisition will constitute the largest acquisition of electric vehicles not just in the military, but in the entire country." |
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Written by The Wall Street Journal, page A16
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Thursday, 22 January 2009 |
Fighting terrorism is simpler when you're a candidate.
Campaign promises are so much easier to adhere to when they're strictly hypothetical, as Barack Obama is discovering. The then-President-elect said 10 days ago on ABC that while he still plans to close Guantanamo, "it is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize" and that "many" of the enemy combatants are "very dangerous." |
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