Arnold Ahlert

ObamaCare Chaos Continues

If you like unintended comedy, blatant stereotyping, and an undeniable air of desperation eliciting yet another spasm of lawlessness, the moments leading up to today's sign-up deadline for ObamaCare are sure to please.

Killing the Middle Class

If one takes the mainstream media seriously, Ben Bernanke's announcement that the Federal Reserve would begin "tapering" its purchase of government bonds and mortgage securities by $10 billion dollars per month was the reason for Wall Street's rally on Wednesday.

Big Dem Cities, Big Dem Poverty

On Sunday's ABC This Week telecast, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich squared off with former Clinton Labor secretary Robert Reich, who tried to blame the increase in poverty over the last five years on the GOP.

The Age of Affluenza and Other Afflictions

On June 15 in Tarrant County, Texas, a Burleson Walmart security camera recorded footage of 16-year-old Ethan Couch and his friends shoplifting two cases of beer. That same night, Couch was driving 70 mph in his father's Ford F-350 pickup in a 40 mph zone when he lost control of the vehicle.

ObamaCare's Date with Destiny Approaches

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who remains as determined as ever to substitute Obama administration talking points for the truth, gave it her best effort in yesterday's session before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. It was an underwhelming performance at best. As key dates approach and more facts about the government overhaul of the health care system emerge, it is becoming apparent that the ObamaCare scheme is headed for structural disaster--and will take tens of millions of Americans with it.

The Government's War on Poverty Reduction

While President Obama is pushing his redistributionist war on "income inequality," the American left is excited about a new study, "Trends in Poverty with an Anchored Supplemental Poverty Measure" that purports to show that government welfare programs have significantly eased the burden faced by poor Americans in the nearly 50 years since Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was launched.

Putin vs. Pro-West Ukrainians

The massively attended Sunday protest in Kiev, highlighted by the toppling and smashing of the monument to Vladimir Lenin, has apparently forced Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's hand. Yesterday, he called for talks with former government leaders and opposition forces aimed at resolving the nation's political crisis. It is a crisis ignited by his decision to turn away from Europe and feed Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's dreams of a Eurasian Union, which is little more than a thinly-veiled effort to restore Russian hegemony over large swaths of Eastern Europe.

Plundering Sold As Populism

In a testament to the literal bankruptcy of socialism, a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advocates for both a massive tax increase and a "one-off" worldwide tax of approximately 10 percent on anyone with more assets than debt. The former idea is a proven economic non-starter. The latter idea amounts to outright plundering.

Where Is the Outrage?

On Sunday, the New York Post ran an excerpt from "The Unarmed Truth" by John Dodson. Dodson is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent who blew the whistle on the gun-walking operation known as Fast and Furious.

Obama to Netanyahu: Shut Up

The Obama administration can't take the heat. Stung by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reaction to the so-called "deal" made with Iran, President Obama has asked the Israeli leader to "take a breather from his clamorous criticism," according to the Washington Post's David Ignatius.

The ObamaCare Propaganda Campaign

In an effort that exemplifies both desperation and contempt for the public, the Obama administration, in coordination with its media cheerleading squad, is determined to rebrand ObamaCare. Toward that end, Families USA (FUSA) a self-described "national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans" was given a $1.1 million grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Their mission is to gather ObamaCare success stories and feed them to the media. Thus the American left embarks on yet another mission to "change the narrative" of a disaster entirely of their own making.

Emboldening Iran

In the last few days, an Obama administration desperate to turn Americans' attention away from the ObamaCare disaster has been touting its "historic" deal with Iran. Toward that end they released a document Saturday entitled, "Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program," outlining the details. Those "facts" have been rejected--by the Iranians themselves.

HealthCare.gov's Date with Destiny

By now, most Americans probably know that the Obama administration has promised to fix the HealthCare.gov website by November 30. It is equally likely that a majority of Americans know this administration's definition of "fixed" is as elastic as the president's promise regarding one's ability to keep one's current insurance plan and/or doctors. Unfortunately for millions of angry and confused Americans, the current prediction it is likely to be as hollow--if not more so--than the last one.

Reid Goes Nuclear

On Thursday, 225 years of Senate tradition was cast aside by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) when he invoked the so-called "nuclear option" and eliminated filibusters against most presidential nominations. "The American people believe Congress is broken. The American people believe the Senate is broken. And I believe they are right," Reid said Thursday on the Senate floor. "The need for change is so very, very obvious." What's just as obvious is the primary motive behind this effort: to tilt an evenly-divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decidedly to the left.

Homeland Insecurity: Al Qaeda 'Refugees' on Welfare

Unbelievably, the Obama administration finds itself embroiled in yet another scandal. ABC News is reporting that dozens of alleged Islamic terrorists with bomb-making skills may have been mistakenly allowed to take up residence in the United States, due to a flawed screening system.

The Persecution of Wisconsin Conservatives

Conservative political entities who supported Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker are being subjected to a secret investigation. Special Prosecutor Francis Schmitz has issued a series of subpoenas to 29 conservative groups, demanding that they submit all documentation related to the recall campaigns mounted by unions and their supporters against Walker in 2011 and 2012. The investigation is being conducted under the auspices of the state's John Doe law, which forbids the targets of subpoenas from revealing the contents of those subpoenas to anyone other than their lawyers.

ObamaCare Fix as Bad as ObamaCare Itself

Last Thursday, in an effort to extricate himself from the political consequences of repeatedly and shamelessly lying to the American public, President Obama proposed a " fix" to ObamaCare. " Insurers can extend current plans that otherwise would be canceled into 2014 and Americans whose plans have been canceled can choose to re-enroll in the same kind of plan," the president said. " This fix won't solve every problem for every person, but it's going to help a lot of people.

Numbers Aren't Adding Up for ObamaCare

The Obama administration did its best to inflate the number of ObamaCare enrollees yesterday, but it's clear even the administration's most vigorous efforts have fallen painfully short.

Obama's Economy: Wall Street Thrives, Main Street Dies

The man at the center of the storm has blown a giant hole in the notion that the Obama administration is looking out for middle class Americans. "Andrew Huszar: Confessions of a Quantitative Easer," is a piece written for the Wall Street Journal by Huszar himself, revealing that he was the person responsible "for executing the centerpiece program of the Fed's first plunge into the bond-buying experiment known as quantitative easing."

Gitmo Parting Gifts: Job Training & Islam Classes

In another triumph of idiocy, the Obama administration is negotiating with the Yemeni government to release Guantanamo Bay and Afghan terrorists to a "rehabilitation" facility to be constructed outside Yemen's capital city of Sana'a.