Douglas V. Gibbs

Mortgage Meltdown - The Sequel

The mortgage meltdown that put us in our current economic difficulties (recession, depression, collapse) has been blamed on George W. Bush. Somehow, the Republican President had the ability to force people to take bad loans, force banks to act stupidly, disallowed regulations against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (even though republicans were calling for such during his first term), and with his magic want popped the housing bubble. In reality, like Obama's policies which are extending the economic slow down, the collapse was caused by democrats, and it was done on purpose.

Trouble with Treaties

The second clause of Article VI. of the United States Constitution reads: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.

California’s War Over Red-Light Cameras

In California the war over Red Light Cameras at traffic intersections is being waged city by city, to the point that lawsuits are emerging in an attempt to stop the citizens from petitioning their local governments for a redress of grievances. Cities like Murrieta claim the cameras reduce accidents, and provides much needed revenue for the city. The real interests lie in the private companies that maintain the camera systems, who are willing to do anything to protect their profit source, including going after citizens who dare challenge them.

Netanyahu: Syrian Assad Regime Will Go

When it comes to the fate of the Assad regime in Syria, with the occurrence of violence in Syria, it is only a matter of time before the current government falls. In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the current Assad Regime in Syria will go - it is just a matter of when.

Bankruptcy: Cities First, Then The States

As we watch the slow collapse of the nations of Europe under the heavy weight of leftist entitlement spending, the reality of the destructive forces of socialist utopianism is all too real. The United States has trailed Europe on its dire course, and only now is the diabolical truth of a progressive agenda truly taking shape for more than just the politically savvy to notice.

Justice Roberts is Wrong, Nullify

When the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the Affordable Care Act came down the pike my phone went nuts, and my email bulged with requests for my analysis. I have given a few opinions, and have written a handful of things, regarding the ruling, but apparently not to the satisfaction of my readers and listeners. My lack of an opinion on the Supreme Court ruling of Obamacare has led to an avalanche of requests for more details.

Is Health Care Free, Yet?

When the Supreme Court ruling regarding the Affordable Health Care Act came down the pike, uninformed voters asked, "Does that mean my health care is free, now?"

Deeper than Immigration, State Sovereignty Is At Risk

This morning, not exactly anticipating my turn to be needled at the doctor's office, I was reading the literary selections in the waiting pen. Like most lobbies presented by health professionals, the material was either about fitness, health, or a couple samples of the liberal news media. Sometimes, sports magazines are available too. Those are the medical corrals I like most.

A Good and Moral Country, Anchor Babies, And Emotions

Emotions have their place. I have my sensitivities. As a good and moral country, we are very emotional about doing the right thing, and that is good when those emotions accompany rational thinking, and reasonable policies that remain within the realm of common sense, and the law.

King Obama Heckled by Disrespectful Reporter Regarding Unilateral Amnesty

The liberal left democrats don't think people notice their double standards.

Playing Politics

In a perfect world there would be no political parties. The voters would care less about political affiliations, and vote for the candidate they felt best reflected their beliefs, and were most willing to follow the authorities granted by the Law of the Land. Polls would be trustworthy, and politicians would act as servants to the people, not rulers over them.

Michigan Massacre Reported by KGB

TEA Party activists, conservatives, and other groups opposed to the President's policies have speculated that if the liberal democrats, led by der kommisar Barack Hussein Obama, continue to strip away freedoms in the fashion that they have been, we could wind up with blood in the streets.

Barack Obama Campaign Funded by Planned Parenthood Blood Money

Back in 2008 Obama was established as not only a pro-abortion candidate, but one that believes in infanticide as evidenced by his lack of support of an anti-infanticide bill in Illinois. The bill, if it had become law, would have outlawed the killing of babies that survive abortion.

Conservatives Believe in Community, Just Not Through Government

The liberal left's argument is about as old as they get. Because the right-wing conservative republicans are against entitlement programs including welfare, food stamps, and now Obama's health care law, the liberal left democrats claim the GOP is out to starve the poor, leave the homeless freezing in the cold, and force grandma to have no health care, social security, and for her to resort to eating cat food.

Dumbing Down of America Exposed in Florida Schools

It has been no secret that we are having an educational crisis in the United States. Public schools are doing worse and worse, unable to compete with private schools, homeschooled children, and for that matter the rest of the world. Some suggest that this is on purpose. By dumbing down our children we are preparing the future generations for more easily accepting authoritarian control by leftist systems of governance.

Obama’s Enforcement Against Wall Street

After J.P. Morgan's rough time including a $2 billion trading loss the Democrats have realized that the so-called problems their reforms were supposed to guard against didn't work. So, how does Obama plan to fix that problem? Heavier enforcement by the federal government, of course. Well, that, class warfare like Franklin Delano Roosevelt used in 1936, and the usual smear tactics that always accompanies the Left's campaigns of personal destruction.

The War For America

Are we losing America? Are we fighters for freedom as we claim? The United States sends troops around the world to fight for freedom, to keep the torch of liberty burning bright in lands where political ideologies like communism and Islamism, under the iron fists of various madmen, work to take away the people's freedoms. Yet, right here in America, a regime has set itself up in Washington DC, and the question is, are we willing to fight here? Is our exceptionalism worth fighting for? Are we willing to make this nation, as founded, the center of our efforts?

The Election Over Capitalism

The Soviet Union leaders called us capitalist pigs. I never thought the Democrats would start calling us that too.

Enemy Within

Now the Islamists are calling for an electronic jihad.

Dwindling American Standards

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin When Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States in the 1830s, the scene the European encountered was confusing to him. The politicians prayed, the pastors were willing to preach on politics from a Biblical viewpoint, and neither group tried to exert control over the other. They were symbiotic, and as a result, the nation was good. The people were virtuous, and the standards of society, and in the body politic, were largely followed.