Omid Khalili pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court to charges of attempting to export US F-14 jet parts to Iran. Khalili was charged with nine counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, smuggling and violations of US laws banning sensitive exports to Iran. Omid was actively working with the Iranian government to procure military items, primarily [...]
The current economy frequently reminds me of this old song from Hank Williams Jr. No matter how badly the government screws up the economy, a few of us will survive. We can survive, and prosper, in conditions under which the city-bred leftists will simply curl up and die. We’re stronger because we’re individuals who believe [...]
Government employees in the United States generally fall into one of two categories: political appointees and civil servants. Political appointees are selected based upon their loyalty to the office holder and when the office holder is replaced they lose their jobs. Hillary Clinton and the other members of the cabinet are examples of political appointees. [...]
Judicial Watch, a non-profit organization with the slogan “Because no one is above the law” has files a federal lawsuit against Barack Obama. The lawsuit, Judicial Watch v. United States Secret Service, is a result of the Obama administration refusing to respond to requests made by Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). [...]
This showed up in my mailbox and it was too “real” not to post: Past presidents and the percentage of each president’s cabinet appointees who had previously worked in the private sector. You know a real life business, not a government job? Remember what that is? A private business? A job that actually produces things? [...]
A grand jury in Philadelphia recently indicted four men for a plot to support the terrorist group Hezbollah by purchasing 1,200 Colt M4 assault rifles and a number of Stinger missiles and smuggle them into Lebanon through Syria. This sort of thing is barely news anymore. U.S. weakness emboldens terrorists. We, as a nation, chose [...]
