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Alonzo Rachel Teaches Obama Some Trucking History

Jack Kemp — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:42:46 +0000

The chances are good that you won't see any Presidential limos on the highway in "flyover country" these days – just real people.

On Pajamas Media Television, Alonzo Rachel, shows video of Obama making fun of Scott Brown and his truck, with the obvious implication that driving a truck is an appeal to hicks and rubes.

It [...]

When the Death Tax Becomes a Tax on Living Communities

Jack Kemp — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:34:14 +0000

The "death tax" breaks up small businesses and can have a large impact on small communities.

The Obama administration has shown an interest in reviving Inheritance Taxes. Obama's own position can be seen here.

Barack Obama will create a $7 million estate tax exemption for couples and a 45 percent tax rate. According to Bloomberg [...]

Slave Labor Reparations: A Family Account

Jack Kemp — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:53:53 +0000

There are negative effects of living on unearned money, be it reparations or a family fortune.

I believe the time has come to share some personal stories I've told in private with a larger audience of readers because it will give people some perspective on the Obama slavery reparations argument, a perspective that goes beyond [...]

Reality Closes In On the NY Times Headquarters

Jack Kemp — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:15:37 +0000

Just across the street from the New York Times headquarters stand two soldiers in camouflage uniforms with powerful handguns strapped to their thighs.

The Associated Press reports that a suspicious abandoned van with tinted windows was found near 41st Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Times Square area businesses were evacuated. This is approximately one block from New York [...]

ObamaAir vs. El Al in Amsterdam and Israel

Jack Kemp — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:01:40 +0000

There is a difference in mindset between the current ultra-liberal US administration and a country that knows there are people who hate them and want to do them great harm.

As a young man in the early 1970s, I worked in Israel. After about a year, I took a vacation flight to Europe. I had a [...]

Thinking the Legally “Unthinkable” in the KSM Trial

Jack Kemp — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:22:49 +0000

If Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is clever he will turn his trial into an Obama birth certificate circus.

The New York Post has an excellent piece by attorney Michael Schwartz, pointing out the difficulty of predicting a jury's verdict in the pending Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial in New York City. His article is entitled "Why the gov't [...]

Barack’s New Book

Jack Kemp — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:44:14 +0000

Author Leslie Carbone at the Defending the American Dream Summit

Jack Kemp — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:49 +0000

Leslie Carbone is a throwback to an earlier time, but an intelligent and informed throwback, showing us by example what too many in America have lost in terms of attitude, drive, and self-confidence.

At the Defending America's Dream Summit in Washington, D.C., I had the chance to interview Leslie Carbone, the author of Slaying Leviathan, [...]

Newsweek’s “Pull the Plug on Granny” Cover

Jack Kemp — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:33:18 +0000

It takes a certain type of person – and a certain type of relationship – to actually "pull the plug" on a parent. Maybe it's easier to do that on a grandma.

"Take me to the hospital and let them give me a shot and let them end it."

My 86-year-old father, suffering from the spread of a bladder [...]

Statist Healthcare Logic and Mary Jo

Jack Kemp — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:14:40 +0000

According to Melissa Lafkey, the death of Mary Jo Kopechne helped launch the glorious Senate career of Ted Kennedy. Or, as Joe Stalin said, it may be necessary to break a few eggs, to make an omelette.

When the US Army entered Dachau concentration camp in Germany, they found evidence of horrific medical experiments of [...]