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Barack Obama Still on the Warpath

Jim Pfaff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:59:27 +0000

Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech today used words to say he wanted everyone to come together and end partisanship, but in reality it was a screed against his opponents and the typical Democrat bogeymen. Barack Obama attacked the Supreme Court. He attacked corporations. He attacked the media–particularly conservative media–for making “childish” arguments. [...]

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Barack Obama Still on the Warpath

David Kopel: Aiming for Liberty. The Future of Freedom and Self-Defense

Jim Pfaff — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:00:01 +0000

The Second Amendment is not some throw-away right which government has the right to alter. It is a basic human right. It gives every person the ability to protect their family and property, and, ultimately, it is one of our best protections against government tyranny. The Second Amendment has a religious aspect to it [...]

Barack Obama Interview with George Stephanopolous

Jim Pfaff — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:15 +0000

A recent Barack Obama interview with George Stephanopolous revealed that the President refuses to accept the message being sent to him by the American people. I discuss this in todays Opinion Times Commentary. Barack Obama Interview: today’s Opinion Times Commentary with Jim Pfaff. © Jim Pfaff, OpinionTimes.com and Innovative Research and Data Solutions. Check [...]

Rick Santelli started it all

Jim Pfaff — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:36:07 +0000

Rick Santelli played put into words the growing frustration of the American people in early 2009. This video of Rick Santelli calling out the Obama administration on it’s policies to “reward bad behavior” inspired the Tea Party movement and helped coalesce the frustration Americans were feeling about the stimulus package. The Rick Santelli “rant” played [...]

What Republicans must do next.

Jim Pfaff — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:58:37 +0000

Tom Del Beccaro joined me on The Jim Pfaff Show today. With the victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts yesterday, the political environment is clearly in the hands of conservative ideals of free markets and individual liberty. It is “the people” who are driving the agenda, not the Republicans. So what should Republicans do [...]

Capitalism: Messy security.

Jim Pfaff — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:22:23 +0000

Free market capitalism is a messy business. I have a special commentary today in which I criticize the hatred of the left for the Constitution. I explain why when Americans are able to pursue their own happiness and reap the good or bad benefits of their good or bad efforts, we all gain. [...]

Haiti relief is critical. Please help.

Jim Pfaff — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:07:36 +0000

I spoke today with Tony Sellars from Feed the Children about their relief efforts in Haiti. They have had a presence in Haiti since 1981. Their building was damaged during the quake last week, but is back in operation. And they had a load of supplies on its way by ship when [...]

Climate change credibility is falling once again

Jim Pfaff — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:18:54 +0000

The Himalayan mountains aren’t shedding their glaciers by 2035 after all. So we find out from the London Times today. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (you know, the panel which used the false science generated by those who gave us the Climategate emails) based its theory that the Himalayan mountains would lose glaciers so [...]

Democrats take note. Remember the 9/12 event?

Jim Pfaff — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:19:23 +0000

Do you remember the huge gathering of people on The Mall in Washington, DC? Many had claimed it was a relatively small event. Well, back then, I looked at as many pictures and video of the event as I could (see some of them here, here and here) and made a map on Google Maps [...]

John Hickenlooper changes the race for Colorado Governor

Jim Pfaff — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:01:15 +0000

John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor, brings a much different dynamic to the Colorado Governor race in 2010. Opponent Scott McInnis had a much easier route to Denver when Bill Ritter was his opponent. Riddled with negatives in the business and labor communities (who else could have accomplished that!?), Ritter was fading fast. And [...]