About: Ralph R. Reiland
Posts by Ralph R. Reiland
Obama: Stuck on Begrudge
Off the teleprompter for a few seconds while stumping for financial reform recently in Illinois, President Obama had this to say about money, incomes and success. “Now, what we’re...
Big Government vs. Small Business
As the owner of a small restaurant, it felt good the other morning to open the newspaper and read this sentence: “Be proud, small-business owners! You're now the most...
Scary Tea Parties?
The Pulitzers for top-notch journalism aren’t what they used to be. ...
Taxes: Plucking the Fortunate Chickens
Here’s the news from the New York Times on the day before tax day: “Forty-seven percent. That’s the portion of American households that owe no income tax for 2009....
One Doctor’s Stand Against ObamaCare
Jack Cassell is too much for some people. He’s the Florida doctor who told his patients to go elsewhere for treatment if they voted for Obama. The message posted...
“Not One Single Dime”? So Claims Obama!
Obama’s big promise is that the vast majority of the U.S. population can get tons of free stuff from the government and it won’t cost them a single dime....
ObamaCare vs. Jobs
Now that ObamaCare has been enacted, we definitely won't be knocking any new archways through the wall at our Pittsburgh restaurant and expanding into the empty storefront next door....
Obama’s Health Reform Deceptions
What became quickly obvious while watching President Obama’s recent interview about healthcare reform with Bret Baier on FOX is that we’re still not getting straight answers about the proposed...
Obama: Perfect Formula for Self-destruction
It’s not difficult to understand the fall of Obama — the largest presidential drop in Gallup’s approval ratings in half a century. Just start with Obama’s overly-cocky notion that...
Losing Faith in the Feds
“The majority of Americans say the government poses an immediate threat to individual rights and freedoms,” stated CNN, summarizing the results of a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll. ...
U.S. Collectivism’s Record of Failure. And Now healthcare?
The hype is always better than the real thing. Boston’s Big Dig sounded like a half-decent project in the beginning. Approved in 1982 with a price tag $2.6 billion,...
Krugman Cracks Up Over Obama’s “Lemon Socialism”
Paul Krugman, a top columnist and liberal opinion-maker at the New York Times, sounded last week like he was tied to the tracks and saw a train coming around...
Obama’s Anti-business Prejudice
Whatever happened to the constitutional concept of equal protection under the law? Whatever happened to the recognition that it’s overwhelmingly the nation’s private sector that delivers the jobs, goods...
Obamanomics Digs America Into Deeper Hole
We’re already on the hook for about a half million dollars per household just to pay for the unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare, according to David M....
Obama Doesn’t “Get It”
Is there anyone out there who thinks Barack Obama hasn’t been on TV enough, hasn’t been on enough magazine covers, or hasn’t done enough soft ball interviews? ...