Thanks to our collaboration with Matt from Blackfive and our regular interviews with military bloggers like Michael Yon and Bill Roggio, we were recently introduced to Ward Carroll, editor of Military.com.
We were blown away when Ward offered us the opportunity to host the Editor’s Desk Podcast at Military.com. What an honor to be associated with this site. We want to thank Ward for the opportunity, and Matt from Blackfive for bringing our program to his attention.
You can find the link to the Editor’s Desk halfway down the homepage. You can listen to the Podcast by clicking here.
We have a really great show lned-up for this Sunday night on Pundit Review Radio.
You can stream the show live at WRKO. Podcasts will be available here on Monday morning and on iTunes.
7pm EST: Ann Coulter making her third appearence in a month . What can we say, she loves our show and our callers!
To listen to Ann’s previous appearances, click here and here.
8pm EST: Ralph Peters, the great military strategist on his incredible new book Never Quit The Fight.
To listen to Ralph’s earlier appearance , click here.
9PM EST: Blackfive’s Someone You Should Know
To see the SYSK archive, click here.
9:20pm EST: Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom , one of the most prolific, thought provoking and entertaining writers in the blogosphere, on the moonbat professor Debbie Frisch . This is a sad case study of the unhinged left.
To listen to Jeff’s first appearance on Pundit Review Radio, way back in 2004, click here.
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Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as â??Groundbreakingâ? by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Bostonâ??s Talk Leader.
I wonder what Democrat leader in the House Nancy Pelosi thinks of her Congressional Campaign Committee using soldiers coffins in a new campaign commercial?
Judging from her recent statements, she’s gonna be pissed,
June 26 on CNN
ANDREA KOPPEL reporting : “In a statement issued today, the House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said the Bush administration’s arrogance on Iraq is in her words, “boundless.” She accused the GOP of playing politics with the war.”
And just wait, WAIT unitl Hillary Clinton hears about this ad. And to think her former towel holder Rham Emanuel is running the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee. Oh the humanity,
HILL LABELS GOP TACTICS A ‘DISGRACE’
22 June 2006
New York Post
WASHINGTON – Republicans are a “disgrace” for playing politics with the war in Iraq, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton charged yesterday as she moved to turn the spotlight away from Democratic infighting over when to withdraw U.S. troops.
“They choose to tar all who disagree with an open-ended, unconditional commitment as unpatriotic, as waving the white flag of surrender. They may not have a war strategy, but they do have an election strategy,” Clinton charged on the Senate floor.
Stay tuned for Hillary’s press conference decrying the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee for “playing politics” with the war in Iraq. Hillary is sure to make the point that the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee may have no agenda, but they “do have an election strategy.”
Do stay tuned.
Or not.
HT: Blackfive
UPDATE: Democrats pull ad with flag-draped coffins
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial.
One of our frequent “commenters” and friends of Pundit Review “Doug H” had this to say about my previous post “More Surprising Economic News” (below) which cited official US Treasury Dept data showing sustained job growth (lowest unemployment in 5 years) and real wage growth accross the board for all Americans (not just the “rich”):
Perhaps those in the polls are relying on a different set of dataâ?? their pay stubs. Just a guess. But, when the rising tide lifts all boats, I guess those poor boatless suckers will just drown.
Well, today more positive “surprising” economic data was reported that has demonstrated once again for the umpteenth time that the Bush 2003 Tax Cuts “Soaked the Rich.” One would think the liberal Dems who consistently opposed the Bush Tax Cuts as “Tax Cuts for the Rich” would be celebrating.
Today’s Wall St. Journal Lead Editorial Reported:
The real news, and where the policy credit belongs, is with the 2003 tax cuts. They’ve succeeded even beyond Art Laffer’s dreams, if that’s possible. In the nine quarters preceding that cut on dividend and capital gains rates and in marginal income-tax rates, economic growth averaged an annual 1.1%. In the 12 quarters — three full years — since the tax cut passed, growth has averaged a remarkable 4%. Monetary policy has also fueled this expansion, but the tax cuts were perfectly targeted to improve the incentives to take risks among businesses shell-shocked by the dot-com collapse, 9/11 and Sarbanes-Oxley.
The John Kerrys of the world who claimed that the Bush tax cuts were “irresponsible” and would “balloon the deficit” were dead wrong:
Remember the folks who said the tax cuts would “blow a hole in the deficit?” Well, revenues as a share of the economy are now expected to rise this year to 18.3%, slightly above the modern historical average of 18.2%. The remaining budget deficit of a little under $300 billion will be about 2.3% of GDP, which is smaller than in 17 of the previous 25 years. Throw in the surpluses rolling into the states, and the overall U.S. “fiscal deficit” is now economically trivial.
For critics such as our friend “Doug H” who imply that the booming economy has only benefited the “rich”:
Individual income tax payments are up 14.1% this year, and “nonwithheld” individual tax payments (reflecting capital gains, among other things) are up 20%. Because of the tax cuts, the still highly progressive U.S. tax code is soaking the rich. Since when do liberals object to a windfall for the government?
Again, the “rich” (those in the top 5% pay almost 70% of all the income taxes in this country- while the bottom 50% pay less than 4%) Will liberals who claim every accross the board “progressive” tax cut only beniefits the “rich” not be satisfied until the top quintile of workers are paying 100% of all federal and state income taxes?
The bottom line is that the Bush Tax Cuts have been an enormous success especially given the inexorable liberal-Democratic opposition to these pro-growth tax cuts on individual, investment, and business income. Add to this natuaral disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, 9-11 and the ongoing WOT, as well as high gas prices, and this sustained economic growth is really unbelievable.
Now, Bush and the GOP Congress should push agressively to make these 2003 Tax Cuts permanent. If they really wanted to see north of 8% GDP they would get serious about real pro-growth fiscal policy such as a 12% flat tax, 0% capital gains and dividends tax, and permanent abolishment of the immoral Death Tax.
Check out the abundance of posts that both Kevin and I have done that demonstrate that the Bush 2003 Tax Cuts and Accross the Board Supply Side Tax Cuts in gereral have been an enormous success for all Americans at all income levels, have generated more tax revenue-not less as Dems predicted- thereby reducing the deficit (ceteris paribus), have mostly “soaked the rich”, and have led to the lowest unemployment rate in more than a generation now at 4.6%-full employment (lower than the average of the 90s “Clinton Boom Years”).
For more on how the Bush tax cuts have lifted all “boats” not just the “rich” check these posts out:
http://www.punditreview.com/2006/06/13/a-question-for-the-tax-cut-o-phobes/
http://www.punditreview.com/2006/05/12/this-just-in-2003-bush-tax-cuts-a-success-2/
http://www.punditreview.com/2006/05/12/bush-tax-cuts-soak-the-rich-2/
http://www.punditreview.com/2006/04/18/hillarys-talks-down-economy-is-she-credible/
From today’s WSJ
Economist Michael Darda of MKM Partners notes that averaging the two surveys yields a gain of close to 250,000 jobs in June, “which is much closer to the reality of America’s very tight labor market.” Meanwhile, the increase in total hours worked in June was itself the equivalent of a half-million new jobs. And the number of Americans who have been without a job for more than six months sank by 217,000 in June to its lowest level in more than five years. The average jobless spell is now less than six weeks.
And not only have jobs grown significantly as a direct result of the Bush 2003 Tax Cuts that Democrats opposed almost unanimously (along with so called “conservatives” such as John McCain I might add) but so to has wage growth:
The slow pace of wage growth has been used in some quarters to describe this expansion as the poor cousin of the go-go 1990s. But that also isn’t accurate, according to a new analysis of compensation trends by the Treasury Department. As the nearby table shows, wages after inflation rose by 0.7% in the 62 months from the peak of the last business expansion in March 2001 through this May. But that is still better than the 1.5% decline in real wages over a comparable 62-month period in the first half of 1990s.
Again. Despite what the “pouting pundits of pessimism” say about the economy (“rich getting richer, poor getting poorer,” “tax cuts for the rich,” “worst economy since Herbert Hoover,” “tax cuts cause deficits,” etc… President Bush has proven that a “rising tide lifts all boats” and that indeed supply side pro growth tax cuts create capital formation, investment, risk taking, new jobs, higher wages, and a higher standard of living for all Americans.
This was inevitable, you knew it was coming. The terrorist savages in Iraq have released a video of Kristian Menchaca and Thomas Tucker, members of the 101st Airborne division abducted, tortured and killed by al Qaeda in Iraq.
I watched the video, I looked at the photos. In my mind, I had to. As a supporter of this war it is important to see what we are facing. It is also critical that we understand why it is so important to maintain our resolve to defeat this enemy.
This Sunday night at 8pm est, we will be welcoming back to Pundit Review Radio one of our great military strategists, Ralph Peters. His new book, which I have just finished, is titled Never Quit The Fight. I can’t think of a more fitting guest this weekend.
Here is some blogger reaction to the video, from people we like and respect,
We need to show that this butchery does not frighten us but steels our resolve to put a permanent end to such evil. The US has to prove that it will not retreat in the face of savagery, but will beat it with professionalism and unstoppable resolve. If we do not, we will make the same mistake that Bill Clinton did in Somalia and Ronald Reagan did in Beirut.
We mourn the loss of Kristian and Thomas. We also feel rage at the soulless bastards who not only committed these acts but videotaped it as a point of pride. And we know that they can never beat us, because if they could, they wouldn’t have to rely on these tactics to get us to quit. We don’t run from cowards.
If you donâ??t want to watch a video of a decapitated body, you shouldnâ??t. But whether you watch it or not, you should be aware that this is what the terrorists are doing to our soldiers.
WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS DISGUSTING, BE PREPARED.
Ann Coulter discusses the plagarism allegations against her on Pundit Review Radio.
We also talked about her book Godless, and took calls from a number of teachers who wanted to thank her.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.