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"Obama Cabinet Short On Managerial Experience"

By Hector Barajas | 03/10/09

With recent headlines like: "Obama's Bear Market, Earmarks-Schmearmarks, Mortgage Plan Won't Help Many California Homeowners, Obama's Radicalism Is Killing The Dow, Obama's Budget: Wanton Recklessness, White House Rethinks Tax Hikes, President Barack Obama Dislikes Britain, and Obama's Blockbuster Gift For Brown To Reaffirm The 'Special Relationship': 25 DVDs," you have to wonder why his Obama failing so miserably?  University of Wisconsin... read more »

Terror Networks Find Refuge In South America

By Hector Barajas | 02/03/09

After cutting ties with Israel, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has become an open supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah.  The authors of a new book, "The Threat Closer To Home: Hugo Chavez And The War Against America," notes that besides the monetary support, Chavez is also providing a safe refuge for these terrorists.  The U.S. State Department still believes that Iranian operatives were behind the two terrorist attacks in Buenos Aires... read more »

I Thought "We Only Have One President At A Time"

By Hector Barajas | 01/14/09

While it seems a bit humorous to see the press corps continue to ask President-Elect Barack Obama questions related to the economy, Israel, national security, the federal bailouts, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the usual response has been, "We only have one president at a time."  Obama is right "we only have one president at a time."But if "we only have one president at a time", and President George W. Bush is that president, why... read more »

Republicans Show Leadership In Budget Negotiations

By Hector Barajas | 01/13/09

As the State of California continues to deal with a $40 billion budget deficit, the Democrat leadership declined to agree with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to decrease their own legislative budgets by 10%. As noted in the Sacramento Bee, "Schwarzenegger called on lawmakers to cut their expenses as a show of leadership while state programs are being cut and tax hikes proposed. 'I think to ask the people to sacrifice and for them... read more »

$100 Billion To Hugo

By Hector Barajas | 01/12/09

With Californians paying an average of $2.02 per gallon of gasoline, it seems that the price you pay at the pump might get a bit more expensive courtesy of the Democrat Party and the Organizations of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).  The twelve countries that make up OPEC ( Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela) voted in November, to cut oil production by... read more »

Who Was Reviewing The Obama-Biden Application Process?

By Hector Barajas | 01/07/09

While Bill Richardson withdrew his name as Commerce Secretary, I am left to wonder that, with such a tainted background, how did Richardson pass the Obama application process?  In November 2008, the Obama-Biden Administration put forth a 7-page 63 question application for potential senior candidates to fill out.  Besides the obvious tax and financial information, the application also asked about potential conflicts of interest,... read more »

The United States: A Safety Magnet

By Hector Barajas | 01/06/09

As unemployment continues to rise and more businesses are finding themselves on the brink of bankruptcy, many immigration researchers had been predicting that a larger number of Mexicans would return home for the holiday festivities and would decide to stay.  The opposite seems to have occurred.  Less immigrants made the pilgrimage home and more Latinos in Mexico are considering making the trip to the United States-not for jobs, but... read more »

Obama Administration Faces New Problems

By Hector Barajas | 12/17/08

FBI Investigation & Controversial Immigration ProgramA federal grand jury in Albuquerque is looking at how a Beverly Hills company (CDR Financial Products, Inc.) received a bond contract in New Mexico after making $100,000 donation to Governor Bill Richardson's political action committee - Obama's new Secretary of Commerce.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is current interviewing staff members that may have been involved in the... read more »

Newsom's Questionable Spending Habits Maybe Too Much For California

By Hector Barajas | 12/15/08

While California faces a $13 billion deficit and the halls of the state capitol are filled with politicians who can't seem to balance a budget, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's $700 million deficit and his questionable spending habits may be too much for voters to overlook as they decide on the next Governor of California.  When Newsom got married this past summer, he decided to use his police escort and his $58,000 state of the art... read more »

Obama Says Adios To The Left

By Hector Barajas | 07/14/08

The sentiment lately from many of Barack Obama's friends on the left can be summarized as: "What Did We Do?"  It seems that now that the fairy dust from the Democrat primary has worn off and Obama is now seeking to capture the vote from the so called bitter small town voters who "cling to guns or religion," many in the Democratic party are now beginning to have buyer's remorse. Obama broke his word on: Public FinancingElectronic Wiretapping... read more »