energy policy of, 229
as a “fiscal socialist,” 264
national debt under, 71
Cabinet, 129–34
Obama’s management problem, 132–34
tax problems in, 127–28, 129–31
Cabinet Communications Director position, 133
Calderon, Felipe, 242
California, 10, 17, 212, 223
Campaign donors, 141–44, 206–7
Canada, 10, 51, 198
Canter, David S., 116
Cap-and-trade legislation, 37, 78, 222, 227
Capital gains tax, 76–77, 99
Capitalism
Alinsky’s desire to end, 117
Cloward-Piven strategy to eliminate, 102
OWS call for prohibition of, 106
Capone, Al, 160
Carbon dioxide emissions, 11, 222, 223, 224, 227–28
Carbon monoxide emissions, 222–23
Cargill, 187
Carney, Jay, 33, 154
Carter, Jimmy, 27, 151, 161
Carville, James, 47
Castro, Fidel, 156, 184, 186, 187, 197, 198, 242, 264
Castro, Raul, 186
CBS, 33, 46
Ceccaldi, Marcel, 160
Censorship by default, 44
Center for American Progress, 103, 233
Center for Military Readiness, 171
Center for Public Integrity, 141
CERN. See European Organization for Nuclear Research
Cerrado, 228–29, 231
CFR. See Council on Foreign Relations
CFTC. See Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Chamber of Commerce, U.S., 134, 216–17
Charles, Prince, 196
Chavez, Hugo, 21, 187–92, 197, 198, 199, 217, 242
Chicago, 116, 132, 137, 141, 160
Chicago Sun-Times, 51
Chicago Tribune, 116
China, 9, 20, 102, 132, 134, 172, 201, 209, 211, 212, 233, 262, 264
Holdren’s dealings with, 80
Immelt’s dealings with, 78, 80
space program of, 80
U.S. economic policy criticized by, 95–96
U.S. foreign policy and, 3, 4
China Nuclear Corporation, 78
Christian, Charlie, 203
Christians
in Egypt, 5, 178–79
Islamist radicals vs., 118
OWS movement and, 105
terrorism and, 60–64
undermining of, 39
Christie, Chris, 85
Chrysler, 27, 108, 188, 209
Chu, Steven, 10, 213, 234
Churchill, Winston, 196–97
CIA, 47, 58, 131, 132, 152, 158, 182, 239–40
Citigroup, 82, 85
Citizens Against Government Waste, 35
Citizens for Tax Justice, 79
Clapper, James, 178
Clapton, Eric, 203
Clark, Jessica, 142
Clark, Wesley, 156
Clean Air Act, 222–23
Climate change. See Global warming
Climategate scandal, 47, 225
Climate Research Unit, 226
Clinton, Bill, 45, 46, 47, 85, 124, 137, 140, 146, 150, 156, 160, 183, 220, 241
economic policy of, 87–88
law license voluntarily surrendered by, 26
military cuts under, 2, 8, 9
Clinton, Hillary, 147, 161
Alinsky’s influence on, 115, 117, 149–50
on al-Assad, 176
on Ghadafi assassination, 6, 159
Libyan situation and, 148
CLOUD experiment, 226
Cloward-Piven strategy, 102
CNN, 46, 49, 54, 105, 187
Coalition for Democratic Unity, 190
Coca-Cola, 187
Coe, Frank, 131
Cohen, William, 137, 140
Cole, James, 252
Colombia, 231, 233
Columbia University, 146, 161, 232
Columbine High School killings, 60
Comex, 92–93
Commission for a Sustainable World Society, 233
Commodities traders, 214, 218–19
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 218–19
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco (author’s speech at), 44–45
Communism. See also Leninism
OWS and, 101, 105, 110
PM support of, 116–17
spies for, 131–32
Communist Party USA, 131
Communist Youth League, 117
“Community-based approach” to terrorism, 258–59
Conatel, 187
Congress, U.S.
attempts to rein in czars, 128
de facto dissolution of, 32
Obama’s failure to work with, 266
Project Fast and Furious investigation, 249–50
vs. the EPA, 227–28
Congressional Black Caucus, 104
Congressional Record, 132
Connecticut, 223
ConocoPhillips, 187, 189–90
Conquest, Robert, 45
Constitution, U.S., 24, 36, 123, 129, 152. See also Fifth Amendment; First Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Second Amendment
NDAA violation of, 23
proposed budget-balancing amendment, 40
restoring, 18–19, 20
COP-16, 224
Coptic Christians, 178–79
Cordon sanitaire policy, 50
Corporate cronies, 35–36, 123–44. See also Cabinet; Crony capitalism; Czars
kickbacks for, 141–44
Strauss-Kahn case, 135–40
Corporate income tax, 77–81
Correspondents Association Dinner, 46
Corzine, Jon, 85–86, 219
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), 24
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 85, 87, 89
Covington & Burling, 240
Crane, Chris, 257
Crony capitalism, 19, 69, 79, 83, 84, 93, 97. See also Corporate cronies
Crowley, P. J., 189, 191
Cuba, 95, 156, 184–86, 197, 218, 264
Czars, 26, 36, 80, 123–29, 133, 134. See also Blair, Dennis; Browner, Carol; DuBois, Joshua; Feinberg, Kenneth; Holdren, John; Immelt, Jeffrey; Rivera, Henry; Sunstein, Cass
Congress’s attempt to rein in, 128
estimated number of, 123
extralegal appointment of, 124
Czech Republic, 3, 4
Daily Beast, 54
Daily Star, 53
Daily Worker, 117
Daley, William M., 132
Dancing with the Stars (television program), 150
Dar al-Maal al-Islami Trust, 241
Data Protection Act (Britain), 52–53
Dawn (Pakistani newspaper), 182
“Days of Rage,” 101–2, 110
DEA. See Drug Enforcement Agency
Debt, 264, 266
global, 2, 14–15
Goldman Sachs and, 35
growth of under Obama, 34, 40, 69, 71, 80
official vs. real obligation, 83
S & P downgrading of, 94–95
Debt ceiling, 94–95
Debt ceiling junta, 73–76, 166, 172
Declaration of Independence, 30, 42
Defense, national. See Military
Defense of Marriage Act, 38
DeLacy, Hugh, 131, 132
Delaware, 211–12
Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech (Sunstein), 126
Democratic National Committee, 113
Democratic National Convention (2008), 119
Democrats
debt ceiling and, 166
labor unions and, 113–14
percentage of media voting for, 46
Republicans compared with, 19
rules for beating, 120–21
Deng, Wendi, 53
Derivatives, financial, 83–84, 88, 89, 93, 219
Detroit News, 134
Developing Commun
ities Project, 116
Devil’s Island, 135
Diana, Princess, 196
Diaz, Jesus E., Jr., 255, 256–57
Dodd, Chris, 89
Dodd-Frank bill, 88–90, 100
Dodson, John, 248–49
Domestic Policy Council, 128
Donnelly, Elaine, 171
Dow Jones average, 94
Dream Act, 255
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 105
Dreyfus, Alfred (Dreyfus Affair), 135, 136
Drug cartels, 17, 31, 258, 265. See also Project Fast and Furious
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), 17, 250
DuBois, Joshua, 127
Duscha, Jim, 111
Ecoanalitica, 188
Economic crisis of 2008, 2, 14, 68, 88, 89, 100, 146
roots of, 81–84
Economy, 2, 34–35, 65, 66–97, 265. See also Debt; Taxation
eggheads’ policies and, 145–46
fiat money and, 90–95
financial aristocracy and, 67–68
global, fixing, 13–15
Leninism in, 66–71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 95–97
“recovery” of, 68, 96
redistribution of wealth in, 68–70
rejection of Obama’s budget, 73
roots of current crisis, 81–84
“sustainable bankruptcy” in, 69
tools of Obama’s policy, 95–97
U.S. ranking in competitiveness, 78
Ecopetrol, 231
Ecuador, 199
Edenhofer, Ottmar, 224–25
Eggheads, 36, 145–73, 174–75
destruction of military and, 164–72
female, 147–52, 165
Middle East and, 145, 154–57, 161–64, 173
Egypt, 140, 154, 164, 181, 201
Elbaradei in, 155–56
Israel and, 8, 161, 178, 194, 199–200
shadow parliament in, 156
U.S. foreign policy and, 5–6, 177–79
Einsatzgruppen, 61
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 43–44, 196
ElBaradei, Mohammed, 154–56
Election results processing, 25, 265
Electric grid, 10, 223
El-Erian, Issam, 199
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 196, 197
Ellsberg, Daniel, 59
El Salvador, 262
Emanuel, Rahm, 98, 111, 115, 119, 137
Emergency Broadcast System (Obama’s test), 55–56, 188, 262
Emergency Committee for Israel, 104
Employment. See also Unemployment
fall in private sector, 95
Keystone XL potential for, 217
misleading statistics on, 111–12
in the oil industry, 10, 11–12
outsourcing of, 77, 78
rise in public sector, 95
Energy Department, U.S. (DOE), 32, 205, 206, 207, 209, 211
Energy policy, 37–38, 202–36, 264–65. See also Global warming; “Green energy”; Oil
Obama’s strategy, 213–18
real energy crisis and, 233–36
reversing, 10–13
tyranny of government regulation, 218–24
Energy Policy Act, 208–9
Energy Tax Prevention Act, 227
Enerl, 211
Engels, Friedrich, 29, 101
Environment. See Energy policy
Environmental Defense Fund, 203
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 10, 11, 12, 13, 37, 124, 215, 218, 221–24, 234. See also Browner, Carol
Alaska oil exploration denied by, 221–22
Congress vs., 227–28
creation and purpose of, 221
EPA. See Environmental Protection Agency
Espionage Act, 58–59
Eureka College, 146
Euro, 15
Europe
economic crisis in, 14–15, 85, 93–94
Goldman Sachs banned in, 93–94
Muslim immigration in, 50
European Central Bank (ECB), 15, 94
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 226
European Union (EU), 14, 15, 156, 198
Eurozone, 15, 85, 96
Evans, Gareth, 151
Evergreen Solar Inc., 211
Export-Import Bank, U.S. (Ex-Im), 230, 231–33, 235
ExxonMobil, 187, 189–90, 215–16
Falcone, Philip, 168, 169
Fannie Mae, 36, 83
Fareed Zakaria GPS (television program), 49
Farrah, Joseph, 41
Farrakhan, Louis, 153, 180
Fast and Furious project. See Project Fast and Furious
FBI, 37, 54–55, 60, 208, 210, 249, 250, 258
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 169, 188
Federalist Papers, 129
Federal Reserve, 46, 82, 94, 140, 235
Federal workers, salaries of, 47
Feinberg, Kenneth, 36, 125–26, 127–28
Feinstein, Dianne, 229
Fiat money, 90–95
Fifth Amendment, 208
Financial aristocracy, 67–68
Financial derivatives. See Derivatives, financial
Financial Services Modernization Act, 87
First Amendment, 50, 51, 59, 126, 127
The Five (television program), 47
Flywheel technology, 211
Food stamps, 92
Ford Motor Company, 35
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 54, 55
Foreign policy, 36–37, 174–201
Brazil and, 192–93
Cuba and, 184–86
Egypt and, 5–6, 177–79
friends vs. enemies, 199–201
Great Britain and, 6–7, 196–97
Honduras and, 197–99
Israel and, 7–8, 36–37, 193–95
Libya and, 180–81
new enemies in, 193–99
Pakistan and, 181–84
“responsibility to protect” doctrine (see “Responsibility to protect” doctrine)
returning to a position of strength, 3–8
succint description of, 176
Venezuela and, 187–92
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), 203
Fort Hood, 170, 259
Foster, Vince, 159–60
Founding Fathers, 30, 32, 149
Fourteenth Amendment, 254–55
Fourth Amendment, 56
Fox News, 30, 34, 43, 46, 47, 48–51, 54, 188
Fox News Channel, 43, 47
Fracking, 12
France, 50, 93, 94
Frank, Barney, 89
Freddie Mac, 83
Freedom, loss of, 39–41
“Freedom Index” survey, 39
Freedom of Information Act, 127, 226
Freedom of religion, 39. See also First Amendment
Freedom of speech, 33, 39, 126–27, 264. See also First Amendment
Free Press, 169
Friedman, Gregory, 206
F-35 fighter jet, 172
Full Sail University, 142
Fulton, Brenda S., 171–72
Gallup polls, 39
Gasoline prices, 134, 213–14, 220–21, 234
Gates, Bill, 78
Gates, Robert, 152, 201
Gays, 170–72, 232
Gaza Strip, 199
GDP. See Gross domestic product
Geithner, Timothy, 15, 85, 86, 90, 95, 130–31, 137, 140, 235
General Electric (GE), 77–79, 102
General Motors (GM), 27, 108, 134, 188, 209
General Services Administration, 34
Geneva Convention, 160, 239
Genocide, 149, 150, 156
Gensler, Gary, 219
George III, King of England, 31
GEPAC, 78
Germany, 91, 94. See also Nazi Germany
cordon sanitaire policy in, 50
economic conditions in, 15
military training in, 166
Ghadafi, Moammar, 13, 148, 152, 153–54, 156, 163, 177, 180,
181, 193, 201
assassination of, 6, 157–61, 164
attacks on demonstrators ordered by, 147
letter to Obama, 153
Ghadafi, Seif, 160
Gheen, William, 40–41
Gibbs, Robert, 130
Gibson Guitar Corporation, 202–4
Gillespie, Dizzy, 130
Gingrich, Newt, 47, 57
Ginsberg, Marc, 47
Gips, Donald H., 141–42
Gitmo, 58, 240–41
Glass-Steagall Act, 87–88, 92
Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, 167–69
Global warming, 2, 10–11
agenda behind the myth, 224–27
Chu on, 10, 213
media on, 47
Godfather movies, 123, 136
Goldemberg, José, 229
Goldman Sachs, 15, 35, 67, 73, 90, 218–19
amount loaned to, 82
economic strategy of, 84–88
European ban on, 93–94
Gold prices, 92
Gold standard, 15, 90
Goldstein, Warren, 103
Goldwater, Barry, 61
Goreleoni, Al, 225
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 34
Government benefits, percentage receiving, 69–70, 80, 266
Gramm-Leach-Bliley bill, 87
Grassley, Charles, 247, 248, 249, 250
Great Britain
author banned in, 48, 120
Iranian ties severed by, 6–7
Libya and, 180–81
U.S. foreign policy and, 6–7, 196–97
Winnie the Pooh banned in, 118
Great Depression, 1, 26, 87–88, 146, 264
Greece, 84, 93, 94
Greene, Graham, 184
“Green energy,” 37–38, 111, 143, 221, 233, 234
politics of, 205–13
Solyndra project (see Solyndra)
Soros and, 228–29
Greenhouse gases, 222–23, 224, 227
Greenpeace, 203
Greenspan, Alan, 46, 91
Groner, Chris, 207
Gross, Alan, 184–86
Gross, Judy, 185
Gross domestic product (GDP), 2, 13, 68
derivatives exceeding, 84
global, 35, 83
military spending as a percentage of, 8, 9
national debt as percentage of, 34, 80
national debt exceeding, 83
percentage of world generated by U.S., 83
under “recovery” program, 68
slowed growth of, 96
Group VII, 243, 248
Gulf Cooperation Council, 199
Gulf of Mexico, 12, 37, 133, 218, 234
Gun ownership, 47, 149. See also Project Fast and Furious; Second Amendment
Gunrunner project. See Project Gunrunner
Gutman, Howard, 195
Habeas corpus, 267
Haddad, Tammy, 46
Haddad Media, 46
Haddock, Ed, 142
Ham, Carter, 153
Hamilton, Alexander, 129
Harbinger Capital Partners, 169
Hardball (television program), 47, 119
Harmon Kardon products, 54
Harvard Business School, 146
Harvard Crimson, 105
Harvard Law School, 148, 149
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