INDEX
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Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk, 283
Abortions, 307
“Abridgement of freedom,” 14
Abunimah, Ali, 234
Accounting standards, 83
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union),20, 121, 193, 258
ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
big box retailers, 229
front groups, 235
history of, 217–219
impact of, 221
living wage and, 225
Obama and, 214, 216, 234, 236
voter fraud and, 72, 211–212, 213–215,230
Actors, global warming and, 181–182
Affirmative action, 307
Afghanistan, 264–269
Agriculture, Stalin and Russian farm industry, 67, 68–69
AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming), 161
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 281, 292, 305
AIG bailout, 95, 99
Air America (radio talk show), 252
Airbus, 69
Al-Qaeda, 284, 285, 292
Al-Sahaf, Muhammad Saeed, 239
Alinsky, Saul, 68
Alternative minimum tax, 107
“Alternative” uptick rule, 86
American Apology Tour (Obama), 40–41
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 20, 121, 193, 258
Amnesty for illegal aliens, 193
Anchor babies, 304
Anger, 5, 29, 113
Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW), 161
Anti-Americanism, 255-259
Antiquities Act, 13
Aponte, Maria del Carmen, 198
Arizona, illegal alien problem in, 189
Arlington National Cemetery, 2010
military ceremony, 280
Armey, Dick, 20
Armstrong, Neil, 277
Arpaio, Joe, 303
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. See ACORN
AT&T, 136
Atlas, John, 218
Attlee, Clement, 52
Automobile companies, government bailout of, 99–102
Avatar (movie), 251–252
Axelrod, David, 173, 241
Ayers, Bill, 35, 42–43, 54
Bailouts, 94–96, 110
See also TARP legislation
Baker, Mike, 234
Balanced budget, 301, 302
Banking industry. See Financial industry
Banks
economic crisis and, 86
Glass-Steagall Act, 308
Barnett, James, Jr., 282
Barofsky, Neil M., 94
Barr, Bob, 20
Baucus, Ma x, 143
Becker, Craig, 104–105
Behenna, Michael, 279–280
Benmosche, Robert, 95
Bennett, Robert, 16, 19
Bernanke, Ben, 92, 93
Berwick, Donald, 130
Biden, Joe, 143–144, 280
Big box retailers, 228–230
Big business, healthcare bill and, 136
“The Big Lie,” 243
Bilderberg Group, 87–90
bilingual education, 194
Black nationalist groups, 213–221
Black Panther Party, 218–221
Black tar heroin, 190, 202–203
Blacklisting, 258
Blackwood, David P., 215
Blankfein, Lloyd, 95
Blitzer, Wolf, 253
Bloom, Ron, 15, 35, 45, 79, 259
Bloomberg, Michael, 288
Blumer, Tom, 232
Boehner, John, 139
Boeing, 69
Bologna, Tony, 199
Boskin, Michael J., 110
Boustany, Charles, 119
BP, Gulf oil spill, 159, 313–316
Brandeis, Louis, 151
Brewer, Jan, 188
Broadcast media, 250, 252
Brown, Scott, 21–22
Browner, Carol, 46
Building wealth, 79
“Bundling,” 231–232
Bush, George W., 5, 94, 104, 171, 242, 278, 280, 306, 313
Bush, Laura, 11
Business owners, healthcare bill and, 134
Cable Television, 252
California, bilingual education, 194
Cameron, James, 251–252
Camp, Dave, 119, 134
Campaign Finance Reform legislation, 231–232
Campaign financing, 232
Canada
hate speech in, 254–255
healthcare system, 142
Cantwell, Maria, 308
Cap-and-trade legislation, 90, 156, 156–165, 167–168, 169, 170, 172,173, 301
Capitalism, 79
Carbon credits, 156, 170
Carbon emissions, 156
“Card check,” 102
Carter, Jimmy, 40, 297
Carville, James, 22
Castro, Fidel, 75, 242
Census, rigged, 209–210
Cernan, Eugene, 277
Chamberlain, Neville, 296
Chandoo, Mohammed Hasan, 73–74
Chávez, Hugo, 75, 163, 255
Chessani, Jeffrey, 278–279
Chicanos
closing the borders, 303
La Raza, 192–199
MEChA, 192–195, 196
Savage Manifesto, 303
voter fraud and, 210
See also Illegal immigration
Childbearing, encouraging, 307
Children, pre-existing conditions, 133
China
climate legislation, 167
communism in, 57, 65, 255
Friedman on, 237–238, 255
missile defense system, 271
tariffs on, 306
Chretien, Jean, 142
Chrysler, 99, 102, 307–308
Churchill, Ward, 242
Churchill, Winston, 51–52, 56, 297
Civil servants, pay and pensions for, 108, 306
Claes, Willy, 89
Clean energy bill, 159
Cleaver, Emanuel, 241
Cliburn, James, 243–244
Climate change, 154–187
Climate legislation, 167
Climatic Research Unit (CRU), 161
Clinton, Bill, 22, 23, 198, 307
Clinton, Hillary, 222, 234, 252, 270, 277
Cloward, Richard Andrew, 53, 54
CNN, 253, 254
Coakley, Martha, 101
Coleman, John, 182
Coleman, Norm, 233
College
cost of textbooks, 246
student loans, 244–246
Commissioned Corps, 119–120
Commonwealth Care, 132
Communism
J. Edgar Hoover on, 72
Mao Zedong on, 175
progressivism as, 175
theory of, 67
Three Stooges of, 61–65
Communist countries, 57
Communists
in Hollywood, 258
House Committee on Un-American Activities, 239, 257–259
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, 194, 211
Congress
public distrust of, 124
reelection of members, 9–10
Connecticut v. American Electric Power, 157
Connor, “Bull,” 208
Conrad, Kent, 96
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 19–20
Conservative revolution, 300, 312
Conservative talk radio, 254
Constitution, disregard for, 302–303
“Contract From America,” 20–21, 301–302
Conway, Edmund, 12
Coolidge, Calvin, 301
Corner v. Murphy Oil, 157
Countrywide Financial, 96
Covington and Burling, 258–259
Cox, Christop
her, 80, 81, 83
Credit card fraud, campaign financing and, 232
Crime, illegal aliens and, 190–191, 199–203
Crow, Sheryl, 183–184, 260
Cruise, Tom, 251
Cuba, 65, 75
Darder, Antonia, 193
Daschle, Tom, 104
Davis, Frank Marshall, 33, 34, 35, 54, 75
Dean, Howard, 34, 143
“Death panel,” healthcare bill, 122, 126
Death tax, 306
Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. See Gulf oil spill
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 306–307
Demilitarization, 297
Democrats
environmental legislation and, 158
modern social legislation and, 223–224
Tea Party and, 21–24
on wages, 225
Dengue fever, illegal immigration and, 206–207
Desegregation, 223
Dewey, John, 250
DiCaprio, Leonardo, 182–183
Dimon, Jamie, 95
Dingell, John, 115
Dirksen, Everett, 223
Disease, illegal immigration and, 206–207
Doctors, shortage of, 135
Dodd, Christopher, 93, 96
Dohrn, Bernardine, 35
DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), 306–307
Douglass, Linda, 137
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 35, 36
Dreier, Peter, 218
Drew, John, 36–37, 73
Drug cartels, 202
Duncan, Arne, 246–247
Dunham, Madelyn, 123–124
Dunham, Stanley, 33–34
Dunn, Anita, 36, 46, 48, 72, 259
Ebell, Myron, 172
Education
cost of textbooks, 246
Outcome-Based Education, 247–248
school lunch programs, 281–282
student loans, 244–246
Education policy, under Obama, 244–250
Edwan, Monir, 232
Einstein, Albert, 299
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 223
The 11th Hour (film), 182
Elijah Muhammad, 220, 235
Emanuel, Rahm, 53, 140
Employee Free Choice Act, 104
Employers, healthcare bill and, 134
Employment
big box retailers, 228–230
living wage, 225–228, 229
End-of-life decisions, healthcare bill, 122–124
Enemy combatants, Muslim radicals as, 305
The Enemy Within (Savage), 312
Energy costs, 171
Energy market, controlling, 90
Energy policy, “Contract From America,” 302
Engels, Friedrich, 62, 63
English only, 303
“Enraging the Right” (Atlas & Drier), 218
Entrepreneurship, encouraging, 308
Environment, 314
Democrats and environmental legislation, 158
Escalante, Jaime, 248–249
Estate tax, 306
Estes, Harold B., 294–296
European Union, 271
Exceptionalism, 300
F-22 Raptor fighter jet, 263, 305
Fabian socialism, 297
Fairness Doctrine, 253–254
Families on welfare, 217
Fannie Mae (FNMA), 91, 96, 98, 105, 110
Faria, Miguel, Jr., 127
Farming, Stalin and Russian farm industry, 67, 68–69
Farrakhan, Louis, 26, 42
Federal bailout money. See TARP legislation
Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), 245
Federal government, reducing size and scope of, 304
Federal Textbook Act of 2009, 246
Feinberg, Kenneth, 35, 45–46
The Ferguson Affair (MacDonald), 191
FFELP (Federal Family Education Loan Program), 245
FHLMC (Freddie Mac), 91, 96, 98, 105, 110
Film industry, 258
Financial crisis, 91
Financial industry executives,
compensation to, 95, 105
Financial institutions
Glass-Steagall Act, 308
manipulation of, 80–81
Financial markets, 83–87
crash of 2008, 80–81, 83–84, 87
uptick rule, 83, 84, 87, 308
Financial reform bill, 96–99
Flat tax, 306
FNMA (Fannie Mae), 91, 96, 98, 105, 110
Ford Motor Company, 100
Foreign donors, campaign contributions from, 232
Foreign policy, 269–271
Foulkes, Toni, 214
Fox News, 254
Frank, Barney, 91, 95, 106
Franken, Al, 233
Franklin, Benjamin, 309
Frattini, Franco, 271
Freddie Mac (FHLMC), 91, 96, 98, 105, 110
Free Press, 49
“FreedomWorks,” 20
Freeloaders, 27–28
Friedman, Thomas L., 237–238, 255
Fugitive Days (Ayers), 42
Fuld, Richard S. “Dick,” 92
Fund, John, 210
The Future of Media (Scott & McChesney), 50
Gardiner, Niles, 40
Gas prices, 169
Gates, Robert, 262, 263, 286
Geithner, Timothy, 84, 95, 97
General Motors, 99, 102, 307–308
Gensler, Gary, 95
Gibbs, Robert, 6
Giles, Hannah, 213, 219, 234
Gingrich, Newt, 19
Gladney, Kenneth, 102
Glass-Steagall Act, 308
Global warming, 90, 154–187
actors and, 181–182
polar bears and, 179–181
Glover, Danny, 184
Goldman Sachs, 94–96
Gore, Al, 154–156, 162, 175, 177
Government
limited government, 302
power of, 70
reducing size and scope of, 304
Government employees, 108, 306
Government-run industries, 69
Government spending, 302
Graham, Franklin, 290
Grassley, Charles, 113
Graves, Robert, 209
Gray, William, 177–178
Gra ziano, Rock y, 59
Great Depression, 149
Great Society legislation, 223
“Green taxes,” 90
“Green” technologies, 112
Greenhouse gases, 156, 167
Grover, Atul, 135
Gulf oil spill, 159, 313–316
Gunnarson, William, 191
Haldeman, Charles, Jr., 105
Hamilton, Alexander, 250
Hamilton, Marci, 152–153
Hannan, Daniel, 315–316
Hasan, Nidal, 284–286, 289, 291
Hastings, Alcee, 109
Hatch, Orrin, 18
Health insurance
employer-sponsored, 131
under Savage Manifesto, 306
Health savings plans, 306
Healthcare
“Contract From America,” 302
health savings plans, 306
Pelosi’s plan for reform, 8–9
Savage Manifesto, 303
Schecter Poultry case, 151, 303
tort reform, 122–123, 309
See also Health insurance; Healthcare bill; Healthcare system
Healthcare bill, 115–153
access to medical care, 147
big business and, 136
business owners and employers and, 134
cost of, 117–118, 127–128, 133
end-of-life decisions, 122–124
ensuring passage of, 138–141
exemptions from individual responsibility requirement, 152
freedom of choice and, 130–138
illegal aliens, 133, 145
IMAB, 122–124, 126
IRS and, 118, 119
length of, 138
medical records
and, 144–145
patient-doctor relationship, 124–125
Ready Reserve Corps, 120–121
religious conscience exemptions, 152–153
senior citizens, 124, 125, 128–130
tort reform, 122–123, 309
Healthcare reform, Pelosi’s plan for, 8–9
Healthcare system, 27, 52–53, 115–153
nationalization of, 57
Pelosi’s plan for reform, 8–9
See also Healthcare; Healthcare bill
Hedge funds, 80–81, 82–83, 86, 87, 91, 98, 103, 107, 308
Herbert, Bob, 222
Herlong, Albert, Jr., 249
Heroin, illegal aliens and, 190, 202–203
Hession, Gregory, 229
Higher Education Act (1965), 245
Hinderaker, John, 243
Hiserodt, Ed, 161, 162
Hispanics
voter fraud, 210
See also Chicanos; Illegal immigration
Hiss, Alger, 257–258
Hogberg, David, 135
Holder, Eric, 189, 208, 214–215, 221, 255–256, 259, 289, 305
Holdren, John, 35, 46, 47
Hoover, J. Edgar, 72, 219
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), 239, 257–259
Housing crisis, 90–92, 105–106
Housing recovery, 106
Hubris, 1, 3, 4
Huckabee, Mike, 103
Hüttl, Reinhard, 161, 162
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency), 204
Ice Age, prediction of impending, 163–164
Iceland, 82
Identity politics, 223, 224
Illegal immigration, 188–212
amnesty for illegals, 193
anchor babies law, 304
Census and, 209–210
closing the borders, 303
crime and illegal aliens, 190–191, 199–203
Illegal immigration (cont.)
disease and, 206-207
healthcare bill, 133, 145
jobs and shadow economy, 203–206
La Raza and MEChA, 191–192
Savage Manifesto, 303, 304
voters and voting, 207–212
Illness, illegal immigration and, 206–207
IMAB (Independent Medicare Advisory Board), 122–124, 126
Immigration policy
illegal aliens, 188–212
Savage Manifesto, 303
Immigration Reform Bill of 2007, 193, 194,211
In the Valley of Elah (film), 251
An Inconvenient Truth (film), 156
Independent Medicare Advisory Board(IMAB), 122–124, 126
India, 167
Inhofe, James, 168
Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), 160–161
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