Trickle Down Tyranny (55 page)

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