The jobless rate in America hovers at 9.1 percent. The national debt ticks upwards of $14.3 trillion and small businesses collapse daily due to costly bureaucratic regulations. The President has failed to offer a viable plan that will put America’s economy back on a path to prosperity. It is in this context that President Obama […]
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On a sparkling Independence day in Clear Lake Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachman worked a parade crowd and asserted a bit of independence from the GOP pack of candidates. Bachmann, along with Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, is one of only two Republican contenders not to sign a pledge to cut, cap and […]
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This Fourth of July we are reflecting on the Founding Father’s intensive study of the Roman civilization. Knowing history, they embraced Rome’s virtues and eschewed her vices. The Founders understood the currents of history which gave us a collective heritage unrivaled. Sadly, we as a nation are turning our backs on the morality that made […]
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As if the American public’s tolerance for political chicanery hasn’t been tested beyond the breaking point, now comes news that several shyster Progressives and Democrats are floating the notion that the debt ceiling is – get this – unconstitutional. Far be it from me to ask, but why is it the only time Progressives and […]
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If the GOP is really serious about winning back the presidency, it needs to win the deficit debate. The government of these United States is broke — flat broke — and if the nation is to survive as the prosperous nation it has long been, Republicans must restore fiscal sanity and call a halt to […]
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The federal government is arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that police investigators and other authorities should be allowed to track American citizens in the U.S. to develop the “probable cause” needed for search warrants and other investigative tools. But a team of civil-rights experts says such permission would pose a grave danger to freedom-loving […]
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The Supreme Court continued its rollback of campaign finance “reforms” that have seriously infringed our First Amendment rights over the past 35 years. The court, in a 5-4 ruling Monday, struck down as unconstitutional Arizona’s public financing system for state elections. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, issued in the final week of […]
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The Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the GOP field, beats other candidates among Tea Party members. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is the top choice of Tea Party supporters for a Republican presidential candidate, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the field […]
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Speculation is running rampant about why House Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out of debt ceiling talks with Democrats. Most of the speculation is credited by pundits to insider maneuvering between Speaker John Boehner and Cantor. The Washington Post reports the debt deal maneuvering this way, “One analysis of the House GOP right now is […]
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The legal complaint by a U.S.-based Islamic lobby group asking a federal judge to expunge all copies of a best-selling exposé that documents the group’s terrorist ties is an attempt to eliminate evidence that could lead to criminal prosecution, according to a lawyer defending a co-author of the book. Daniel Horowitz, who represents “Muslim Mafia” […]
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New York State now allows gay marriage. Make no mistake: this is a defeat for the preservation of America as we know it. It is a bright red warning light to every American who loves our country just as she is; and there is no turning back now. Fools and fence sitters take note: Citizenship […]
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Small Business Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration believes taxes on small business must increase so the administration does not have to “shrink the overall size of government programs.” The administration’s plan to raise the tax rate on small businesses is part of its plan to raise […]
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Tea party candidates could undermine Republicans in congressional races so severely that Democrats could win many of those contests, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey. In a three-way congressional contest with a tea party candidate on the ballot, the Democrat could pick up 40 percent of the vote. The Republican would get 21 […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice is claiming power and authority beyond even what the kings of England held in a case involving private “Liberty Dollar” coins that were offered to individuals who wanted them for investing or for exchanging for goods and services, according to a “friend-of-the-court” legal brief. The case is against Bernard Von […]
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When Barack Obama and John Boehner played golf this weekend, they played on the same team. How appropriate. Barack Obama has violated the Constitution’s war-making power – reserved by Article I, Section 8, to Congress – from the moment he sent American troops into harm’s way without Congressional approval. He has been violating the War […]
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A spokesman for House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller the congressman expects his investigations into the Justice Department’s gun walking programs to point to a much higher political appointee than acting ATF director Kenneth Melson. Melson is widely expected to resign some time in the next couple of days in the […]
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Senate conservatives proudly call themselves “Reagan Republicans” because of Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength” military policies. But in Leon Panetta, whose nomination comes up for a full Senate vote for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, they are being asked to endorse a man whose Congressional career was dedicated to fighting Reagan’s defense build-up and anti-communist policies. […]
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Is it the “Science Story of the Century” or the best kept American media secret of the year? Just-announced heavyweight new studies from the U.S. National Solar Observatory tell us to expect a long quiet period for the sun—and decades of cooler global temperatures. The Register in London headlined, “Earth may be headed into a […]
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President Barack Obama’s administration is quietly offering a quasi-amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants aiming to win reelection by mobilizing a wave of new Hispanic voters without alienating the populous at large, say supporters of stronger immigration law enforcement. The new rules were quietly announced Friday with a new memo from top officials […]
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Nothing in American life today seems as archaic, ubiquitous and immovable as the Republican and Democratic parties. The two 19th-century political groupings divide up the spoils of a combined $6.4 trillion that is extracted eachyear from taxpayers at the federal, state, county and municipal levels. Though rhetorically and theoretically atodds with one another, the two […]
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Congress and the White House could raise the debt limit for a few months while they seek a comprehensive, long-term budget deal, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. The Obama administration has warned it will run out of money to pay the nation’s bills if Congress does not raise the $14.3 trillion debt […]
Anyone not convinced of the abject terror Sarah Palin instills in members of the American media needs only read the brief, L.A. Times reflection on the former Governor’s released emails. A number of media outlets filed Freedom of Information Requests demanding the release of Governor Palin’s emails upon her acceptance of John McCain’s VP offer […]
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The 2010 landslide election saw a revitalized Republican Party win 64 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives on a platform that rejected the fiscal policies of the Democratically controlled 111th Congress. One attention-grabbing key to this success was a new political force: the Tea Party. More than a few pundits were skeptical about how […]
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Reading Al Gore’s comments on Mitt Romney we were reminded of all of the reason’s we don’t trust the man: “Good for Mitt Romney though we’ve long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis. While other Republicans are running from the truth, he is sticking to his guns in the […]
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Success in national politics almost always comes down to timing. Running for president is a deeply personal decision, because it requires unparalleled discipline and endurance, a wildly unreasonable invasion of privacy, and, as Gov. Haley Barbour (R., Miss.) has pointed out, a willingness to make a ten-year personal and family commitment. The Republican primary field […]
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Five Questions for President Obama’s Twitter Townhall
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorThe jobless rate in America hovers at 9.1 percent. The national debt ticks upwards of $14.3 trillion and small businesses collapse daily due to costly bureaucratic regulations. The President has failed to offer a viable plan that will put America’s economy back on a path to prosperity. It is in this context that President Obama […]
Cut, Cap and Balance Pledge Gains Traction
/3 Comments/in News /by newseditorOn a sparkling Independence day in Clear Lake Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachman worked a parade crowd and asserted a bit of independence from the GOP pack of candidates. Bachmann, along with Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, is one of only two Republican contenders not to sign a pledge to cut, cap and […]
Manning the Barricades for Virtue and America
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorThis Fourth of July we are reflecting on the Founding Father’s intensive study of the Roman civilization. Knowing history, they embraced Rome’s virtues and eschewed her vices. The Founders understood the currents of history which gave us a collective heritage unrivaled. Sadly, we as a nation are turning our backs on the morality that made […]
Salvato: How Destructively Disingenuous Can They Get?
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorAs if the American public’s tolerance for political chicanery hasn’t been tested beyond the breaking point, now comes news that several shyster Progressives and Democrats are floating the notion that the debt ceiling is – get this – unconstitutional. Far be it from me to ask, but why is it the only time Progressives and […]
Cave on the Debt Ceiling and Kiss 2012 Goodbye
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorIf the GOP is really serious about winning back the presidency, it needs to win the deficit debate. The government of these United States is broke — flat broke — and if the nation is to survive as the prosperous nation it has long been, Republicans must restore fiscal sanity and call a halt to […]
If you thought feds wanted to track you before, check out now
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorThe federal government is arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that police investigators and other authorities should be allowed to track American citizens in the U.S. to develop the “probable cause” needed for search warrants and other investigative tools. But a team of civil-rights experts says such permission would pose a grave danger to freedom-loving […]
First Amendment Wins in Arizona Campaign Finance Case
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorThe Supreme Court continued its rollback of campaign finance “reforms” that have seriously infringed our First Amendment rights over the past 35 years. The court, in a 5-4 ruling Monday, struck down as unconstitutional Arizona’s public financing system for state elections. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, issued in the final week of […]
Poll: Gov. Perry top pick for GOP nominee among Tea Party
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorThe Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the GOP field, beats other candidates among Tea Party members. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is the top choice of Tea Party supporters for a Republican presidential candidate, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the field […]
Americans Will See if Republicans Are Any Different Than Democrats
/2 Comments/in News /by newseditorSpeculation is running rampant about why House Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out of debt ceiling talks with Democrats. Most of the speculation is credited by pundits to insider maneuvering between Speaker John Boehner and Cantor. The Washington Post reports the debt deal maneuvering this way, “One analysis of the House GOP right now is […]
Is ‘evidence’ of crimes erased before our eyes?
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorThe legal complaint by a U.S.-based Islamic lobby group asking a federal judge to expunge all copies of a best-selling exposé that documents the group’s terrorist ties is an attempt to eliminate evidence that could lead to criminal prosecution, according to a lawyer defending a co-author of the book. Daniel Horowitz, who represents “Muslim Mafia” […]
Gay marriage passes in New York: Welcome to East California
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorNew York State now allows gay marriage. Make no mistake: this is a defeat for the preservation of America as we know it. It is a bright red warning light to every American who loves our country just as she is; and there is no turning back now. Fools and fence sitters take note: Citizenship […]
Geithner: Taxes on ‘Small Business’ Must Rise So Government Doesn’t ‘Shrink’
/4 Comments/in News /by newseditorTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Small Business Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration believes taxes on small business must increase so the administration does not have to “shrink the overall size of government programs.” The administration’s plan to raise the tax rate on small businesses is part of its plan to raise […]
Rasmussen: Tea Party Vote Could Kill GOP
/4 Comments/in News /by newseditorTea party candidates could undermine Republicans in congressional races so severely that Democrats could win many of those contests, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey. In a three-way congressional contest with a tea party candidate on the ballot, the Democrat could pick up 40 percent of the vote. The Republican would get 21 […]
Think Washington acting like royalty? Here’s proof
/4 Comments/in News /by newseditorThe U.S. Department of Justice is claiming power and authority beyond even what the kings of England held in a case involving private “Liberty Dollar” coins that were offered to individuals who wanted them for investing or for exchanging for goods and services, according to a “friend-of-the-court” legal brief. The case is against Bernard Von […]
Golfing While the Constitution Burns
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorWhen Barack Obama and John Boehner played golf this weekend, they played on the same team. How appropriate. Barack Obama has violated the Constitution’s war-making power – reserved by Article I, Section 8, to Congress – from the moment he sent American troops into harm’s way without Congressional approval. He has been violating the War […]
Issa staffer: Gunrunner investigation points much higher than ATF director
/2 Comments/in News /by newseditorA spokesman for House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller the congressman expects his investigations into the Justice Department’s gun walking programs to point to a much higher political appointee than acting ATF director Kenneth Melson. Melson is widely expected to resign some time in the next couple of days in the […]
Panetta’s War on Reagan’s Defense Policies
/2 Comments/in News /by newseditorSenate conservatives proudly call themselves “Reagan Republicans” because of Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength” military policies. But in Leon Panetta, whose nomination comes up for a full Senate vote for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, they are being asked to endorse a man whose Congressional career was dedicated to fighting Reagan’s defense build-up and anti-communist policies. […]
Where’s The “Science Story of the Century?”
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorIs it the “Science Story of the Century” or the best kept American media secret of the year? Just-announced heavyweight new studies from the U.S. National Solar Observatory tell us to expect a long quiet period for the sun—and decades of cooler global temperatures. The Register in London headlined, “Earth may be headed into a […]
White House loosens border rules for 2012
/2 Comments/in News /by newseditorPresident Barack Obama’s administration is quietly offering a quasi-amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants aiming to win reelection by mobilizing a wave of new Hispanic voters without alienating the populous at large, say supporters of stronger immigration law enforcement. The new rules were quietly announced Friday with a new memo from top officials […]
Death of the Duopoly
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorNothing in American life today seems as archaic, ubiquitous and immovable as the Republican and Democratic parties. The two 19th-century political groupings divide up the spoils of a combined $6.4 trillion that is extracted eachyear from taxpayers at the federal, state, county and municipal levels. Though rhetorically and theoretically atodds with one another, the two […]
Short debt limit hike possible: McConnell
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorCongress and the White House could raise the debt limit for a few months while they seek a comprehensive, long-term budget deal, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. The Obama administration has warned it will run out of money to pay the nation’s bills if Congress does not raise the $14.3 trillion debt […]
L.A. Times Attacks Palin Because She Isn’t a Thief, Liar, Pervert or Criminal
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorAnyone not convinced of the abject terror Sarah Palin instills in members of the American media needs only read the brief, L.A. Times reflection on the former Governor’s released emails. A number of media outlets filed Freedom of Information Requests demanding the release of Governor Palin’s emails upon her acceptance of John McCain’s VP offer […]
Tea Party Caucus Leads GOP Charge Against Budget Crisis
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorThe 2010 landslide election saw a revitalized Republican Party win 64 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives on a platform that rejected the fiscal policies of the Democratically controlled 111th Congress. One attention-grabbing key to this success was a new political force: the Tea Party. More than a few pundits were skeptical about how […]
Romney is What’s Wrong With the Republican Party
/1 Comment/in News /by newseditorReading Al Gore’s comments on Mitt Romney we were reminded of all of the reason’s we don’t trust the man: “Good for Mitt Romney though we’ve long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis. While other Republicans are running from the truth, he is sticking to his guns in the […]
Rick Perry’s Moment
/0 Comments/in News /by newseditorSuccess in national politics almost always comes down to timing. Running for president is a deeply personal decision, because it requires unparalleled discipline and endurance, a wildly unreasonable invasion of privacy, and, as Gov. Haley Barbour (R., Miss.) has pointed out, a willingness to make a ten-year personal and family commitment. The Republican primary field […]