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Barack Obama Sucks at Being Commander In Chief; Cry if you want to...It is what it is!!

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:43 +0000

newsninja2012 (Diary)
Drip, drip, drip. It’s just a matter of time. The more lies that they use to cover the old lies, the more this whole mess will escalate into his impeachment or resignation. Or at the very least, the destruction of the Democratic party in the mid terms. that’s why some of the Dems are trying to distance themselves from this traitor but it’s too late. | Read More »

The Paleocons are Right! Neoconservatives are Ruining the Republican Party!

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:01:18 +0000

rightist14 (Diary)
Did you know that the first Neoconservatives in the Republican Party were former liberals from the Democratic Party? Yup it’s true! Back in the early 1970’s towards the end of the Vietnam War some liberals defected from the Democratic Party and came and set up shop in the Republican Party. They gained some influence during the Reagan years and now they run the party. Back during | Read More »

The Watercooler ~ Black State Senator Leaves Dems and Explains, "Why I Am A Rupublican"

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:00 +0000

westcoastpatriette (Diary)
Had to pass on this video. Could it be that the blacks are finally opening their eyes and realizing that the Democrat Party in America has always historically been their worst enemy? And could it be that our first black president — Barack Hussain Obama — helped wake up the blacks by embarrassing them as they watched the most radical liberal push them further into | Read More »

No Ruby in the Rough

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:35 +0000

sisyphusx (Diary)
I am informed by a certain Senator’s spokespeople that American workers are unworthy of employment, and a means must be arranged to replace them. From Mickey Kaus at the Daily Caller, quoting a Rubio staffer: There’s a reason unemployed Americans are unemployed. They aren’t star performers. Screw ‘em. We’re bringing in workers from abroad! As recently as CPAC 2013, Rubio was riding high. He gave | Read More »

Homosexual boys are not the problem with Scouting; the homosexual lobby is

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:13:52 +0000

ohiohistorian (Diary)
I have the greatest respect for Erick Erickson (“k” added 6/18/2013 thank you stevemaley), but consider him wrongheaded on this whole change in Scouting policy (http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/24/i-have-no-problem-with-the-scouts-decision/,http://www.redstate.com/2013/06/08/a-faith-to-stand-firm/). I have responded to both of Erick’s post on this subject and have taken some of the the slings and arrows of others who agree with Erick. I will congratulate all that they are posting as responsible thinkers and | Read More »

Gang of 8 immigration bill support falling, Harry Reid is now in an anxious push to pass it (Update: CBO comes out with a "rosy" projection, Thune amendment shot down)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:40:30 +0000

RealQuiet (Diary)
Telling? With a new poll showing falling support for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced an accelerated schedule in which the Senate would take a final, up-or-down vote on passing the bill by the end of next week. “I’m just telling everybody that we’re going to either file cloture on this on Friday or Saturday or | Read More »

Why I’m a Conservative and Why You Should Be Too

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:28:41 +0000

Matthew Clark (Diary)
When explained in a straightforward succinct manner, conservative ideas are at their base, commonsense. They resonate with Americans and speak to our core values as a nation - our yearning for freedom as individuals and demand for responsible government as a society. Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory recently did just this.

Our Nation's Wake Up Call

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:53:40 +0000

Rep. Tom McClintock (Diary)
Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) delivered the following remarks on the House floor regarding government seizing of phone and internet records: Our Nation’s Wake Up Call June 18, 2013 Mr. Speaker: In the early 1760’s the Royal Governor of Massachusetts began issuing “writs of assistance” as general warrants to search for contraband. They empowered officials to search indiscriminately for evidence of smuggling. These warrants were challenged | Read More »

Go Viral: We Are The NSA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:39:08 +0000

Michael Harrington (Diary)
Ladies and Gentlemen the NSA is intruding in our lives with surveilance. The average low information person has no clue, and others such as Google’s Larry Page embrace it. It is time to make people think, to keep this on the horizon of the public FOREVER! Here is how we ALL become a weapon against warrantless wiretaps. Rename your wireless routers and other wifi devices. | Read More »

New Mexico politics: A different standard for Attorney General King than Governor Martinez

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:30:29 +0000

Politix Fireball (Diary)
New Mexico Attorney General (aka Aspiring Governor) Gary King stated earlier this year, if documents make there way to his office and they are not prohibited from release to the public by state law, then they are a public record subject to the normal Inspection of Public Record Act (IPRA). Explaining his office’s procedures on New Mexico in Focus AG Gary King said, “I tell | Read More »

What You Need to Know as the Fed Gets Ready to Taper its Stimulus: Advice from Expert Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:50 +0000

Chris Versace (Diary)
Ever since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the U.S. central bank could begin tapering its stimulating efforts, volatility returned to the stock market. There has been much discussion about when and how the Fed will deal with the sugar stimulus-addicted economy. The concern is if the Fed acts too quickly, much like a child on too much sugar, it will crash. This concern has | Read More »

OFA Draws 3 To Anti-Gun Rally

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:21:11 +0000

Matt Vespa (Diary)
Last Friday, Organizing for Action exploited the six-month anniversary of the Newtown shooting. They mobilized their supporters for a series of anti-gun rallies across the country. In San Bernardino, that call to action was answered by three people. Ryan Hagen of the Sun, a local paper, wrote on June 14 about the failed rally. On Flag Day growing up, I used to always wave a flag with | Read More »

Why It Looks Like Donald Trump Is Really Running For President in 2016

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:55:50 +0000

Myra Adams (Diary)
All signs point to “The Donald” making a run for the White House in 2016 and in a nutshell this is his message, “Republicans need to pick the right person for the next cycle.” So expect his bumper sticker to read something like, “Trump is right,” and let’s examine some recent media reports leading one to conclude that Trump is “right now” laying the groundwork | Read More »

10 Questions for Obama’s Nominee to Chair FCC

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:30:30 +0000

techfreedom (Diary)
From the diaries by Neil...

Today, the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing (at 2:30 EDT) on President Obama’s nomination of venture capitalist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman (hashtag: #FCC). As we progress into an increasingly digital economy, the FCC will play a central role in determining the size and scope of government in our lives. Here are the top ten questions Senators should ask Wheeler:

Terminate The Ex-Im Bank’s Charter

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:14 +0000

Stephen DeMaura (Diary)
Last week, Senator Mike Lee and Representative Justin Amash proposed legislation that would repeal the Export-Import Bank in its entirety. As Senator Lee stated, “The Ex-Im Bank has outlived its usefulness … It’s time to end the Bank’s market distortion and political cronyism.” This is a smart observation from the Utah Senator – one that many of his colleagues and predecessors have pointed out as | Read More »

June 17th at the Supreme Court

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:07:24 +0000

davenj1 (Diary)
With the term winding down, on Monday the Supreme Court announced five decisions in previously argued cases. With only two sessions (scheduled) days to go, they have yet to release opinions in 14 cases. Of course, the four big cases from this term- affirmative action at the University of Texas, the Voting Rights Act challenge out of Alabama, the Proposition 8 gay marriage case out | Read More »

Farm Bill: After Three Failed Decades of No Reform, Isn’t it Time to Try A Different Approach?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:49 +0000

Seton Motley (Diary)
Unwinding the government’s crop protectionism regime has been a 30+ year-long nightmare mess. We who wish to make it all go away have in that time gotten absolutely nowhere in our attempts to do so. A political numbers-reality has existed throughout that has made progress impossible. Nearly every Democrat will always be for just about any government program – of course including crop subsidies. On | Read More »

NJ Police to search papers and effects without a warrant?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:15:50 +0000

Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)
Infringements on the Fourth Amendment seem to be becoming the norm in our age, yet most of the greatest offenses seem to be either without or knowledge or against citizens involved in criminal activity. But the New Jersey state legislature is currently considering a bill that would require participants in automobile accidents to hand over their telephones with cause. The situation would arise when anyone | Read More »

My Changing Views on Snowden: Who the Real Heroes Are In the NSA Whistleblowing Case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:51:07 +0000

runner12 (Diary)
When the story first broke that Edward Snowden had leaked information regarding the NSA and their metadata gathering program, strong opinions were voiced by many on both the Left and the Right. Some instantly declared him a traitor, others a hero. I was skeptical of both claims, given the complexity of the situation. So rather than accept one view or the other from a second-hand | Read More »

Harry Chapin and Common Core

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:33 +0000

Joe Cunningham (Diary)
If you are asking who Harry Chapin is, I don’t think we can be friends anymore. And don’t you dare give me this “It was before my time” thing because so was George Washington, but I bet you know all about him, right? Chapin, a folk singer and (in my opinion) one of the best lyricists to grace us with his words, wrote many songs we | Read More »

21 Weeks, 6 Days and Still Not A Human?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:40 +0000

R. Clayton Strang (Diary)
This piece was first posted by this author on Life of the Party, a pro-life organization in Washington State. Please visit their website to learn more about them. Success! Finally, Congress is banning abortion! This is a great victory! Let’s all relax and go home, folks. What am I talking about, you ask? Why, the ban on abortions after 22 weeks that was passed | Read More »

Insurance Premiums For Single Women Double In CA

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:04:18 +0000

Dana Loesch (Diary)
War on women much? … many Americans face substantial increases in their health insurance premiums. Much of the debate has focused on young men, the “bros” who will bear the brunt of Obamacare’s rate hikes. But in California, women and men will see equally high jumps in the underlying cost of individual-market premiums. This is because the Golden State already bars insurers from charging different | Read More »

Father's Day Optimism on Politics

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:12:07 +0000

huizingadanny (Diary)
Every Father’s Day, I remember one distinct childhood memory that has guided me for the rest of my life. I was complaining about something trivial. My mom, stopping me, asked me one of the most memorable questions I have ever been asked. “Think about your dad,” she said. “Have you ever heard him complain about anything?” I was stunned. I could not call to mind | Read More »

NSA, FBI, IRS and the 4th Amendment: Why freedom matters…

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:49:29 +0000

imperfectamerica (Diary)
I remember once when I was in college I took a trip home to the DC metro area with my girlfriend. She and I went to the movies not far from where my mother lived in a rather rough part of town called Capitol Heights, MD. I have no idea what we saw. I do however remember that we had a terrible time, and it | Read More »

Why Is Marco Rubio Running From The Truth Spoken By One Of His Aides?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:32 +0000

tomjeffersonsghost (Diary)
One of the arguments for embracing a more comprehensive approach to illegal immigration is the idea that many natural born American citizens simply will not lower themselves to apply for and or work the kinds of “low-wage” jobs that immigrants from South America have been all too willing to accept. This has been argued from both sides of this long winded and politically exploited debate | Read More »

Insanity: The Liberal Approach

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:23:20 +0000

thosecrazyliberals (Diary)
In California, the push is once again on to do “something” about gun violence. After a shooting rampage in Santa Monica that left numerous people dead, it is now widely reported that the suspect was carrying close to 1,300 rounds of ammunition, and close to 40 so-called “high capacity” magazines. In the wake of this massacre, the state’s liberal lawmakers are at it again, proposing | Read More »

The GOP Death Spiral Is To Follow Lindsey Graham

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:49:34 +0000

Ulysses Arn (Diary)
Sen. Lindsey Graham South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is of the opinion that to defeat his Gang of 8 amnesty plan for immigration reform will lead to a death spiral for the Republican Party. Graham said on NBC’s Meet The Press, “After eight years of President Obama’s economic policies, and quite frankly foreign policy, people are going to be looking around,” he said. “But if | Read More »

RedState Thought Leader: American Sugar Policy

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:09:51 +0000

events (Diary)
Zero for Zero, the first of RedState’s Thought Leader Events featured brief reception followed with a panel discussion led by RedState Editor-In-Chief, Erick Erickson. Panelists included: Rep. Jeff Landry (R-LA) Larry Hart, Gov. Affairs Director, American Conservative Union Ryan Weston, Chairman, American Sugar Alliance What is the future of domestic sugar policy? Subsidies around the globe have made sugar the word’s most distorted commodity market. How do these subsidies | Read More »

Abolished Planetarium Placed Under The Microscope

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:17:14 +0000

FMeekins (Diary)
According to the 4/2/10 edition of the Washington Post, a number of school districts are on the verge of closing down their planetariums. Planetariums are structures where images of the stellar skies are recreated using assorted audio visual equipment. Educational administrators claim that, in this era of limited budgetary resources, it costs too much to make the technological enhancements necessary to ensure a similar wow | Read More »

Domestic Terrorism in Wisconsin

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:41 +0000

Brian Fraley (Diary)
There’s trouble brewing in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. It’s already ugly and a lot of us fear it’s going to get a lot worse. At issue is a proposed iron mine that is in the early permitting process. It took a hard fought legislative victory to even get to the point where state-mandating testing could take place. But now the mere presence of miners in the Badger | Read More »

Brief and Direct: How Can Our Favorites Fall from Grace So Fast?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:26:15 +0000

Flagstaff (Diary)
From an answer to another RedState poster (with an edit at the end): To answer you straight, a reason conservatives have a hair trigger when it comes to their elected favorites is that it matters so much. If you are a member of a sizable majority, the occasional defection for whatever reason can make no difference at all; it can be understood as a tactical | Read More »

Mr. Hogan

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:00:16 +0000

hogan (Diary)
Readers of RedState may know that I was a regular front-page contributor for a while before life, circumstance and the good Lord took me, and my place in our larger fight for freedom and in defense of the American way of life to different places. I remain an active reader – and, shall we say, facilitator for other writers. Many have wondered why I write | Read More »

Irving Berlin was, well, absolutely 100% "right"....

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:11:58 +0000

gawken (Diary)
Bill S. has an interesting front page diary…”Our New National Anthem…..” which most of your have hopefully read. And apropos of that headline, I thought you’d all enjoy this fascinating footnote about “God Bless America,” which many believe is our “de facto” anthem. Much of the story is well known. How Irving Berlin wrote it during WW I, didn’t think much of it, stuck it | Read More »

Iran looks to replace MembersOnlyJacket-ijad with latest "reform" puppet

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:46:14 +0000

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)
The latest apocalyptic, Islamist ruling-Mullahs-approved candidate for president may replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (non-affectionately referred to by us as MembersOnlyJacket-ijad) as the face of the terrorist nation of Iran to the world. All candidates appearing on the ballot for the post as head-puppet of the Seventh-Imam-seeking regime of radical Islamist clerics must first pass the clerics’ radical litmus tests before Iranians get to vote on Tweedledums, Tweedledees | Read More »

A Father's Day Letter to Putin

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:03:41 +0000

alexcortes (Diary)
Dear President Putin, Happy Father’s Day. Today you wake up with your two children and I’m sure you will express your love to them and they to you. Elsewhere in your country, a lonely boy wakes up in his orphanage and thinks of his two fathers, neither of them there—one by choice and the other not by choice at all. This child wonders why his | Read More »

Part 1 - Unprecedentedly Corrupt

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:10:08 +0000

ntrepid (Diary)
Nine days in to the American Heartland and back by car now ended, it is time to return from a very, very disconnected state to my (now normal) very disconnected state. Aside from quick daily updates from Drudge-Instapundit-Redstate-Ricochet…following few links and even fewer comments (at Ricochet – the only place I bother to do so anymore – sorry Redsate)… my limited free time has been | Read More »

The Liberty of Risk

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:47:45 +0000

alanjoelny (Diary)
Ben Casselman penned a thoughtful piece last week in the WSJ which documented the decline of risk-taking in business ventures. Hard data show that both the number of new companies and the use of venture capital is waning. And this downward trend is a major contributor to the fact that the recovery from the recent recession is so painfully slow and anemic. Casselman goes on | Read More »

GOPwrite.com's "Factcheck" on Nancy Mace demolished

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:34:43 +0000

freedomrepublican (Diary)
The anonymous author over at GOPwrite.com recently came out with a laughable “Factcheck” on the claims Nancy Mace made in her RedState post titled “Lindsey Graham’s World”. The author starts off with hearsay in the introduction: It’s worth noting that Mace couldn’t get any South Carolina based website or publication to publish her drivel. Perhaps she specifically sought out RedState because it is one of | Read More »

The Leviathan: Protecting its interest

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:36:41 +0000

RottDawg (Diary)
What is the Leviathan? “The Leviathan” is a book by Thomas Hobbes (1660). Any book can be read and interpreted differently depending on the perspective of those who choose to chew on the words within. But for me, Hobbes’ “Leviathan” may be just as pertinent (if not more) than “1984″. Hobbes’ “Leviathan” spawned an early consideration and theory that has become known as “Hobbesian Theory” | Read More »

Will Sarah Palin’s Return to Fox News Help Tea Party and Conservatives

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:28:15 +0000

kfobbs (Diary)
It does matter whether if a father in Colorado who is battling for gun rights through his right to free speech. It does matter if a mother like Julie Mosher Prince founder of Conservatives Warriors in Lorain County, Ohio proudly states, “Conservative isn’t just a word,” there is a refreshed conservative sea change occurring. Sarah Palin continued presence and return to Fox News represents Act II of the conservative movement America is embracing. Can this be a Reagan-like redux?

The Enemy of my Enemy is Probably Still My Enemy

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:51:32 +0000

grumpyKoz (Diary)
So we read (linked from Drudge) the following: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57589252/u.s.-syria-used-chemical-weapons-crossing-red-line/ “The president has made a decision about providing more support to the opposition that will involve providing direct support to the [Supreme Military Council]. That includes military support,” I don’t agree with this action, but hey, I am just one of the American Rebels. Then we read (link from Drudge) a little farther down the page: | Read More »

Democrat Fools on al Qaeda's Syrian Hill

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:29:20 +0000

gsandlapper1 (Diary)
Bill Clinton says jump and Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama’s administration asks, how high? [Former President] Bill Clinton told Sen. John McCain he agrees that President Barack Obama should act more forcefully to support anti-Assad rebels in Syria, saying the American public elects presidents and members of Congress “to see down the road” and “to win.” At another point during a closed-press event Tuesday, Clinton implied that Obama or any president | Read More »

Mitt Romney still doesn't understand why he lost the election

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:40:37 +0000

Dean Chambers (Diary)
Mitt Romeny is still totally clueless when it comes to the issue of understanding just exactly how and why he lost the election. The Romney campaign was a combination of the same old RINO loser campaign consultants that managed all the other losing GOP campaigns as well as some other amateurs he brought in that understood little more than his inside-the-beltway RINO consultants. The result | Read More »

The "Consider This!" Podcast, Episode 44, The One-Year Anniversary: What Edward Snowden's Revelations Really Reveal About Government

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:09:47 +0000

Doug Payton (Diary)
The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. It’s the one-year anniversary of Consider This! Just seems like yesterday it was getting off the ground. They grow up so fast. And since it’s a special occasion, I hope you won’t mind that my usual 10-minute-or-less podcast nearly hit 13 minutes! Edward Snowden, via Glenn Greenwald, brought a few things about | Read More »

Warning to Gun Owners - "Big Brother" is Watching

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:05:02 +0000

cmndr45 (Diary)
The emerging scandals surrounding the abuse of power by a growing number of government agencies should send chills down the spines of every gun owner in America. After all, if there is any group likely in the sights of those who wish to restrict the rights of Americans, it would be gun owners. And gun ownership is soaring. Gregory Gwyn-Williams at CNS News noted the | Read More »

Benefits.gov: Your Source for Other People's Money

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:51:26 +0000

jayp (Diary)
Benefits.gov describes its mission as: Benefits.gov (formerly GovBenefits.gov) was launched in an effort to provide citizens with easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs. Eight years after its initial launch, GovBenefits.gov underwent a major redesign and became Benefits.gov. However, the program’s mission remains the same: reduce the expense and difficulty of interacting with the government while increasing citizen access to government benefit information. | Read More »

Obama's 1984

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:11:56 +0000

RightinSanFrancisco (Diary)
Only partisans and ideologues are not conflicted about the intelligence community’s domestic spying program and the trade-off between security and liberty. Four basic questions deserve attention: 1. What is going on? - The National Security Agency has been making a record of virtually all telephone calls in the United States – number, duration, origin and destination – in a program whose roots reach back to | Read More »

Splintered GOP Makes for Strange Immigration Bedfellows

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:22:44 +0000

Mike Mulraney (Diary)
Starting next week the Gang of Eight immigration reform will be debated before the United States Senate. Front and center in that debate will be presumptive Republican Presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has become a lightning rod of controversy. Rubio has gone from conservative darling and the future of the party to drawing the ire of conservatives across the country all because of | Read More »

And they want to know why Hollywood is dying.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:13:56 +0000

Lee Hempfling (Diary)
Used to be: back before what was going on in the background, became more important than what was going on with the artists; that movies were good. George Lucas said: “The pathway to get into theaters is really getting smaller and smaller.” Steven Spielberg stated: “There’s going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen megabudget movies are going to | Read More »

GOP-Stuck in The Middle

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:53:13 +0000

Dave Emanuel (Diary)
While a significant portion of the population is marching to the political left, in many sections of the country, running as a Republican is viewed as a requirement for being elected to political office. Hence the appearance of RINOs- Republicans In Name Only—within the GOP. Although RINOs purport to embrace a conservative view of the role of government, their true beliefs align more closely with | Read More »

Rush Orders: Why the Republicans Support Immigration Reform

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:41:34 +0000

ArchTriumph (Diary)
Rush let me explain to you what’s going on. You’ve asked for help multiple times today. I think you are playing possum. But for the sake of argument I will help you out. In your opening monologue today you kept saying that you don’t understand what the Republicans are doing when it comes to this Immigration Reform bill. Don’t you know who you are dealing | Read More »

Lindsey Graham wants to ban constitutionalists from government security positions

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:20:13 +0000

Superfluous Man (Diary)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/06/12/lindsey_graham_doesn_t_think_donating_to_ron_paul_should_disqualify_you.html At the above link, Dave Weigel reports: “The key quote-monger in the story is Sen. Lindsey Graham, who firmly believes that ‘the world is the battlefield’ in the great war on terror, and who is willing to go to some lengths to prosecute Snowden and Snowden-alikes. He wondered whether young ‘libertarian’ types could be trusted to serve in classified positions when they proved that | Read More »

BIG BRObama Forbids "Snooping" In Radicalized Mosques

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:33:29 +0000

Ausonius (Diary)
Basically this diary wants to call your attention to an excellent, but as yet not well known editorial, in the June 12, 2013 Investor’s Business Daily. Have you ever heard of the Sensitive Operations Review Committee in the justice Department? …the government’s sweeping surveillance of our most private communications excludes the jihad factories where homegrown terrorists are radicalized. Since October 2011, mosques have been off-limits | Read More »

A conservative approach to higher education

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:04:56 +0000

jfpurdue01 (Diary)
Check out the video below with former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who is now the President of Purdue University. Just another reason we need more conservatives in higher education. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-daily-rundown/52179788

Obama 'Strongly Objects' to Religious Liberty Amendment

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:51:06 +0000

toddstarnes (Diary)
The Obama Administration “strongly objects” to a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have protected the religious rights of soldiers – including evangelical Christian service members who are facing growing hostility towards their religion. The amendment was authored by Rep. John Fleming, R-La. It would have “required the Armed Forces to accommodate ‘actions and speech’ reflecting the conscience, moral, principles or | Read More »

Delaware Governor Jack Markell Gets It Wrong on Common Core. Again.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:43:11 +0000

freedomworks (Diary)
Upon reading last Sunday’s Washington Post opinion column written by Delaware Governor Jack Markell, titled, “The tea party is wrong on the Common Core curriculum,” I was floored at the abundance of inaccuracies and lies by omission. To date, 45 states have adopted Common Core Standards- in exchange for the opportunity to receive federal stimulus dollars. In the private sector, we call this a “bribe.” | Read More »

11 Million Who? Connecting Immigration Reform to Big Government Eyes and Ears

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:31:10 +0000

checkmate2012 (Diary)
In a very strange presser to sell O’care last week, the president told us that no one is listening to conversations of everyday Americans after we discovered that 100,000,000 citizen’s domestic VZ phone records were collected for no apparent reason. The hypocrite told us it’s for our own good since it helps stop terrorists like the Boston brothers and the shoe bomber…oops, they didn’t stop either one. Citizens, not government, | Read More »

Welcome to AMERICAN CULTURE

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:39:02 +0000

Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher (Diary)
As Americans, it’s fair to say that we find ourselves not just in times of uncertainty, but many of us wake up every day to find a little bit more of our culture, our way of life, perhaps the American Dream itself disappearing before our eyes. There’s no shame in admitting that it’s scary. The ideals that our Founding Fathers so brilliantly put forth in | Read More »

ObamaCare blowing up in Kentucky

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:54:54 +0000

davidadamsinky (Diary)
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s attempt to ram ObamaCare down the throats of an electorate who rejected Barack Obama resoundingly twice is, unsurprisingly, not going well. Internal chaos at the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, the Department of Insurance, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the Kentucky Democratic Party is masked only superficially by bureaucratic purring about how great ObamaCare is going to be and | Read More »

Eschatology 101

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:37:02 +0000

Privateer (Diary)
I’ve thought about writing this for a number of years, always putting it off because there were more pressing matters. Maybe that isn’t true anymore. One of many interesting conversations I had while attending the Montana GOP convention in Bozeman last weekend revolved around messaging. I observed, as I have on a number of other occasions, that conservatives by nature are not activists. Activism runs | Read More »

Someone needs to explain to this State Senator why her party has no input

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:53:16 +0000

midwestconservative (Diary)
I don’t know why but I periodically get emails from Indiana Democratic State Senator Karen Tallian. This most recent one was detailing how Tallian was helping to form this year’s Indiana State Budget. Now there were several problems I had with this, 1) Indiana Republicans have had a Supermajority in the State Senate for quite some time now and in 2010 Republicans gained a Majority in | Read More »

More Than 20 Republican Senators Vote For Cloture On Comprehensive Immigration Reform (UPDATE: Roll call added)

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:34:42 +0000

ConservativeWanderer (Diary)
The fact that these RINOs (yes, I used that term, even for Tea Party favorite Rand Paul) are voting for a bill that Politico calls a “bonanza for Democrats” shows just how far the GOP has come from its conservative roots. Remember these names: McConnell and Sens. John Cornyn (Texas), Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Deb Fischer (Neb.), Rob Portman (Ohio), John Thune (S.D.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), | Read More »

FISA Courts

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:16:49 +0000

greytoothe (Diary)
I got bored last night and sat down to read FISA and the FISA Amendments of 2008. One thing that struck me. The law disallows a warrant by the FISA court if both communicants are in the USA. That’s right, one of the people in communication has to be out-of-country. The law also requires that the warrant be for a specified person. So how Is | Read More »

The Trouble Isn't With NSA Spying On Us

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:11:49 +0000

Cheetah772 (Diary)
It’s good for us to revisit the issue of balancing between preserving our cherished civil liberties and the need for security measures in order to safeguard peace for Americans. If we don’t revisit the issue now and again, it will mean we’re complacent and take the civil liberties for granted. We shouldn’t take anything for granted. But this diary isn’t about Edward Snowden or NSA | Read More »

Sen. Mark Pryor Tackles The Tough Issues

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:24:21 +0000

Bill Murphy (Diary)
While Washington is awash in scandal and news broke that Democrats wanted the IRS to probe tax-exempt political groups, Mark Pryor is talking about… football… grilling… and his favorite movie. Sounds about right for someone who is looking to hide his liberal voting record from constituents.

Edward Snowden: It’s Not About the Phones.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:15:48 +0000

Sean DeGan (Diary)
From http://conjectureandconsequence.com/ Somewhere in the lower bowels of the intelligence agencies in one of those windowless, florescent lit rooms, human-less and puritan, cleansed of all sense of meaning and so of conscience, an eye strained group of analysts are studiously penetrating a dossier on Edward Snowden, which, in all likelihood, contains every detail of the young man’s life, and are adding details about how it may | Read More »

Messed up Utah primaries Which bad idea do you want

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:28:08 +0000

fredccox (Diary)
It appears the Count My Vote / Buy My Vote Group has decided their idea of bypassing the caucus / convention system was a bad idea. I agree. Now they want to ruin our primary system. If you change the way our Utah primary’s work as they are proposing, you could have two republicans in the general election ballot (or two democrats). Much of the | Read More »

Partisanship: The Tool for Dismantling Liberties

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:45:21 +0000

Paul Dragu (Diary)
Take into consideration the revelations of the last few months and ask yourself: How crazy do Alex Jones, David Icke and G. Edward Griffin seem now? Major media titans have been telling us individuals like the Pauls are paranoid drama queens for saying the government and its many overreaching tentacles are playing out 1984 (as a friend of mine hilariously stated,” I’m in this | Read More »

NSA: Obama's Charlie McCarthy?

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:38:12 +0000

politicalqrm (Diary)
The lid has been blown off of the Obama administration’s misuse of the National Security Agency’s capabilities. This latest scandal has damaged our national security and the intelligence agency’s credibility to the extent that it may take years to recover. The whistleblower, Edward Snowden, who was first a CIA employee, then a contractor with Booz Allen, Hamilton at NSA has come forward saying he was: | Read More »

Thinking Outside the Man-Cave

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:52:44 +0000

belcatar (Diary)
Scandals in the Obama administration popping up so fast that the mainstream media simply doesn’t have the manpower to ignore them all. Most of these scandals are indicative of the culture of unprecedented incompetence, corruption, and vindictiveness, and every American whose IQ is larger than the screen size of their phone ought to be sharpening the pitchforks and getting the torches ready for the next | Read More »

No Smoking Gun

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:22:54 +0000

plumely (Diary)
One interesting thing that Rush Limbaugh pointed out on his show today is that there will never be a smoking gun that will tie Mr. Obama to any of these scandals, with maybe the exception of the IRS scandal due to the White House visitor logs. Deep down, I think we all know this to be true. But his take this morning was very interesting as | Read More »

NSA Appropriate and Necessary Actions

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:29:13 +0000

morstar150 (Diary)
I cannot believe how many people have taken the position that the actions of the NSA, tracking phone calls, e-mails and web searches are appropriate and necessary measures for national security. In a Breitbart article today it was pointed out that there are so many reasons why this is a bad idea. Forget they claim that attacks were thwarted based on these over-reaching intrusive programs. | Read More »

IF NIXON WIRETAPPED A ROOM, and OBAMA A NATION, then the People Are Given an Opportunity

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:41:01 +0000

jamesmpratt (Diary)
“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.” George Orwell’s “1984″ Our thoughts are being recorded. If you are reading this your intents are being scrutinized like light through a PRISM. If you are sharing this, your intention is an action which can be interpreted by government overlords to mean the Clintonian, “Whatever is, is.” Only recently taking the body part scanners | Read More »

Can you hear me now? YES, WE CAN!

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:45:13 +0000

J Fine (Diary)
I thought my redstate friends might enjoy a little 1-minute video I put together over the weekend. Can you hear me now? Obama says: YES, WE CAN!

I Am A Prophetess--I guess.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:03:05 +0000

wag (Diary)
In October, 2007 I published this toon on my blog at RightNation http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?app=blog&blogid=44&showentry=2105 Every time I think I’ve drawn something SO bizarrely out there that it can NEVER come true I amaze myself with my prophetic ability.

What will Seal the Deal against Common Core Standards in GA?

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:34:22 +0000

Cee Marie Hinkle (Diary)
On the Wednesday after Mother’s Day, Governor Nathan Deal (GA-R) seemed to offer mothers, caregivers, and parents of students a belated gift. Deal signed an executive orders statement on Georgia education and Common Core. The Governor appeared to affirm state and local BoE controls over Georgia school standards and curriculum. His May 15th executive order wording seemed a slap down of the notion that his | Read More »

New Dairy Supply Management Program Must Stop

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:10:02 +0000

Bob Goodlatte (Diary)
Free markets in the Western world today are created and driven by one basic philosophy – that decisions about production and manufacturing may be made by a business, but ultimately their success or failure is determined by the marketplace. Supply and demand still rule in free markets, as they should. The United States has a long tradition of supporting free markets and open competition in | Read More »

Get Ready to Welcome our Newest State...North Colorado! Secession talks getting underway.

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:16:32 +0000

tngal (Diary)
“This is not a stunt. This is a very serious deliberative discussion that’s going on.” That’s the word from Weld County Colorado Commissioner Sean Conway. Apparently, the northern counties are strong in agriculture and energy, but over regulation in the energy industry is causing problems for the nor-Cols and they’re not getting a lot of support from the dem leaders in the legislature or the Governor’s | Read More »

CFBP, Protect Us From State Lotteries

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:01:27 +0000

pweldon (Diary)
The recently formed Consumer Protection Bureau (CFBP) has regulations concerning disclosures on bank teller machines, Loan Originator Compensation Requirements, and credit card fees, among many others. Isn’t it about time that those purchasing lottery tickets had the same protections?! By God! I recently filed the following complaint with CFPB here (its the only complaint category that seems to apply) on behalf of those who buy | Read More »

Immigration and Immigration Reform with former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:55 +0000

Chris Versace (Diary)
As you know, there is a lot going on in the press these days — with the IRS targeting conservatives, federal officials scandalously obtaining the phone records of AP journalists and the killing of four Americans by terrorists at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, to name a few. Another key concern is immigration and immigration reform. Joining me this week on PowerTalk to sort | Read More »