Be Sure What You Believe
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 21st at 04:49 AM |
I get asked all the time what tea party activists need to do to become more effective in the fight for freedom. Without hesitation, I say tea party activists need to be sure what they believe. What I mean is simple — it is one thing to have read the constitution and quite another to understand why the founding fathers did what they did and | Read More »
A Real Tea Party Worthy Amendment to the Constitution
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 4th at 10:47 AM |
Some of you may have already seen their op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, but three conservatives in the House, Congressmen Jeb Hensarling (TX), Mike Pence (IN), and John Campbell (CA) introduced a constitutional amendment today to control spending by limiting it to one-fifth of the economy. The Spending Limit Amendment would keep spending as a percentage of GDP at the historical average since World | Read More »
Your Constitution Day Open Thread
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | September 17th at 08:20 AM |
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Irony of Barack Obama’s Speech
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | May 21st at 11:56 AM |
Let’s ignore, for a moment, that he introduced his Defense Secretary as William Gates. Barack Obama has been out for over a year claiming George Bush was destroying the constitution. Today, Barack Obama stood in front of the real, physical constitution in the National Archives with bright lights shining on the constitution. Anyone who has been there knows that they won’t even let you have | Read More »