By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  May 15th at 08:18 PM  | 

Seven Democratic senators on Monday urged the IRS to crack down on groups that organize as nonprofits only to engage in politics — an effort targeted at conservative groups they believe are abusing the law. Signing the letter were Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Tom Udall of New Mexico, Jeanne Shaheen | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  May 14th at 11:57 PM  | 

The New Mexico Democratic Party supports Occupy I have been acquainted with Occupy New Mexico for some time.  The first time I heard of the movement was when the occupy movement started and I ran into an interesting piece which tied ONM to the Democrat Party of New Mexico.  Granted there are many in the occupy movement who are not Democrats, but there are many | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  April 26th at 07:07 PM  | 

While gun-toting conservatives and libertarians are often portrayed as fanatical this guy is a leftist doing what conservatives are often accused of being– a nuisance and an abuser of free speech.  The protester in this video showed up at a gathering of patriot gun owners in southern New Mexico and attempted to disrupt the event with obscene gestures, profanity and a violence streak all while | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  April 25th at 09:22 AM  | 

Free speech is one of the most powerful things that makes our nation great– it is guaranteed by our Constitution’s Bill of Rights specifically in the first amendment which reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  April 8th at 02:20 PM  | 

Today was the passing of Lady Margaret Thatcher former Prime Minister of England.  Lady Thatcher lived a long life (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013) and will be remembered as one of England’s greatest Prime Ministers for modern times.  Her fight against Communism and Socialism beside our great president Ronald Reagan has forever endeared her to many in the United States. This video, which I | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  April 5th at 09:18 PM  | 

Wednesday April 5, 2013, while speaking at the Denver Police Academy during his visit to Colorado, President Barack Obama made an interesting statement: “The opponents of some of these common sense laws have ginned up fears among responsible gun owners that have nothing to do with what is being proposed- nothing to do with the facts, but feeds into this suspicion about government.   You hear | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  March 29th at 04:22 PM  | 

What is marriage?  As traditionally defined: mar·riage – [mar-ij] – noun 1. A.  The social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc. As the Bible has said: “But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  March 27th at 04:32 PM  | 

After this week’s blogposts about the Santa Fe New Mexican censoring me out of their article on social media and New Mexico’s 2013 legislative session.  I finally have received answers which are half-satisfactory! Yesterday I explained here how the Occupy movement pestered Julie Ann Grimm after it was not included in the article, which likely had something to do with his/her lack of response to | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  March 26th at 01:42 PM  | 

After the Santa Fe New Mexican printed an article last week detailing the important role which social media played in the 2013 legislative session a nice edit job by the article’s author Julie Ann Grimm was made in the online edition on Tuesday afternoon (March 19).  As can be seen here, the current edition does not include the paragraph below: Breaking the mold are the | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  March 25th at 12:32 PM  | 

Monday afternoon I received an email from a reporter of the Santa Fe New Mexican.  The email read in part: I’m doing a story about the role of social media in the recent New Mexico legislative session and would like to interview the person in charge of your Twitter updates regarding NM. IF you are interested, please call me ASAP at (505) 986-3017. Thanks. Julie | Read More »