As Chief Justice John Marshall said in a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1817 . . . The power to tax is the power to destroy. The National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius decision was as unexpected as it was wrong. There was much speculation that Chief Justice John Roberts might join with a liberal majority upholding Obamacare if Justice Anthony Kennedy were to | Read More »
For those who have written-off the TEA party as having lost influence or worse yet, dead, will have their first real test coming up in a few weeks. Not long ago, Orrin Hatch, the long-time senator from Utah, was narrowly prevented from walking away with the GOP nomination when the TEA party prevented him from achieving 60 percent of the vote at the state’s nominating | Read More »
First off, I’d like to say that last night’s GOP debate was the most entertaining yet. I think it is important that primary debates be substantive and that the candidates challenge each other on their weaknesses. This is how the candidates, which (hopefully) includes the eventual nominee, improve themselves and their responses in preparation for the general election title match. I do take exception, however, | Read More »
Senators Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah have joined forces to advocate a compelling solution to the next major legislative battle over raising the national debt ceiling. Both lawmakers are demanding that any vote to increase the debt ceiling be conditioned on amending the United States Constitution to require that Congress balance the budget. This is not just a sensible permanent | Read More »
If a balanced budget amendment is attached to raising the debt ceiling, the bill will either pass and the amendment will go to the states for ratification (where it will surely succeed), or it will fail and the failure will be at the hands of Democrats in Congress. Either way, it is a victory for the GOP, and especially for conservatives. It is truly amazing | Read More »
Over the past week, nearly 3,000 men and women of the Florida Army National Guard returned to the United States, concluding a yearlong overseas deployment to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. The men and women of Florida’s 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will demobilize at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and are expected to be released from active duty | Read More »
I am getting more and more frustrated when I see conservatives, Republicans and others debating the Democrats on the terms defined by the Democrats, using language set by the Democrats. Guys, language matters. One of the most basic rules of debate is to build subtle assumptions into your statements and arguments that lead your opponent to accept certain premises that benefit your position. The Democrats | Read More »
The U.S. Senate today held hearings on the question of repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) policy enacted and signed into law by former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. These hearings follow the November 30 release by the Pentagon of its long-awaited report on the subject. Today, Senators heard testimony from, among others, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, General Cater F. Ham, and Pentagon | Read More »
I am going to try something new in this diary and I hope it works. I am posting a debate that raged on over the course of about five and a half hours on Facebook between myself (a Floridian) and two northeast liberals, one of whom (Vanessa) is a friend of mine. They are from the New York / New Jersey area. I’ve modified name | Read More »
Democrats are expected to exhibit the symptoms of Palin Rage Syndrome. As conservatives, we battle the disease quite effectively when it rears its ugly head on the other side of the aisle. For example, when Richard Cohen of the Washington Post penned a transparently unabashed snowjob hit piece on ex-governor Sarah Palin, it was swiftly met with a two-by-four to the face by Lori Ziganto. | Read More »
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