By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  January 31st at 12:28 AM  | 

By Ed Willing In light of the recent buzz surrounding Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke’s radio PSA on gun safety and crime-prevention, other local sheriffs have been brought into the mainstream with their own opinions. While a few law enforcement officers are vociferously opposed to the PSA and have thrown partisan attack jabs at the Milwaukee Sheriff, most have been supportive. One such local Sheriff | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  December 19th at 02:40 PM  | 

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory, and might I add, nor the bullet for its swift precision. I love only that which they defend.” – J.R.R. Tolkien The gun-control debate is once again on the front burner, as always, following a tragic media-gasm. Diane Feinstein is back to calling | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  November 18th at 12:37 AM  | 

By Ed Willing Since the Supreme Court’s infamous 4-1-4 ruling on the Affordable Care Act in June, nearly two dozen states have grappled with whether or not to comply with the first of many forthcoming deadlines found in the rules written (and still being written) by the functionally unconstitutional entity known as the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). November 16th is the deadline, | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  November 11th at 02:29 PM  | 

By Ed Willing Constitutionalists were far from confident that either result of the recent Presidential election would help restore the Founders’ intentions, but many were hoping that an Obama loss would at least slow the extinction. Especially in regard to Obamacare, Conservatives have put a lot of weight on winning federal elections to save what is left of our waning Republic. After a frustrating, suspect | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  July 21st at 03:52 AM  | 

By Ed Willing   SUCCESS STORIES OF GOVERNMENT “INVESTMENT”: Solyndra – Founded in 2005; received $528 million in government subsidies in 2009. Result: Bankrupt in 2011. The Chinese and others made solar panels better and cheaper. Samuel Langley – Tried to build first airplane in history. In 1900, U.S. government funded two flight attempts. Result: Both times, Langley crashed his plane into the Potomac River. | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  July 5th at 06:07 PM  | 

By Ed Willing No doubt, the last several years in America have been challenging to everyone, on all sides. It has both challenged those on the left as they see so many millions question their policies and principles, and has infuriated said millions on the right because they cannot believe how quickly America has turned away from its founding principles. Both sides agree there’s problems | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  July 4th at 06:00 PM  | 

The history of the present King of the District of Columbia is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these sovereign States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his [consent] to Laws, [which are] most wholesome and necessary for the public good [voter ID, border | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  June 15th at 06:01 PM  | 

By Kristi Lacroix I was talking with a friend last night about education and he said that many people want to know how they can get involved in education to help affect positive change. Strangely, I was at a loss for words; as a teacher I had never been asked how the community can get involved with schools to help them perform better, nor has | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  June 10th at 01:01 PM  | 

By Monica Frede   “Small businesses have always been the engine of our economy, creating 65% of all new jobs in America, and they must be at the forefront of our recovery. That’s why the recovery act was designed to help small businesses expand and create jobs.” – Pres. Obama in 2009 “Instead of giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, we want | Read More »

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  June 5th at 06:07 PM  | 

By Ed Willing DEMOCRACY: FREEDOM, OR COLLECTIVE SUICIDE? Almost 198 years ago to the month, April 1814, in a letter to John Taylor, the second President of the United States, John Adams made an astute observation amidst calls for more democratic reform: “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” | Read More »