By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 29th at 12:36 PM  | 

  A top liquor distributor (Major Brands) is attempting to obtain near monopoly status for its Missouri operations courtesy of its allies in the state legislature. Such a status not only erodes economic freedom; the resulting loss of efficiency resulting from the change will result in higher liquor prices for the millions of Missouri residents who consume adult beverages. Because this attempt at ultimate crony | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 11:21 PM  | 

Demands for the resignation of Michigan’s Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema may be far less spontaneous than initially portrayed. Last week, Agema waded into the gay marriage debate with a controversial Facebook post opposing legalization. Almost immediately thereafter, aspiring political consultant Dennis Lennox has been loudly leading the assault on Dave Agema. In repeated written outbursts, Lennox proclaimed there is “no room for Agema in the GOP”, accused Agema of being | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  November 14th at 10:01 AM  | 

House Republicans decide November 14 who will be the next chair of the House Republican Conference. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) faces off against Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), chairman of the Policy Committee.  Both Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and former Vice President Dick Cheney (R-WY) once held this important position. Whoever wins stands to play a significant role in setting the ideological agenda of the | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  October 17th at 10:52 PM  | 

In an effort to be as unbiased as possible in evaluating who won this evening’s debate, I have assigned weights to the major topics covered at Tuesday night’s second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. In addition, a number based on a 1-10 scale has been assigned to each candidate for each topic. Romney clearly edged out the president on Tuesday on the | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 11th at 12:50 AM  | 

The National Republican Congressional Committee supported Bob Dold’s 2010 campaign as one of its ostensibly conservative “Young Guns” candidates.   With this help from the NRCC, Bob Dold was elected to Congress. On May 9, less than two years after this inflow of funds from the Republican Party, Representative Bob Dold (R-IL) introduced legislation protecting funding of Planned Parenthood.  This stands in stark contrast to legislation | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 8th at 08:50 PM  | 

Is Republican senatorial candidate Mark Neumann attempting to stack this upcoming weekend’s Wisconsin Republican state convention with delegates?  Or is the “Establishment” attempting to freeze out grassroots activists from the state convention?  A close look at the facts suggests both accusations might be true.   During the state convention, candidates vie for official Republican Party of Wisconsin endorsements leading to the August 14 congressional primary.  | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 3rd at 05:18 PM  | 

The Dick Lugar campaign recently trumpeted its endorsement from the Lunch Pail Republicans, expressing “gratitude”  to the new organization for it support.  The Lunch Pail Republicans committee claims to be comprised of “Indiana Republicans” striving to return Indiana to “traditional core Republican values that used to define who we are.”   Extensive research suggests both claims are a distortion of the truth! According to the organization’s | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 20th at 09:58 AM  | 

The Center for Media and Democracy proudly leads the charge against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization dedicated to advancing limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty.  Several leading corporations have announced plans to withdraw membership contributions from ALEC following this outcry. Who funds the Center for Media and Democracy?  The website proclaims, “We accept no funding from for-profit corporations or grants | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 26th at 08:52 PM  | 

According to Rebel Pundit, Alex Hayes, director of Mainstream Republicans of Washington State, distributed a list of preferred delegates to Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich supporters at this convention. The vast majority of these slates of delegates consisted of Romney supporters. This fact was not disclosed on the slate. Most disturbing was the letterhead on the slate–which prominently claimed the endorsements of the Santorum and Gingrich campaigns. In addition, Hayes verbally claimed | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 25th at 06:42 AM  | 

Rick Santorum appears to have dealt Mitt Romney a surprising setback at the Pierce County Republican Convention yesterday.  Although Romney won the county caucuses by 12%, Santorum appears to have tied Romney for delegates according to unofficial results early this morning. Below is a district by district breakdown based on delegate counting inside the convention.  While conventional wisdom has Romney winning a vast majority of | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 3rd at 10:12 PM  | 

Mitt Romney held a “townhall” in Dayton, OH today.  While he chose to answer several questions, he left many answered.  The following is a list of a few which warrant a response by the governor. Just a precursory glance at the Romney record file compiled more than four years ago is enough to cause committed conservatives much discomfort. Do you regret your support of abortion | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 3rd at 08:21 PM  | 

According to a boisterous group of protesters chanting outside of a Chillicothe, OH Santorum campaign stop, Romney is less “dangerous” than Santorum.  The Occupy sympathizers listed a myriad of grievances against Santorum including his support of “fracking”, opposition to Obamacare, vocal pro-life advocacy and support for entitlement reform. Based on Romney’s policy stances as governor of Massachusetts, Romney may indeed be “less dangerous” than Santorum– | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 3rd at 07:33 PM  | 

Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) introduced Mitt Romney at a Dayton, OH campaign stop Saturday afternoon.  In 2009, Turner proudly declared, “I supported the CARS Act, also known as Cash for Clunkers, when it first passed the House in June and I also voted for the additional funding on July 31.”  Judging from Turner’s public remarks this afternoon, he stands firmly behind Romney.  The decision by | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 1st at 09:12 AM  | 

Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) called for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to remove an ad critical of Obamacare.  Although federal courts have declared the First Amendment guarantees such advertising, Moran insists the ad be removed. In reference to the ad’s closing line “go to hell Barack”, the congressman stated that “profanity has no place in the public forum.” Strangely enough, the Representative Moran | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  February 10th at 03:39 PM  | 

Today, outside CPAC’s annual meeting at Washington’s Marriott Wardman Park, union supporters and Occupy DC activists gathered to protest. One lady wearing an Occupy DC lapel pin proudly displayed a sign stating “Walmart for President.” Although given multiple opportunities to explain what her sign meant, she stumbled aimlessly for the right words, eventually stating, “I’m going to have to think about that.”

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  October 28th at 01:33 AM  | 

Some on the Left suggest that were Jesus alive today, he would be encouraging or even participating in the Occupy protests occurring around this nation.  Although Leftists often derisively dismiss the value of religious beliefs to contemporary government and economics, these same individuals now wish to claim Jesus as a fellow social revolutionary, wealth redistributionist, and civil agitator. Would Jesus be camping with the protesters | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  August 25th at 08:57 AM  | 

The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, made a surprise appearance at the Iowa Straw Poll earlier August 13th.  During a short interview, she claimed “common ground” with several Republican presidential candidates on renewable energy subsidies.  Much to the chagrin of economic conservatives, her claim appears substantiated. Parked horizontally on the grounds of the Iowa Straw Poll throughout the weekend was a | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  July 26th at 10:47 AM  | 

Last year,  the federal government  funded  the National Science Foundation (NSF ) to the tune of $6.9 billion.  Each year, the NSF disburses much of this government funding in the form of grants.  These include graduate research fellowships.  According to the NSF, the grants “fund specific research proposals that have been judged the most promising by a rigorous and objective merit-review system.” The University of | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 11th at 11:50 AM  | 

Now instead of deporting violent criminals, the governor is choosing to release them into Illinois communities. Such a policy may also serve to attract more criminals to this state as the risk of deportation following a conviction in Illinois is now significantly reduced.

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 4th at 12:14 PM  | 

By selecting a communist revolutionary so closely involved with past domestic terrorism as a keynote speaker, the National Lawyers Guild further reveals its true agenda of gradually transforming this country through the legal system.

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 31st at 11:27 AM  | 

Our Constitution guarantees us government subsidized cavity treatment, root canals, and teeth cleaning…At least, that is what Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee would have us believe.

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 15th at 10:37 AM  | 

From the diaries by Erick On March 7, the Wisconsin Senate passed a bill reforming the public sector union bargaining process. For weeks, the Senate remained at an impasse on the issue as absent Senate Democrats denied the quorum required to move forward. By redrafting the bill to exclude certain fiscal items, a 2/3 quorum was no longer required to vote on the legislation. The | Read More »