During his confirmation hearing in 2009, Eric Holder made this commitment to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people: “The attempt to politicize the department will not be tolerated should I become attorney general of the United States.” “I will work to restore the credibility of a department badly shaken by allegations of improper political interference….” Yet, beginning with one of his first actions | Read More »
You’ve got to suspect that the tide is turning when the Washington Post’s editorial board titles an editorial “President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy“, and concludes that ”military strength, trustworthiness as an ally, staying power in difficult corners of the world such as Afghanistan — these still matter, much as we might wish they did not.” There are no Ukranian names on the masthead | Read More »
by Chris Shugart Last month, President Obama decreed by executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors. This week he continues to campaign for support of a Congressional bill that would raise the minimum wage nationwide. As the debate rages on, we are at least reminded of the math illiteracy we face in our schools and society. It also serves as evidence that | Read More »
Lois Lerner – the former senior IRS official at the heart of the IRS targeting scandal – once again pleaded the Fifth Amendment this week refusing to answer any questions about the scheme aimed at silencing conservatives.
Yet, her silence this week is very telling. It raises 3 important questions, without her even saying a word.
Was It All About Spite Against Conservatives?
Read More »PRESS RELEASE March 6, 2014 Contact Rep. Buzz Brockway (678) 895-9064 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State Representative Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) Celebrates Passage of Convention of States Resolution. (Atlanta, GA) State Representative Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) celebrated the passage today of Senate Resolution 736 by Senator Cecil Staton (R- Macon) in the Georgia House of Representatives. SR736 calls for an Article V Convention of States for the | Read More »
It seems the Nevis Range Ski Resort has record 59 straight days of snow this year and is considering staying open until summer. They have gotten so mauch snow that they have some chairlifts that cannot be used because they are snowed under and are being dug out. Some quotes from the article: “The snow cover was described as “wall-to-wall”. Average snow depths are thought | Read More »
The question of whether conservatism is a dying commodity in Colorado has been frequently debated in recent years. With two Democrats as sitting U. S. Senators, a Democrat governor and a majority that voted to twice elect Mr. Obama, the conservative voice has been rather lost in the wilderness. Once the phony Greek columns were taken down, and the hundreds of American flags left trampled under foot by exuberant convention-goers departing the home turf of | Read More »
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals- the traditional whipping boy of conservatives and the Supreme Court- recently handed down a decision which has offended the sensibilities of most patriotic Americans. Specifically, this is being portrayed in some media circles as the court banning the American flag in schools. Nothing can be further from the truth. Many of these articles leave out some pertinent facts that | Read More »
As streiff noted earlier today, Mary Landrieu made a rather foolish vote made in a rather foolish nomination put up by a rather foolish President of the United States. She has absolutely no intention to mention it as she campaigns to hold on to her now very tenuous hold on public office. How tenuous? That average is only taking into account the two latest polls, | Read More »
While most of the media focus on the Joint Strike Fighter’s progress has been on testing, pilot education, training sorties, and weapons tests, another vital aspect of the overall program has reached a milestone at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. An Air Force maintenance crew at Hill has completed mainteanance work on their first F-35A aircraft. From coverage in Ogden, Utah’s Standard-Examiner: Maintainers from | Read More »
America was feted this week to yet another entertainment industry exercise of self congratulations. The Academy Awards, like most other awards shows involves a group of industry insiders voting to give awards to each other for everything from good song to good script. Yet, award winners can’t compete for the awards. In fact, anyone caught in any act that could be construed as “campaigning” (or | Read More »
I just read an article by YouTube blogger and FreedomWorks policy analyst Julie Borowski who’s one of my favorite libertarian thinkers. She mentioned a panel for CPAC this year called “Can Libertarians and Social Conservatives get along?”. Here’s a segment of what she said. Can libertarians and social conservatives find common ground? It’s important to define what it means to be a libertarian. Libertarianism is | Read More »
While Americans are calling Putin a dictator for his actions on Saturday, many of the same Americans are unaware that they live in a nation where wars are often dictated by their President. As recently as 2011, President Obama committed troops to Libya without Congressional approval. At the time, Libya was not attacking or threatening the United States. Obama made the decision to send troops | Read More »
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http://www.mlgoodell.webs.com At first glance, it might seem surprising that a bunch of guys who loathe the military as much as Obama and his playpen pals do, are so obsessed with looking tough. But if you put it in perspective,it begins to make sense. Do you recall how those Choom Gang guys used to hang around the flag pole out in front of the high school, | Read More »
Wow. Some will answer, “Oh, no,” but I’m not so sure. The U.S. isn’t just war-weary. It’s weakened by economic woes and debt. Some say that was the plan. That was at least part of the scenario that led to WW II: American financial-market follies (not necessarily brought about by Americans, but brought about via the American financial marketplace) causing both American and world-wide economic woes, social unrest, and militarization. “Funny money,” my dad called it. Are | Read More »
I say yes on the spot. Back during the Bush years, we thought we could try democratizing countries the way we did. Looking at Iraq 11 years after we invaded, that type of model has failed miserably. Not against supporting freedom movements like that what happened in Iran in 2009 (which Obama was silent on). But doing so by military force doesn’t work. I advise | Read More »
Vladimir Putin has set the terms for the world’s conversation in Ukraine because he intrinsically understands something that the group of nimrods running Western foreign policy do not: In real life, away from conferences and meetings and important lunches, foreign affairs is a series of matches of relative strength brought to bear in each conflict.
Read More »A good night for conservatives in the GOP primary. Cornyn fended off challengers, but at only 60% up against 7 dwarves, the establishment should be put on notice. Conservative Dan Patrick leads for Lt Gov. This defies polls but tells us Dan Patrick is in a good position to win. I supported Jerry Patterson, and that support will imho go mostly to Dan Patrick. For | Read More »
The race to dethrone Dick Durbin pits a fresh face and a very old one. Doug Truax vs Jim Oberweis will, in my opinion, be the second most intriguing race in the Republican primary this year after the Governor’s race. Doug is a healthcare professional who has a solid grasp of the issues that are important in a federal election. Doug was recently endorsed by | Read More »
Like it or not, Senator Cornyn will most likely win the Senate race tonight. He has seven competitors but unless they can breach the 50% mark collectively, he’s a shoe-in. I know it’s very early, but he has 64% of the votes so far. I’m most interested in the Lt. Gov. race and the RR Commissioner, both of which are very powerful positions in Texas government. Hopefully Pete Sessions | Read More »
We are now Day 4 into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kerry’s in Kiev for crisis talks, the National Security Council has met with the President, and we await, without bated breath, for more aghast-laced rhetoric about the cost to Putin and Russia for their dastardly act. From yesterday’s Washington Post lead editorial, “President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy“, to an excellent article | Read More »
Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger is quickly becoming a textbook diffinition of an interventionist. Just a few months ago congressman Kinzinger was calling for the US military, of which he is a member, to start bombing targets inside of Iraq because predictably Al Qaeda terrorist had resurfaced there. Before that congressman Kinzinger was one of the leading voices calling for the US to bomb the | Read More »
Last week the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce rushed to condemn Beaufort Republican Sen. Tom Davis’ amendment that seeks to stop Obamacare in South Carolina. “Please oppose the potential compromise amendment drafted by Sen. Tom Davis as well as the full nullification bill. It negatively impacts the business community and will hinder economic development,” the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce email read. The controversial | Read More »
Remember the food pyramid? If you (or your children) were in school during the 1990s or 2000s, you probably recall the brightly colored triangle telling us to load up on empty carbs and eat meat, fish, and other sources of protein sparingly. Long after most nutritionists began to advocate for the high-protein, lower-carb diet that we now know is the healthiest way to eat, the | Read More »
Located in southeast Europe, Ukraine has mountainous areas which include the Carpathians in the southwest and the Crimean chain in the south. The country is bordered by Belarus on the north, Russia on the north and east, the Black Sea on the south, Moldova and Romania on the southwest and Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland on the west. Encompassing 233,089 square miles, Ukraine’s population is approximately | Read More »
I thought one of the more brutal lessons learn about WWII was that Appeasement doesn’t work with authoritarians, but here they are beating that drum. I guess I was wrong. Up until last night, Frank Luntz has been posting pro-Russian propaganda tweets like this: Vladimir Putin says Russia has "the right to protect Russian-speaking populations" in other countries. http://t.co/fKboTs86FD #Ukraine — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 3, | Read More »
The Great Seal of the United States contains the Latin title phrase. It does not mean “a new world order”, but much more powerfully, “a new order for the ages”. Prior to the founding of America, the order of authority in nearly every realm of the world had been: God The King or other rulers The People The Founders changed this to: God We the People The | Read More »
Guest Post By: Kevin Izzo Last week I had the privilege to attend the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association’s 2nd Amendment Freedom Banquet in Dover, Delaware. This event was to honor those who have protected the freedom of American citizens. The event featured a retired member of the United States Marine Corp. Lt. Colonel Oliver North. The crowd of over 450 listened with excitement to the | Read More »
The Christians strike back. Ever since The Da Vinci Code book was made into a movie and became “one of the best selling novels of all time” as the author boasts on his website, Christians have looked for a movie to help rebut Dan Brown’s claim that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God. It appears they have a movie out this week that | Read More »
In looking at the latest round of radical nominees up for Senate confirmation, I noticed that the new filibuster rule gives Obama and the Democrats room to let the red-state Democrat Senators like Landrieu (LA), Pryor (AR) and Begich (AK) oppose people their states would oppose while still getting 51 votes to gain confirmation. (I doubt Landrieu is going to fool anyone this time around. | Read More »
The 11th Congressional District in Illinois seems to be a great mystery of politics. Bill Foster handily beat Judy Biggert last year, but he appears extremely vulnerable with 5 4 Republicans vying to take him on in the fall election. Mr. Foster is mostly known for his ability to bore crowds and his lack of involvement in the district. While there is actually 5 people | Read More »
There is obviously much outrage about the Russian occupation of Crimea, a semi-autonomous region of Ukraine. There has been widespread condemnation among western nations for Russia’s “invasion.” However, the United States has a credibility problem when it seeks to condemn the Russian invasion, as the U.S. has been no stranger to invading foreign nations which are further away and less of a national security interest | Read More »
“Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”
Apparently the answer is now, “No.” What King George’s rockets red glare and the British bombs bursting in air could not do, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has accomplished in one sweeping judicial opinion banning the American flag from a public school.
Read More »The situation in Ukraine and Crimea over the past month has caused many to shout from the mountain tops that the West and the East are in the midst of a new Cold War. The BBC ran a piece that ticks off all of the many examples of Western media running headlines about this new Cold War. There are many reasons to look at this | Read More »
The Left is in a perpetual state of anti-free market angst. Even the barest inkling of private sector activity drives them bananas. They want to stop it – and if they can’t, they try to retard it as much as possible. Their main impediment agent is government. The more space government takes up – the less room there is for private enterprise. So the Left | Read More »
The most common definition of a slave is: A person who is the property of and wholly subject to another. There is another definition however: A person entirely under the domination of some influence or person. Slavery has been outlawed in the US for 150 years, but some people want to bring it back… but not necessarily in the form you might think. Uncle Sam | Read More »
How quickly we forget then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and that goofy laugh as she and her Russian counterpart pressed a mock button “resetting” US-Russian relations. How soon we forget the then-laughed off comments by Sarah Palin about Russian ambitions with an eye on the Ukraine. How soon we forget the Romney-Obama debate with Obama asserting the “the 80′s called and wants their foreign | Read More »
Week 9 – 2014 March Monday 03 Numbers 1-2 Tuesday 04 Numbers 3-4 Wednesday 05 Numbers 5-6 Thursday 06 Numbers 7 Friday 07 Numbers 8-10 Saturday 08 Numbers 11-13 Sunday 09 Numbers 14-15
Even for someone who learned at their grandmother’s knee that what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable the knowledge that some things are mine and some things aren’t came early. The whole idea of freedom rests upon the idea that within the wider world which is society there is a smaller circle that outlines what is personal and what is communal. Even in | Read More »
This is the first of a multi- part series regarding the Republican primaries and my personal endorsements. The decisions are based primarily upon the candidate’s ability/potential to be elected given the dynamics of the state or the district (in the case of House races). It will involve only gubernatorial, Senate and House races. With respect to House races, “endorsements” will be offered only in districts where | Read More »
A Marxist theorist and Communist realist are head to head in the battle for the once Soviet controlled Ukraine. When this is over, one leader will triumph, another skulk away. The differences between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama and their ability to lead will be more blatantly obvious as this crisis wears on. With Russian troops reportedly in Crimea, Obama has once again and laughingly | Read More »
As I’ve watched the events in Ukraine unfold, I’ve kept silent. If you weren’t aware, last time I wrote about the country it didn’t work out so well for me. Apparently I have a wheelhouse and foreign policy isn’t part of it; so I’ve been told anyway. It isn’t in my nature, however, to watch suffering and say nothing. And due to my history of | Read More »
A Michigan group is calling on Arab-Americans to cease using certain Arabic language words they deems as degrading and insulting to all blacks world-wide, as reported by the Detroit Free Press on Feb. 26, 2014. The Detroit founders of the “Drop the A-Word” campaign are pleading with Arab-Americans stop using what they consider the Arabic equivalent to those in the English-speaking world of dropping the | Read More »
We need not here reiterate the now widely recognized hollowness of Barack Hussein Obama’s “red lines” – indeed we can better characterizing them as “pink pleas.” (Let us observe here that “leading from behind” also means that one is leading from the front — when retreating.) But are these even pleas – or are they in fact subterfuge? We know that one of Obama’s influencers, | Read More »
This past week, the United States heard oral argument in a case challenging the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from stationary sources- in this case, power plants. Much has been written about these regulations as they represent the Obama administration’s celebrated “war on coal.” The purpose of the regulations is to decrease the amount of these emissions in order to lessen the impact | Read More »
Author’s note: This piece is a re-post from BizPac Review. Code Red (State) Alert: It is highly recommended that all liberal Democrats, Independents and even some moderate Republicans (if there are any left) power down their media devices the weekend of March 6 – 8. Choosing to ignore this warning means you will be inundated with news flashes of anti-Obama speeches from hordes of conservative | Read More »
In Wheaton Illinois a fight for the very soul of conservative Republican politics is taking place. A battle between conservatives and the far-left is brewing in, of all places, a Republican primary. The current State Representative, Jeanne Ives, is the ultimate no nonsense politician. She is brash, she speaks her mind, and most of all she is a true conservative. And that is what scares | Read More »
Obviously there’s the three legs of conservatism. Fiscal conservatism, social conservatism and strong foreign policy. Well I present you the three legs of the welfare state. The first is the pay-in system which I categorize Social Security and Medicare to make up since you’re required to pay in order to reap the benefits supposedly (issue in of itself) in later life. The second is government | Read More »
Not too too long ago, I put up a post on how the Left was going into outrage mode over an Americans For Prosperity ad running in Louisiana that featured paid actors and not Louisiana residents. Lucky for all of us, Mary Landrieu’s office is not yet done attacking AFP and the Koch Brothers, who are the money behind AFP, over the ad. In a clearly | Read More »
