Politics

Media Nearly Silent as ObamaCare Proponents Drop Deficit, Cost Savings Claims

Posted by Stephen on August 24, 2010 at 5:33 pm

It has now been five days since Politico’s Ben Smith published a powerpoint presentation created by an amalgamation of powerful left wing interest groups, conceding that two of the central arguments for passing ObamaCare – that it will lower the deficit and will reduce health care costs – have failed.
For a group of organizations integral [...]

Over 90 Percent of Bills Passed Secretly With No Debate, No Vote (video)

Posted by Stephen on August 22, 2010 at 6:30 pm

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The Great Reneger

Posted by Stephen on August 19, 2010 at 11:48 pm

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U.S. Soldiers Punished for Not Attending Christian Concert

Posted by Stephen on August 19, 2010 at 11:35 pm

For the past several years, two U.S. Army posts in Virginia, Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, have been putting on a series of what are called Commanding General’s Spiritual Fitness Concerts. As I’ve written in a number of other posts, “spiritual fitness” is just the military’s new term for promoting religion, particularly evangelical Christianity. And [...]

Government Subsidies for Bloggers?

Posted by Stephen on August 19, 2010 at 10:51 pm

I almost choked when I read Lee Bollinger’s op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal advocating public financial support of the mainstream media. This is the Lee Bollinger who is the president of Columbia University and was recently named deputy chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The article says more about the writer [...]

Dan McCarthy arrested for walking on a sidewalk… with signs

Posted by Stephen on August 10, 2010 at 4:08 pm

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Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows

Posted by Stephen on August 6, 2010 at 1:33 pm

The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the bailout of American International Group Inc., you have to wonder if those folks are crazy after all.
Wednesday’s hearing described a secretive [...]

The Trouble With Unconstitutional Wars

Posted by Stephen on August 3, 2010 at 5:46 pm

By: Ron Paul
Our foreign policy was in the spotlight last week, which is exactly where it should be. Almost two years ago many voters elected someone they thought would lead us to a more peaceful, rational co-existence with other countries. However, while attention has been focused on the administration’s disastrous economic policies, its equally disastrous [...]

The Myths That Made an Empire

Posted by Stephen on August 3, 2010 at 5:42 pm

From the late 1940s to the end of the Cold War, U.S. presidents interceded everywhere in the world in an effort to contain or to defeat the USSR. No country was too small for the United States to believe its alignment with the Soviet Union would be pivotal to American safety, freedom, or prosperity. For [...]

Going Cold Turkey

Posted by Stephen on July 29, 2010 at 2:20 pm

“House Republicans are leading the drive for smaller, more accountable government and better solutions to the challenges facing our nation.”
-Website of the Office of the Republican Leader (John Boehner OH-8)
As the November election closes in, activists, some newly inspired, some enduring ones, are chomping at the bit to get to the polls and “get the [...]

Compulsory service bill H.R. 5741 is now in debate

Posted by Stephen on July 29, 2010 at 2:16 pm

H.R. 5741 is currently being argued in the house of representatives. If passed, H.R. 5741 will give the president the power to require 2 years of compulsory service from every US resident between ages 18 and 42. That’s not a misprint: everyone between ages eighteen and forty-two will be required to serve in any capacity [...]

The CIA: Beyond Redemption and Should be Terminated

Posted by Stephen on July 27, 2010 at 5:36 pm

By Sherwood Ross
The Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) has confirmed the worst fears of its creator President Harry Truman that it might degenerate into “an American Gestapo.” It has been just that for so long it is beyond redemption. It represents 60 years of failure and fascism utterly at odds with the spirit of a democracy [...]

Should the Fed Pump Even More?

Posted by Stephen on July 27, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Some Fed officials and various commentators, such as Professor Paul Krugman, are of the view that the US central bank should be ready to consider additional steps to boost the US economy in the wake of a visible softening in key economic data. For instance, the yearly rate of growth of retail sales, after climbing [...]

43% Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized, 42% Disagree

Posted by Stephen on July 27, 2010 at 10:01 am

Americans are evenly divided over whether marijuana should be legalized in the United States, but most expect it to happen within the next decade.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Adults nationally shows 43% believe marijuana should be legalized. But 42% think it should remain an illegal drug. Another 15% are not sure.
These results [...]

But Can You WIN?

Posted by Stephen on July 22, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Recently, I had a brief email exchange with a tea-party member. He likes everything I have to say, but says he probably won’t vote for me. According to him, tea-partiers must unite around the candidate who a) most closely matches the tea-party ideals and b) can win. He wrote to me and asked very plainly, [...]