Category: Constitution

COICA Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee – A Good Idea Gone Government

Posted on by William Teach

The setup U.S. agencies and officials would get new powers to go after foreign websites that sell counterfeit goods and pirated music, movies and books under a bill passed on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, which supporters hope will set the stage for action next year, targets “rogue websites” in countries such […]

 

States that Force Union Membership Losing Population to Those that Don’t

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Americans for Tax reform have done a study (download .pdf) that shows a very interesting trend. States that are losing population the fastest are predominantly those that force employees to join unions as a condition for employment while those that are growing are mostly states that feature right to work rules. Because congressional representation is […]

 

Obama’s Socialist-Admiring Medicaid/Medicare Chief Gets Hearing

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Donald Berwick, Obama’s nominee to head up the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made himself infamous earlier this year when video came to light showing him telling a British audience how much he admired their socialist healthcare system because it “redistributes” the Brit’s wealth. Berwick went all warm and fuzzy over the socialist features […]

 

Obamacare Waivers Prove Policy is a Jobs Killer, Unions Benefit Most

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

111 companies and organizations were granted waivers by Obama’s Dept. of Health and Human Services so that they could get out of having to comply with Obamacare and unions were particularly well rewarded by the HHS with these waivers. Interestingly, there was no great announcement of these waivers issued to the press. The HHS buried […]

 

Democrat’s Anti-Capitalist Net Neutrality Wounded, But Not Dead

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Just before election day the liberal blogs were aflutter with news that 95 Democratic Congressional candidates had taken the pledge to support Net neutrality if they were elected. That turned out to be a very big “if.” More like a forlorn hope, if you will. Of those 95 Democrats, the number actually going to Congress […]

 

Video: Pelosi’s Last Lame Duck- What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Once again we get a fly-on-the-wall perspective of what is going on in the office of “our congressman,” hereafter known as our lame duck congressman. So, now that he’s been pitched out on his left-wing, what will “our congressman” be planning for that lame duck session? Let’s peek in and see… Me, I call it […]

 

King Street Poll Watchers Absolved of Harassment

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

At one of the last poll watcher training sessions held by the King Street Patriots on November 1, Assistant Harris County Attorney Doug Ray made an admission that contravenes the media meme that charges KSPs poll watchers with harassing voters here in Harris County, Texas. All week the media and Democrats have charged that voters […]

 

King Street Patriots And Voting Chaos: State Officials Don’t Know What County Officials Are Up To, Rules Terminally Unclear

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston For those of you following along, I have been here in Houston, Texas all week following the spirited, grassroots, all-volunteer efforts of the King Street Patriots and their True The Vote project as they fan out across Houston as poll watchers assuring that early voting has been free, fair, and legal. […]

 

A Warning To The GOP, Voters Don’t Love You As Much as They Hate The Dems

Posted on by Jeff Dunetz

Approximately 40-48 hours from now, the results of the 2010 Mid-Term election will be clear.:  The Republican party will have near historic gains in the house and may very well win control of the Senate.:  The size of this political tsunami poses a great danger to the GOP, they may very well misinterpret their victory […]

 

Death Of The West: Creeping Shariah

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The worst aspect of the Muslim invasion of the west is the alarming way that Islam is undermining Western culture using the west’s own liberal, democratic processes to do so. Muslims are using our own best philosophy against us and it is working to destroy our own culture, laws, and traditions, not just in the […]

 

On The Road With the King Street Patriots of Houston, Texas

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The left is in high dudgeon here in the 18th Congressional District in Houston, Texas. Democrat Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a long-time left-winger, has held this seat since 1995 and she isn’t going to go away quietly. She is quite upset at the gall of a new conservative group that launched a poll watching effort […]

 

Inspirational Video: K. Carl Smith, the Conservative Messenger

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

With phrases like, “reigniting American’s passion for liberty,” and “saving our party will save our country,” what’s not to like? K Carl Smith, The Conservative Messenger from Wetumpka Tea Party on Vimeo. You can see Mr. Smith’s website at: http://www.conservativemessenger.org/. One of his interesting contentions is that the federal government is the modern day slave […]

 

Church, State and the First Amendment: What Coons needs to know

Posted on by Alexa Shrugged

I read this article by Ken Paulson, the President of the First Amendment Center and had to respond to almost everything he wrote. Church, State and the First Amendment: What O’Donnell needs to know Sometimes political debates generate light as well as heat. Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s question “Where in the Constitution is […]

 

Two Examples Showing Liberals Don’t Know ANYTHING About U.S. History

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This week we have two prominent examples proving that liberals are ignoramuses about the Constitution and U.S. history. One incident wholly misunderstood by the left was uttered by the redoubtable Sarah Palin and the other by Christine O’Donnell. First up Sarah. In Nevada Sarah Palin kicked off a new tour to spur conservatives and Republicans […]

 

Ignorance of Dems Now Going Too Far

Posted on by Heather Bachman

:  : : : : : : : : : : :  Ignorance. It is a factor of the liberal leadership and has been pretty much accepted by aspects of society such as the media.:  However, Massachusetts Representative Tierney has given another definition to the word as he consistently states he did not know anything regarding his own wife’s involvement in her brother’s illegal business. […]

 

Media: Character only Matters if you are a Republican

Posted on by Heather Bachman

“He jumped out of his chair and grabbed her about the neck as he slammed her into the refrigerator. He then grabbed her about both arms, shaking her as they both went over to the kitchen counter, which Mrs. Wilson struck with enough force to take the breath out of her. She then fell to […]

 

Axelrod: Chamber Of Commerce Guilty Till Proven Innocent

Posted on by William Teach

Continuing that Great American Principle, Mr. Astroturf chimes in White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the burden of proving false the charge by Democrats that the business group is funneling foreign money to Republican campaigns. Axelrod was pressed by CBS’ Bob Schieffer on Sunday for evidence that the […]

 

Obama And Democrats Continue Assault On Chamber Of Commerce

Posted on by William Teach

Remember the good old days, when politicians followed the spirit of the 1st Amendment, and did not attack private entities who used their God given right to criticize the government without fear of reprisal? That was the point of the 1st Amendment, both in spirit, and that “Congress will pass no law……” Enter the modern […]

 

Unwrapping the Red Tape

Posted on by Amy Miller

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. That would be the First Amendment. Remember it? That little […]

 

Imagine there’s no country. It’s easy if you try.

Posted on by Doug Ross

Imagine that FDR’s New Deal had ended the Great Depression prior to World War II. Imagine that the trillions of dollars contributed by Americans to FDR’s Social Security system hadn’t been stolen by Congress, leaving the system underfunded by tens of trillions of dollars. Imagine that LBJ’s “Great Society” program — consisting of endless housing […]

 

Feds Making NYCity Spend $27M to Change Lettering on Street Signs

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

So you are a busy federal agency with lots and lots to do. You have roads to build, bridges to reinforce, and infrastructure to shore up, but there is something gnawing at your paper pushing soul. It’s those darn street signs in New York City and others. So, like a good, jackbooted government automaton, you […]

 

What the GOP Pledge Reflects and Why We Need To Stand By It

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : : : : : : :  When the Pledge to America was first announced, it immediately met backlash from the other side of the aisle. President Obama began a tour dedicated specifically to breaking down the plan’s items one by one.:  While to many political strategists, this response may be seen as politics as usual, there are many holes in […]

 

A Glenn Beck Rally and Our Current Culture of Bias

Posted on by Heather Bachman

It is not news to hear that we are in an environment of bias which is fueled by our mainstream media. It is not even news when we hear that people who speak truth are pushed down by this sector. However, a recent situation has forced us to not only see the strength of this […]

 

AFL-CIO Joins Communists, La Raza, ACLU, Other Unions in Voter Registration Drive

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Looks like the AFL-CIO is no longer even trying to hide the fact that it no longer sports a traditionally American political outlook. The labor union has announced that it is joining a voter registration drive called One Nation Working Together. This coalition is filled with some of the most extremely leftist groups in America […]