Category: Constitution

Religious Freedom, Property Rights vs. Government Control

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As the left falls all over itself to claim that building the Ground Zero Mega-Mosque is the perfect chance to “showcase” our “Constitutional freedoms” and our religious tolerance, there is another state where religious tolerance is not as noticeably on display as it is for New York’s Muslims. Naturally, in Vermont, it is the religious […]

 

Using our Rights against Our Own: The 9-11 Mosque and Religious Rights

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : :  There is one consistent factor of our society which we are seeing more and more: Using our rights against ourselves in order to protect others.:  A great recent example is the 9-11 Mosque.:  Almost daily, people are debating the 9-11 Mosque and whether it should be placed two blocks where terrorists involved in the […]

 

You Know What Scares The Washington Post? Soccer Moms With Guns

Posted on by William Teach

Interestingly, they aren’t worried about soccer moms protecting themselves from the violence in Washington, D.C., or from the vast numbers of criminals who have un-registered firearms. No, it’s the threat of soccer moms possessing firearms legally: Gun-toting soccer moms a scary thought in D.C. area, but not out west In the red rock and sand […]

 

Pelosi Wants You 9/11 Debris Field Mosque Protestors Investigated

Posted on by William Teach

Yeah, I stole the new name from Jim Treacher. But, hey, I wonder if Pelosi wants Harry Reid investigated? Wouldn’t that be a hoot? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, called for an investigation of those who are protesting the building of the Ground Zero Mosque on Tuesday. She told San Francisco’s KCBS radio: (click […]

 

Breaking: Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque as ‘The Writ of Our Founders’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston We have finally heard the full and definitive take that President Obama has on the outrageous Ground Zero mosque project. He’s all for it. During Obama’s Ramadan celebration dinner (called an Iftar dinner) Obama addressed the Ground Zero mosque. Even as Obama claimed that he understood that Ground Zero was “hallowed […]

 

New York Times : Afraid of Gun Crazed, ‘Motley Carnivals of the Tea Party Movement’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The New York Times sent Mattathias Schwartz to find out what was going on at Jack Dailey’s firearms training camps across the country and what he found apparently made the writer fear that America was going to the lily white, revolutionary, tea party dogs. Schwartz went to learn about Jack Dailey’s Appleseed Project firearms marksmanship […]

 

Redefining redefining marriage

Posted on by Ron Coleman

Let’s get real simple here. The crux of the issue is whether, if indeed marriage is a right under the Constitution, there is also a right to change the meaning of the word “marriage” from what it always meant to what we just plain want it to mean. In other words, the “marriage” that is […]

 

With Kagan, We Get a Lifetime Obama…

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : :  The bottom line, however you want to look at it, to Obama’s selection for Supreme Court is the choice’s reasoning is for his power only.:  Not only is Kagan not a correct choice for the nation but for the court as well; especially in this time of war and fiscal challenge. : : : : :  No matter […]

 

Texas Tells The EPA To Pound Sand–UPDATED A War Is Breaking Out

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Please go over to Pierre LeGrand’s place and read the whole document and then come back. You need to feel better today so slug through the legalese, because it is SO worth it. Here’s the deal: The States and the people are starting to assert themselves (Missourians rejecting Obamacare, States calling out the federal government–Arizona […]

 

Is The Tea Party Like A Starfish, Like the Apache… Like al Qaeda?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Politico’s Kenneth Vogel has an interesting piece on a book that Tea Party activists are starting to glom onto as an administrative guidebook of sorts. The book, “The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations,” is a book that explains how leaderless organizations work and can be effective. Of late tea partiers […]

 

Virginia Challenge of Obamacare Wins One in Court

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson refused to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit against Obamacare, today, allowing the suit against the federal government to continue on to the next stage. The federal government sought a dismissal of the suit that challenges the Constitutionality of the part of Obamacare that requires every citizen to buy healthcare insurance. In his […]

 

Rep. Pete Stark: Federal Government Can Do Most Anything

Posted on by Dave Blount

You can see why Obama complains that there is too much access to information, why his Diversity Czar has been scheming of ways to silence talk radio, and why blogs like this one will soon be shut down if Obamunists have their way. An informed citizenry is a tyrant’s worst enemy. Watch a well-informed young […]

 

ACORN Whistleblower Anita MonCrief’s New Venture: EmergingCorruption.com

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief, the brave young woman whose conscience wouldn’t allow her to cover for ACORN’s criminal activity while she was in its employ, has started a new venture. A website dedicated to rooting out government corruption called www.EmergingCorruption.com was launched last weekend headed by Anita and a cadre of writers and researchers (myself […]

 

Recess missing one key demand from the Obama/Pelosi Led House

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : : : : : : :  The one thing Obama seemed to pride himself on was that his legislative majority, especially in the house, was behind him.:  When ObamaCare was signed into law, it was called a triumph by many of the liberal Representatives who supported it.:  However, when it came to actually supporting it on their land via health-care […]

 

Obama’s FDR-Like Bait and Switch

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Remember when Barack Hussein Obama first became president and the left-wing Old Media universally indulged the claim that he was “just like FDR“? Of late the Old Media has backed off that hyperbolic statement, but at least in a single incident, Obama has proven indeed to be just like FDR. The similarity entails laws about […]

 

First Foreign Allies Now This: Obama Restricts Media from Covering BP

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : : : : : : : : : : :  Despite these “caps” that are continuing to be placed on the leaked pipe within the shores of the gulf, BP is and will continue to be a story which the nation has a right to hear about.:  Even after the spill is contained, its aftermath will be continuing and the nation needs to be […]

 

Obama’s ‘Keep Your Doctor’ Lies

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Heritage Foundation wants to repeal Obamacare… Repeal Obamacare from Heritage Action for America on Vimeo. The Heritage Foundation recently launched a sister organization, Heritage Action for America. Heritage Action is leading a national campaign to repeal Obamacare. Join the fight to repeal Obamacare with your donation to Heritage Action for America. As the CEO […]

 

Democrat Governors’ Reason for Fear of the Immigration Lawsuit Shows How Power Hungry the DNC Is

Posted on by Heather Bachman

While the statement may bring a sigh of relief to some who are happy to see that at least our state leaders know what really needs attention, deeper within their rejection of the lawsuit, you see nothing but the dangerous hunger of the liberals. Despite this lawsuit being an example of a nation attacking itself […]

 

Fisking the Chgo Sun-Times Anti-2nd Amendment Article

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Sun-Times is Chicago’s left-wing, left-wing paper while the Chicago Tribune is but the city’s left-wing paper and pursuant to its agenda, the Sun-Times recently made to shore up support for Mayor “King” Daley’s attempt to eliminate the Second Amendment for his Chicago subjects with its headlined “More guns in city not a good thing.” […]

 

Uh Oh: NY Times Shows Their Disdain For The 2nd Amendment

Posted on by William Teach

On the 7th of July, the NY Times loved the Constitution, at least as far as Obama and Co. suing Arizona over their immigration law (which mirrors federal law) using the “supremacy clause”. But, see, there is a problem with the Left: they pick and choose which parts of the Constitution they like, often depending […]

 

Silent Raids a Start for Immigration Reform, but Who Will Finish?

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : : : : :  In an attempt to show face regarding the illegal immigration issue, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency recently began discussing an avenue which they believe shows that they know how to cure the infectious problem.:  “Silent Raids”, announced as an immense step in immigration reform, is an activity where Federal Enforcement Agents quietly audit […]

 

Federally Mandated Literacy Tests to Buy Newspapers, Religion Classes to Attend Churches, Others

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Democrats might be right. It’s obvious that Americans have become a stupid people. Our schools have disgorged students who have fallen to the bottom of the barrel in literacy, math and science scores, late-night comedians have no lack for citizens on the street that have no cue about law or history, and as voters… well, […]

 

Obama: “Yes We Did” USA: “Did What?”

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : :  Throughout many articles, America continually sees that the Obama administration and his cronies live in a bubble where they are the greatest leaders of this nation and not the ones that are continually selling its future like the stock market.:  Recently, Obama Advisor David Axelrod stated that America would be going “backwards” if they […]

 

Terror Lawyer Heads Arizona Lawsuit: Talk about Conflict of Interest

Posted on by Heather Bachman

Just hours ago it was announced that Tony West, a member of a group of lawyers who have represented terror suspects and are coined as “The Gitmo 9”, will be leading the Obama Administration in their suit against Arizona.:  Arguing against the state taking a federal law that the national law enforcement were not using […]

 

Say, Who’s Really Holding Up Berwick’s Appointment?

Posted on by William Teach

Just a little follow up on the Berwick issue, via the ever reliable Jake Tapper, who, unlike the majority of the media, will actually post real facts. After discussing the recess appointments of two others, one of whom (Joshua Gotbaum) had a hold put on his nomination by Democrat Sherrod Brown, Jake goes on to […]

 

Video: I Am A Tired American

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, we just celebrated Independence Day, a day we rejoiced at the things we love about America. But, let’s face it, there are things going on in America today NOT to love. Here is a video to point out those things we are all “tired of.” Forgive me if I posted this here before. I […]

 

Dear, Former Victims of Socialism/Communism, America Needs OUR Help!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

(A friend of mine, Leon Weinstein who is a US citizen that emigrated from the USSR in 1974, wrote this because he is alarmed that the U.S. is headed to the hell he ran from so long ago. This is important stuff, folks. Leon KNOWS what he’s talking about as he lived through Russian Communism. […]

 

Federal Lawsuit Against Arizona Expected To Be Filed Today

Posted on by William Teach

Oil is beginning to wash up on Florida beaches, and is still streaming out of the blown pipe. Unemployment is not getting better, and more and more economists are worried not about a double dip recession, but, the next Great Depression. HHS is missing deadlines to implement ObamaCare (that’s a good thing, it just shows […]

 

Daley’s Newest Stab at a Gun Ban

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Daley’s temper tantrum against guns continues, but at a much subdued pace. With its recent McDonald v the City of Chicago ruling the Supreme Court of the United States essentially made Daley’s outright gun ban unconstitutional so the mayor has had to retrench and come up with new onerous rules to try and limit guns […]