Archive for the 'Government' Category
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
President Obama will sign into law the Porkulus bill passed by Congressional Democrats in Denver today. Depending on which day of the week it is, this bill will cost taxpayers between $787 billion and $819 billion, and is supposed to jump start the economic recovery. Color me skeptical. Democrats have stuffed the bill with billions [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Politics | 3 Comments »
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The current banking crisis was caused by the incredible number of home owners who defaulted on their mortgages in the past couple of years. Why did so many people fail to pay their mortgage? That’s easy — they couldn’t afford to make the payments. Why not? Because, for the most part, they couldn’t afford the [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Culture War, Government, Politics | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
I learned today from a post over at Wizbang about a part of Senator Obama’s campaign platform that I had never heard of: He wants to allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to fill out your tax return for you. Think about that for a few seconds. It’s almost a good idea. This is what [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Government, Politics | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
One Larry J. Sabato says that America needs a new, more liberal Constitution. Yet, despite the length of his article in the Los Angeles Times, all you really need to know about what he wants can be summed up in this one sentance: If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as [...]
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
I’ve been of the opinion for many years that the only way the liberals in the United States get their ideas and agendas codified into law is through the courts. Through the use of activist judges on the bench, they have been able to manufacture all kinds of non-existent “rights” for their constituents. The best [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Bad Ideas, Courts, Government, Military, Politics, War on Terror | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
The House Democrats passed the “Employee Free Choice Act of 2007” with a margin of 54 votes on Thursday. The misleadingly named bill gets rid of the secret ballot process when employees vote on whether or not to unionize. By a By a 241-185 vote Thursday, the House passed a bill to modify the National [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Labor, Politics | Comments Off
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Most Republicans knew this a long time ago, but in case anyone was still unsure about the Democrats’ intentions with regards to the War in Iraq they have now pretty much cleared up the confusion: Senate Democratic leaders intend to unveil a plan next week to repeal the 2002 resolution authorizing the war in Iraq [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Military, Politics, War on Terror | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
I can’t really say that I’m surprised by this: As a white liberal running in a majority African American district, Tennessee Democrat Stephen I. Cohen made a novel pledge on the campaign trail last year: If elected, he would seek to become the first white member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Now that he’s a [...]
By: Nick | Category Culture War, Government, Political Correctness, Politics | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 4th, 2006
Well, if you are looking for a shinning example of what the Clinton Legacy will be, you need look no further than Supreme Court Justice and Clinton appointee Stephen Breyer: Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution’s text when necessary to ensure [...]
By: Nick | Category Courts, Culture War, Government, Law, Politics | Comments Off
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
If the GOP had any stones, they would buy all the air-time they could find and play this ad over and over until election day. Click here.
By: Nick | Category Government, History, Politics, War on Terror | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Noted Constitutional scholar* and professor of law* Rosie O’Donnell today proclaimed on national television that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was “not really a right”: This quickly led to an exchange with the program’s token conservative, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, in which O’Donnell asserted that there is no right to own a gun: Hasselbeck: [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, History, Law | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
John McCain, decorated military veteran and prisoner of war camp survivor, has taken a stand which, if it continues to fruition, will see him abandoning his brothers-in-arms and making it practically impossible for U.S. Armed Forces to gather any information from captured terrorists in the War on Terror. The disagreement centers mainly on how to [...]
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