Politics
Featured Video: Elbert Guillory from Louisiana becomes a Republican
This video should fire up a few people. State Sen. Elbert Guillory (D-La.) recently made the decision to switch his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, and in this video he explains why. There is nothing here that conservatives have not embraced for years, but it’s still nice to see a politician switch and explain himself in…
Read MoreIRS managers and employees living large at government conferences
Public service once meant something quite a bit different than it does today. Sure, the benefits have been very good to great for government employees for decades, but the reports we hear from agencies like the GSA and IRS sound like parties from the Internet tech boom of the 1990s.
Read MoreIRS not answering Senate Finance Committee questions
The IRS thinks it’s OK to ask conservative and libertarian groups hundreds of questions, yet they ignore Senate Finance Committee questions posed concerning how the department put into place policies targeting groups including local TEA Party organizations.
Read MoreThe “sequester” hits JFK Airport Update
Yesterday, the federal government began cutting the work hours of Air Traffic Controllers allegedly because of the sequester. The controllers will now be required to take one unpaid day off every 15 days. Today we learned of up to two hour delays at JFK due to the sequester. Forgetting for the moment that the sequester…
Read MoreFace it: they just don’t trust you….
All this renewed talk about gun control in the wake of the Newtown murders made me realize: the liberals just don’t trust you do to much of anything on your own. Consider, if you will, a few of the liberties the left has tried to, is trying, or has, wrested from you: School choice and/or…
Read MoreSymptom of the Disease: Duke Energy writes off $6 million loan guarantee to DNC
President Obama’s political party – the Democrat National Committee – will not repay millions Duke Energy provided to help pay for the September, 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Read MoreSymptom of the Disease: Candidates for president spent $7 billion on 2012 election
As I have said before, this is now a full-blown, full time industrial complex that puts big dollar salaries into the hands of many people and is a huge financial boost for media and television.
Read MoreCulture of corruption: Menendez and free private jet rides to Dominican Republic
What scum. And let me point out if this guy was a Republican I’d be calling him scum too. These are the benefits you get from “friends” when you’re a United States senator. Pure corruption.
Read MoreVoter turnout
Although the number crunchers haven’t finalized everything from Tuesday’s election, one statistic glares at us…voter turnout is considerably below previous turnouts.
Read MoreLike I’ve been saying… Federal grants represent one-third of state revenue
This is the disease. As you head for the polls this morning, I want you to think about the state of our union. Over the past five-plus decades we have allowed our freedom and liberty to be taken away from us in favor of central planning. For some reason, state after state, and voter after…
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