Texas Congressman Ron Paul just introduced legislation to repeal one of the worst anti-gun laws in the country. Please join GOA and Rep. Paul in the effort to get rid of thousands of gun free zones across the country.
Small businesses across the country, struggling today just to survive let alone expand, were joined over the weekend by some very big guns in business; Steve Wynn of Las Vegas and Bernie Marcus, founder of the formidable Home Depot chain came out swinging against the Obama administration’s anti-business ideology; Marcus made his feelings known in [...]
The article about Medicaid coverage for prenatal care in Nebraska that was published in the Sunday, July 24th, Lincoln Journal Star is so full of bias, unsupported conclusions, and half-baked analysis it’s difficult to know where to begin to respond. I’m going to take a stab at it anyway over the next few days. But [...]
Considering that most of the wheeling and dealing involved in government goes on behind closed doors, more likely than not most of what we Americans hear and see playing out in the media is maneuvering. These P.R. battles seem to provide politicians the ability to “throw some red meat” to their respective bases of support. [...]
Think again “The numbers, they are awful.” 9.2% — unemployment rate for June. 0.1% — increase since May. 16.2% — underemployment rate for June. 0.4% — increase since May. 8% — conventional wisdom for the maximum allowable unemployment rate to win reelection. 15 — remaining BLS reporting months before Election Day. 255,000 — net jobs [...]
My reaction to the steady flow of news reports regarding what a failure the February 2009 Stimulus has been can be summed up as follows… Thanks to Norlyn, I was provided with a more enjoyable and clever way to say… “Duh!” I recommend that the President, his many Czars, and the legions of pointy-headed central [...]
We live in a country where the quality of life has been the envy of the world. How many people worldwide try to sneak in here every year? We’ve seen over the last decade, as the size of government has grown, as government has taken more and more control over our lives, that’s beginning to [...]
Marco Rubio, again speaking truth to power Text of his speech from the Weekly Standard; We don’t need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. Then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to [...]
Nebraskans concerned about U.S. sovereignty and the health of our economy, may want to get in touch with Dave Heineman regarding the upcoming forum explained forum. See the bottom of this article for Governor Heineman’s contact information. Several weeks ago, our friends at OK-SAFE alerted us to the fact that the National Governors Association [...]
Editor’s Note: This article is particularly timely considering statements by President Obama at a news conference yesterday (Thursday, June 29, 2011). For a transcript click here, for video, click here. This post is a conglomeration of thoughts around a common theme: Current Congressional talks re raising the debt ceiling. The title includes a quote attributed [...]