Not So Fast! Medicaid Expansion STILL in the Senate! YOUR Voice Needed!

  Michigan Citizens, The Medicaid Expansion bill is still in the Senate. Why you may ask? After the initial vote there was ANOTHER vote to give the bill immediate effect. According to the Michigan Constitution there needs to be 2/3 majority vote to give a bill immediate effect or else the bill (HB 4714) does …

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Medicaid Expansion Passes Michigan Senate

Michigan Citizens, Unfortunately, the “Wall of Shame” just got bigger this evening as GOP Senators joined by Democrats voted to pass the Medicaid Expansion (HB4714). It was a marathon session with long recesses and Caucuses.  The first vote was 18 to 19 with Senator Patrick Colbeck not voting in order to deny Lt Governor Calley, …

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The Medicaid Expansion ~ Politics, Policy, Practicality, Principles

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” George Washington, letter to Edmund Randolph — 1795 “We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, …

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Glenn Beck and the Death of Conservatism

Glenn Beck’s big rally at the Lincoln Memorial a couple days ago is the talk of the news media and the internet. Liberals are denouncing it, conservatives are walking on air, while tens of millions of people are completely mystified. And with good reason -- if Seinfeld was a show about nothing, this massive gathering was a rally about nothing. And while it may have looked impressive, in reality it shows just how impotent and adrift the mainstream conservative movement has become.

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Crystal Clarity: Conservatism vs Libertarianism

The TeaParty originally began in 2008 by the Presidential Candidate Ronald Paul of Texas. His supporter, crafty and creative decided to perform a mock Tea Party by throwing boxes over the side of a ship. The boxes represented the Federal Reserve System, Foreign Wars Abroad etc. Soon after that the Ron Paul Revolution marched on Washington D.C. Naturally the news outlets did not cover the event. But for the supporters of Ron Paul, seeing the thousands of marchers on D.C. proudly waving the flags of freedom and liberty was a grand moment in time.

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Ah, consensus! Compromising one’s values for a politician’s promise…

“Ah consensus … the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead.  What great cause would have [...]

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Oklahoma: Mark Costello the Right Fellow for Labor Commish

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OKLAHOMA R3PUBLICANS ENDORSE MARK COSTELLO THE RIGHT FELLOW FOR LABOR COMMISH Oklahoma R3publicans are pleased to extend our endorsement to Mark Costello for Labor Commissioner in Oklahoma.  Mark has the experience needed to bring common … Continue reading

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