QUOTATION:“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” Benjamin Franklin “There is no basis in the Constitution for Congress being able to abrogate their responsibilities and authority to make fiscal law and pass it off to 12 handpicked members of the aristocracy……Boehner’s bill is another example …
Sound familiar? It should, it’s been a trick of the Democrats to pin that label on Republicans for years; “The Party of NO.” I submit to you that despite media reports and observations to the contrary, that label is now firmly stuck not only to the Democrats, but President Nobama Obama as well. No Plan [...]
Like many other Americans, some of our number are following the “debt ceiling debate” as closely as they can. One of them is doing so in between working even longer hours than he used to – like many other small business owners in the current economy. And despite long days, he has taken the time, [...]
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.
Get a grip! When trying to strike a deal with an ideologue who refuses to budge, do you keep banging your head on his desk, or leave and find another way? That’s the situation Rep. Boehner is in this week. The situation in trying to deal with Obama has gotten so bad, in fact, Boehner [...]
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 [...]
Even Chris Wallace knows that But Geithner sticks to the Party Line anyway, even though it makes NO sense; Read Doug Powers wrap-up of the Debt Talks Kabuki play. Doug asks; Where’s Wallace’s “are you a flake” question when it’s really needed? Geithner also said he opposes any short term deal that would make debt a main topic of [...]
Feigning Powerlessness to Retain Power House Republicans are certainly afraid that they could be accused of causing a default on the debt. But with almost $200 billion in monthly revenue, there is no shortage of money to pay the necessary $39 billion monthly tab to the creditors of the United States. Any accusation of precipitating …
I’ll leave the politics and future (or lack thereof) off for later. This was a spectacular last flight, a lot of people worked hard to bring this off from start to end. I’m going to miss that thing, and the BOOM BOOM when it crossed the coast to land at Edwards AFB a little over [...]