Posts in "Politics"

Thank goodness...This is not the EU

Mar 19, 2009 at 5:45 PM

In its concerning and ridiculous quest for complete political correctness, the European Union's parliament has banned essentially all language denoting gender for EU politicians. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will now no longer be able to say "Miss," "Mrs.," or their counterparts in other European languages. Also off limit for politicians will be terms such as "sportsman," "statesman," and even "manmade." The ban does not yet extend to the entire population of Europe

Tallahassee Tea Party

Mar 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM

By Chet Butterworth

Today is the day, North Florida! On the Facebook event wall for today's Tallahassee Tea Party, someone wrote in opposition, "Why would anyone who lives in Florida oppose the bailout money?" A member of my local Campaign for Liberty chapter responded with this,

Because it creates unfunded mandates once the original money is spent. Because it has strings attached and the federal government pulls them. Because we the people can't afford it. Because the borrower is slave to the lender and the lender is China.

Freedom is never silly

Mar 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM

By Austin Nichols

Technological advancements have made many things in today’s society obsolete. For instance, the typewriter has been replaced by the computer, many models of which have in turn been replaced by newer computers yet. Cell phones continue to shrink even as their range of functions expands. However, with every new month ringing in the “next big thing,” there is at least one commodity that will never become outdated: the Constitution of the United States. Many have argued that the Constitution has no bearing in the changing modern world. Bill Kristol, a Fox News correspondent and Editor of Weekly Standard, has been quoted as saying that "[t]here is no way that a 200 year old document can have much relevance today…”

Freedom is never silly

Mar 17, 2009 at 1:50 PM

By Austin Nichols

Sanford on the bailout

Mar 14, 2009 at 9:25 AM

By Jeff Frazee

Mark Sanford, Gov. of South Carolina, from CNN:

"What you're doing is buying into the notion that if we just print some more money that we don't have and send it to different states, we'll create jobs," he said.

Global World Government...Time to Be Scared

Mar 11, 2009 at 10:23 PM

By Robert Bentley

I wrote this post on my blog the other day in response to a comment I got on another story I wrote. It is something else, and it needs to be shared: From Conservative for Change: I wrote a post last Sunday about the emergence of a "Global New Deal" which was promoted by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Paul/Hughley 2012?

Mar 8, 2009 at 11:11 PM

By Matt Fay

Just kidding....but it is interesting to watch this interview and see the libertarian streak that resides within most Americans come out of Hughley as he and Dr.

House Legislation to Regulate Tobacco: put that in your pipe and smoke it

Mar 4, 2009 at 2:42 AM

By Jeffrey Hubbard

Here we go again; Representative Henry Waxman of California plans to introduce legislation that will broaden the authority of the Federal Drug Administration to regulate the tobacco industry, an effort that failed this past summer. Rep. Waxman is not the only person fired up about this regulation, Senator Kennedy, who chairs the Senate's health committee, plans on introducing a similar bill later this month. One goal of this legislation is to reduce teen smoking, but the thing about teen smokers is that they turn into adult smokers – think tax crop instead of cash crop. Right now, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is largely funded with burdensome tobacco taxes. As the Heritage Foundation pointed out last summer:

To produce the revenues that Congress needs to fund SCHIP expansion through such a tax would require 22.4 million new smokers by 2017.

MSNBC's Coverage of CPAC

Mar 3, 2009 at 1:47 AM

By Matt Vavaro

Having attended the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference (better known as CPAC) this past week, I can tell you how amusing it was to go back into the hotel room each night and watch MSNBC's coverage of the event.