Archives for November 2013

Obama’s Disdain For The Constitution Means We Risk Losing Our Republic

Forbes – Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, he has changed it five times. Most notably, he suspended the employer mandate last summer. This is widely known, but almost no one seems to have grasped its significance. The Constitution authorizes the President to propose and veto legislation. It does not authorize […]

NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Blind to His Gun-Control Hypocrisy

Daily Caller – Outgoing New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has spent his career promoting an extreme gun control agenda. He believes it should be as difficult as possible, and mostly illegal, for law-abiding Americans to own a firearm for self-defense. Now he wants taxpayers to pay $750,000 for his personal protection as he […]

Canadian Border Most Likely Entry Point for Terrorists

Ottawa Citizen – Canada represents the greatest threat from terrorists trying to enter the United States. “As far as I am aware, all recent threat assessments have pointed to the northern border as the most likely point of entry into our country for terrorists,” Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told a […]

More Immigration Would Hurt Low-Wage American Workers

Washington Free Beacon – Immigration reform will make matters worse for an already damaged economy, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said. “If you don’t have 2 percent growth you’re not creating jobs. The number of people dropping out of the workforce is stunning. It is not a healthy trend.” [Read More]

US May Have Let ‘Dozens’ of Terrorists Into Country As Refugees

ABC News – Several dozen suspected terrorist bomb makers, including some believed to have targeted American troops, may have mistakenly been allowed to move to the United States as war refugees, according to FBI agents investigating the remnants of roadside bombs recovered from Iraq and Afghanistan. The discovery in 2009 of two al Qaeda-Iraq terrorists […]

Is Our Government Still “Of the People”?

The Foundry – It took a long Civil War and hundreds of thousands of dead, but America eventually rid itself of the scourge of slavery and the democratic cause triumphed, thereby confirming Lincoln’s contention that “ballots are the rightful, and peaceful, successors of bullets.” The challenge to democratic government, however, would not disappear. In the […]