9,000 earmarks in omnibus spending bill
“I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution; and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering...
View ArticleSearching the Omnibus
Good luck searching through the omnibus spending bill: The $500 billion omnibus spending bill to fund the most of federal government for the rest of the year will be debated in the House this week. And...
View ArticleLive-blogging Obama’s speech
Tonight’s speech by Barack Obama isn’t a true State of the Union, but it’s close enough. Republicans will even have a response given by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Live-blogging will begin tonight...
View ArticleNationalization of banks unlikely
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says bank nationalization is unlikely: Stress tests of big US banks that start this week are unlikely to lead to any of them being seized by regulators and nationalised...
View ArticleTea Party in Atlanta, Jason on Cavuto
Our newest blogger finds himself on ‘Your World With Neal Cavuto” yesterday after attending the Atlanta Tea Party: ~McQ
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Romney wins CPAC poll
Mitt Romney won the presidential straw poll at CPAC today: One day after delivering a forceful campaign-style speech to the conference of conservative activists, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney...
View ArticleDC vouchers in trouble
The omnibus budget bill that passed the House last week could destroy school vouchers in Washington, DC and the Washington Post is urging the Senate to restore the funding: Rep. Davis R. Obey (Wis.)...
View ArticleAnother nominee with tax issues
Another Obama nominee, Ron Kirk, owes back taxes. Kirk is the designee for United States Trade Representative, a cabinet-level position. This is the fourth nominee by Obama that has come under scrutiny...
View ArticleGeithner defends tax increases
Tax cheat Timothy Geithner is defending President Barack Obama’s proposed tax increases: President Obama’s Treasury secretary is defending proposed tax increases, saying they are necessary to limit...
View ArticleLet Them Buy Stock
While stocks are tanking, partially due to uncertainty and skepticism over President Barack Obama’s economic agenda, the president encouraged people to invest: As Wall Street tumbles, President Barack...
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Paul’s pork
The following was written by Andrew Davis for Conservative HQ. It has been posted here with his permission. During the 2008 election, Ron Paul became a grassroots icon in his fierce denunciations of...
View ArticleSCOTUS turns down New York gun lawsuit
The Supreme Court smacked down New York City and Mike Bloomberg: New York City on Monday failed before the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a lawsuit it filed against the gun industry. New York sued...
View ArticleObama lacks votes to pass budget
Barack Obama doesn’t have the votes to pass his $4 trillion budget: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said he has spoken to enough colleagues about several different provisions in the budget request to make...
View Article20/20 and Reason: “Bailouts & Bull”
Last night’s episode of 20/20 was one of the best I’ve ever seen. John Stossel took on several topics, such as taxpayer-funded bailouts, transportation, medicinal marijuana, universal pre-kindergarten...
View ArticleChange means more taxes, more spending
It’s hard to imagine that government could grow as much as it did during the Bush Administration, but Barack Obama seems determined to top his predecessor: During his presidential campaign, President...
View ArticleMisguided populism and selective taxation
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” – Thomas Jefferson David Boaz has written a great post explaining why selective taxation, like...
View ArticleObama to seek caps on all executive pay
The CEO’s of banks and financial firms that received bailout money may not be the only executives to see their pay regulated: The Obama administration will call for increased oversight of executive pay...
View ArticleSCOTUS to review speech case
The Supreme Court will take up a case dealing with free speech: Months after its debut, “Hillary: The Movie” faces nine of the nation’s toughest critics: the Supreme Court. The justices’ review of the...
View ArticleTwo New Examiners
Jason Pye and I have – unbeknownst to the other, which we each found hilarious – applied for and become “Examiners” for the Atlanta Examiner. What that essentially means is we write for an online...
View ArticleIs Atlas Shrugged finally going to the silver screen?
This my latest article for the Atlanta Examiner. Talk of putting Ayn Rand’s classic, Atlas Shrugged, on the silver screen has made its way back into the news: After decades in development hell, Ayn...
View ArticleObama offers nothing in the way of budget cuts
President Obama is asking for budget cuts from his Cabinet: President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, where he will order members to identify a combined $100 million in...
View ArticleSecond Amendment now applies to the Ninth District
The Ninth District Court of Appeals weighed in on the Second Amendment today as they ruled in Nordyke v. King. Here’s the story from SCOTUS Blog: The Constitution’s protection of an individual right to...
View ArticleSeasonal flu kills 36,000 every year
Not to talk down the seriousness of the situation with the “swine flu,” but 13,000 people have died from seasonal influenza since January: An outbreak of swine flu that is suspected in more than 150...
View ArticleHow the FEC is destroying free speech
The Cato Institute takes a look at what election law and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) are doing to free speech in the United States by examining Citizens United v. FEC, which I previously...
View ArticleStimulus bill costs $746k per job
Washington Watch notes that the Obama Administration put out a paper presumably touting the success of the so-called “economic stimulus” bill. The paper says: In the first 100 days since President...
View ArticleWelcoming home a fallen soldier
Henry County, Georgia recently welcomed home Staff Sgt. John Beale, who was killed two weeks ago in Afghanistan. Last Thursday, the citizens of his home and neigboring counties lined up along the side...
View Article1776 Project
A friend has started an organization called the 1776 Project, which he’s kicking off today “hoping to inform and educate voters by promoting the values and principles of a Constitutional government.”...
View ArticleDownsizing Government
Our friends at the Cato Institute, the only think tank in DC dedicate to personal and economic liberty, have launched a new site, DownsizingGovernment.org, committed to cutting waste from the federal...
View ArticleThe tea party movement is a response Barack Obama
Recently, former Vice President Dan Quayle offered his two cents about the tea party movement: Like many influential causes before it, the “tea party” movement appeared on the scene uninvited by the...
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