by Nick Gillespie. This is what bipartisanship looks like—and it looks pretty damn fresh. On July 24th, a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and John Conyers (D-MI) that would have brought NSA domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens into rough compliance with the Constitution nearly passed the House of Representatives in a ... MOREWhat Did You Do During The War On Terror, Daddy?
by Nick Gillespie. This is what bipartisanship looks like—and it looks pretty damn fresh. On July 24th, a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and John Conyers (D-MI) that would have brought NSA domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens into rough compliance with the Constitution nearly passed the House of Representatives in a ... MOREByron Tau: Big Marijuana Lobby Fights Legalization Efforts
Putting profit over principle. Pot legalization activists are running into an unexpected and ironic
opponent in their efforts to make cannabis legal: Big Marijuana. Medical
marijuana is a billion-dollar industry — legal in 18 states, including
California, Nevada, Oregon and Maine — and like any entrenched business,
it’s fighting to keep what it has and shut ... MOREIs Tiger Woods Smarter Than Phil Mickelson?
by Thomas DiLorenzo. Pro golfer Phil Mickelson, who just won the British Open, will reportedly pay a 61% tax on his earnings, including 13 1/2 percent to the state of California. (Medieval serfs paid “only” 40 percent). He’s ranked as the #2 golfer in the world. The #1 golfer, Tiger Woods, who is also a native Californian, lives in zero-income-tax ... MORESteve Chapman: Resisting The Surveillance State
Is it the will of the people to compromise privacy? George W. Bush and Dick Cheney spent eight years choking personal privacy to within an inch of its life. After they were done, Barack Obama showed up, expressed heartfelt sympathy and stood on its throat. But despite their efforts, it isn't quite dead. Last week, it showed definite signs ... MOREMichael J. Hurd: Chris Christie Vs. The Constitution
Christie has unlimited faith in unlimited government. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie condemns those who attack the National Security Agency (NSA) for gathering private phone and Internet data from Americans. His attack takes it for granted that such policies make Americans safer from terrorism than they otherwise would be. ... MOREWashington Times Editorial: The ObamaCare Canaries
Democratic Obamacare defectors hear the music. Thirty-five House Democrats broke party ranks last week to vote for a Republican bill to delay the employer mandate in Obamacare. They’re the canaries in the coal mine, and everyone knows what President Obama thinks of coal. In an earnest act of self-preservation, 21 of those 35 Democrats ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Giving Up Liberty For Security
It's big government's favorite (bad) argument. When Edward Snowden revealed that the federal government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, was unlawfully and unconstitutionally spying on all Americans who use telephones, text messaging or emails to communicate with other persons, he ... MOREBlack America's True Nemesis Is Not George Zimmerman
by Lloyd Marcus. In the midst of all the racial hullabaloo stirred up by so-called advocates for black empowerment after the Zimmerman trail, guess who is really being harmed? Answer: black America. All of you black pastors, black politicians, and black celebs who have joined Sharpton and the MSM's lynch mob to "get Zimmerman" ... MOREVIDEO: Walter E Williams - The Cruel Alternative
Choosing between losing a sense of morality or losing respect for the law.
Tax Bracket Chart: California's War On The Working Class
9.3% state income tax on $47,000 of earnings. Technically, you don't have just one "tax bracket" - you pay all of the California marginal tax rates from the lowest tax bracket to the tax bracket in which you earned your last dollar. For comparison purposes, however, your California tax bracket is the tax bracket in which your last ... MOREMark Jaycox: Bill Curtailing NSA Spying Loses In Congress
See who voted against your privacy - CLICK HERE. The US House of Representatives came within a few votes of passing a novel amendment that attempted to strike out funding for the highly contentious NSA calling records surveillance program. Under this program, the NSA acquires the records of who you called, when you ... MORE
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