Rasmussen Poll: 82% Realize U.S. Is Not Winning Drug War
The people seem to be educable. Americans continue to overwhelmingly believe the so-called war on drugs is failing, but they are more divided on how much the United States should be spending on it. Just four percent (4%) of American Adults believe the United States is winning the war on drugs, according to a new Rasmussen Reports ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Reality Versus Mirages In Egypt
So far, the mirages seem to be winning. Nothing symbolizes the Utopianism of our times like both liberals and some conservatives calling for us to cut off aid to the Egyptian military, because of the widespread killings in what is becoming a civil war in Egypt. Such utter lack of realism from the left is not new, but hearing some ... MORELA TIMES OP-ED: How Obama Has Abused The Patriot Act
by Jim Sensenbrenner. On Aug. 9, the Obama administration released a previously secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act that it used to justify the bulk collection of every American's phone records. The strained reasoning in the 22-page memo won't survive long in public light, which is itself one of the strongest arguments for transparency ... MORETim Lee: Obama Asks For Warrantless Cellphone Searches
Requests permission to ignore the Fourth Amendment. If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through
your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the
Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and
rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches. ... MOREKatie Kieffer: AWESOME! TSA Creepers Just Got Creepier
Government gropers to become ubiquitous. Janet Napolitano’s TSA agents won’t keep their blue, latex-covered
paws to themselves. The TSA is now expanding its grope to rodeos, sports
stadiums, music festivals and train stations. The TSA’s signature move is like the signature move of a guy who
“accidently” brushes his hand against a woman’s ... MOREWalter E Williams: Blacks And Progressives
On excuse-making and dependency. Sometimes I wonder when black people will reject the patronizing insults of white progressives and their black handmaidens. After CNN's Piers Morgan's interview with the key witness in the George Zimmerman trial, he said: "Rachel Jeantel is not uneducated. She's a smart cookie." That's a remarkable ... MORESteve Chapman: Drug Warriors In Retreat
Their drug-induced haze couldn't last forever. When it comes to Eric Holder, Republicans are divided between the radicals and the moderates. One group regards him as a lawless black power zealot intent on subverting the Constitution and stripping us of our liberties. Then there are the radicals... So when Holder gave a speech ... MORE
Regulation Nation: Obama Expands The Regulatory State
By Ben Goad and Julian Hattem. President Obama has overseen a dramatic expansion of the regulatory state that will outlast his time in the White House. The reach of the executive branch has advanced steadily on his watch, further solidifying the power of bureaucrats who churn out regulations that touch nearly every aspect of American ... MORESen. Rand Paul: The Madness Of Mandatory Minimums
Lives needlessly ruined by rigid sentencing. I applaud President Obama’s recognition that mandatory minimum sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders needs to end. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s announcement Monday to change federal drug-sentencing policy hopefully signaled a significant shift toward justice in ... MOREPeggy Noonan: What We Lose If We Give Up Privacy
The danger of amping up what government can do. What is privacy? Why should we want to hold onto it? Why is it important, necessary, precious? Is it just some prissy relic of the pretechnological past? We talk about this now because of Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency revelations, and new fears that we are ... MOREVIDEO: Fox News - The Prying Eyes Of Lawless NSA
Government listens to phone calls and reads e-mails of innocent Americans.
How Political Correctness Is Destroying America
Michael Snyder provides 19 shocking examples. If you say the “wrong thing” in America today, you could be penalized, fired or even taken to court. Political correctness is running rampant, and it is absolutely destroying this nation. In his novel 1984, George Orwell imagined a future world where speech was greatly restricted. ... MOREJacob Sullum: Barack, The Unmerciful Drug Warrior?
Why doesn't Obama pardon more drug offenders? This week Eric Holder said something that critics of our criminal justice system have been saying for decades but no other U.S. attorney general has managed to say while still in office. “Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement ... MORE
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