by Joel Poindexter. Throughout the Cold War, the prevailing fear of United States government was the domino effect. Simply put, if even one country fell to communism, it could start a chain reaction that would quickly consume the remainder of the free world in a totalitarian dragnet. This led to a doctrine of containment, wherein the U.S. government would ... MOREState By State, A Nullification Domino Effect
by Joel Poindexter. Throughout the Cold War, the prevailing fear of United States government was the domino effect. Simply put, if even one country fell to communism, it could start a chain reaction that would quickly consume the remainder of the free world in a totalitarian dragnet. This led to a doctrine of containment, wherein the U.S. government would ... MOREVeronique De Rugy: Republicans Are Military Keynesians
When it's defense, Republicans believe in spending. In September, Mitt Romney launched a series of TV commercials promising to protect and create jobs by preventing the military spending cuts mandated in a bipartisan 2011 deficit reduction agreement. “Here in Virginia,” one ad says, “we’re not better off under President Obama. His defense ... MOREWalter E Williams - Democracy And Majority Rule
Constitutional ignorance exploited. President Barack Obama narrowly defeated Gov. Mitt Romney in the popular vote 51 percent to 48 percent. In the all-important Electoral College, the difference was larger, with Obama winning 303 electoral votes and Romney 206. Let's not think so much about the election's outcome but instead ask: What's so good about democracy ... MOREWarren Beatty: Why The Secession Petitions?
The states are not so united. President Barack Hussein Obama is not the first president to be faced with secession. The most famous secession that resulted in the Civil War was, first and foremost, about economics. Today we are witnessing the same reason cited for the various secession petitions -- economics. Derrick Belcher, who started the Alabama secession ... MOREMarlo Lewis: The EPA vs. State Economies
Driving up the price of corn. On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected petitions from the governors of Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, and North Carolina to suspend the biofuel-blending requirements established by the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) program. This program requires refiners to blend increasing ... MOREGary North: An Anomaly In American History
Ron Paul's farewell address. On Wednesday, November 14, Ron Paul delivered his final speech at the podium of the United States House of Representatives. It was covered by C-SPAN live, and was later posted on C-SPAN's site. It was soon posted on YouTube, and from there was posted on numerous sites. Within hours, various media outlets began to ... MORED.J. Garth: The Secession Obsession
Why so many are more than hoping for change. As of the 13th of November, there are 70,983 signatures on a petition asking the Obama administration to allow Texas to peacefully secede from the union. For an updated tally, you can check the We the People page of the White House website. Personally, I don't quite think it is sane to be talking ... MOREDavid Catron: The States Last Stand Against ObamaCare
Battling a lawless federal government. Last July, I wrote that the states still had the power to kill Obamacare, despite the Supreme Court's gross dereliction of duty in Florida v. HHS. My point was that the insurance exchanges required by PPACA are the key to its success or failure, and that the law grants the states enormous power in the way they are ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Counting Your Blessings, Backwards
Ten, nine, eight … what do you appreciate? When life seems crazy or hopeless, count your blessings backwards—that is, find something to be thankful for in the midst of darkness. It is reverse psychology for adults. Think of the most onerous regulation or politician in your life and find one reason you are thankful for this trial. For example, ... MOREOC Register: Welfare, In Its Many Forms, Mushrooms
Welfare incentives have been wildly successful. The United States spent $61,000-plus last year supporting welfare programs for each household in poverty, according to U.S. Census, Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Research Services data. If the money had been handed directly to those families, they would have arrived in the middle ... MORE
How's That ObamaCare Waiver Workin' Out For Ya?
by Michelle Malkin. Exactly two years ago this week, the Obama administration announced it had issued more than 100 waivers en masse to a select group of companies, unions and other health insurance providers seeking relief from the onerous federal health care law. The Obamacare waiver winner's club now totals 2,000. Where are they now? ... MOREPeter Morici: Of The Fiscal Cliff And Into The Abyss
A fast track to chaos. Efforts to avert the fiscal cliff offer great drama, but won't solve Washington's budget woes and could precipitate another recession or worse. The Budget Act of 2011 requires the president and Congress to agree on a nine-year $1.2 trillion deficit reduction program, or annual defense and nonentitlement ... MORE
SF Gate: Petraeus Scandal Reveals Threat To Privacy
Where did the checks on government go? All Americans who regard privacy as a fundamental right should be unnerved by the breadth and the detail of a search through personal correspondence in the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus. For a moment, put aside the question of whether Petraeus and Gen. John Allen, the top ... MOREFEMA: Welfare Masquerading As Disaster Relief
by Shikha Dalmia. Hurricane
Sandy hadn't even touched down when liberals started blowing
kisses to FEMA, or
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the federal disaster relief
agency. A New York Times editorial declared that the impending
storm proved that the country needs FEMA-style "Big Government"
solutions more than ever. Salon, New ... MOREArt Carden: Price Gouging In A Picture
What can we say about price gouging? In open defiance of what everyone learns in an introductory economics class about the laws of supply and demand, politicians in New York and New Jersey (and elsewhere, no doubt) are vigorously enforcing their laws against “price gouging” and implementing alternative rationing mechanisms like even-odd ... MORECitizens In All 50 States File Petitions To Secede From U.S.
by Jason Linkins. As you may have heard, residents in most of these United States have
used the "We The People" online petition tool -- previously best known
as the primary method that weed enthusiasts used to communicate with high-ranking members of the White House staff -- to file requests to secede from country in the wake of the ... MORE
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