John McCain Anxious for NDAA Renewal for 2013
originally published at The New American Magazine During the overnight Senate session that resulted in the passage of a “de facto declaration of war” on Iran and a stopgap bill that funded the federal government through March, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tried to push through a vote on next year’s National Defense Authorization [...]
An appearance of impropriety
Last Sunday morning, the NFL pulled a replacement ref scheduled to work that afternoon’s New Orleans – Carolina game. It seems our budding official presented a little conflict of interest. According to ESPN.com, side-judge Brian Stropolo is a big Saints fan. Stropolo hails from New Orleans, and he apparently had photos of himself wearing Saints [...]
Arab Spring is now a Western Winter?
by Judge Andrew Napolitano Is the Arab Middle East ready for democracy? We know how the past two American presidents have answered this. The revised stated purpose behind President George W. Bush’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq was to build a new world order by forcing democracy on populations to whom it was truly alien. [...]
Subsidies for Electronic Medical Records Leads to Higher Medicare Bills
Government subsidies often produce unintended consequences. The latest example comes from the New York Times, which reports that federal subsidizes to encourage doctors and hospitals to use electronic billing and recording records are leading to larger Medicare bills. That means that taxpayers are taking a double hit even though policymakers claimed that electronic record-keeping would make [...]
Report Reveals Details of Obama’s Drone Program
originally posted at the New American Magazine The headline in the Long War Journal reports: “2 al Qaeda leaders reported killed in Mir Ali drone strike.” The story fills in the details — those that can be ascertained without any official recognition of the strike or the deaths — saying: Two al Qaeda commanders are reported to [...]
Propaganda against the state
A Vietnamese court sentenced three bloggers to jail sentences between four and 12 years on Monday. Their crime? Spreading “propaganda against the state.” Americans tend to recoil at such violations of the basic right to speak and write freely. The official U.S. response called the sentences “troubling.” “These convictions are the latest in a series [...]
Why Should Oregon Nullify Obamacare? (When Kitzcare is Still in Effect)
Everywhere I go, I try to build momentum for nullifying Obamacare. People have been surprisingly luke-warm to the idea, however, many say that it’s impossible as long as Kitz is in office. To this I say, Kitz is not a dictator! His veto(s) can be overridden (and even if they couldn’t, that would just mean [...]
The ‘No More Solyndras Act’ Charade
Last week, the House passed the “No More Solyndras Act” on a mostly party-line vote. However, instead of terminating the Department of Energy loan guarantee program that subsidized Solyndra and other boondoggles, the bill allows applicants who filed before the first of this year to still receive handouts. The DOE will still have $34 billion in [...]
How to Resist Federal Tyranny
Alex Jones talks with New York Times bestselling author Tom Woods, a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He is the author of eleven books, most recently Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse and Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century. He is featured in the new [...]
New Jersey Action Alert S2135/A3186
As mentioned in Thursday’s post, the New Jersey Legislature is once again pushing for the implementation of the state health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. The Senate version, S2135, has been introduced, and will be considered by the Commerce Committee October 1. The Assembly’s bill, A3168, Was also introduced to the Health and Senior Services Committee. Currently, We have no [...]
Volunteers Needed Now. Stand up for the Constitution!
We have a choice between the vision that we have today – and the vision of the founders. Stand with us and stand with the Constitution! Here are a few of our pressing needs right now. There are many more opportunities available, so if you’re not seeing something that fits your skills or passion please [...]
Nullification Advances in Michigan, Colorado and Massachusetts. Tenther News: 09-24-12
This episode is made possible in part by the new Nullification Movie. Now available for order at tenthamendmentcenter.com/movie ******* After some heavy courtroom back and forth on NDAA kidnapping powers resulted in the federal government still holding on to the power to “indefinitely detain” anyone without due process, the People of Michigan have an opportunity [...]
Michigan Nullifying the NDAA: A Work in Progress
Monday, September 24, 2012 saw an intrepid group of Michiganians attend the General Government Committee of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners in support of Commissioner Jim Runestad’s Liberty Preservation Resolution. The purpose of this resolution is to register opposition to the indefinite detection sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 NDAA and to provide [...]
Welfare Work Waivers vs the Constitution
Judge Napolitano Tackles Obama’s Welfare Work Waivers: He Has ‘Little Respect’ For Congress Or Constitution
Wrong Bill, Gill
Despite Facebook referring to the following of certain pages on their site as “Liking,” there are times it is useful to “Like” what one does not like. This proved to be true yesterday, when the New Jersey Senate Democrats included on their Facebook page their intent, spearheaded by Senator Nia H. Gill (D – Essex), [...]
Court Battle over NDAA Detentions Continues
Add to iTunes On this 65th episode of TRX, hosts Michael Boldin and John Lambert confront the Federal government’s worst crimes against the US Constitution yet. The horrendous news of Congress extending the FISA wiretapping law and the President ordering a new cyber-security commission can hardly be escaped even by watching TV as now campaign [...]
What If November Changes Nothing?
by Judge Andrew Napolitano What if the principal parties’ candidates for president really agree more than they disagree? What if they both support the authority of the federal government to spy on Americans without search warrants? What if they both support confining foreigners, uncharged and untried, in Guantanamo Bay? What if they both believe the [...]
Communists and Founding Fathers Opposite on Democracy
Given our constant drift from a Republic to a Democracy, it might be well to review what historical philosophies most favored the latter form of government. The Founding Fathers and the Communists were total opposites on the word Democracy, one distained; the other loved. Guess which one hated and which one loved? First, those who [...]
Obama Admin. Argues for Warrantless Cellphone Tracking
In a document filed September 4 in the D.C. District Court, the Obama administration argues that there is no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in a person’s cellphone GPS data. The president’s lawyers argue that they do not need a warrant to request cellphone company records regarding a customer’s movements and location as tracked by their [...]
Consequences of an Interventionist Foreign Policy
by Ron Paul The attack on the US consulate in Libya and the killing of the US Ambassador and several aides is another tragic example of how our interventionist foreign policy undermines our national security. The more the US tries to control the rest of the world, either by democracy promotion, aid to foreign governments, [...]
A vote for the iceberg
In a Sept. 18 column published on Breitbart.com, Kurt Schlichter urges libertarian leaning folks to suck it up and vote for Mitt Romney. “How come?” you might ask. Why, to protect the Constitution, of course!! Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. Schlichter first reminds his readers that the next president “will get two or [...]
Government Spying, Cybersecurity Control and the Constitution: Tenther News 09-17-12
This episode is made possible in part by the new Nullification Movie. Now available for order at tenthamendmentcenter.com/movie ******* Shahid Buttar of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee reports that even in the wake of Constitution Day, last week Congress is very close to some major constitutional abuses – once again. This time it was [...]
House Passes Extension of NSA’s Electronic Surveillance of Americans
originally published at The New American Magazine In a move that should surprise no one aware of the increasing size, scope, and sophistication of the U.S. surveillance state, the House of Representatives voted on September 12 to approve a five-year extension of the snooping scheme created by George W. Bush in the wake of the attacks of [...]
