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The fear with respect to our latest “government shutdown” is amazing. The hysteria peddlers using this terminology, and the media that purposely play to it, must know these two words emit such an extreme emotional response. It appears designed to frighten the least...
A few thoughts on the so-called government shutdown. First, let’s just call it what it is. Political theater with bad actors! What we have does not constitute a shutdown. If you go to the airport, TSA agents will still grope you. The IRS will collect taxes from...
by Ron Paul As I write this, it appears that the federal government is about to shut down because the House and Senate cannot agree on whether to add language defunding or delaying Obamacare to the “Continuing Resolution”. Despite all the hand-wringing heard in DC, a...
Last week, during a hearing in the Imperial Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dianne Feinsten went to bat for the NSA – defending their wildly unconstitutional spying program as “lawful, effective and constitutional” This is in light of the fact that the...
I rarely get to report something “good” coming out of Congress. But the Senate filibuster on Obamacare by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) certainly falls into that category. Cruz stood on his principles. He stood for 21 hours and 19 minutes. He stood, and he...
When the feds tell you they want to protect your rights, watch out! In all likelihood, that means they plan to strip some of your rights away and expand their own power. Case in point, a “shield law” for journalists currently the subject of congressional...
