From the Wall Street Journal: In its next session beginning in January, the legislature of Virginia will consider proposing a constitutional "Repeal Amendment." The Repeal Amendment would give two-thirds of the states the power to repeal any federal law or regulation. Its text is simple: "Any provision of law or regulation of the United States [...]
Top Ten Reasons Why Congress Hates the Tea Party & Patriot groups (and why you should register for the Oct. 8-9 Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention at www.vateapartyconvention.com): 10. Most Tea Party & Patriot group supporters actually work for a living, and it’s human nature not to like people who are so very different from [...]
Do not ask, ‘Who is destroying the world?' You are. Say whatever you want about Ayn Rand, some of the ideas in her epic tome "Atlas Shrugged" should be required reading in American schools. In our previous post, we introduced the idea of money and the manipulation (destruction) of its value. Without further comment, [...]
Wired Magazine is just out with this article about how the CIA is "investing" in online monitoring: Exclusive: U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets * By Noah Shachtman America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on [...]
The NPR put together a very fair and balanced radio story on the tea party movement, covering specifically the Manassas Tea Party. It emphasizes that the tea party isn't just about fiscal responsibility, but the importance of our focus on the Constitution as well. The Tea Parties started as an anti-big government, anti-tax movement — T-E-A [...]
The Founding Fathers made numerous contributions to the forming of this great Constitutional Republic. In my opinion, one of their most significant achievements was the idea of a written constitution. Our U.S. Constitution was designed to serve as a limitation on federal powers, which is what makes it unique and powerful. It provides for a [...]
Senator Coburn asks Kagan to help define the limits of the interstate commerce clause. Unbelievable that she would even hesitate on this question. This is not good.
As predicted on this blog, The DISCLOSE Act shook of its earlier setback and surged back to the House for passage. We’ve already warned how this could undercut freedom of speech for groups like the Tea Party, but we want to pass along the perspective from the Virginia Gun Owners Coalition, which released the following [...]
We are come hither to preserve the poor commonwealth of Virginia, if it can be possibly done: something must be done to preserve your liberty and mine. - Patrick Henry, 5 June 1788, arguing (correctly) against Virginia's ratification of the proposed Constitution. We turn our attention for a foray into history. It's been said that [...]
As a newly minted political writer, I have been closely watching President Obama's approach to the media, keeping in mind his promise of “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” And true to his standard form, his strategy is murky, making it easy to miss the enormous dangers of what he is pursuing. It’s become clear that [...]
UPDATE: A Politico article today titled, "How Dems' NRA loophold backfired" is reporting that the Disclose Act has been temporarily pulled (the vote was expected today) because they don't have the votes. Keep up the pressure. They are trying to reorganize only to try another day. __________________________________________________________ We have been warning you this week that the Disclosure [...]
We have received alerts from multiple non-profit organizations who are gravely concerned about this vote in the House. This vote could have a significant impact on our free speech as a Tea Party movement. Please read carefully the latest alert we just received. The alerts we have received from other organizations were very similar. [...] the House [...]