Featured, Politics — March 17, 2010 at 6:34 am

The United States Declaration of Independence begins: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” Houston,...

You Vote ObamaCare, We Gonna Vote You Outta There

We The People is an awesome new song and video from Ray Stevens.

January 4th, 2010 | Humor | Read More

Obama’s Secret Police

Americans have a long history of opposition to secret police forces, but that era may now be drawing to a close. Barack Obama recently signed an amendment to Executive Order 12425. Obama’s amendment to Executive Order 12425 gives Interpol authorization to operate in the United States and exempts...

January 4th, 2010 | Featured, Politics | Read More

The Debt Clock

The US Debt Clock is a great web page to help remind Americans just how out-of-control we have let our government become. The page presents real-time estimates of more than sixty important economic indicators. By the time you view the debt clock, the statistics will be even worse than the ones that...

January 4th, 2010 | Economics, Featured | Read More

Our Plastic President

I remember when people used to joke about Al Gore being “wooden”. Well, if Gore is wooden, Obama is plastic. Take a look at this hilarious video clip of our plastic president with thirty-three different heads of state. In each photograph he holds the exact same facial expression. It...

January 3rd, 2010 | Featured, Politics | Read More

Strangling American Business

Some people wonder why American businesses are failing to compete in the global economy. I don’t — I wonder how they are managing to do as well as they are. Take a look at corporate tax rates among some of the worlds most advanced economies: Australia: 30% Austria: 25% Canada: 29.5-35.5% France:...

December 28th, 2009 | Economics | Read More

Light ‘em Up for Liberty

I’m told that the best thing about beating your head against the wall is how good it feels when you stop. Our national bi-partisan War On Drugs is a lot like that. The war on drugs has reduced respect for the rule of law. As Montesquieu wrote two hundred years ago, Useless laws weaken the necessary...

December 28th, 2009 | Featured, Politics | Read More

Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

The socialist government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) just sentenced Liu Xiaobo to eleven years in prison for “inciting to subvert state power.” Liu is one of the authors of Contract 08, an open letter calling for legal reforms, democracy and protection of human rights in...

December 25th, 2009 | Freedom of Speech | Read More