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You can not responsibly support a proposed Amendment to Our Constitution unless you have read and understand the proposal and how it would change our Constitution. You must look behind the nice sounding name! Will the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) really “reign in” the federal government? Will it really “show them” that they have to balance their budget the same as we do? Or does it actually legalize spending which is now unconstitutional? Is it actually a massive grant of new constitutional powers to the President and the federal courts - a grant which will cut the Heart out of...

For Boehner and Cantor's part, they have promised Republicans a vote on the Bachmann-King amendment as a stand-alone bill. The only problem: such a bill has no chance of passage in the Senate with a Democrat majority. "This votes gives us the ability to say we voted to defund the slush fund, where it goes from there doesn't really matter," says an aide to Cantor. "We just want this off the table so we can get to some serious budget negotiations, not political stunts."

We the People, to save the Gulf of Mexico and our Nation from further unnecessary damage, do hereby declare our intention and resolve to identify and eliminate its underlying causes, which stem from the dereliction of duty, lack of leadership, and covert agendas being demonstrated by and through the United States Government, BP Corporation and subsidiary corporations. In congruence with the Laws of Nature, We mutually pledge to each other and to all God’s creatures, our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. We neither petition nor ask permission from the Government or corporations in support of this restoration, for...

"You know what my biggest fear is?" our host asked. "It's not really Obama, for what he's done is to accelerate what the liberals have been slowly doing for decades - so quickly that their socialism is obvious to everyone. Which means the solution is obvious to everyone. My biggest fear is that voters will give Republicans the power to repair America on November 2nd - and the Republicans won't have the courage to do it."

"Resolved, That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government . . . . and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. . . . that the government created by this compact [the Constitution for the United States] was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; . . . . that...

Authorities in several Midwestern states were flooded Wednesday night with reports of a gigantic fireball lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said. The fireball was visible for about 15 minutes beginning about 10 p.m., said the National Weather Service in Sullivan, Wisconsin, just west of Milwaukee. "The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east," said the NWS in the Quad Cities area, which includes parts of Iowa and Illinois. "Well before it reached the horizon, it broke up into smaller pieces and was lost from sight," the service said. "Several reports of a...

Conservative GOP Sen. Tom Coburn tweaked Fox News for its “fair and balanced” coverage Tuesday while praising Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. – a surprising stance for a physician who was one of the staunchest opponents of Obamacare. In remarks taped at a townhall meeting by KGOU Radio, the Oklahoma Republican said he is "180 degrees in opposition" to Pelosi but that "she is a nice lady." That comment drew boos and jeers from the crowd, but Coburn asked the crowd for calm and spoke about civility, according to The Hill. “Come on now. She is nice — how many of...

Well, they went and did it, despite all the hand-wringing, threats, blogs, demonstrations, name-calling, broken windows, and general political mayhem. Congress has delivered to President Obama his so-called health care bill, although bitterly opposed by more than half the American people. In the House of Representatives, where the final battle was fought, every Republican voted against it. We have to give them credit where it’s due. But, it seems to me they’re patting themselves on the back a little too warmly. You can almost hear the Republicans chortling with glee in the halls of Congress. Evidently they believe their vote...

As President Obama and Senate Democrats push to pass an immigration bill this year, one key ingredient is still conspicuously missing: a second Republican to co-sponsor the legislation. Most Republicans considered likeliest to join Sens. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, in writing a bill either have taken a pass or are still on the fence. Key figures say the country does not have the kind of consensus needed to tackle the issue. "It just doesn't exist anymore," said Sen. Jon Kyl, the Arizona Republican who in 2007 took the lead on writing a...

The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it is tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers

By using the term "law" we are not referring to the positivist enactments through which governments plunder the productive on behalf of the parasitical, and inflict criminal violence on anyone who objects; rather, we are referring to what Frédéric Bastiat described as "the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense."

“As a Christian, how can you advocate withdrawing consent? Romans 13 tells us to obey the governing authorities.” A correct reading of Romans 13 would pose the question, “How can we not withdraw our consent?” Romans 13 tells us the civil magistrate, or governing authority, is a minister of God. The civil magistrate receives his authority from God and, as His representative, has no other authority. If the magistrate operates outside of God’s authority, he is no longer a minister of God and His Law, but a minister of Satan. God established the civil magistrate to be His servant or...

The Sarah Palin “Miracle” poster is not typical campaign propaganda. For the swing voters needed by the McCain campaign, it is inspirational dynamite. Until the Palin selection, McCain did not have the hearts of Evangelical voters. He probably had their votes, however, because he is a Republican. But the campaign wasn’t taking any chances that the “fright factor” would work in November as it has before. Fear can go a long way to secure the loyalty of the demographic known in Washington as “the Stupid Demographic”: The other candidate is a Democrat. He is therefore scary. Be very afraid. Vote...