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In the midst of all this, one day while setting her DVR to record the television programs that she did not want to miss, she noticed something funny about the way The Glenn Beck Show appeared written out on the screens programming schedule. Now I am not a fan of Glenn Beck. I have nothing against him but for as dramatic as I can often be, I find him overly dramatic. Still I find that there is little that he states which can be disputed from a constitutional perspective, the only perspective that a federal government should have and my...

I promised a brief summary, so here it is. I am not a doctor, or health care worker of any kind, so I cannot, and will not attempt to pass any judgment on the particular details of patient care. The proposed health care legislation is a rough read, to say the least. To properly assess a plan of this size and scope you must address it holistically. When you analyze the plan, as a plan, and not as an amalgam of solutions, the gaps in logic become profound. • There is little effort at addressing the change in demand, and...

The Republican leadership (whoever that is) has a problem. The party has lost power across the board in Washington D.C. and in many states. The politicians in the party are divided over what needs to be done to regain power. Some advocate a return to conservative principals, neocons still push national defense as the primary issue, and still others believe the party must take a small turn to the left. The top of the party is clearly divided, and the Democrats love to talk about it. The media is also reporting on this divide and the lack of a clear...

What is the root of the secessionist movement? The driving force at the grass roots level is of course money. Many Americans are rightly disturbed by the transfer of their wealth, and the wealth of their children, to companies that made risky investments, or were poorly managed. This is new territory for the government. The transfer started under George W. Bush with his bank bailout and auto makers bailouts, and the Obama administration has really poured on the spending with additional bailouts and stimulus packages. Citizens of more fiscally conservative states are finding that there money is being redirected from...

Senator Chuck Schumer today expressed a desire to target specifically the recipients of the AIG bailout with a targeted tax rate of 100% on their bonuses. This is clearly unconstitutional and Schumer is well aware of the illegality of his proposal. Article I, Section 9, paragraph 3 of the constitution provides that: "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law will be passed." For those who may be unclear on exactly what this means we can refer to the Federalists papers and James Madison. He wrote the following, "Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the...

This is actually a pretty good list if you visit the link. Spitzer, Palin, Blago, Obama. 2008 was certainly one of the weirdest years politically. Who would have predicted the fall of Hillary and at the hands of Obama who is so much more to the left than even Hillary.

The presidential election of 2008 was won on the internet. Obama not only raised huge amounts of cash, but liberal bloggers were able to control the news on the web through manipulation of social networking sites like reddit.com and digg.com. To prepare for future elections, we must start organizing now. It was clear in the middle of October what had happened, and it was becoming increasingly clear that the manipulation was done by just a few thousand dedicated bloggers, and social networking addicts.