Category Archives: CONGRESSIONAL FOLLIES

Open Letter to the TEA PARTY PATRIOTS

The Tea Party Patriots (TPP) is probably the biggest, best organized remaining remnant of the original Tea Party. I am a member, but I feel a huge lack of ideas in the leadership of this group.

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WE ARE “GRUBER VOTERS” . . . own it.

MIT Professor, Jonathan Gruber, PhD, has made public his observation of  “ . . . the stupidity of American voters”.  Actually, I doubt if he really knows any real “American voters”, but I think what happened is that he formed his … Continue reading

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IT’S THE CONGRESS, STUPID!

Big flap over what the President is going to do/not do/say/think or whatever about “immigration”. The fact is the President has no constitutional power re: immigration. None, zip, zero, nada.

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THE CONSTITUTION SAYS . . .

(This post was previously a “Page” titled “Congress vs The Constitution” that was created July 20, 2013.) THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS would have us believe that the problems of the nation are caused by the Administration and the Courts. THEY … Continue reading

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OBAMACARE, THE FOOL’S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM

A little careful consideration of what someone else expects you to believe will give you a clear indication of what they think of your intellectual powers. I recently picked up a pamphlet on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at my drugstore. … Continue reading

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THE POWER IN WASHINGTON D.C.

So, you think the President Obama has the power to make laws about health-care, tax carbon-dioxide in the air and decree minimum wages of $15.00/hr. along with a myriad of other “executive” actions? Well, think again. Here’s a complete list … Continue reading

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ISSUES ARE NOT THE ISSUE

I’ve recently been made aware (via the usual emails, phone calls and polls) of SC Sen. Lee Bright’s campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the upcoming South Carolina Republican primary. I’m not a big fan of Lindsey Graham, so I … Continue reading

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THE $1.1 T CONGRESS

Congress stuffed $1.1 trillion into the recent spending bill (yr. 2014), didn’t bother to consider or even read the contents, and promptly passed it into law. It got me to thinking about exactly how much money $1.1 trillion really is. … Continue reading

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CONGRESS: TAKING THE OATH vs LIVING THE OATH

Almost all congressmen and women, almost certainly including yours, routinely fail their oath. Continue reading

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HEY, IT’S THE CONGRESS

Picking up where I left off . . . after a very long hiatus. Election 2010 – “there we go again”. With national polls giving Congress a job-approval rating of something around 10% to 15% We-The-Voters reelected 86% of our … Continue reading

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