Roskam Statement on S&P’s Downgrading U.S. Credit Outlook‏

April 19, 2011 | Filed Under Business, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, Peter Roskam, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Congressman Peter Roskam (R, ILL), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement after the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s downgraded the United States long-term credit outlook from stable to negative:

“Today’s S&P change in its outlook for the U.S. to negative is the latest ominous warning that we can’t wait any longer to fundamentally address Washington’s spending and debt. While President Obama is advocating for the Washington status-quo, S&P’s warning is clear: the cost of waiting will have grave consequences for our economy and our kids’ futures. There is a way out of this. House Republicans have already passed a fact-based budget that would fundamentally lower spending, save crucial programs, and create a debt-free future for generations to come. Imagine what we could pass on to our kids and grandkids: a future free of crushing taxes and indebtedness to China. The urgency for action could not be clearer. I urge the White House and Washington Democrats to eschew the status-quo and to join us in meaningfully reducing our spending and debt.”

Remarks from the 2011 Chicago Tea Party Tax Day Rally

April 19, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Conservatives, Constitution, Cook County, Dan Proft, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Republicans, Tea Party | Comments Off

-By Dan Proft

Snow in Chicago in April. Some might view this as simply the unpredictability of Chicago weather. Others might attribute it to climate change. I, however, believe this to be a prophecy foretold: Rahm Emanuel has been elected Mayor of Chicago and Hell is freezing over.

Welcome tea partiers. To paraphrase our President, you are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration and the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan, two Illinois sons who forever changed the world and our understanding of it with their simple but unyielding commitment to the idea that liberty is the birthright of every human being.

The leadership emanating from Illinois more recently hasn’t been quite to that standard. This is also the year we take note of House Speaker Mike Madigan’s 40th year of driving business and jobs out of Illinois. And this year is the 14th anniversary of Barack Obama’s first “present” vote in the Illinois State Senate.

But I have hope for change.
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Beck Bounced but Barely Bruised – Will the Left Ever Do Right?

April 19, 2011 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Glenn Beck, Government, Corruption, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Talk Radio, TV, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Rev Michael Bresciani‏

The left is gloating over Beck’s demise since Fox has decided to let his daily shows dissolve sometime later this year. The cause cited is the lack of sponsors willing to back the show. Some 300 sponsors have dropped the show.

Is Beck a causality of the culture war or just more proof that whether you’re right or lefty the buck rules? It would be all too easy to accept the latter conclusion but with all the facts in, it can be seen as none other than a sweeping victory for the left. In essence the left understood what any good military strategist knows that the first thing to strike is the supply lines and depots in order to slow an army to a crawl or stop it in its tracks.
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VIDEO: Prosser Finally Declares Victory in Wisconsin

April 18, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, President, Public Employees Unions, Republicans, Taxes, Teachers Unions, Unions, Warner Todd Huston, Wisconsin | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has at last declared victory in the Wisc. Court race. He had a great quote, too:

“I presume this is my last campaign and that my fifteen minutes of celebrity will soon be over. Greta has stopped calling.”

Good one.

Prosser’s opponent, the union-backed Joanne Kloppenburg has until Wednesday to file for a recount.

This is a great victory for the people of Wisconsin fighting to get their state budget under control. Unions hardest hit.
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Obama Open Mic Snafu: ‘You Think We’re Stupid’

April 18, 2011 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, President, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

At a private meeting with Chicago area donors, Barack Obama leveled some though talk at Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and the Republicans. His posturing, we are told, was supposed to be private for the ears of his donors only but the White House communications staffers left Obama’s microphone up with the feed going straight to the general press corps.

CBS Radio News White House correspondent Mark Knoller happened to be listening to the feed and made some notes on what Obama said. One thing Knoller heard was an Obama claiming to have been a tough guy with Boehner daring the Speaker to try and cut funds to abortion mill operator Planned Parenthood.

“Put it in a separate bill,” the president. “We’ll call it up. And if you think you can overturn my veto, try it. But don’t try to sneak this through.”
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Obama’s Media Passover: Rep. Walsh Takes it To The Media

April 18, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, CNN, Congress, Conservatives, Cook County, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, Journalism, Lake County, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, President, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Joe Walsh (R, 8th District), a Tea Party backed Congressman from Illinois, slams the Old Media on why Obama has been allowed to present not one, but two budgets without the media saying a word about it.

Exactly right, Joe. If any Republican president had issued a budget that failed to win any support and then was forced to make a second run at it, the media would be talking about nothing else but “the president’s first failed budget plan.” The media would be repeating this drumbeat over and over until even the second budget would be DOA because the president would have been so undermined.

But in this case, Obama failed miserably with his first budget offering and has come back to the table with a second one and the media has been wholly silent on the first failure, giving Obama a total pass on the debacle and treated as if his second proposal is the only one he’s ever presented.
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Judge Prosser Declared Winner, Left Loses BIG In Wisconsin Union Fight

April 18, 2011 | Filed Under Conservatives, Democrats/Leftists, Education, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Judges, Law, Liberals, Public Employees Unions, Republicans, Supreme Court, Teachers Unions, Unions, Warner Todd Huston, Wisconsin | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

A county canvas of votes for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice is finished and the result shows that Judge David Prosser, a 12-year veteran of the courts, won reelection over his union-backed opponent.

Judge David Prosser’s total now officially stands at 752,323 votes to challenger Joanne F. Kloppenburg’s 745,007. This spread represents a 0.488% margin and at less than .5% state law provides for a recount effort that does not require a filing fee.

Prosser’s campaign issued a press release saying they were all “very excited” over the results. His challenger said that she will fall back and try to make a decision if they will bother to file for a recount.
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One Last Word About Boehner’s Budget Deal of Last Week…

April 18, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Conservatives, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Liberals, Policy, President, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

I know, I know, I know… many conservatives are mad at the whole thing. It was too small, it was too timid, Boehner caved on Planned Parenthood, etc., etc., etc. But, can I just point out one other thing in Boehner’s favor, just for a little perspective?

The goal of party politics is to get as many of your guys to vote for your policies as possible, of course. But a secondary goal is to split off as many of the other party as possible and inducing them to vote with you.

Boehner was successful in doing that with the vote on HR 1473. The Speaker successfully got 81 Democrats to vote in favor of the budget deal and in an extremely contentious and partisan debate, at that. In contrast he only lost 59 votes from his own side and those votes were not lost over the essence of the bill but over only particulars.
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When the Anti-Bulliers Become the Bullies

April 18, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, California, Children, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Larry Sand, Liberals, Public Employees Unions, Taxes, Teachers Unions, Unions | Comments Off

-By Larry Sand

California Teachers Association backs SB 48 – radical legislation that will reinterpret history, hurt children and cost the taxpayers money

As one who tries to keep up with the latest teacher union doings, a trip to the California Teachers Association legislative page is always illuminating. Recently, I found that the powerful teachers union testified in favor of SB 48, a bill introduced by California State Senator Mark Leno. If passed, this bill would alter the way history is taught, could psychologically damage young children while delivering a blow to the taxpayers of California.

The California Education Code as it is now written says, “Existing law requires instruction in social sciences to include a study of the role and contributions of both men and women to the development of California and the United States.” However, according to the legislative counsel, SB 48 would “require instruction (emphasis mine) in social sciences to also include a study of the role and contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, and other ethnic and cultural groups, to the development of California and the United States.”
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Update on Union Rallies

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Budget, Business, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Public Employees Unions, SEIU, Taxes, Teachers Unions, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Bob Williams

I expect a lot of union protest and rallies in the coming month, and I fear that things will get ugly. The unions certainly are active, and protests this week took place from coast to coast, from Times Square to Olympia, WA. Here are some of the highlights of this week’s union protests around the nation:

California: The California Teachers Association has budgeted $1 million for labor protests at the State Capitol on May 9-13.
Illinois: More than five thousand union members from three different states gathered in Daley Plaza on April 9. Participants claim both private sector employers and state governments are eroding the standard of living of working people by wage roll backs and cuts to benefits. Other protests took place around the state, including in Collinsville, Peoria, and Gurnee.

Follow Up: Frightened Mexican Business Owners Look To Immigrate to USA

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Capitalism, Economy/Finances, Government, Jobs, Mexico, RightPundits.com, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Yesterday I wrote of how stricter immigration laws in the US are scaring away Mexico’s low-skilled, uneducated masses from wanting to come to the USA. I mentioned it was a good thing that the dregs of Mexico are staying in Mexico. Today I celebrate another story that reports that some of Mexico’s business class and members of its upper middle classes are looking to come to the US because of fear of the drug wars raging south of the boarder. They are bringing their wealth and their businesses with them, too. This is also a good thing.

The Monitor of McAllen, Texas reports that Mexicans applying for the federal EB-5 investment program are on the rise as violence and crime rises in Mexico. The EB-5 program is a twenty-year-old federal program created to entice successful businessmen of other countries to immigrate to the US and bring their businesses with them…

Read the rest at RightPundits.com.

Was Lincoln REALLY a Secret Atheist?

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under Abraham Lincoln, Bible, Christianity, Civil War, GOP, History, Religion, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Here we go again. This sort of nonsense that passes for journalism rehashing our history, and badly at that, always comes up when there’s some sort of anniversary in the offing. This time it is the 150th anniversary of the Civil War which gave Discovery News an excuse to cast Lincoln as the new atheist hero all based on a “rediscovered letter.”

This “rediscovered letter” is, as Discovery News and Emily Sohn claim, “raises questions about Abraham Lincoln’s views on religion.” Sohn tries to lead readers into imagining that Lincoln was a closet atheist because the letter claims that Lincoln’s religious views were “driven not by faith, but by politics.”

The letter in question was written by Lincoln’s law partner and close friend — at least a close friend before he became president — William Herndon. Herndon made a cottage industry for himself out of being Lincoln’s close friend after the president’s assassination styling himself as Lincoln’s official biographer. He spent years traveling around the country talking to people who knew Lincoln in order to write the definitive biography of the president.
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Kinzinger Statement on House Republicans’ FY 2012 Budget

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under Adam Kinzinger, Budget, Congress, Conservatives, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the office of Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R,IL)…

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-11) today issued the following statement in support of H.Con.Res 34, the House Republicans’ “Path to Prosperity” plan:

“America stands at a critical crossroads – Should Washington wade deeper in the red and follow the President’s budget proposal? Or, should we chart a new way forward under the House Republicans’ budget resolution?

“It’s no secret that we cannot continue down this reckless trajectory. Our nation’s total debt has already hit an all-time high of more than $14.2 trillion and is alarmingly close to reaching the federal debt ceiling. We’ve kicked the can down the road for too long and now, there’s no more road left.
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Video: The Government Can

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Humor, Liberals, Taxes, Video, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

By Tim Hawkins.

Is America’s Ship Sinking in Delphian Waters?

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under Christianity, Michael Bresciani‏, Morals/Sex, Religion | Comments Off

-By Rev Michael Bresciani‏

Statistics tell us a lot about ourselves, they mark and track trends and mindsets. They can be used to change business practices or to help politicians and leaders to catch the feelings of their constituents. Who would ever think a raw cold statistic could make us sorrowful or sad?

One such statistical report recently made available by George Barna on one of his well known Barna Reports is all but an indictment against Americas all time highest list of matters they perceive to be most important in their lives. The list accurately reveals what is at the top of our thinking, but at the same time indicates that what we have put at the top may have come from the bottom of our best ideas on what we think gives meaning and purpose to our lives.

The report is entitled “Survey: Voters Most Interested in Issues Concerning Security and Comfort, Least Interested in Moral Issues.” Those polled were registered voters and the questions posed had to do with what they thought would influence their choices the most as they decided on a presidential candidate in the coming 2012 elections.
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When a Compromise Isn’t a Compromise

April 16, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Frank Salvato, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, President, Taxes | Comments Off

-By Frank Salvatoin his speech, President Obama stated:
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Roskam Floor Speech on GOP Budget

April 16, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Conservatives, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, Peter Roskam, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06), Chief Deputy Whip, made the following speech on the House floor this afternoon in support of the GOP’s budget, The Path to Prosperity. The House just passed the budget, 235 – 193.

ROSKAM: … “We can choose a historic plan that brings a brightness to the economy, that creates jobs and opportunity, that doesn’t mortgage our children’s future to China, and ultimately puts the U.S. on a global competitive basis the likes of which the world will have never seen.”

http://roskam.house.gov/

Mexican’s Increased Suspicion of USA Over Immigration Laws

April 16, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Budget, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Immigration/Immigrants, Jobs, Liberals, Mexico, Regulation, RightPundits.com, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

According to the Christian Science Monitor Mexicans might be becoming “reticent about taking that midnight train to Georgia” and emigrating to America whether illegally or not. All this because of new, more stringent immigration laws being enacted in the various states, Georgia being only the latest example.

The bill, which Gov. Nathan Deal (R) is expected to sign, is the latest in a wave of immigration reform legislation that is sweeping the US and souring Mexican opinion of America. Prior to the enactment of the Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 one year ago, 62 percent of Mexicans had a positive opinion of the US, compared with 44 percent after the law passed, according to the Pew Research Center.

The Monitor has several examples of Mexicans changing plans and deciding to stay in Mexico. To this all I can say is… it’s about time…

Read the rest at RightPundits.com.

Tax Day Tea Party Now Even Bigger: Cain, Grover, Cisco – 4/18‏

April 16, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

The 2011 Chicago Tax Day Tea Party on Monday, April 18 at noon in Daley Plaza has grown even bigger. Businessman, tea party star and Presidential Candidate Herman Cain is now set to speak at the rally. Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform and one of the original authors of the Contract with America will also speak in Chicago on tax day. But that’s not all. We’ll also be joined by Cisco Cotto and Dan Proft from WLS AM-890.

Let us know you’re coming by registering here. You can also RSVP on Facebook here.

Herman Cain, Grover Norquist, Cisco Cotto and Dan Proft will round out an already stellar group of speakers, liberty leaders and regular people who are making a difference. The confirmed speakers at the event include:
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Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris

April 16, 2011 | Filed Under Cold War, Communism, Democrats/Leftists, Free Speech, Freedom, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Liberty, Socialism, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

Communists are poopie heads.

Tax Freedom Day – Action Alert‏

April 16, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Republicans, Taxes, Tom Cross, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the office of GOP Minority Leader Tom Cross…

Congratulations! Today is the first day of 2011 that earnings you make can start going towards meeting the needs of you and your family. That’s right – we’ve worked the first 105 days of the year just to pay our federal, state, and local tax obligations for the year, more than a quarter of the way through 2011.

In recognition of this sobering fact, today is Tax Freedom Day in Illinois; a reminder of just how much we must pay in taxes each year before our hard-earned dollars can finally start working for us.
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The Sad Tale of 50 Million Global Warming Refugees

April 15, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Capitalism, Climate Change, Democrats/Leftists, Environment, Global Warming, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Taxes, UN, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

This is the sad, sad tale of the 50 million global warming refugees that the UN warned us about. Oh, it isn’t sad because there are any 50 million refugees, it’s sad because people believed that there were going to be 50,000 refugees due to global warming. After all, these purported refugees never materialized.

Back in 2005 the U.N. had determined that by 2010 there would be some 50 million refugees thrown out of their homes because of the ravages of globaloney. As Aaron Worthington says, that prediction came up short of the mark “by only around 50 million.” When the UN was at the height of its great global warming scam, the United Nations Environment Programme predicted that by 2010 there would be 50 million people driven from their homes as a result of globaloney…

Read the rest at RightPundits.com.

Democrat New Tone: Penn. Pol. Asks if She Can Kill a Colleague, ‘Blow His Brains Out’

April 15, 2011 | Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Anti-Americanism, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Guns, Liberals, Pennsylvania, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Yes, it’s that new age of Democrat political civility rearing its ugly head yet again. During an April 12 debate on gun control Pennsylvania State Representative Margo Davidson of Philadelphia wondered aloud on the House floor if it might be OK for her to blow the brains out of one of Pennsylvania’s Republican Representatives.

Before we even go on with this story, imagine if a white, male, and Republican politician had asked during a debate on policy if it would be OK if he blew the brains out of a black, female, Democrat. Just imagine what would be happening to such a man should he have done this. Certainly his name would be on the lips of every TV newscaster for at least a week after he said such an outrageous thing. Movements would be born to oust him from his elected position. Colleagues would be condemning him. Race-baiters would be flocking to the state for vigils. Further his own party would be denouncing him in no uncertain terms.

But what we have here is a black female, a Democrat from a big city, and no one is paying any attention at all. Obviously it is not a big deal. Apparently we are expected to just move on as if there is nothing wrong with a black woman expressing the desire to kill her political opponent.

Double standard is the nicest thing I can say about it.
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Auto Recall: When The Wheels Come Off Government Motors… Literally

April 15, 2011 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Republicans, Stimulus, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

GM, Obama’s favorite federally owned car company, was thrilled to report in March that sales figures for the Chevy Cruze helped put the company on the fast track to success but it wasn’t the best news when the wheels began to literally fall off the Cruze causing a recall of GM’s “success” story.

As we will remember, last November Obama proclaimed GM a great success story, one that justified his raging fever for bailouts. This March GM buttressed Obama’s glowing account by reporting rosy sales figures in which the Chevy Cruze made a big appearance. Then GM reported that the Cruze and the Malibu accounted for “98,950 sales – roughly one of every four Chevrolets sold in the first quarter.”

But let’s not break out the champagne too soon because only weeks after GM celebrated sales of the Cruze, at least one steering wheel popped off in transit. It’s a literal case of the wheels coming off GMs success story.
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April 15th Tax Rally in Springfield!‏

April 15, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the almost government shut-down to the tragedy in Japan, these are truly treacherous times. What makes them even more dangerous is the lack of leadership, wisdom, and courage and Washington and…in Illinois.

Even with a $1.6 trillion deficit, our Spender-in-Chief President Obama and the Democrats in Congress did not even want to cut $4 billion out of the budget. Meanwhile our debt increases $4 billion a day! (Here’s my article about Obama and the other “trolls” of the almost government shut-down in this week’s Washington Times). Top 5 Biggest Trolls of the Almost Government Shutdown

Back in Illinois, Pat Quinn breaks promise after promise, spends what he doesn’t have with hopes that he can just borrow it like a college kid with a credit card. Quinn has raised taxes 67%. He wants to borrow $110 million to buy 2500 acres in Peotone. He wants to borrow another $2 billion to pay off the state’s backlogged bills. What the heck?!

But we can do something to stop them. If we stand up. Together.
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Welcome To Our Homosexual Day of Silence

April 15, 2011 | Filed Under Children, Democrats/Leftists, Education, Gay Marriage, Gays, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Nancy Morgan | Comments Off

-By Nancy Morgan

Friday, April 15, the Homosexual Day of Silence is being promoted in government schools across the country.

Welcome students. Today is the big day. Today is your chance to take a stand against the forces of bigotry and homophobia that unfairly targets our brothers, sisters and others in the gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual and gender optional community.

By your very presence here, you signify your complete acceptance and approval of alternative lifestyles, sex on demand and the right of all to engage in whatever sexual practices feel good at the moment. You should be proud. And you may all now officially consider yourself enlightened. And empowered.
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Kinzinger Statement on Cutting Nearly $40 Billion in Spending

April 15, 2011 | Filed Under Adam Kinzinger, Budget, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the office of Representative Adam Kinzinger (IL, 11th)…

Washington, DC – Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-11) released the following statement on today’s House vote on H.R. 1473, which would cut nearly $80 billion below the President’s 2011 budget proposal.

“In January, President Obama stood before our country, asking for a partial spending freeze, which translates to no spending cuts. In just a matter of months House Republicans, who only control one-half of one-third of government, managed to negotiate spending cuts of almost $40 billion through the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year.

“The spending cuts are free of any earmarks and tax increases, and removes the Administration’s license to spend tens of billions of dollars over the next five and a half months, which results in $315 billion in deficit savings over the next ten years.
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Outta Be A Law: New Hampshire Proposes Law to Allow US Flag Flying

April 14, 2011 | Filed Under 1st Amendment, Anti-Americanism, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Free Speech, Freedom, Government, Government, Corruption, Law, Liberals, Liberty, Nanny State, Patriotism, Property Rights, Regulation, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

In the United States of America it is illegal in some places to fly a U.S. flag. What, you ask? How is this possible, you cry? Well, it’s true… to an extent. Oh, there aren’t many city, county, state or federal statutes where this is codified in law, of course. But where this is happening all the time — and all over the country regardless of region — is in rules created by homeowner’s associations.

What happens is nosy, busybody condo or homeowner’s association chiefs write these idiotic rules where you can’t do this and you can’t do that on your own property. These sort of oppressive restrictions are common in homeowners association rules. One of the most common rules across the country in these fascist organizations is that you cannot fly a U.S. flag on your own property. As it happens, New Hampshire is trying to make this sort of rule illegal with HB 132…

Read the rest at RightPundits.com.

Kane County Taxpayer Tea Party scheduled for April 15

April 14, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Liberals, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

“It’s Your Government—Get Informed, Get Involved” is the theme of this year’s Kane County Taxpayer Tea Party on Friday, April 15, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Kane County Government Plaza at the intersection of Route 31 and Third Street in Geneva.

This year’s program focuses on local, state, national and international issues. Scheduled speakers include radio host Teri O’Brien, John Tillman of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jim Komaniecki of Restore American Liberty, local businessman Mike Olesen, and Bob McQuillan of TaxFacts, among others. Jeff Danklefsen will emcee.

This family-friendly educational event will also offer patriotic sing-alongs, information tables, and a Voice of the People segment in which attendees will be able to sign up for one to two minutes at the microphone.
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Old Media Gets Rolled on Hoax Story

April 14, 2011 | Filed Under Associated Press, Business, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Free Trade, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Associated Press was very excited to learn that General Electric was going to return its $3.2 billion tax refund to the U.S. Treasury because the company was so embarrassed that it got such a giant refund this year. Why, it was so selfless of GE to be that public minded, AP thought. Only one problem. The story was a hoax and AP fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

Early on Thursday a press release came from GE… or at least AP assumed it came from GE… that announced that the corporate giant was giving back its $3.2 billion tax refund. Saying that the company was “facing criticism over the amount of taxes it pays,” AP assumed that GE wanted to reverse the bad reputation it had earned for having skipped out on paying taxes for 2010.
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