withholding subjugation

Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts last November demonstrated collective symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome.  (It can’t possibly be that the political descendants of Sam Adams could have complied of free will!)  Offered the opportunity to abolish the state income tax (a similar effort had failed by a very small margin just a few years before) they instead opted to... Read More

multiplier magic

One advantage of COWOBAMA’s preoccupation with preserving his legacy amidst the smoke trailing from his wounded health care jet is that time spent expounding upon other rubbish is limited.  Case in point – remember the multiplier? We were told that a single dollar of government spending would create a positive impact many times greater than the amount borrowed, taxed... Read More

three separate and co-equal branches

There was no shortage of warning signs for those who were willing to see them.  Divorced from partisan rhetoric, the red flags were obvious.  Not as often discussed as the promise to speak directly with foreign enemy leaders without conditions but at least as telling was a paucity of remotely relevant experience so profound that “running” a campaign was a (the only)... Read More

Audacity of hope

So have things really gone too far?  Is there no way to ever return to the splendid societal and political structure conceived through the wisdom, guided by faith and prayer, of our Founding Fathers? Many will assert that no, we have no hope.  Things have gone too far.  This sentiment is reiterated, accepted and reinforced – in other words granted established validity –... Read More

Boiled frogs

So the old frog fable warns us against the danger in incremental change.  Like those frogs initially immersed in cold water, with the flame roaring beneath our pot, will we fail to notice that we are being cooked before it is too late for us to leap to safety?  Read More

Jim Moran revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyS1WJNisM  Read More

important websites – visit and donate

Institute for Justice Cato Institute Americans for Tax Reform Patriot Post 2nd Amendment Foundation FreedomWorks Concord Coalition  Read More