The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, is the federal government’s latest foray into the medical field. Actually the intrusion is into the field of medical insurance and pharmaceuticals. The field of medicine is only indirectly affected. Generally the purpose seems to be one of allowing or requiring as many people […]
Quick: Which of the things listed below do NOT require a photo ID to perform? (a) Buy cigarettes or alcohol (b) Enter a federal building (c) Board a commercial airplane (d) Purchase over-the-counter antihistamine (f) Vote in an election You are correct. ‘F’ it is, dumb as it is, completely absurd in 21st century America. […]
Professor Walter E. Williams’ writings are required reading for anyone interested in preserving individual liberty and a free economy. Prof. Williams has long promoted both doctrines with a no-holds-barred approach, rendering big government proponents defenseless. In his pursuit, he recently targeted the nefariousness of the minimum wage. Williams derides the minimum wage for its inherent […]
This is kind of a “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” question. Over the past couple of years I’ve been wondering just where is the origin of “government off the rails?” Is it a top-down problem or a bottom-up problem? Who is setting the policies that are spending the country into a $14 […]
More than a week ago Navy SEALs ushered Osama bin Laden to his everlasting calling. A rush of boots, the pop of small arms fire, and he was gone. Word has it that Osama remains dead. Or does he? Conspiracies are popping up like lost relatives at a lottery winner’s doorstep, as are the attempts […]
It’s time to rally true conservatives and Tea Party members across the state to the cause; not of defeating some liberal politician, but of reminding our GOP leaders in the state Senate and House to the fact that they were elected last November to save America from financial ruin – the financial ruin caused by […]
One has to understand the editors at the Charlotte Observer: They use their bully pulpit to advocate whatever they dreamed of the night before. Being dreams, there is no requirement of rational, consistent thought; only whatever makes them feel good at the moment. Two recent pieces remind us of this truth. On Friday, May13th, one […]
In January of 2011, I posted an article written by Adam Love, the North Carolina State Coordinator for Campaign for Liberty entitled, “Obamacare: Symbolic Gestures are NOT Enough”. Adam’s post gave a voice to thousands of healthcare workers that cautiously placed their votes for GOP candidates that vowed to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable […]
Friends, as Huntersville Commissioners ponder the upcoming budget vote, it appears to be a foregone conclusion that they WILL RAISE property taxes this year. That’s right, during the worst economic times in our lifetime, surrounded by unemployment numbers not seen in our area in over 85 years, three members of the Huntersville Town Board have […]
Listening to President Obama’s latest campaign/policy speeches, all I can think of is the Shakespearean quote: “Me thinks thou doth protest too much.” (Hamlet, Act III, Scene II) Another Obama observer, James E. Rogan, writing at World Net Daily points out the following techniques of the Progressive President: Attack opponents endlessly, but always end the […]
