Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates Rules Committee passed, by an 11 – 1 bipartisan majority, a bill to establish “a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of a United States monetary unit based on a metallic standard, in keeping with the constitutional precepts and our nation’s founding principles….” Such a study could prove to be a very big deal […]
Remember MERS? Remember how I’ve told you it destroyed over 300 years of land records in the US? Remember how I told you it was owned by the largest banks? Remember how I said you may not own your house or may not be able to sell it? Remember how I kept asking why we […]
Those cynics who claim the Department of Homeland Security is more concerned with expanding government power than with the safety of Americans need to read this handy advice about what to do if a madman attacks your workplace. Step one: Cower. Here’s how: “To protect your hiding place, lock the door if you can. Block the door with heavy furniture,” […]
In my previous essay I addressed the idea of economies evolving from a growing, dynamic state to a static one where people try to maintain position and use their assets to build monuments to themselves. Nothing derogatory was meant about service businesses; in fact, the business I operate is a service business. The point is […]
Now that we have settled the ‘rich paying their fair share’ issue, it is time to turn attention to the real problem in the federal budget: spending. You don’t think the tax debate is over? President Obama has gotten the last tax hike he will ever see, or any other Democrat, for the rest of […]
It turns out a few US Senators have been meeting and drafting new legislation that would “solve” the illegal immigration problem in the US. The Washington Post describes the group as “meeting quietly.” Others might call it “meeting in secret.” So who are the quiet meeters? Six total – three from each party. The Democrats: Senate […]
Both Republicans and Democrats alike have often claimed that the media is heavily biased against them. But which side is telling the truth? While certainly not a perfect indicator of the media’s overall political affiliation, we can look at the political contributions of the largest media conglomerates to figure out where their allegiances fall. If we follow the money, it […]
Under Socialism, you don’t have to pass a law; you just have to use your economic control to make the companies enforce the law. Growing government control over banks and investment companies, directly and indirectly, allows those institutions to be used to target firearms manufacturers. Cerberus was bullied into dropping the Freedom Group, which includes […]
It was only a living room conversation. But this living room conversation, earlier in the month, was between two clashing political titans: the co-founder of MoveOn.org, Joan Blades, and the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, the largest and most authentic of the Tea Party groups, Mark Meckler. Neither represented their respective organizations; they were there in their […]
A local group of Republican political activists will be gathering to call attention to the actions taken by the RNC against grassroots conservatives at the 2012 National Republican Convention. This protest will be focused on the party rule changes and systematic disenfranchisement of delegates, actions that were overseen and railroaded through by Party leadership in a premeditated undemocratic fashion at […]
