Virginia Right!

This blog writer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (found at Real Clear World) warns us solemnly:  Let’s hope the Alternative for Germany fails for good: But absent a concerted and determined effort by Germans and all Europeans to refute AfD’s populism and consign it to political no-man’s land, the crisis in [...]

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There is no doubt that whoever coined the phrase “Fiscal Cliff” for the converging tax hikes and sequestration cuts is a fan of big government. And while most Republicans and Conservatives are loathe to cut a single dime out of Defense spending, and those on the left will never willingly cut the entitlement spending that [...]

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“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always [...]

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It was some years ago that John Lennon challenged us to “imagine” a life under Socialism. We no longer need to imagine. Just look around you. Europe is fully engulfed in Socialism and every country is failing and imploding under massive debt and stagnant economies. And the USA is right in the mix. We no [...]

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Every time I hear Barack Obama point to the George W. Bush years and claim “We tried it your way and it didn’t work” I have to shake my head. The economy didn’t crash because Bush was a staunch defender of a limited, Constitutional government. It crashed because Bush embraced the idea of “Compassionate Conservatism” or [...]

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Once again we are considering terrible reaction to what amounts to civil war in Syria.  I am sure there are atrocities on both sides.  Every bit of humanity cries out for intervention.  My humanity, too!  But it’s dangerous and as Ron Paul said last evening in the CNN debate (his best effort so far – [...]

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Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis is well aware that we cover not only Republican politics, but with co-blogger Sandy Sanders we offer a great deal of Ron Paul coverage. And that is intentional because I believe that the Ron Paul sector of the Republican Party has a valid place in the [...]

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« « Watcher’s Council Nominations..Thanksgiving Edition | main | The Council Has Spoken – Post Thanksgiving Edition JoshuaPundit on Nov 26 2010 at 2:15 am | Filed under: The Council Has Spoken! I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday’s festivities. I know the heroic men and women pictured above enjoying a well deserved break in their routine [...]

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Here’s a name some of my readers might know:  Clint Didier.  Didier (R-Redskins) is running for US Senate from Washington State against Patty Murray.  He needs to win the primary, set for August 17. Didier played for the Redskins in at least one Super Bowl; I’ll let the readers sort out the football details but [...]

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The 10th Amendment

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people.

The 10th Amendment neither adds to nor subtracts from the US Constitution. It simply gives any politicians that would subvert the constitution with laws a heads up: Federal powers are limited.

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Many of our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers took one step forward in the 1940′s to become a part of what is now known as the Greatest Generation. The enemy attacked the American way of life at Pearl Harbor. A tiny, more or less unknown island in the Pacific Ocean. Most were unaware that Hawaii was a US Territory. But when the Japanese bombs fell, our way of life was under attack. The US declared war on Japan, and Germany responded (under the Tripartite Pact) by declaring war on the United States.

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