by Don Rodgers First, let me say this is difficult to write. I am a veteran and the most patriotic and courageous people I have ever known come from that connection, but as we see events unfold little is the same in America today as we want to remember her …
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AG Eric Holder To Kansas – Don't Dare Defy My Tyranny, Or Else
by Bob Adelmann Professor Tom Woods wrote Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century back in June 2010 which got a lot of attention – a lot of it favorable, some not so – because it spelled out the constitutional protections against an overreaching federal government. Some folks …
FAA "Stunt" Deceives and Delays Travelers, Embellishing Obama's "Sequester"
by Bob Adelmann Last Sunday the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was being forced to furlough its traffic controllers because of cuts to its budget forced by the “sequestration” that began last month. Delays at major airports of 90 minutes and longer were being reported late Sunday night and …
Unions Which Advanced ObamaCare Now Calling for its Repeal – Citing "Unintended Consequences"
by Michelle Morin Back in the day, while the rest of us were warning the world that ObamaCare was going to destroy health care as we then knew it, big labor unions were some of the staunchest supporters of the gargantuan bill. Now, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied …
The Best of the "Iron Lady"
by Bob Adelmann I’ve had a most pleasant time reviewing, sorting, reflecting on, and selecting the best of Margaret Thatcher’s pithy quotes, including perhaps her most famous one: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money.” But here are some others less well known but …
Freedom's Friend, Big Government's Nightmare – The Remarkable Technology of 3-D Printing [VIDEO]
by Bob Adelmann Sometimes it’s good to get back a ways from the trees in order to see the forest. I’ve written before about 3-D technology but only when talking about building guns at home and how the possibility drives liberals and gun haters crazy. But USA Today has stepped …
White House Won't Answer Easy Question: Will Obama Cut His Lavish Vacations Like the Rest of Us?
by Michelle Morin Colorado’s own Pundit Pete, just a blogger, assembled into the White House Press Briefing room on 3/18/13 after calling for a press pass. Amongst all the expected White House Press Corpse Corps, blogger Pete asked the last question of the briefing. Although a very simple question, it …
Illinois Pension Plan Fraud on a Massive Scale
by Bob Adelmann This is how the game is played. Promise the rubes anything but reserve the right to break the promise. If you get caught, cover it up, admit nothing, and keep on with it. When the Securities and Exchange Commission discovered that the state of Illinois had been …
Down in Flames: French Official Enforcing Tax Evasion Laws Accused of Tax Evasion
by Bob Adelmann It’s easy to be cynical. This fellow, Jérôme Cahuzac, appointed by French President Francois Hollande to tackle the problem of tax evasion, has been accused of tax evasion himself. Ironies abound. Hollande is a socialist, and a Socialist, and high on his agenda are two things: during …
Another Lesson for Politicians: Raising Taxes Drives the Wealthy Away
by Bob Adelmann It’s too bad that French President Francoise Hollande is so committed to his socialist ideology that the inevitable consequences of his actions are incomprehensible to him. He raised taxes on the wealthy even further, and now those wealthy are leaving France. He can’t believe it. The economy is …