AC's Blog – March 2011 Archive (6)

03/23/2011

Obama, Clinton, and Biden Agree: War on Libya Is Unconstitutional



by Michael Tennant

The New American







What a difference an election makes. The man who just singlehandedly committed the United States to war against Libya, President Barack Obama, told the Boston Globe in 2007:



The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or… Continue

03/10/2011

Is ‘Shutting Down Government’ A Threat Or A Promise?



by Bill Flax

Forbes



“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra



Another year and the White House unleashed yet another insult to the very concept of a budget. Last year, with Democrats in full control, our minders couldn’t even get a budget passed. Now President Barack Obama, seeing government as both a means and an end, proposes to elevate spending by $8.7 trillion over the next ten… Continue

I have a soft spot in my heart for all our military folks.  Let us not forget their sacrifice and their service. I am sorry they dont have a commander in chief that has a backbone......but they do.

Here are a couple of my heroes, my Dad and my son.…

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I was involved in the trucking industry for 22 years and most of that time I was an owner-operator.  Regulations have always been a part of that industry.  While I know the general public hears from the so-called safe-highway organizations, the general public doesn't know the whole truth.

I will be the first to stand up and defend the cause for removing BAD drivers from the highway....it needs to be done.  But, the problem is, we will never regulate the problem away with laws that…

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety

 

This quote from Benjamin Franklin is so relevant in today's America.  When politicians stick their finger in the air to see which way they will stand [ignoring the Constitution] on an issue, then mob rule [Democracy] will prevail.

03/08/2011

Trading Away Sovereignty



by Virgil Goode

Former Congressman Virginia’s 5th Congressional District from 1997 through 2009.



Last week, the New York Times reported that Obama received received “rare bipartisan praise” from Republicans when he signed the South Korean Free Trade agreement, known as KORUS, last December. However Republicans stalled congressional approval of the agreement, largely because of “partisan feuding,” in part because Republicans want… Continue