By Burt Prelutsky ~ Santorum, Gingrich and Perry, all condemned Mitt Romney’s Bain Financial for putting people out of work. If anyone should be sidelined, it’s Santorum, Gingrich and Perry. For one thing, as every conservative who isn’t running behind in the primaries knows, venture capitalists put their money where their mouths are. Nothing ventured, […]
The Patriot Post Chronicle The Foundation “If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency […]
Pelosi Passes Gavel to Boehner Late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s humorous take on how things could have happened differently: Can’t see the embedded video above? Watch it on YouTube. Motivation Submitted Submitted FAIL Submitted Submitted What The Huck? And now for the adventures of Huckleberry F— Political correctness throws Mark Twain’s beloved classic down the […]
The Patriot Post Chronicle The Foundation “[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes — rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments.” –Alexander Hamilton Editorial Exegesis “For the last decade, presidents and Congresses representing both major […]
By Burt Prelutsky There are those who still can’t believe that while the voters in most of the other states were belatedly coming to their senses, out here in California we were electing or re-electing the likes of Barbara Boxer, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsome, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Brad Sherman and Henry Waxman. They weren’t […]
By Ken Blackwell It was a great event at the White House last June. Sir Paul McCartney came to be honored by President Obama. And he thrilled the glittering company with his rendering of that classic Beatles hit — Michelle, Ma Belle. Sir Paul cooed to our First Lady the lines that say: “I love […]
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The Patriot Post Brief The Foundation “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” –James Madison Liberty “[O]ne reason the Founding Fathers decided to break […]
The Patriot Post Digest The Foundation “One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one.” –James Madison Government & Politics ‘Don’t Ask’ to START DREAMing of a Tax and Spend Christmas November’s election sent a loud and clear message to Washington about overspending and overzealous government interference in the private sector. Although […]
The Patriot Post Brief The Foundation “No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.” –George Washington Liberty “There is no such thing as a ‘free’ government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits. While politicians in Washington negotiate a deal to provide welcome […]
The Patriot Post Digest The Foundation “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to […]
By Mark Alexander The only legitimate DADT survey is… “A good moral character is the first essential in a man…” –George Washington Now that Republicans have temporarily halted Barack Hussein Obama’s effort to increase income taxes, let’s see what they can do to stop his effort to undermine the moral character of military combat units. […]
The Patriot Post Digest The Foundation “The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.” –James Madison, Federalist No. 48 Government & Politics Our ‘Representatives’ Tackle the Hard Stuff Our intrepid Congress returned from its Thanksgiving break Monday to take on several important items facing […]
By Mark Alexander (This shakedown has nothing to do with the TSA) “The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. … They have seen, too, that one legislative interference is but the first link of a long chain of repetitions, every subsequent interference being naturally produced […]
The Patriot Post Chronicle The Foundation “States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” –Alexander Hamilton Editorial Exegesis “Regarding the latest WikiLeaks dump of U.S. secrets … [it] does less immediate harm than the previous leaks did to the […]
By Alan Caruba As if the forcing of Obamacare on a nation vastly opposed to it was not enough, the lame duck session of Congress between now and December 31st has the potential to harm economic recovery still more. Congress includes sixty Democrat Representatives in the House who will not be returning and six in […]
The Patriot Post Digest The Foundation “They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” –Benjamin Franklin Government & Politics TSA Stands for Thorough Sexual Assault Anger and Rebellion are the name of the game as resistance intensified this week from the flying public and airline […]
By Mark Alexander Start by identifying expenditures and taxes which are not expressly authorized by our Constitution, and schedule them for termination “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” –James Madison With […]
The Patriot Post Chronicle The Foundation “Liberty must at all hazards be supported.” –John Adams Editorial Exegesis “The Transportation Security Administration’s demeaning new ‘enhanced pat-down’ procedures are a direct result of the Obama administration’s willful blindness to the threat from Islamic radicals. While better tools are available to keep air travelers safe, they would involve […]
Incoming House of Representatives Majority Leader and Presumptive Speaker John Boehner has said that he will be using Commercial airlines when travelling from his home State of Ohio to Washington DC for House sittings. This is detailed in the article at this link. This is in stark contrast to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who used […]
From The Endive - The News Leader of the Known Universe Under mounting pressure from House Democrats to step aside, a flustered Nancy Pelosi locked herself in the House bathroom today with the Speaker of the House gavel and two quarts of Butter Pecan ice cream. In a rare show of bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans […]
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The Patriot Post Chronicle The Foundation “Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.” –Thomas Jefferson The Demo-gogues Blaming voters for not getting the message: “I think that, over the course of two years we were so busy and so focused on getting a bunch of stuff done that, we stopped paying attention to the fact […]
By Alan Caruba Anyone who has tried to discuss, debate, or argue political issues with a liberal eventually concludes they are dealing with someone too deranged to be influenced by facts. The midterm election defeat of Democrats in the House and the narrowed margin of control of the Senate mean nothing to liberals whose explanations […]
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