The Patriot Post ~ “In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” –Thomas Jefferson This week’s congressional hearings into IRS abuse were illustrative of Leftist contempt for Rule of Law. For starters, it seems the only part of […]
By Michelle Malkin ~ Who is Judy Faulkner? Chances are, you don’t know her – but her politically connected, taxpayer-subsidized electronic medical records company may very well know you. Top Obama donor and billionaire Faulkner is founder and CEO of Epic Systems, which will soon store almost half of all Americans’ health information. If the crony […]
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The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” –James Madison Government “It turns out that Sarah Hall Ingram, who served as head of the IRS office handling tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012 — when the […]
The Patriot Post ~ “If the federal government should … make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people … must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.” –Alexander Hamilton It was a bad week for […]
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The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” –James Madison Essential Liberty “[A] top IRS executive admitted Friday that, beginning in 2010, the agency had specifically targeted for possible audits conservative groups with the words ‘tea party’ or ‘patriot’ in their names. Then over […]
By Alan Caruba ~ The resistance to Obamacare is writing a new chapter in U.S. history. It may well become the most unpopular law since Prohibition became an Amendment to the Constitution in 1919. By 1933, another Amendment repealed it. Obamacare passed by a straight Democratic party vote on Christmas Eve in 2009. No Republican […]
The Patriot Post ~ Editor’s Note: In today’s edition, Mark Alexander provides concise analysis on what you need to know about Benghazi. Don’t miss the rest of the Digest after this special report. Amid all the media saturation regarding the 2012 assault in Benghazi, on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on our own soil in 2001, […]
The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason and the mind becomes a wreck.” –Thomas Jefferson […]
The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “How prone all human institutions have been to decay.” –James Monroe Government “US job growth in April beat economist expectations as nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000, and the jobless rate fell to a four-year low of 7.5%. But the report contained worrisome signs that President Obama’s health care reform law is […]
The Patriot Post ~ “Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” –Benjamin Franklin In the 1987 quotable classic film “The Princess Bride,” a favorite scene pits the heroic “Man in Black” against the villain Vizzini in a “battle of wits” to win the damsel in distress. After Vizzini runs […]
By Helle Dale ~ Obamacare is “working fine,” President Obama said yesterday in his press conference. It’s made health insurance “stronger, better, more secure than it was before.” There are just a few slight details left to be implemented, but we shouldn’t worry about those, according to the President. Right. There’s nothing to worry about, […]
The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” –Alexander Hamilton Editorial Exegesis “The Boston Marathon bombers hated America, but they loved the American dole. The suspects in the scheme to murder and maim innocent men, women and children […]
The Patriot Post ~ “The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” –Patrick Henry Since the bombs exploded in Boston last Monday, the terror attacks have dominated the news cycle. There are some important things to learn from this latest act of jihad against our […]
The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” –James Madison Inspiration Due to the outstanding work of both the FBI and Massachusetts law enforcement, the […]
The Patriot Post ~ But First, Breaking News Out of Boston Two immigration issues are top of the fold this week. First, two young Chechen immigrants bombed the Boston Marathon Monday. Due to the outstanding work of both the FBI and Massachusetts law enforcement, those perpetrators were identified and one apprehended. It’s no small irony […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly By Mark Alexander~ “Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.” –Thomas Jefferson (1822) Patriots’ Day (April 19th), though not widely celebrated, commemorates the substance of the […]
By Alan Caruba ~ Obamacare—the Affordable Care Act—is both imploding from its own dead weight and conversely exploding in the face of the Democratic Party as we head toward the 2014 midterm elections. You remember the Democrats? They were the ones who, on Christmas Eve 2009 passed Obamacare in the late hours. It’s the bill […]
The Patriot Post ~ “The natural cure for an ill-administration … is a change of men.” –Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 21 Finally, after more than two months of delays and excuses, Barack Obama released his budget for fiscal 2014. “It’s a budget that doesn’t spend beyond our means,” he boasted. Unless, of course, you consider […]
The Patriot Post ~ “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” –Thomas Jefferson Employers added 88,000 jobs in March, according to the latest unemployment report from the Labor Department. That’s down from the 196,000/month average over the last six months. Yet […]
The Patriot Post ~ If only he could manage an economic recovery as good as he shoots baskets… Watch Video » Hop Along. Nothing to See Here. None of the Above April Fools? Today’s BIG LIE Award Winner: “I call upon all Americans to observe this month with programs and activities to improve their understanding […]
he Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “[J]udges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men.” –John Adams Inspiration “We received wonderful […]
The Patriot Post ~ The Foundation “In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be […]
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