CU Gun Ban overturned by Colorado Court of Appeals; next stop Colorado Supreme Court?

by CTBC Director | 3:03 pm, April 16, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado has tracked the threat posed by the Colorado Supreme Court to our constitutional right to keep and bear arms in Colorado for some time (including attempts to levy what amounts to an unconstitutional poll tax on firearms sales and permits, and of course the CU Regents ban on responsible and licensed concealed-carry and [...]

R Block Party meeting Thursday, Sept. 24th

by Nikki | 11:03 am, September 23, 2009

Please Join R Block Party for New Kids on the Block II THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS “All Politics Is Local ” ~ This is where we start ~ Building the Bench from the grassroots up! Join us for an opportunity to meet and mingle with City, County and State Candidates ************************************ Updated Candidate List [...]

A Return to Values — A Good Read Irrespective of Your “Brand”

by redrocks | 10:17 am, July 30, 2009

There are frequent discussions these days about political labels.  There is also value in putting the “brand” aside, and considering “generically” the issues of limited government, free markets and individual rights.

Our recent guest speaker, former Congressman Bob Beauprez, unabashedly carries the Republican banner, but it certainly doesn’t diminish his experience, views and perspective on those [...]

Sunday Shocker… Ahmadinejad Calls For the End of Israel

by Gateway Pundit | 9:38 am, May 3, 2009

Ahmadinejad is out campaigning for the upcoming regime election. Here is a banner from one of his rallies. (ISNA)

Ahmadinejad called today for the Zionist regime to be uprooted.
Fars News reported:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called on certain world powers which played a role in the creation of the Zionist regime to dismantle the regime or accept arrangement of a referendum to determine the fate of the occupied Palestine by its own residents.

Addressing a large gathering of people in the city of Karaj in Tehran province, Ahmadinejad referred to Israel’s deadline to the Palestinians to leave their houses, and said the regime aims to force the oppressed Palestinian people to leave their houses while the UN Secretary General and those who claim to be advocates of democracy and human rights do not hear the voice of the Palestinians.

“If bullying powers don’t desist from (their) crimes, they should know that nations will uproot them,” he added.

Addressing the bullying powers, Ahmadinejad said, “You have always defended the Zionist regime and called Palestinians’ elected government terrorist for showing resistance and defending their rights, but the era for the bullying of your fake regime has come to its end and you have no choice but to accept the reality.”

Speaker Pelosi Blocks Investigations of Corrupt Democrats

by Gateway Pundit | 9:05 am, May 3, 2009

Goodbye, democracy… Hello, tinpot dictatorship…
This should be headlines in every major newspaper.
But, it isn’t. No wonder they’re going under.

Speaker Pelosi is actively working to block federal investigations of corrupt democrats.
The Washington Times reported:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to buffer lawmakers from federal investigators. This is a bad idea. Special legal protections for politicians encourage unethical conduct.

Irvin B. Nathan, general counsel of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday about establishing a protocol on how to handle “hopefully rare searches and electronic surveillance involving members of Congress.” Mr. Nathan previously failed to negotiate such an agreement with the George W. Bush administration when Republicans controlled the House. His return to this effort isn’t surprising given the number of congressional Democrats facing accusations of ethical misconduct.

Democrats facing scrutiny include the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, for his close ties to the defense lobby firm PMA Group, which is under federal investigation; House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York about a number of tax issues; Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois over his reported effort to persuade ousted Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich to appoint him to fill President Obama’s former Senate seat; and Rep. Jane Harman of California, who reportedly was taped in 2005 by the National Security Agency purportedly agreeing to help seek leniency for two accused Israeli spies in exchange for help in lobbying her appointment to chair the House Intelligence Committee.

Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, on Thursday invoked the separation of powers as justification for the move. Mrs. Pelosi, who has acknowledged being aware previously of Mrs. Harman’s controversial dialogue, claims the stance is a matter of principle. “Whether it’s invading an office or wiretapping a conversation, it’s important for us to have the separation of powers and the respect for individual liberties, again, while not harboring information that would be useful under the speech [or] debate clause,” she said.

Glenn Reynolds adds:

And don’t forget Pete Visclosky, Jim Moran, Allen Mollohan, etc. I know, I know — there are so many it’s hard to keep track!

So much for draining the Swamp.

Former GOP VP Candidate Jack Kemp Dies

by Gateway Pundit | 8:43 pm, May 2, 2009

Jack Kemp dies after a long battle with cancer.
Breaking AP news:

Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described “bleeding-heart conservative” died Saturday.

Kemp announced in January that he had cancer.
Kemp was 73.

GOP Weekly Radio Address: 100 Days of Spending, Taxing & Borrowing

by Gateway Pundit | 7:26 pm, May 2, 2009

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) delivered the Weekly Republican Address on the outrageous spending, tax increases and irresponsibly borrowing that marked President Obama’s first 100 days. She also noted the Republican solutions to curb spending, create jobs, and control the debt that don’t seem to get much play from the media.

Jenkins also proudly reported that no GOP Representatives have voted for the democrat’s disastrous spending bills:

Rep. Lynn Jenkins smacks Obama and Democrats on their disastrous first 100 days.
All Headline News reported:

Issuing its weekly address just days after President Barack Obama marked his 100th day, the GOP warned that fiscal plans passed by the administration in its first quarter in office will add more to the nation’s debt than those of past presidents in the last two centuries.

“The pace that Democrats in Congress and the White House are spending your tax dollars is simply staggering,” Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) said, delivering the address. “I know a thing or two about handling taxpayer dollars. I was the state treasurer in Kansas for six years before I came to Congress, and before that I practiced public accounting as a certified public accountant for nearly two decades. So trust me when I say Washington’s books are a mess.”

“In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about plenty of ‘stimulus’ waste. Taxpayer dollars earmarked for a homeless program in a town with no homeless problem. Millions to extend an ‘Artwalk’ in New York… His bill was supposed to be about jobs, but it’s gone off the rails in practically no time at all,” she added.

Obama had signed the stimulus, or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), into law in February amid Republican criticisms about the cost of the legislation and the “permanent expansion” of some government programs.

Only three Republican senators and not a single GOP congressman had voted to pass the bill, even after a bipartisan effort to trim down the legislation and to include Republican amendments.

Vice President Joe Biden has been tasked to coordinate with governors and to oversee the implementation of the stimulus, which the administration has posted on a website, recovery.gov, as part of its commitment transparency.

The White House had also appointed Earl Devaney as head of its Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, but Devaney told Congress in testimony in March that he had yet to have a real office and that he felt that he had “arrived at the train station and the train had already left.”

Earlier this week, Congress passed the President’s $3.5 trillion budget proposal for 2010 with no Republican votes. Democrats say the massive legislation cuts the deficit by two-thirds by 2014, and includes investments in renewable energy, education and healthcare reform that the nation “cannot do without.”

But the GOP has said the measure would increase taxes for small businesses already burdened with the recession. They also say a cap-and-trade system that will require companies to buy carbon emissions permits from the federal government will cost every American household $3,100 a year.

House Republicans were hoping to pass an alternative budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the ranking minority member in the House Budget Committee, but the measure was defeated, with 38 Republicans voting against it. In the Senate, an alternative from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) also failed to gain the support of centrist GOP and was rejected by a vote of 38-60.

“I think the Democrats’ first 100 days running Washington can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing,” Jenkins, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said in the address. “The plans they’ve passed in the first 100 days will add more to our nation’s public debt than all previous presidents combined in 200 plus years.”

“Republicans are fighting for middle-class families and small businesses every day here in Washington. And we are ready to work in a bipartisan way on real solutions to create jobs, rebuild your savings, and get our economy moving again. Let’s hope the Democrats in charge are as well,” she added.

Israel’s New US Ambassador Understands Obama is Anti-Israel (Video)

by Gateway Pundit | 2:42 pm, May 2, 2009

This is good news for the future of Israel.
Micharl Oren, the newly appointed ambassador to the US, understands that the Obama Administration is clearly anti-Israel.

Michael B. Oren, a professor at Georgetown University and distinguished fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, spoke at the JINSA 2008 Fall Board Meeting on December 9, 2008.
He spoke on the possible dangers ahead for Israel during the Obama years:

Via LGF

Obama attended a church for 20 years that was anti-Israel and has a long history of associating with anti-Semitic personalities.

Ruh-Roh… Obama Approval Index Drops 27 Points– Down to 1

by Gateway Pundit | 11:38 am, May 2, 2009

Barack Obama’s approval index rating fell to 1 point this week.
That’s a 27 point drop in 100 days!
*Gulp*

This follows the news that the radical president’s popularity during his first 100 days is right in the middle of the scores other new presidents received from the public over the past 60 years.

Rasmussen reported:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 33% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-two percent (32%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +1.

Obama’s numbers may be just average– But the propaganda from the media is above average.

Dear Leader Threatens Chrysler Investors With White House Press Corps

by Gateway Pundit | 10:44 am, May 2, 2009

Goodbye Democracy– Hello Tinpot Dictatorship…
Team Obama is now warning businesses to agree to their anti-business plans or face total destruction by his pals in the White House Press Corps.

Mark Levin discussed this outrageous White House action during his show yesterday:

Island Turtle has the transcript from a recent interview with bankruptcy attorney Tom Lauria on local Detroit radio. Lauria claims White House officials had threatened to use the “the full force of the White House Press Corps to destroy” his client’s reputation if they did not acquiesce to highly unfavorable terms of the proposed Chrysler restructuring plan:

Lauria: Let me tell you it’s no fun standing on this side of the fence opposing the President of the United States. In fact, let me just say, people have asked me who I represent. That’s a moving target. I can tell you for sure that I represent one less investor today than I represented yesterday. One of my clients was directly threatened by the White House and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under the threat that the full force of the White House Press Corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight. That’s how hard it is to stand on this side of the fence.

Beckman: Was that Perella Weinberg?

Lauria: That was Perella Weinberg.

More… Power Line added this:

On Thursday, I wrote about the banana republic capitalism that we are experiencing under the Obama administration. In connection with the Chrysler bankruptcy, Obama, ignoring laws that assign priority to secured creditors, has tried to bully lenders into abandoning their legal rights in favor of the United Auto Workers Union. To my knowledge, there is no precedent for this sort of arrogant lawlessness in American history. (Germany, Italy and Argentina are familiar with it.)

Hat Tip Tom W.

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