Commenting on the controversial Section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act — which many contend gives the federal government new powers to arrest American citizens without charge — Sen. Lindsey Graham made clear this week that “1031, the statement of authority to detain, does apply to American citizens and it designates the world as the battlefield, including the homeland.”
The entire world is now a “battlefield”? “Including the homeland”?
There have been serious constitutional questions raised recently concerning whether our federal government should be able to arrest or assassinate American citizens …

These days, virtually all Republicans call themselves “conservatives” and claim to be dedicated to cutting spending, balancing budgets, reducing debts and limiting government. Most of them are liars. The failure of the super committee this week was but the latest reminder.
The super committee was supposed to figure out how to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years. If it failed, the result was supposed to be $1.2 trillion in “automatic cuts” over the next decade, with about $600 billion of that coming from the defense budget. Defense Secretary …

Just this morning I was asked by a friend, “If you could change anything about the constitution what would it be, and why?” The following was my response…
If given the opportunity to change the constitution I wouldn’t do it, I believe all of our politicians do enough changes to the constitution as is when they take oaths of office to preserve, protect and defend it. I am not quite sure how someone can take an oath to preserve something and then turn around and change it without violating their …

Senate Bill 1 (SB1), known as the “school choice” bill, has spurred a fury of debate. While many would agree that parents are entitled to choose the best education for their children, many of the same do not support SB1. So what’s the divisiveness about? The fact is, the fire under much of the opposition to SB1 has nothing to do with whether or not such an entitlement is valid, but rather whether SB1 is in fact about school choice at all!
The problem is that SB1 boils down …

There are 40 state agencies and departments in Pennsylvania that require funding in order to operate. These include Education, Economic Development, Public Welfare, the Liquor Control board, Civil Service, Ethics, Veterans Affairs and 33 others.
To operate these agencies, Governor Corbett has established a $63.6 billion dollar budget. The money to fund this budget comes from four different sources–with much of those four sources funded by you, the taxpayer. For the sake of perspective on public welfare, I’d like to break that $63.6 billion dollars down.
$27.3 billion dollars of this …

Knowledge is power” so they say, and judging from the proposed PA State budget proposal, it would seem government knows it. Generosity abounds in Pennsylvania. Even while a four billion dollar deficit threatens to bankrupt us, public welfare still accounts for almost half of Pennsylvania’s entire operating budget. I would refuse to believe it but it’s tough to ignore with pie chart all over your face.
Welfare spending saw a proposed 2.4 billion dollar increase—apparently in order to offset a two billion dollar decrease in federal funding. …

There is a growing number of Americans who are fed-up with the Fed (pun intended) and want to abolish it. Abolishing the Federal Reserve is a very noble task but it is a difficult goal to achieve with the way the system is currently set up. In the words of Ronald Reagan,
“No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!”

And it’s true, Ben Bernanke and the rest …

U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) was recently joined by leading national advocates for reducing gun violence (aka gun grabbers) to discuss her upcoming legislation that would ban “high-capacity” magazines in wake of the shooting in Tucson. You may be wondering what qualifies as high capacity – anything over 10 rounds according to McCarthy. Ten would be the maximum amount of rounds magazines would be allowed to hold and for arms manufacturers to produce, henceforth. Existing magazines with a larger capacity could not be sold or transferred to another gun …

December 23rd for many people is a very special day, as it is just two days before Christmas. for many families depending on work schedules and vacation plans they are forced to celebrate Christmas on Christmas eve and then they travel to see their distant relatives on Christmas day. So for many children the magical moment of waiting for Santa to arrive and open presents the next day happens on December 23rd. For me the date is very special as it marks the anniversary of when I proposed to …

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Congressmen Ron Paul has introduced a new piece of legislation (H.R. 6416) in regards to the airport full body scanners and pat downs that have become a hot button issue as of late. The legislation is quite simple, short sweet and to the point as I believe all good laws should be. The bill is only one paragraph long, leaving no excuses for your representatives, or should I say servants, not to read it.
Yesterday, public servant Paul introduced this legislation to the congress …