A group of South Carolina TEA Parties have issued a censure of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in the wake of his recent vote to approve Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted on July 20th, along with 12 democrats to approve Kagan’s nomination. The 13-6 vote will move the vote out of the judiciary committee ... Continue reading ...
America’s doors are open. The welcome-mat is out .. and we left the lights on. Now, what do we do with 15 million-plus illegal aliens that refuse to assimilate? Are these interlopers who disdain our laws, won’t learn our language, despise our culture and detest our heritage? Well then, why are they still here?
John F. McManus will detail America’s steep descent into darkness. Why must America relinquish her language, culture and heritage? And why won’t Congress stretch fo... Continue reading ...
(06/01/10) -- As the election season approaches, politicians might find themselves in a tough race to win voter confidence.
The top issue among voters continues to be the state of the economy and how lawmakers are dealing with it.
Our exclusive ABC 12 EPIC-MRA poll finds that 67 percent of the people we surveyed say Congress is being too partisan in how it handles economic issues.
State Controller's Four-Year Term Brought 25% Budget Increase and Huge Losses in the School Endowment Fund
Boise - The incumbent was elected to the office of Idaho State Controller in 2006. While serving her current four year term, the Controller’s budget has increased 25%. It had a 45% increase appropriated for 2009, but that was held back by the Governor and Legislature. This expansion of government has not brought a benefit to the citizens of Idaho.
On Friday May 7th the people of Pocatello will have a rare opportunity to see eyewitness photos, and hear firsthand descriptions, of the fall of The Berlin Wall from a scientist born and raised in Berlin who took the photos and experienced that world- changing event. Christian Segebade lived in Berlin during the time the Berlin Wall was being built, during its oppressive years of dividing the city, and to witness the day in November, 1989 when the wall’s gates were opened and the tyranny w... Continue reading ...
Brands political opposition with violent labels and has the media as a willing accomplice.
There's a new narrative taking hold in the wake of the recent tea party protests and the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing: The tea partiers' intense opposition to the Obama administration has led to overheated political rhetoric, which could in turn lead to violence.
Former President Clinton has emerged as a leading voice of this new narrative. In interviews, Clinton said it's "legitimate" to draw... Continue reading ...
BOISE - Idaho has joined a federal court case in Montana arguing that locally made and used guns should be exempt from all federal laws, including registration requirements.
It’s a follow-up to the “Idaho Firearms Freedom Act” that state lawmakers enacted this year at the urging of Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, who said the bill wasn’t really about gun rights. Instead, Harwood told fellow lawmakers, the measure was intended to spark a federal court cas... Continue reading ...
Opponents have tried to brand the tea party as a group of racists hiding behind
economic concerns... But these black conservatives don't consider
racism representative of the movement as a whole — or race a reason to
support it.
"I've been told I hate myself. I've been called an Uncle Tom. I've been told I'm a spook at the door," said Timothy F. Johnson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a group of black conservatives who support free market principles and limited government.... Continue reading ...
House Bill 391 was signed into state law on 3/17/2010 by the governor, and becomes effective 7/1/2010. This law protects us from Obama's evil efforts to socialize medicine - we don't have to pay for, nor use it. Read Section 39-9003 to see for yourself. Thought you'd like to know.
Americans Turn Against Congress,
Want Incumbents Tossed Out
A CBS News-New York Times poll
taken Feb. 3-9 indicates deep
discontent with the statist quo:
* Only 8 percent of Americans want the
current members of Congress re-elected. * Fully 80 percent said members of Congress are more interested
in serving special interests than the people they represent.
* 75
percent disapproved of the job Congress is doing.
* Congress's job
approval rating was 15 (out of a possible 100).
SALT LAKE CITY - After careful deliberation and thorough legal review, Governor Gary R. Herbert has signed SB11, "Utah State-Made Firearms Protection Act." In making his decision, the Governor weighed the constitutional aspects of the bill with its fiscal impact on Utah taxpayers.
"There are times when the state needs to push back against continued encroachment from the federal government. Sending the message that we will stand up for a proper balance between the state and federal government i... Continue reading ...
Rep. R.J. “Dick” Harwood’s, R-St. Maries, gun fight with the feds has stalled on two concerns raised by lawmakers: one being that it may be unconstitutional, and the other being that the marking to be engraved on guns produced in Idaho might not be specific enough.
According to the text of the legislation, the bill would seek to make Idaho “the freest state in the Union” and would prohibit the federal ... Continue reading ...
It used to be that the further you got away from Washington D.C. the less what goes on there affected you. No more. The federal government's reach into 'Everyday Americans' lives is becoming more profound, more recognizable, and more expensive.
This change has happened because modern technology allows us to see events as they unfold, federal lawmakers are passing bills that will directly affect every American, an... Continue reading ...
Rep. R.J. “Dick” Harwood, R-St. Maries, wants to start a gun fight with the federal government. Harwood successfully introduced the bill that would do just that, dubbed the “Idaho Firearms Freedom Act .”
According to the text of the legislation, the bill would seek to make Idaho “the freest state in the Union” and would prohibit the federal government from regulating guns in Idaho which meet certa... Continue reading ...
Group wants to nullify laws it views as unconstitutional
POCATELLO — Chris Stevens, state coordinator of the Campaign for Liberty, said
he’d like to see the principles found in the book, “The 5,000 Year Leap: A
Miracle That Changed the World,” taught on the neighborhood level to help
restore the long-forgotten principles of liberty in the U.S.
“There are various opinions out there on the Republican Party, ...
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In regards to federal issues, here's another story you'll never find in the mainstream media, at least not yet! After your review and approval, please send this email out to as many people as you can to develop support to the following members of Congress!
Below you will find a couple of links. One of the links is to the actual bill (H.R. 966) that was presented by Representative Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) to the House Education and Labor Committee calling on the President and Secretary of Educ... Continue reading ...
Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican.
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports
national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote.
The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at
18%. Another 22% are undecided.
Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the
Tea Party comes out on top. Thirty-three percent (33%) prefer the Tea
Party candidate,...
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General Thanksgiving By the PRESIDENT of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the ma... Continue reading ...
Even his parents never called him Marvin. To all but his mother and a few other close relatives, he is “Chick.” (His parents called him “Chuck,” after his middle name Charles.) Chick Heileson is one of a growing number of Constitution-oriented citizens who have not only decided to run for Congress, but are also being taken seriously by political pundits. Heileson is running against the liberal R... Continue reading ...
WASHINGTON - November 20, 2009 - During the House Financial Services Committee markup of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, Congressman Ron Paul's (R-TX) amendment to increase Federal Reserve transparency was passed by a vote of 43 to 26.
During the proceeding, parallel amendments were introduced, one by Paul, the other by Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC), which would have limited the audit to only a narrow examination of TARP funds and lending powers, and would have actually allowed ... Continue reading ...
Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor.
Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Coburn was considering having potentially thousands of pages read aloud in effort to stall passage. “If he did this it w... Continue reading ...
We elect the government. It works for us. As we watch the Democrats' plans for health care take shape, we can only ask how did our government get so removed, so unbridled, so arrogant that it can tell us how to live our personal lives?
Last Saturday, at 11 o’clock in the evening, the House of Representatives voted by a five vote margin to have the federal government manage the health care of... Continue reading ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Charleston County GOP Executive Committee said Tuesday that it’s voted unanimously to censure Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham for "his failure to represent the wishes of the people of South Carolina."
At its November meeting, the Executive Committee said it was disappointed in Sen. Graham for his work on a bipartisan "Cap and Trade" energy bill, along with his positions on multi-billion dollar bank bailouts and a... Continue reading ...
The government has seized and spent so much in just the last year that it's easy to focus on the issues of the day, losing track of the big picture. In this article I want to step back and survey the incredible growth, from the perspective of monetary policy and then fiscal policy. The situation is dire indeed.
The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply
Undoubtedly the biggest economic issue in free-market circles has been the extraordinary actions... Continue reading ...
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is urging Americans to come to Washington, D.C., next week to roam the halls of Congress and lobby lawmakers against the House Democrats' healthcare reform plan.
The strategy aims at resurrecting the momentum Republicans enjoyed during the August recess, when many critics challenged their members of Congress on healthcare reform. Since then, Dem... Continue reading ...
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BANNOCK COUNTY - Even as more people are looking to guns as a way to stay safe, carrying a concealed weapon just got a little more expensive for people in Bannock County. http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11395605
Your representatives want to know what you think of this.
"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," George Bernard Shaw once said.
For a socialist, Shaw demonstrated good sense with that quotation. Unfortunately, America has become a laboratory in which his hypothesis is being tested.
The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay t... Continue reading ...
For those market boosters who are prattling on about the possibility of a "jobless recovery," I offer an invitation to join me for a breakfast of "fat-free bacon," "eggless omelets," and "no-carb bread." As unappetizing as such a meal may sound, it would nevertheless offer more substance than the oxymoronic concept of an economic resurgence without job creation.
Those who do cling to the absurd belief that, absent exponential... Continue reading ...
Arrangements have been made with Pocatello Vision 12 to telecast a series of lectures from the Institute on the Constitution. Please tell your Pocatello area patriot associates about it or forward this message to them.
A public service educational series of John Eidsmoe lectures on the United States Constitution is being provided by the Bannock County Constitution Party Central Committee in cooperation with the Institute on the Constitution. More information at http://cpidaho.org & http://iot... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Stevens on Friday, September 25, 2009,
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Congress To Hold Hearings On Federal Reserve Transparency Act
Washington D.C., September 24, 2009 – Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on bringing more transparency to the Federal Reserve. This comes after mounting support of a bill meant to shed light on the closely guarded operations of the institution responsible for the United States’ monetary policy.
Earlier this month, hundreds of thousands of petitions were delivered to lawmakers’ offices urging t... Continue reading ...
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Most Americans haven’t thought much about the strange entity that controls the nation’s money. Visitors to Washington can see the Federal Reserve’s palatial headquarters, the monetary parallel to the Supreme Court or the U.S. Capitol. We hear the Fed chairman testify to Congress, citing complex data, making predictions, and attempting to intimidate anyone who would take issue. He postures as master of the universe, completely knowledgeable and in control.
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Rep. Barney Frank Agrees to Hold Hearing on Federal Reserve Transparency September 25
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Congressman Ron Paul informed Campaign for Liberty that House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank will hold hearings on H.R. 1207, Congressman Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve. The hearings are tentatively set to take place Friday, September 25th at 9:00 am.
“The Federal Reserve wields tremendous power and is at the center of our current economic storm of deficit... Continue reading ...
A thesis that explains the role of the family in providing social services and how government social programs in the 20th century have increased social problems, undermined the family unit, and increased government spending. An alternative model of social service delivery is offered with a politically acceptable route to accomplish this goal. Read Here
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A Look at the Income Tax Summary: The federal income tax is an unnecessary and immoral tax. I am in favor of abolishing the federal income tax and eventually the entire IRS. YOUR income from YOUR labor belongs to you and no one else, especially the government, has the right to steal it from you. Most Americans are unaware that while the government collects $1,200 billion in federal income taxes and collects roughly $3,000 billion in total taxes, the fact is that "only" $67 billion is necessary... Continue reading ...
Of course, we can expect the usual accusations of hypocrisy: Would
have the Republicans objected had Bush done this? Would the Democrats
have been so favorable toward it had it ...
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If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of
voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds
that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over
again. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they would vote.
Overall, these numbers are little changed since last
October. When Congress was passing the unpopular $700-billion bailout
plan in the heat of a presidential campaign and...
I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talk... Continue reading ...
Not to go all communist on everyone, but this debate on health care
"reform" has really got me fuming over the so-called private sector of the U.S. managed-care system. While combating Obamacare,
it has come to my attention that more and more proponents of the bill
are labeling us as agents of the established health insurance
industry. Supporters of government expansion come to this silly
conclusion because we are opposing the "public option" for insuran...
The attempted grab for control of our health care system has not been hindered by a lack of trash information. People are catching on to this and shooting holes through the case for social health care left and right. If we are to cut down social health care for good it is necessary to diffuse the propaganda that is being floated in... Continue reading ...
Every year, the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and the Center for Fiscal Accountability calculate Cost of Government Day. This is the day on which the average American has earned enough gross income to pay off his or her share of the spending and regulatory burdens imposed by government at the federal, state, and local levels.
In 2009, Cost of Government Day falls on August 12. Working people must toil 224 days out of the year just to meet all costs imposed by government - a full 26 days... Continue reading ...
SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute has just released The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen's Guide. This is the latest book from health care scholar, and PRI President and CEO Sally C. Pipes.
The book's foreword is by Steve Forbes: “For anyone interested in getting to the core of America's health care troubles, this is the perfect book,” he writes. “And for health care policy makers, it should be required reading.”
Another example of a hostile crowd at a town hall meeting regarding health care "reform" occurred in Green Bay. After 300 people fille... Continue reading ...
National poll shows vast majority of Americans want transparency for the Fed, underscores Campaign for Liberty’s efforts to pass Audit Bill
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – A recent poll conducted by highly respected Rasmussen Reports found that 75 percent of Americans support an audit of the Federal Reserve, our Nation’s secretive, quasi-governmental central bank. Only 9 percent of respondents opposed an audit, a further indication of overwhelming support for Fed transparency.
As taxpayers gathered in celebration of American Independence, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) compiled a
brief fact sheet on the federal government and the economy.
Number of
employees at the IRS in FY 2010: Over 100,000
Current IRS
Budget:$11.4 billion
How many words does the IRS Code
contain? The IRS Code is more than 3.4 million
words
How many
hours did individual taxpayers spend complying with
income tax laws in 2009?Individual taxpayers alone
spent an es...
Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas W. Elmendorf gave a fiscal wake-up call to Senate Budget Committee members in testimony on July 16, noting that “the federal budget is on an unsustainable path — meaning that federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run.”
A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and cal... Continue reading ...
Lawmakers Fail to Scrutinize the "10,000 Commandments" of Federal Regulations
Washington, D.C. – Federal regulations impose a whopping $1.17 trillion last year in compliance burdens on Americans, finds a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. That amounts to $3,849 for each man, woman, and child in America. The Federal Register, the depository of all rules, stands at a record-high 79,435 pages.
“The U.S. economy lost value in 2008 for the first time since 1990. Meanwhil...
This week, the Obama administration unveiled another scheme to give more power to an already out of control Federal Reserve under the guise of regulatory "reform." (The 85 page "plan" can be read in its entirety here.)
This Fed power grab will do nothing to help our economy or enable us to take control back from banksters and Wall Street insiders. Instead, their proposal will address our economic crisis by creating more rules, regulations, and government agencies. And of course, the plan...
Montana state Rep. Joel Boniek, shown with his mule Jesse, introduced a bill seeking to exempt from federal regulation any firearm made and used within the state borders.
An expanded federal role prompts declarations of state sovereignty. Montana goes further with a gun bill defying U.S. firearm restrictions. The goal: Keep Washington on its side of the fence.
The Obama administration wants to pledge $100 billion in U.S. taxpayers' money to the International Monetary Fund. This provision is included in an appropriations bill containing supplemental funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Luckily, many Republicans and Democrats are vigorously opposing Obama's effort to sacrifice American taxpayers on an IMF altar.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Ron Paul's Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207, has reached and surpassed the level of 218 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, which means it is now cosponsored by a majority of the members.
The 218th cosponsor was Dennis Kucinich (OH-10), and the bill has since received its 222nd cosponsor.
“The tremendous grass-roots and bipartisan support in Congress for HR 1207 is an indicator of how mainstream America is fed up with Fed secrecy,”...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H.R. 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, yesterday surged past the 200 co-sponsor mark, nearing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, introduced by Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), now has 207 cosponsors including 51 Democrats.
Signing on to the bill yesterday were Republican Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and influential Rules Committee Ranking Member David Drier (R-CA). The bill has gained 28 co-sponsors just in the mo...
Last week, General Motors finally declared bankruptcy. Many in government thought $20 billion in taxpayer dollars would save the company, but as predicted, it only postponed the inevitable. The government will dump another $30 billion into GM and take a 60 percent controlling interest for it. Public officials are now involving themselves in tactical business decisions such as where GM's headquarters should move and what kind of cars it wil...
With the federal government issuing massive amounts of debt and the Federal Reserve purchasing it in the name of keeping interest rates down, questions have arisen about impact on the U.S. dollar.
On June 2, CNBC's "Power Lunch," aired a clip of the network's chief economics reporter, Steve Liesman interviewing Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner. Geithner claimed the Federal Reserve wasn't monetizing the debt the government...
CampaignForLiberty.com is hosting a study of the United States Constitution from a principle based approach. The class is based on the book, The 5000 Year Leap, and examines the 28 fundamental beliefs of the Founding Fathers which they said must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desired peace, prosperity, and freedom.
This week's principle: "The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law."
Thank you everyone who wrote, called, faxed, signed, collected petition signatures, and showed up to help Campaign for Liberty’s fight to force the Fed to tell us the truth about our money. Our efforts are paying off! People aren't falling for the tired old, "Vote for me and then go back to sleep."
"Big Spender Simpson" decided he better throw a bone to the revolution that's brewing in his district. Today he became somewhere around the 100th cosponsor of HR 1207, to "Audit the Fed." Why was... Continue reading ...
The Campaign For Liberty is Petitioning Congress to “Audit the Fed”
Pocatello, ID – Local members of Campaign for Liberty visited the district offices of Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson across the state today to deliver petitions as part of a national grassroots action event.
The petitions from constituents in the 2nd district urge Rep. Simpson to cosponsor H.R. 1207, legislation authorizing a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve. The efforts coincided with the delivery of over 47,000...
Tax Freedom Day® arrived on April 13 this year, the 103rd day of 2009. That means Americans worked about three and a half months of the year, from January 1 to April 13, before they earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. Tax Freedom Day fell a full two weeks earlier in 2009 than it did in 2007. In fact, not since 1967 has Tax Freedom Day come earlier than this year's April 13 date.
This shift has been driven by two factors: the recessi...
Even as average Americans were planning to get out in towns and cities to demonstrate against Big Government and Big Taxes, Federal Bureau of Intelligence Investigation (FBI) surveillance was being unleashed upon them. In fact, unsuspecting Tax Day TEA Party participants were being closely watched during the demonstration planning stages in a covert operation that began on or about March 23, 2009...
The Tax Day Tea Party protest is scheduled to begin at noon on April 15, according to Chase Rhen, one of the event's local organizers.
Rhen didn't say how long the protest will last, but indicated that it could last for two or three hours. Participants will protest against perceived wasteful federal government spending. The event's Web site, www.taxdayteaparty.com, lists the other known state venues for the protest:
POCATELLO -- There likely won't be any tea bags in the Portneuf River, but an upcoming protest will give a nod to the Boston Tea Party from more than two centuries ago.
A group of local residents is scheduled to gather in the City Hall parking lot on April 15 as part of a nationwide protest against the massive federal stimulus spending plan. The Tax Day Tea Party was initially inspired by Rick Santelli, on-air editor for CNBC.
According to the event's Web site, Santelli has accused both the W...
