Anna and Bader in Oakhurst
Anna Little Debates A Ham Sandwich;
Bader Qarmout Takes the Stage
Thursday, May 24, 2012—Anna Little and Bader Qarmout spoke at a meeting that had been planned as a debate for Anna. But her opponent, a blank slate provided by the GOP, failed to appear and the ham sandwich drafted as an understudy had nothing to say. (Article)
YouTube author HellsUnicorn has some spirited comments on the announcement.
(A large player is available on the Video page.)
Tea Party Groups Announce Joint Endorsement of Ron Paul
Joint Announcement by Four NJ Tea Party Groups
Tuesday, May 22, 2012— ... it is with great pleasure and honor that We of the above mentioned Tea Party Groups of New Jersey, announce our full endorsement of Dr. Ron Paul for President of The United States of America 2012. Dr. Paul's 20+ year voting record as an ardent constitutional conservative speaks profoundly of his integrity ....
Bayshore Tea Party Announces 2012 Primary Endorsements
For the Senate,the House, and the Presidency.
"And I saw that law and order and all the structure that civilization had builded up, rested on the sense of justice that certain men carried in their breasts, and that those who possessed it not, in the crisis of necessity, did not count." ———From Naboth's Vineyard
Governor Christie Nominates Homosexual Activist to SCONJ
Hearing on Bruce Harris to be Held May 21
In the Roundup:
NYC Second-Graders To Learn More Arabic than Science
Twice as much (Read)
David Bellavia Tea Party Favorite in NY 27
Friday, May 25, 2012—David Bellavia, author of the award-winning war memoir House to House, is making his second run for Congress in NY's newly drawn 27th Congressional district (Read)
The Wizard of Eedjit
Saturday, May 26, 2012—Daniel J. Mitchell explains the Welfare State.
Ratify These and the US Will Have LOST Its Sovereignty
Six Treaties That Make The USA A Colony of the United Nations
(And the Senators to Call to Stop Them)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012—Sovereignty is the right of a nation to rule itself. Six treaties await signature or ratification, six treaties that will turn the sovereignty of the United States of America over to foreign coalitions. Barack Obama is eager to sign them, to turn our Shining City on a Hill into a nation grovelling before its foes and whimpering at the feet of its friends. Do this, their proponents say, and all nations will follow us on a path rising to the light!
This is terrifying, and there will be no going back, short of a declaration of war.
Shelly Kennedy has the story, with a list of Senators who might be swayed by a tsunami of telephone calls.
These six treaties are the subject of Dick Morris's new book, Screwed. Those with long memories may also look back to the sixth verse of Rudyard Kipling's Gods of the Copybook Headings: They sold us, and delivered us bound to our foe. Now, in the name of amity, we are about to bind and deliver ourselves!
NJ Senate to Consider Returning Municipal Tax Revenue
Now Charging 100% to Collect Tax "For" Municipalities
Tuesday, May 22, 2012—For years the State of NJ has been collecting "franchise taxes" on utilities on behalf of municipal governments. When the state took over the tax collections on behalf of the municipalities, it charged a percentage for the service. As the state's spending grew more reckless and its finances more precarious, its share of the take became larger, and in recent years the municipalities got nothing. The amounts represent a significant part of a municipality's budget.
On Wedneday, May 23, the NJ State Senate is to consider returning a share of this revenue to the municipalities for which it was intended. You can listen in on the proceedings, which are scheduled for 1:00 PM, on the web at state.nj.us.
More background can be found here and here.
Your Children—The Ultimate Tax
The Price of the Welfare State
Tuesday, May 15, 2012—The past few days have seen two frightening cases of government overreach into the home and family. And both of these target the family's most vulnerable point: the children that it exists to nurture and protect.
Monday saw the New Jersey Assembly rush Bill A2881 through committee for consideration by the full assembly. This bill would allow the scandal-ridden Division of Youth and Family Services—DYFS—to prohibit the home-schooling of any child under its "supervision". Supervision can be granted for the slightest of reasons, under the guise of protecting the child from the family. A fight between children is enough; so is a report by a nosy or malicious neighbor or the accusation of an disgruntled child. The raft of DYFS scandals may only increase the determination of the bureaucracy to bring all its powers to bear to avoid accusations that it failed to act. What happens when a neighbor decides that teaching gun safety to children constitutes abuse, and a social worker agrees? Or that a "fringe ideology" like disdain for the "Living Constitution" constitutes a "danger"?
Even more chilling is the question that appeared on a NJ standardized test administered to third graders. It called for the student to write an essay about a secret the student had kept. The implications of this are terrifying. (more ...)
The Government Can't Control the Economy
Without Controlling People
Thursday, May 17, 2012—Ronald Reagan in 1964. It would be wrong to say that nothing has changed. Everything that he warned us about has gotten worse. Watch it, and weep, and feel your spine stiffen.
(Large player here on Video page.)
The Death of a Great Party?
Lydia or Persia?
Thursday, May 10, 2012—From time to time I hear that the Republican Party is doomed. Either the Tea Party will destroy it, or it will collapse for lack of backbone and principle. I don't think so. ...
Legend has it that the pioneer of gold coinage, King Croesus of Lydia, consulted the Oracle at Delphi about invading Persia. He was told "If you invade Persia, you will destroy a great empire." Croesus destroyed a great empire, but it was not Persia. The GOP may now hold the position of Persia, but only so long as the Tea Party continues to infuse it with new, tannin-laced resolve.
A Russian Emigre Schools the Occupiers
Is This the Patience of a Socrates?
Thursday, May 10, 2012—A Russian emigre finds a student in the Occupy movement.
One wonders if Socrates actually had this much patience.
(Also on Hot Gas, er, Hot Air.)
Obama and the Russian Army—What is he up to?
Russian Forces to Conduct "Anti-Terrorist Drills" on Continental US
Wednesday, May 9, 2012—The conspiracy-minded European Union Times reports that Russian military forces will be conducting "anti-terrorist" drills with American forces in the continental USA. Such drills run counter to American military doctrine, which has long been shaped by the Posse Comitatus Act, which has now been effectively repealed. ...
... news of these joint maneuvers has caused alarm, expressed by Nick Purpura here.
Anyone who doubts the importance of electing a Senate and House that both respect the Constitution and the founding principles in addition to taking the White House away from the Left, should contemplate the skill with which the Left uses crises, real or manufactured, to steamroll its agenda over all resistance.
I will disagree in part with Mr. Purpura. Mr. Obama is a moral idiot, leading a movement of deliberate moral idiocy. But, as the Left shows, moral idiocy is a disease vector of evil.
Governor Christie, Veto This Bill! UPDATE—Vetoed!
It's ObamaCare, Stupid!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012—The New Jersey State Legislature has sent Governor Christie Assembly Bill A2171/Senate Bill S1319 which will implement the ObamaCare Health "Insurance" Exchange for New Jersey. This "Exchange" will only offer the mandate-ridden, overpriced, conscience-violating, redistributionist "health care" that Obama and the Democrats want you to have. ....
Update, Thursday, May 10—Governor Christie has vetoed the bill! Given how it passed the legislature, credit must go to all the citizens who made their voice heard, petitioning for redress of this grievence. Congratulations, and thank you all.
Challenge to Obama: Report from the Administrative Law Hearing
Judge Jeff Mason Hears Challenge to Obama's Place on the NJ Ballot
(See the background to this story.)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012—Lawyers for Nick Purpura and Ted Moran, Petitioners, and for Obama for America, argued before Administrative Law Judge Jeff Mason in Mercerville this morning.
Our Liberties at the Tipping Point
The Bill of Rights Is Endangered as Never Before
A Bill Whittle Firewall
What I'm going to say today has nothing to do with being liberal or conservative or being a Democrat or Republican. The only political view you need to hold for this message is that you kind of have to like the idea of being free to do what you want.
This is Bill Whittle. Watch it.
We Tell It To The Supremes!
On Tuesday, March 27, the Bayshore Tea Party Group joined with thousands. Story on Page Two
Bill Whittle on the Merchants of Despair
Indicting The Obama Administration—And the Conservatives Who Let Him Be Elected
Wednesday, April 4, 2001—Bill Whittle at his usual, superb best. It is for us to take heed, and especially of his closing words.
Neoneocon: Celebrate Freedom at Passover
Friday, April 6, 2012—Blogger Neoneocon (she of the green apple) reposts a classic piece about the ancient and eternal struggle for human freedom, seen through the lessons of the Seder.
Santorum the Most Cost-Effective GOP Candidate
Friday, April 6, 02012—According to an article in National Journal, as of March 30th Rick Santorum has spent $4.56 per vote and $50,873 per delegate. Newt Gingrich has spent $8.90 per vote and $139,830 per delegate. Mitt Romney has spent $16.18 per vote and $118,218 per delegate. Ron Paul has spent $30.35 per vote and $496,461 per delegate.
Clearly, Rick Santorum is the most economical candidate and Paul the least. What this might mean in the general election is open to debate.
Is Joe Biden Remembering Games, and Daisy Chains, and Laughs?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012—Joe Biden is the Gaffe Who Keeps on Giving, but is there a reason? One doctor things so. See The Roundup on Page Two.
(The title refers to Pink Floyd's song Brain Damage on their album The Dark Side of the Moon: "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes/I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon.")
The Way the Senate Operates, It's Not a Dictatorship.
It's more akin to being a groundskeeper in a cemetery. Everybody's under you, but nobody's listening to you.
See The Roundup on Page Two.
Scalia: "Making us read this bill would be cruel and unsual punishment."
Thursday, March 30, 2012—Here, on Hot Air.
Obamacare At SCOTUS: Oral Arguments
Audio and Transcripts from Monday and Tuesday (Update: Wednesday's Audio and Transcripts Added)
Wednesday, March 29, 2012—SCOTUS has made the audio and transcription available from the first two days of the Obamacare oral arguments before the full court.
Monday's argument considered whether the penalty for not having mandated insurance is actually a tax. If it is a tax, SCOTUS may not consider it until after it goes into effect and someone subject to is challenges it, nor may the various state and circuit courts consider it because it must go through the special Tax Court.
Tuesday's argument considered whether the individual mandate is a valid exercise of Congress's enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause.
Wednesday's arguments are listed on two dockets, each different from the one on Monday and Tuesday. The morning argument is on the severability of the individual mandate:
The afternoon argument is on the alleged coercive effect of the expanded Medicaid burden on the States:
Obama Tells Putin "After the Election I'll Have More Flexibility" To Trade Away US Missile Defense
President Caught On Open Microphone With Medvedev
Monday, March 26, 2012—President Obama was caught on an open microphone telling Russian President Medvedev to tell Vladimir Putin that after his re-election he will have "space" to give the Russians what they want on US missile defense. What they want is for the USA to have no defense against a ballistic missile attack. Townhall.com has the article, including videos.
SCOTUS Sacketts It To The EPA, Nine-Zip
Unanimous Ruling Does Not Use Constitutional Grounds, Still Broad Enough to Hamstring EPA Enforcement.
Friday, March 23, 2012—On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Sackett v. EPA. The court held, nine Justices to none, that the EPA grossly and outrageously overstepped its authority in the way in which it it acted against the Sacketts. The opinion was written by Scalia; Alito and Ginsburg each wrote concurring opinions stressing different facets of the issue.
The Court's action does not mean that the Sacketts are free and clear. The EPA still has a judgement against them, arbitrary and capricious though it may be. What it does is allow the Sacketts to demand a hearing before a judge, and to force the EPA to go to court to have the judgement enacted.
llya Somin at Volokh explains that the judgement is narrow in that it does not use the force of the Constitution, but very broad because it requires the EPA to actually comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act, which governs enforcement actions by agencies such as the EPA. The court found that the EPA's interpretation of the APA, as defended by the DOJ and the White House, is strained beyond all belief.
This ruling applies to the EPA, but its effect may well be felt on other Federal Agencies, which now must act within the strongest of court precedents or face court challenges with they will almost certainly lose, perhaps on summary judgement. While the Sacketts are not yet out of the EPA-invented wetlands, the overreach of the EPA and the DOJ has even galvanized the liberal wing of the Court against them.
And there is still room for a challenge and judgement on Constitutional grounds, should the EPA succeed while following the mandate written by Congress in the APA.
Allen Barton Asks "Do You Make Fun of Al-Gee?"
PJTV Panel Takes Laughty Attitude
Allen Barton: Do you make fun of Al Gee?
Terry Jones: I laugh at Al Gee. I break wind in his general direction, and I tell him to put it where the sun don't shine.
Okay, some days you need a way to regain your perspective, and the boys on PJTV's The Front Page have just about had it with Obama's renewable energy farrago. Terry Jones (of Investors' Business Daily) adds Whenever I hear a government official say "I feel your pain," I hear the snap of the proctologist's glove.
Full video here, but there is a limit on the number of free viewings from one machine/user.
Trevor Loudon Speaks at Bayshore
Author of Barack Obama and the Enemy Within
March 6th, 2012—New Zealand author Trevor Loudon visited the Bayshore Tea Party Group on Tuesday Night. His voice broke as he described the Tea Party as "1773 in a second American Revolution." (More ....)
Economics Is Fun!
Madsen Pirie's Series Now Up to Twelve
March 5th, 2012—There is wisdom and Conventional Wisdom. In economics, what everybody knows is generally wrong. Or rather, what everybody just assumes is almost always wrong. And that goes double for what you read in the papers or hear from politicians. (Is there a difference?)
Madsen Pirie's series of short, pithy, free-market videos, Economics is Fun, is now up to its twelfth instalment. (Twenty are planned.) In a few minutes and a few words, Pirie lays the timeless truths of market economics before the viewer. This is nutrition served in the dessert course, short, sweet, and memorable. In just three words, Pirie tells us how to make other countries rich: Buy their stuff!
The Millennium Development GoalsaliasAGENDA 21aliasSustainable DevelopmentaliasSmart Growth |
The UN does not use black helicopters. It does not need them. All it needs is the power to write your zoning laws. And Washington, Trenton, and dozens of other state governments are turning that power over to them through an unholy alliance of radical environmentalists, America-haters, universities, and stooges. And the worst of the stooges are the people you elected to office. More ... |
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.
——— Sam Adams (Contributed by Bob Gordon)