Posted by The Foundry on July 15th, 2011 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as 9/11, constitution, epa, federal spending, pakistan, pass id, republic, revolution, taxes, thomas jefferson, turkey
Washington remains embroiled in debt limit negotiations as Republicans and Democrats stand apart on how to best go about increasing the amount of money the government can borrow and spend. But on the sidelines, another debate simmers over one amendment to the U.S. Constitution that could have averted today’s spending debacle: the balanced budget amendment (BBA). At its core, the BBA would mandate that Congress not spend more than its income–a notion that would truly be a radical departure from today’s course of business in the nation’s capital, where the … More
Posted by Shane on January 6th, 2010 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as nullification, pass id, privacy, real id
There is good news and bad news on the REAL ID front . . . * The good news: 46 states were not in compliance with REAL ID by December 31, forcing DHS Secretary Napolitano to extend the deadline to May, 2011 – and there’s no sign the states have any intention of complying with…
Posted by Shane on December 10th, 2009 | Categorized as Homeland Security | Tagged as pass id, privacy, real id
REAL ID is scheduled to go into effect on January 1. The good news is that it may be repealed by then. The bad news is that it may be replaced by something worse, the PASS ID. Please tell Congress to repeal REAL ID and reject the PASS ID. This is what I wrote in…
Posted by Lady Liberty on September 27th, 2009 | Categorized as Articles | Tagged as arizona, constitution, first amendment, healthcare, national security, obama, pass id, patriot act, politics, racism, racist, republic
When Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) shouted, “You lie!” in the middle of President Barack Obama’s address to both houses of Congress, his outburst opened up a far bigger can of worms than mere accusations of partisanship or even rudeness. A certain faction on the left took less than 24 hours to insist that Wilson couldn’t possibly have been calling the president a liar because he was lying, but rather was calling him a liar because he was black.
Posted by Shane on August 10th, 2009 | Categorized as Homeland Security, Legislation | Tagged as Daniel Akaka, janet napolitano, pass id, real id
Unbelievably, Congress and the Obama administration are currently trying to resurrect the failed REAL ID Act, more accurately named “Dangerous ID.” Dangerous ID, which passed in 2005, establishes a de facto National Identification System, and opens the doors for Federal biometric tracking of every American citizen. Fortunately, no state currently complies with the burdensome mandates…