Forgotten Liberty

My Rant on Voting With Your Feet

Liberty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:12:42 +0000

For several years now, people who live in states with high taxes, like New York and Massachusetts, have been voting with their feet and moving to states with lower taxes, like Texas and Florida. The migration has been great enough that after the 2010 census, many liberal states will lose seats in Congress while many [...] No related posts.

Paul Ryan at the Health Care Summit

Liberty — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:04:53 +0000

Paul Ryan was one of the few bright spots during the 7 and a half hour long “bipartisan” Health Care Summit. I wasn’t able to watch as much as I wanted because of my work schedule, but what I did hear was more of the same. From the Democrats, it was sob stories and ideas [...] Related posts:

Interview with Laurence Verga, Virginia 5th District Candidate

Liberty — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:06:43 +0000

Laurence Verga is a conservative running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th district and was kind enough to allow me to ask him a few questions. He has a background in commercial real estate and has worked for several large companies including ABC/Disney, AT&T, and CBS/Viacom. Mr. Verga is also the founder of the Verga Project [...] Related posts:

How Will Obama’s Health Care Plan Lower Costs?

Liberty — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:23:30 +0000

The White House has released President Obama’s health care plan. Supposedly, it’s supposed to lower costs and increase coverage. I’ve read most of what is posted on the White House website, but I don’t see anything new. It seems like it’s the Senate bill with a few measures from the House bill mixed in. The [...] Related posts:

Jason Mattera Speech Slams Liberalism at CPAC 2010

Liberty — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:16:59 +0000

Jason Mattera gave a speech at CPAC slamming President Obama and liberalism in general. This video is a must see. He speaks about the left’s hold on academia and the “liberalizing” of our young people on college campuses. At first I thought he was being a little coarse in his references to liberals, but then [...] Related posts:

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Airlines Canceling Flights to Avoid Fines

Liberty — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:58:01 +0000

It seems that once again, government regulation is making things worse for consumers and businesses. A new regulation on airlines is about to kick in this April. It involves a hefty fine if passengers are stuck inside a plane for more than 3 hours without taking off. To avoid this fine, airlines will be canceling [...] No related posts.

Interview with Candidate Doug Keller

Liberty — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:52:39 +0000

Doug Keller is a conservative running for Congress in Oregon’s 1st Congressional district and he was kind enough to allow me to ask him a few questions. I was told about Mr. Keller’s campaign by someone on Facebook and found him to be a very interesting candidate. For example, he makes himself available for the [...] Related posts:

Texas Board of Education, Gen. Patton is out and Diwali is In

Liberty — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:33:48 +0000

As if we needed more evidence of the Progressive influence in our education system, we have this story out of Texas. The Texas Board of Education is considering changing their textbooks. Some great figures in American history may be cut from the curriculum and replaced with Snoop Dog and Run DMC. According to the Liberty [...] No related posts.

Pelosi’s Plan to Pass Health Care Reform

Liberty — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:30:16 +0000

Despite President Obama’s recent rhetoric about reaching out to Republicans and getting their input on health care reform, a sneaky plan is underway to pass health care without any help from Republicans. Wendell Primus, the top health care adviser to Nancy Pelosi, believes it can be passed by Easter. If I’m understanding the complicated and [...] Related posts:

Democrats Turning on Rahm Emanuel

Liberty — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:32:19 +0000

It’s all Bush’s Rahm Emanuel’s fault! Democrats, angry about the collapse of health care reform, are breaking from their usual mantra of blaming everything on George Bush, and are turning their attention to Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. Instead of correctly realizing that the American people do not want more government involvement in their [...] Related posts:

No Gun Rights in King, North Carolina

Liberty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:02:54 +0000

The small city of King, North Carolina declared a state of emergency due to the winter storm that hammered the mid Atlantic region of the country a few days ago. As part of this state of emergency declaration, the city empowered itself to severely infringed upon residents Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. [...] Related posts:

Woman Buried in Obama T-Shirt

Liberty — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:10:57 +0000

Many people have criticized President Obama for being a little self absorbed. It is true that he refers to himself and his accomplishments a lot when giving speeches, but a speech at the Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Washington may take the cake. While giving a pitch for his health care plan, he refers to [...] Related posts:

Liberal Logic on the Supreme Court

Liberty — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:20:55 +0000

I read a column today by progressive columnist E.J. Dionne. In his column, Dionne describes why the recent Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case was an example of legislating from the bench. He also defends Obama’s criticism of the Supreme Court during the State of the Union address. His [...] Related posts:

Sneaky Backdoor Tax Increase on the Middle Class

Liberty — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:06:22 +0000

Reuters is claiming that Obama’s plan to reduce the deficit includes increasing taxes on the middle class. The story was originally posted to the internet Monday evening with the title “Backdoor Taxes to Hit the Middle Class”. It clearly lays out the case that Obama is going to break his well known campaign promise of [...] Related posts:

Obama is Cutting the Deficit by Spending More

Liberty — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:33:32 +0000

President Bush, with the help of Congress, ran up gigantic yearly deficits in the the hundreds of billions of dollars. President Obama on the other hand, has managed to dwarf Bush’s record deficits. Despite the good game Obama has been talking the last few days about cutting the deficit and being fiscally responsible, his new [...] Related posts: