Sonia Sotomayor is a terrible choice for the US Supreme Court

We recently submitted an op-ed article to Associated Content on why Sonia Sotomayor is a terrible choice for the US Supreme Court. We look forward to linking to it. We will keep you posted.

Henry Waxman reveals that he does not know what is in his own dumb global warming law.

Congressman Henry Waxman reveals that he does not even know what is in his own global warming law! The reason we have a republican form of government is precisely because these individuals are supposed to know the laws that they are trying to pass. Here, Waxman reveals that he has no clue what he is doing, or the harm that will arise if and when his bill becomes law.

Democrats propose legislation to increase energy prices and unemployment.

Democrats hate the high standard of living that we have in America. Case in point: Henry Waxman, a Democrat elected by the rich and famous in Beverly Hills, wants to impose a "cap and tax" bill that will substantially raise energy prices for millions of Americans. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 80 percent of Americans can expect a rise in their energy bills and a reduction in real income because of the cap and trade bill. Further, interestingly enough, the legislation itself reveals the fact that Americans will lose jobs.

Tucked away in the legislation, the act states (Part 2, section 426): "An eligible worker, specifically workers who lose their jobs as a result of this measure, may receive a climate change adjustment allowance under this subsection for a period of not longer than 156 weeks." This means that Americans are guaranteed to lose their jobs, but Congress will provide "handouts" to compensate for this loss!

Californians vote against Democrat tax increases.

Californians proved that the citizens are unwilling to be punished for the failed policies of the Democrats in the Soviet-state legislature. Democrats wanted Californians to voluntarily support higher taxes, which would then be redistributed to the worthless public sector unions and bureaucrats. But normal citizens are not interested in being taxed to help the bureaucrats. This has been a wonderful day in California, and it is wonderful to see citizens saying 'no' to the big government Democrats.

EPA Will Ration Your Carbon (energy) usage.

The EPA wants to limit your use of carbon, and thus, lowering your standard of living. Read the op-ed here.

Why we love America

Why do we, in contrast to the Democrats, love America? America is a nation that was founded upon the principles of liberty. It is in America that the Constitution specifically limits the power of the federal government. This shows that the Founders had a particularly keen insight into human nature (and all of its history) and the fact that it is the natural state of human affairs for the government to grow and for individual liberty to recede. We conservatives/objectivists do not "hate" the government. Rather, we believe that America's government ought to be limited to a few enumerated areas, such as a court system to settle disputes between individuals -- and to be adjudicated according to objective laws; a military to protect against foreign invaders who would abridge the individual rights of American citizens; and to set national laws in areas that are specifically federal in nature, such as immigration, patents, copyrights, etc, etc. The fact that the federal government is limited in its powers only to a few areas enables citizens to have the maximum opportunity to hold their elected representatives accountable and for liberty to flourish. For instance, if a citizen of state A is not happy with the laws of state A, he can take steps to vote out the representatives of his state or move to state B, where the laws are more to his liking. However, when the federal government passes laws that one might not like, one has no means of escaping these bad laws.

High State Minimum Wage Laws Threaten Employment Opportunities

High state minimum wage laws threaten jobs. Read my op-ed column here.

The United States Should Not Adopt a Government Run Health Care System

Our column, "The United States Should Not Adopt a Government Run Health Care System," has been published. You can read it here.

Obama's health care obsession

President Obama and his fellow travelers in Congress have been talking a great deal about American health care. They have proposed "universal" health care, which, according to the Obama's White House, will "control rising health care costs, guarantee choice of doctor, and assure high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans." However, this is not true at all. In America, we have "universal" K-12 education. In 2009, 89% of K-12 students attended government-run schools. Although parents do not directly pay for the costs of the child's education in a government-run school, the costs continue to rise rather dramatically, which is reflected mostly in higher property taxes in many states. There is also no "choice" in K-12 education: if a parent is unable to pay to send their kid to a private school, they have no choice other than to send their child to the local government monopolized school system, which is infected with crime, anarchy, high drop out rates, and test scores that are below average compared to students from other nations. Do we really want to copy this feature in our health care system? Do we really want to tell patients that they have only one choice, which will be decided by a Washington, D.C.bureaucrat, and that if they live or die, it really is not even up to them?

The fact that the government has failed to deliver in K-12 education is a strong rebuke to the idea that the government is able to manage anything as complex as health care and deliver on cost, quality, and affordability. The government has not been able to deliver on any of these areas even in an area like education, which it has operated continuously for almost a century. (Year after year, we are told that this time, it will be fixed. It won't happen. Once the government takes over health care, and quality declines, there will be constant pleas for "more money" to "fix the problem." But money is not the source of the problem: freedom and individuality, reflected in the capitalist system, is what makes medical excellence possible).

Further, medical care is extremely complex, requiring highly motivated and intelligent individuals who have a fixed store of knowledge and able to use it in dynamic and novel situations. There are so many factors in play when it comes to medical care, including the creation of advanced theoretical knowledge to create new medicines and specialized procedures to cure ailments, distributions of new medicines, medical schools, medical professionals, hospitals, clinics, private doctor's offices, and many other variables, factors, and individuals that I did not even consider. Considering the fact that there are just a couple of people who are capable of running a multi-billion operation, is it possible that the 535 Members of Congress are not qualified to run a sector of the economy that accounts for $1.6 trillion or more of the economy?

Liberty should be the guiding principle of health care. When you are in pain, you want the pain aleviated. The best way is by going to a doctor who does not face a gun in his face telling him how to run his business, how much to charge, how to conduct his procedures: rather, we all want a medical professional who is guided by medical excellence. Let's face it: The government failed in education, but it has an insatiable appetite. Not content to monopolize only education, it also wants to destroy the best health care system in the world. Don't let it happen.

President Obama Hands Al Qaeda CIA Blueprints on What to Expect if they are Captured.

It is painfully obvious that President Obama is the first American president who truly hates America and is willing to take positions that are certain to undermine our national security. By releasing memos that the CIA had used in the Bush administration in determining what the limits are in interrogating terrorist barbarians, it puts our enemies--the barbarian Islamfascists--on notice of what the ultimate limits Americans are willing to use against them. These barbarians will use these memos as blueprints in determining how to avoid revealing any relevant information regarding imminent threats against America. Obama has essentially stated that he does not care if this hurts our national security. Considering the fact that our enemy is still out there, and we have shown weakness and have taken away a valuable tool to use against our enemy, we are in a far more dangerous position now. We will live to regret this day. And when that day comes, President Obama will be responsible and must be held accountable politically at the ballot box for his disgraceful and contemptible decision to reveal our nation's secrets to our enemies.

Americans say no to the establishment's philosophical worldview

Americans across the political spectrum are taking today as a day to protest the establishment's philosophical worldview, which is a mixture of collectivism, altruism, and statism, none of which has ever served to improve the lives of individuals. To those in Washington, the idea of a government being used exclusively to protect individual rights is a concept that is alien to them. However, the fact that hundreds of thousands of Americans are protesting and stating that they disagree with this worldview is encouraging, and is a strong signal that Americans are not meek and will not voluntarily hand over their rights to an out of control establishment that is drunk with power.

Satire: Barack Obama sends cease and desist letter to Kim Jung Ill

Obama's cease and desist letter to Kim Jung Ill:

It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized launch of a "rocket" into outer space. While I have no intention of retaliating or showing you that I can easily attack your rockets, I wanted to let you know that I have reserved all of my rights as US President, including the right to go to the UN. You neither asked for nor received permission to launch the rocket. Therefore, I believe you have willfully violated UN Security Council resolutions. I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all rockets, and destroy such rockets immediately, and that you desist from this or any other infringement of UN Security Council resolutions. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by April 10, indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall consider writing another strongly worded letter to you.

Barack Hussein Obama
THE WHITE HOUSE
April 5, 2009

Why does Obama continue to criticize America on foreign soil?

Does this sound like a man who truly loves America? If a husband continuously made negative comments about his wife all the time, and stated, "but I love you," should she reasonably accept such a statement?

Companies head to Switzerland to avoid Obama and the Democrats' disastrous policies.

Obama's policies are not helping US companies. It is obvious that either Obama is not aware of the harm that his policies cause (in which case he is not that bright), or he is aware, and doesn't care about the harm that he is causing. In one case, high corporate income tax rates, cap-and-trade policies, new rules allowing easier unionization, and unfriendly policies towards major corporations, is causing some companies to move to Switzerland.

It's funny how a lot of liberals were threatening to leave the country when Bush was elected and re-elected, but real American companies are actually leaving due to Obama's poor policies.

Democrats attack Elected Sheriff for being Tough on Illegal Alien Criminals.

Liberal Democrats in Congress have shown their contempt for the citizens in Maricopa County, Arizona, who have elected the toughest sheriff in America. These liberal members of Congress, responding to petitions from ACORN and other radical groups, have asked for an investigation into the practice of enforcing our immigration laws at the state level.

This shows contempt for American citizens who are very concerned about illegal aliens, especially those who commit criminal acts. Showing leniency to criminal aliens will only serve to create more crime. Lower the cost of something and you will only get more of it. This applies to crime just as it does for products and services. In Maricopa County's jail system, 20 percent of the inmates are illegal aliens, and 70% of those illegal alien criminals were arrested for felony crimes. These crimes included:

Those felony crimes committed included the following: forgery, 12 percent; kidnapping, 10 percent; aggravated assault, 7 percent; driving under the influence, 7 percent; drug charges, 27 percent; robbery, 3 percent; murder, 3 percent; and theft, 4 percent.