CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 04/01/2013

Gun-Control: Reid Bill Replaces Feinstein Ban  The anti-gunners have begun to beat their drums again in opposition to the Second Amendment. “A Day to Demand Action” took place yesterday, where individuals rallied from California to Connecticut against our natural right to keep and bear arms. Not surprisingly, these demonstrations were fueled by a piece of $13 million propaganda paid for by none other than New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayors Against Illegal Guns.  Read More

Almost 4,000 border agents cut from Homeland Security Department  While President Barack Obama and the upper-echelon members of the U.S. Homeland Security Department continue to claim that the U.S.-Mexico border is as “secure as it’s ever been,” this week the DHS’ Customs and Border Protection directorate cut about 4,000 agents from its force due to budget cuts — 20 percent of its total manpower — according to the National Border Patrol Council, the union representing rank-and-file agents and Federal News Radio on Friday. Read More

New regulations create more wealth for green cronies  On Good Friday, a day fewer people would be paying attention to the headlines than on most other days, the Obama administration released news about its plans to raise the price of gasoline. Gasoline prices for the first quarter of 2013 are higher than the same time in 2012. Intentionally pushing prices up would seem stupid in the midst of a struggling economy—that is, if your goal is to help those most impacted by higher fuel and food prices, rather than boosting the bottom line for your billionaire donors.  Read More

They will always get away with what you let them get away with.  Amity Shlaes’ timing couldn’t be better. With the Party of Lincoln facing its biggest crisis since the Nixon resignation, the senior fellow at the George W. Bush Presidential Center has come out with an exhaustive, 576-page biography of a Republican who helped his party win three presidential landslides during the Roaring Twenties: Calvin Coolidge.  Read More

Marriage is what it is  “It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is,” said the smooth-talking, skirt-chasing, totally busted philanderer. “Well, no, Bill,” replied Congress. “Actually, things just ‘is’ what they is.” Here’s what marriage is: The God-ordained, lifelong, covenantal union between man and wife, designed to provide men, women and children optimal stability and overall well-being. Marriage is that biologically, spiritually and morally centered institution calculated to ensure responsible procreation and perpetuate the human race. Marriage – real marriage – represents the fundamental cornerstone of any healthy society (any society that hopes to survive, at least).  Read More

A New Birth of Education Freedom  As the nation has focused on the Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, news from the state of Indiana could prove far more important regarding the nation’s future. The Indiana Supreme Court has just ruled unanimously, 5-0, that Indiana’s school voucher program, signed into law in 2011, the most expansive school voucher program in the nation, does not violate the state’s constitution.  Read More