CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 06/10/2013

Exposing the Enemy of the People  There is a fable about a doe blind in one eye who was accustomed to grazing as near to the edge of the cliff as she possibly could, in the hope of securing her greater safety. She turned her sound eye toward the land that she might get the earliest tidings of the approach of hunter or hound and her injured eye towards the sea, from whence she entertained no anticipation of danger.  Read More

The Sierra Club exposed  In a news cycle where the lack of transparency is revealed daily, it is refreshing when something previously opaque exposes its true motives. Such is the case for the Sierra Club and its desire to block oil and gas drilling. Read More

IRS-Gate: Call A Special Counsel  Every U.S. president seems to have one primary historical hallmark – positive or negative – that characterizes his legacy. For Abraham Lincoln it was the abolition of slavery, for FDR it was the New Deal, for Bill Clinton it was Monica Lewinsky, for George W. Bush it was the Islamic terrorist attacks of 9/11, and for Barack Obama it will be, quite simply, scandal – lots and lots of scandal. Read More

Closing the Wealth Gap With Personal Retirement Accounts  The annual Trustees Report for Social Security has just been issued, and the news is that there is no news. Social Security is on its way over a fiscal cliff – what we hear every year when the report is issued. According to this year’s report, Social Security will be insolvent in 2033 – 20 years from now – when those now 47 years old will be eligible for their full promised benefits. Read More

Sen. Paul to Challenge NSA in Court  “They’re looking at a billion phone calls a day … that doesn’t sound to me like a modest invasion of privacy, it sounds like an extraordinary invasion of privacy," says Sen. Rand Paul.  Read More

Rubio says legalization is going to happen 'first'  The GOP members of the the Gang of Eight plan always said that border security would come first — that is, it would come before the legalization of illegal immigrants, or amnesty. It was Sen. Chuck Schumer that heralded that “first, people will be legalized … then, we will make sure the border is secure.” So is the GOP claim that S. 744 is a Borders First plan actually the case?  Read More