CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 06/13/2013

Patriot Act author slams FISC, NSA for widespread surveillance  The author of the 2001 Patriot Act says that the Obama Administration’s excusing of the NSA’s giant surveillance sweep is “a bunch of bunk.” Speaking with Laura Ingraham on her radio show Wednesday, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner claims that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has gone beyond the powers they were given under the post-9/11 law.  Read More

Obama, DHS lawlessness on immigration exposed by watchdogs  While President Barack Obama pushed hard on Tuesday for support of his immigration agenda and the proposed legislation by the so-called “gang of eight” U.S. senators, an “Inside the Beltway” watchdog group announced it obtained documents that revealed the Obama administration’s lawlessness in complying with current immigration enforcement laws and regulations. Read More

Napolitano discusses border security with sheriffs, police chiefs  When President Barack Obama began stumping for his amnesty for illegal aliens and the so-called “gang of eight” reform bill on Tuesday, his Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano prepared the way with a telephone conference with sheriffs and police chiefs serving near the U.S.-Mexican border on Monday, according to officials with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) directorate. Read More

Big Brother Obama Is Watching  It has become evident that Barack Obama’s definition of “fundamentally transforming the United States” includes Big Brother harassing selected conservatives while monitoring everybody’s email and telephone traffic. These seem to be among the surprising duties of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the National Security Agency (NSA), respectively. Read More

The Deficit Is Still Bad News  To listen to much of the mainstream media recently, one would assume that the battle against the national debt has been won.  Read More

Why Gettysburg?  This summer, the 150th anniversary commemoration of the largest battle fought during the American civil war will be held at Gettysburg. When the troops diverged upon the little Pennsylvania town, who could have imagined that the armies would leave over 50,000 casualties behind? The immensity of the tragedy at Gettysburg is almost incomprehensible. But the battle of Gettysburg was not an isolated event during the four years of war that would send over 600,000 men into eternity. The killing on the battlefields had begun two years prior to the three hot July battle in Pennsylvania.  Read More