CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 06/20/2013

Senators say ‘Fire’ the I.R.S.  The tea party is not dead… Yesterday, the nation once again saw the tea party’s strength as thousands were gathered at the national mall in the group’s largest assembly since 2010. Their cause: challenge the overgrown, corrupt Internal Revenue Service. Read More

The Gang of Eight and Freedom of Travel  Immigration necessarily deals with travel, something that the Constitution guarantees each and every American. Natural Law, the philosophy behind much of our Constitution, rightly recognizes that the freedom of travel is a God-given right – that man, created in God’s image, should be free to move as he seems fit. Read More

A RINO Exposes the GOP Establishment Scam  On Tuesday I wrote about why I believe the Republican Party establishment isn’t as stupid as people think, but really far more sinister. They fully intend on reducing the influence of grassroots conservatives/libertarians in the party by overcoming them with an influx of more “government Americans.” To prove my point, I enter into evidence Gabriel Gomez, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. Read More

Sacramento Democrats Understand Extortion: Big Corporations and Oil Companies Targeted—They Pay/Get “Results”  Legislation in California is not based on need or out of concern for the good of the people; it is based on power politics, the Nanny State and extortion. Extortion? Yes. Like organized crime, politicians run a game on corporations: “Either give us large donations,” they say, “Or we’ll regulate and/or tax you out of business.” Read More

What Frederick Douglass Stood For  Wednesday, Congress dedicated a statue of Frederick Douglass in the Capitol Rotunda. The dedication ceremony has unfortunately been wrapped up in the politics surrounding the District of Columbia’s lack of representation in Congress, but that controversy aside, it is hard to think of a man more deserving of the honor. Read More

Looking back at Gettysburg  As we commemorate the 150 years since the civil war in America, do you wonder why we look back to such a terrible time in our history? Shouldn’t we try to forget the tragedy that took the lives of over 600,000 Americans? When Abraham Lincoln stood over the battlefield and the newly commissioned cemetery to deliver the Gettysburg Address, he thought it was okay to look back. His first words point us back to the war of his father’s generation “Four Score and Seven Years ago…” Read More

FBI chief admits use of spy drones within U.S.  FBI Director Robert Mueller told members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that his agency uses drones to conduct surveillance operation over the skies of the U.S. mainland, during a hearing on Wednesday. When Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked Mueller if the FBI uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Mueller responded yes. The UAVs are used only for important surveillance operations, he noted. Read More