CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 07/11/2013

Reid Going Nuclear Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may use the “nuclear option” to change the Senate’s rules and block filibusters on executive nominations, though he and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed not to use the option in January. Sources say Sen. Reid wants to set up the nuclear option next week. Read More

Paul introduces Coup Act to block Egyptian Aid Recognizing the illegality of continuing federal assistance to any nation occupied by a military coup d’état, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul today introduced the “Egyptian Military Coup Act” on July 11, 2013. Read More

Illegal Aid Defending aid, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday, “We have had a long relationship with Egypt and the Egyptian people and it would not be wise to abruptly change our assistance program.” Carney claims the Administration needs more time to “review” the situation before making cuts. Read More

Reality Bites My wife and I were huge fans of the Battlestar Galactica television series that ran from 2004-2009. An update of the series that ran briefly back in 1978, this was a grittier and more realistic version of the story of a rag-tag remnant of humans fighting extinction at the hands of the Cylon robots they constructed. The series often included political and cultural sub-text, exploring both sides of our contemporary debates. One such episode was a perfect example of where we’re headed today. Read More

Liberals to the Law: Get Lost! After eight years of listening to liberals hyperventilating about the illegalities of President George W. Bush, it is really annoying for conservatives to watch the utter disregard for the law coming from the Obama administration. The jewel in the crown of this imperial presidency is of course the pre-holiday decision violate the text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and delay the employer mandate for Obamacare by a year. Read More

George Zimmerman Trial: Media Incites Nationwide Violence The media and the liberal left are coming unhinged. In their minds, since they figure they have the power to control everything, this trial against George “Creepy-Ass Cracker” Zimmerman should have been a slam-dunk. Poor little innocent Trayvon Martin, of whom President Obama says if he had a son the kid would look like Trayvon, was the victim of a mean racist attack. We are being told that Zimmerman hunted down and killed the poor child because poor, innocent Trayvon Martin was black. And now, as the wheels come off, and it is beginning to look like Zimmerman is going to walk because his story that Trayvon attacked him and his was a fight of self-defense, the Left, through politicians and the media, are inciting race riots. They want this to be the Rodney King riots, on steroids. Read More