CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 07/19/2013

Obama blasts ‘stand your ground’ law during press briefing In keeping with the advice of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel – to never let a good crisis go to waste — President Barack Obama took to the microphone on Friday and during his comments on the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin tragedy he questioned whether or not Florida’s so-called ‘‘stand your ground’’ law has a positive influence on peace and public safety in American, according to law enforcement officials. Read More

Justice Department places ‘hold’ on Trayvon Martin trial evidence, including George Zimmerman’s gun – which Florida law says must be returned to him The U.S. Department of Justice, overseen by Attorney General Eric Holder, has ordered the Sanford, Florida police department to keep possession of all the evidence from George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial – including the exonerated neighborhood watch volunteer’s gun. Read More

Jesse Jackson, the United Nations, and the Method Toward Liberty In a video at the WSJ Opinion page, I discovered that “… Jesse Jackson in these last days has called for the United Nations to intervene in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict.” This is not necessarily something unseen in America, unfortunately. But it does continue to show the extent to which those who have a firm grip on public opinion are willing to take Americans in the direction opposite of liberty. Read More

Barack and Michelle Obama, and the General Will Big Government is nothing new. We know this. There is nothing new under the sun, as it says in Ecclesiastes 1:9 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. The concept of growing a central government into an out of control leviathan, for the good of the community, is based on the age old premise of collectivism. Read More

Breakdown in the Americans’ Respect for the Rule of Law? Some commentators and compilers have sensed what they believe is a weakening of the rule of law in the United States. I’ve documented an example in one state. Conduct surrounding the George Zimmerman case provides additional cause for concern, including prejudicial comments by President Obama and rioting subsequent to acquittal. Read More

Your Choice: The Ted Cruz or the Marco Rubio Immigration Plan? Sorry, Ted Cruz is not one of the gang of eight. He has more sense than the RINO Republicans who think it is OK to hit the PAUSE button on their supposed conservative values. Read More