CONBUSTIBLE 08/04/2013

Defunding Obamacare: Worth a Try After a summer of relative quiet on the fiscal front, Congress is approaching two deadlines that will be vital not just in terms of the U.S. economy, but for the future of the Republican party as well. Sometime in late October, the federal government will once again reach its statutory debt limit, meaning that, without congressional action, the government will not be able to borrow any more money. Read More...

Blind Men's Bluff: Why the Surveillance State Is Doomed Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon is by far the most outspoken foe in Congress of the NSA and the domestic surveillance state that was created by Woodrow Wilson in 1917, accelerated by Harry Truman, and made exponential by the passage of the Patriot Act in 2001. Read More...

Justin Amash's Revolution The Republican congressional leadership didn't even want to bring Michigan Rep. Justin Amash's anti-surveillance amendment up for a vote. The Obama administration certainly didn't want it to pass. Read More...

TSA misconduct increased 26% between 2010-2012, claims government report A new report from the Government Accountability Office, published online on Wednesday, reveals that misconduct among agents of the Transportation Security Administration has increased 26 percent between the years of 2010 and 2012.Read More...

The American Surveillance State Is Here. Can It Be Evaded? On any given day, the average American going about his daily business will be monitored, surveilled, spied on and tracked in more than 20 different ways, by both government and corporate eyes and ears.Read More...