CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 08/06/2013

Federal Gov't to spend millions on Afghan aircraft, funds Taliban-connected businesses Here is the latest example of unnecessary federal spending: the Pentagon is planning to spend hundreds of millions to purchase aircraft from the Afghan army that they can no longer 'operate' or 'maintain.' Read More

Colo. town poised to declare open season on drones; issue drone-hunting licenses Deer Trail, Colo., is poised to fire a warning shot at the domestic drone industry. Read More

NSA's 'Homeland' includes Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central America Americans now have responsibility for a bunch of new places they can't find on a map. It turns out that the National Security Agency considers Canada, Greenland, Mexico and parts of Central America as part of the U.S. "Homeland." Read More

Drug enforcement agents involved in questionable espionage A covert squad of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special agents are secretly feeding intelligence obtained from electronic intercepts, wiretaps, informants and telephone records to other federal agencies and state or local law enforcement departments throughout the United States to aid in criminal investigations of citizens and residents, according to law enforcement and civil rights groups, such as the ACLU, on Monday. Read More

A Profile in Failure: John Boehner The so-called "Peter Principle" can be summed up in these words: employees tend to rise to the level of their own incompetence. Ladies and gentlemen, in accordance with those words I present as living proof of their veracity none other than House Speaker John Boehner. Read More

Are Police in America Now a Military, Occupying Force? Despite the steady hue and cry by government agencies about the need for more police, more sophisticated weaponry, and the difficulties of preserving the peace and maintaining security in our modern age, the reality is far different. Indeed, violent crime in America has been on a steady decline, and if current trends continue, Americans will finish the year 2013 experiencing the lowest murder rate in over a century. Read More