CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 10/07/2013

Boehner on Obama: ‘He knows what my phone number is, all he has to do is call’ Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that the House of Representatives will not pass bills to re-open the federal government or raise the debt limit unless President Barack Obama comes to the negotiating table. Read More

Tea party is the Solution, Not the Problem Let’s get clear about the political realities behind the budget impasse in Washington and the government shutdown. Nothing captures the distortions being perpetrated more than the headline of a Washington Post column by Anne Applebaum that reads: “The GOP Undermines Democracy.” Read More

Al-Qaeda gunmen kill German embassy security officer in Yemen Al-Qaeda terrorists shot and killed a security officer for Germany’s embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, while he attempted to protect the German ambassador on Sunday morning, according to an Israeli counterterrorism analyst, Josh Siegel. Read More

Foreign Aid unaffected by ‘Shutdown’ Despite all of the clamor coming from politicians about the end-of-the-world scenario called the “government shutdown” — the State Department confirmed that there’s enough money laying around for foreign aid to continue as usual. Read More

Back to Elementary School With College Professors This week I asked these college professors if they have taken the time to read the Bill of Rights, or if they have taken the time to read the Constitution of the United States of America. To my surprise, not one of them had taken the time to read their founding documents. Read More

Environmentally Safe and Economically Stimulating: Fracking On the very same day that the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) announces: “US Rises to No. 1 Energy Producer”—thanks to the shale boom made possible through a technology known as hydraulic fracturing—an environmental group released a report calling for a complete ban of the practice, which would effectively shut down the oil-and-gas industry (and all of the jobs and revenues it creates) and increase dependence on foreign oil. Coincidence? I don’t think so. Read More

Rand Paul Discusses Shutdown on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Read More

Why Central-Planning Won’t Work Read More

California Nullifies NDAA Detentions Read More

Obama’s intransigence closed America’s natural wonders Read More

Cruz: Reid and Obama Trying to Make Shutdown as Painful as Possible Read More

Colorado’s Billion-Dollar Tax Hike Proposal: Really Bad Constitution-Writing Read More

A Grand Bargain for Liberty? Read More

The Anchor Baby Scam on Americans Read More