CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 01/08/2014

Retired Air Force Colonel With Three Graduate Degrees Is Homeless And Sleeps In A Van What advice would you give to a retired Air Force Colonel that has three graduate degrees and that cannot even find work as a janitor? 59-year-old Robert Freniere once served as a special assistant to General Stanley McChrystal, and he has spent extensive time in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More Obama meets with lawmakers, intel community to change NSA Today and tomorrow Obama will meet with lawmakers and individuals within the intelligence community to discuss the National Security Agency. Read More War on Poverty at 50 — Despite Trillions Spent, Poverty Won Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson delivered his first State of the Union address, promising an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Looking at the wreckage since, it’s not hard to conclude that poverty won. Read More The Many Ways That You’re Being Tracked, Catalogued and Controlled What is most striking about the American police state is not the mega-corporations running amok in the halls of Congress, the militarized police crashing through doors and shooting unarmed citizens, or the invasive surveillance regime which has come to dominate every aspect of our lives. Read More Minimum Wage and Welfare: the Tradeoff  The Democrats have selected raising the minimum wage as THE issue to protect them from public opposition to the Obamacare fiasco which is dimming their prospects for retaining the Senate in the 2014 elections. But raising the minimum wage may actually be worth considering if it has the side benefit of cutting the gigantic total of our hidden welfare programs. Read More Top General Opposes Sending Troops to Iraq Four Star U.S. Army General Ray Odierno said Tuesday that he opposes sending U.S. troops to Iraq despite the growing Islamic radicalism in the country — especially the Iraqi government’s loss of the western province of Anbar to militants. Read More Share On Facebook Other News Judge rules Chicago gun sale ban unconstitutional Read More 2014: The Resurgence of the Tea Party Read More Yellen Confirmed as Fed Chair Read More On The Coldest Day In America In 20 Years, Here Are Al Gore’s Stupidest Global Warming Quotes Read More Planned Parenthood Rep: Christianity “Going Down” Read More Crooked labs, agencies and prosecutors Read More Connect With Us Take Action Petition: Tell Congress to Abolish the EPA Select Here Petition: Tell Congress to IMPEACH Eric Holder Select Here Petition: Tell Congress to investigate Obama's "Military Purge" Select Here Petition: Tell Congress to Support the "Keep Your Health Plan Act" Select Here Petition: Tell U.S. Senators to OPPOSE the confirmation of anti-gun Judge Robert Wilkins Select Here Petition: Tell Congress to Defend Privacy, Rein In NSA Select Here