THE FOUNDATION
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1795TOP 5 RIGHT HOOKS
ObamaCare Is 'So Big'
Of course ObamaCare was bound to have some problems, explains Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). "We were reordering one-sixth of the American economy -- you don't do that without some bumps along the road," Murphy said. "I'm certainly forgiving of the president making some decisions to try to implement in a way that makes sense," he added, defending the dozens of times Obama has changed or delayed the law. "This thing is so big -- the only way to do it was to make it big." We'd consider this damning with faint praise, since taking over one-sixth of the economy was a really good reason not to pass ObamaCare.Comment | Share
Sebelius' Parting Glitch
You couldn't ask for a more fitting and ironic farewell. Kathleen Sebelius delivered her prepared resignation speech at the White House today -- well part of it, anyway. A glitch crashed her presentation midway through, which clearly wasn't ready for launch. "Unfortunately, a page is missing," she admitted after a brief shutdown. She did finally manage to piece together her final remarks before handing the reigns over to Sylvia Mathews Burwell.Comment | Share
Clinton Favors Voter ID
Bill Clinton has come out in favor of photo ID. As long as it's on your Social Security card, that is. He didn't call for executive action on the issue, but he said adding photos to Social Security cards represents "a way forward that eliminates error," without having to "paralyze and divide a country with significant challenges." Actually, that's a virtual national ID card that could do the opposite of "eliminating error." In other words, it might just "divide the country." Democrats oppose voter ID for one reason: They need fraudulent votes and being forced to present one makes that a little bit harder.Comment | Share
No to Iran Ambassador
Iran sees clearly the weakness of the Obama administration, and the rogue nation sought to test it by nominating Hamid Aboutalebi as their ambassador to the UN. Aboutalebi played a key role in the 1979 hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held for 444 days at the U.S. embassy. Upon hearing of his nomination, both houses of Congress quickly passed a bill demanding the administration deny the visa, though Barack Obama hasn't yet signed it. Still, the White House got this one right, saying Aboutalebi's nomination was "not viable" and that he will not be granted a visa. That means he cannot then serve as Iran's ambassador since the UN is based in New York. We hope he sticks with his decision.Comment | Share
NLRB Subpoenas Corker, Others
The United Auto Workers lost the February election to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But they're not going quietly, appealing to the National Labor Relations Board to overturn the results. As part of that appeal, 20 people were subpoenaed, including Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. The hearing is set for April 21, and the UAW accuses these people of wrongfully interfering with the voting at the plant. As we wrote at the time, the UAW had nearly every advantage and they still couldn't close the deal. Corker's comments about inside knowledge of the benefit of rejecting the union, however ill advised, were almost surely not decisive in the vote, and the union's effort to throw out results based on something he said should go nowhere.Comment | Share
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RIGHT ANALYSIS
Nevada Ranch Dispute Cools as Feds Retreat
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That "serious concern" no doubt arose because after armed federal agents descended on the area, tasing and arresting his son among other thuggish behavior, Bundy threatened a "range war" and invoked Ruby Ridge and Waco. On top of that, thousands of people gathered around the ranch to show their support for Bundy, and many of them were armed. They greatly outnumbered federal personnel, and rather than risk an incident, the feds backed off.
For background, BLM agents had confiscated hundreds of Bundy's cattle, alleging they were trespassing on the 600,000-acre Gold Butte area north of Las Vegas. Bundy claims his family has homestead rights in the area going back more than 100 years. "I have raised cattle on that land, which is public land for the people of Clark County, all my life," he said. "Why I raise cattle there and why I can raise cattle there is because I have preemptive rights."
The federal government began regulating the land in the 1930s because of supposed overgrazing, and they've been working to drive ranchers out of the area ever since. For example, BLM demanded Bundy reduce his herd to an unsustainable 150 cattle. So Bundy quit paying the federal government for grazing rights in 1993 because, he said, "BLM was supposed to be land managers and they were managing my ranch out of business." Bundy has paid fees to Clark County, Nevada, however, but BLM claims Bundy owes more than $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. Then in 1998 the feds declared the land off-limits altogether in order to protect the desert tortoise. Bundy has lost in court, including a key case in 2013 in which a U.S. District Court upheld federal claim to the land as dating to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Of course, the federal government owns 84% of Nevada...
There are two noteworthy things about the contested land. First, radio host Dana Loesch explains that the endangered desert tortoise is "so 'endangered' that their population can no longer be contained by the refuge constructed for them so the government is closing it and euthanizing over a thousand tortoises." Second, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) sought to bring in a massive solar farm not far from Gold Butte, but still in desert tortoise territory. BLM director Neil Kornze is Reid's former senior adviser, and one of Reid's big donors, Harvey Whittemore, was behind the proposed solar development, though he's currently behind bars for illegal donations to Reid. As Loesch put it, "If only Clive Bundy were a big Reid donor."
Among other things, this standoff demonstrates how agencies of the federal government have twisted their mission to fit particular political agendas rather than the purpose for which they were instituted. In this case, when one political agenda didn't work they threw in another one -- phony protection for a tortoise. It also confirms the dangers of "militarizing" civilian agencies that should not have paramilitary teams. If BLM has a problem, they can call the Nevada State Police or any number of other agencies that have armed law enforcement teams and authority.
Another point: The Leftmedia is calling the gathered citizens a "militia," which, of course, they mean in the pejorative sense. Our Founders used the word "militia" to mean "the people," as is clear in the Second Amendment. And the people succeeded in getting the government to back down -- at least for the moment.
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Paying for the Sins of the Father
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TOP 5 RIGHT OPINION COLUMNS
- Arnold Ahlert: Embrace Progressivism -- or Shut Up
- John C. Goodman: A Republican Vision for Health Reform
- George Will: A Counter for Hysterics in Michigan
- Lawrence Kudlow: Yellen's Low-Flation Nonsense
- Peggy Noonan: Jeb, the Ambivalent Bush
OPINION IN BRIEF
Economist Lawrence Kudlow: "[I]f you do want faster growth and higher employment, slash the business tax rate. Move to a flat tax for individuals. Lighten the regulatory burden. Most especially, get rid of Obamacare. That will incentivize everyone in the economy and open the door for faster growth. And while we're at it, let's keep the dollar sound. In fact, I'd like to see King Dollar appreciate by 10 to 15 percent. That will hold down inflation while supply-side reforms reignite the economy. (By the way, oil prices would probably drop to $75 a barrel, pulling the rug out from under the evil Vladimir Putin.) Get rid of QE3, move to the 1.5 percent Taylor rule fed funds rate and institute pro-growth economic reforms. This policy package will keep inflation low and drive economic growth higher. It worked in the '80s and '90s. But it's been forgotten in recent years."Comment | Share
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): "In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man’s conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry."
Columnist Burt Prelutsky: "Even if I were to bang my head on something, knock myself out and wake up thinking I was a Democrat, I'd like to think I would question how it is that Barack Obama can keep taking multi-million dollar vacations, only to come back in time to lecture his guests at $35,000-a-plate fund-raisers about the horrors of income inequality. When you get right down to it, if poor people didn't exist, the Democrats would have had to invent them. In that respect, as well as others, they resemble drug dealers who are constantly turning dummies into addicts."
Fred Thompson: "A new report shows that the government has spent nearly $700 million just trying to get people to sign up for Obamacare. That's just crazy. They could've gotten a perfectly good bankrupt solar company for that."
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team
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