CONSERVATIVE AVTION ALERTS 07/31/2013

Lawmakers blast Eric Holder’s alleged deceptive testimony House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and GOP members of the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday sent a detailed letter directly to President Barack Obama, describing the contents of a July 31, 2013, report regarding the investigation into the discrepancies and contradictions between Attorney General Eric Holder’s sworn congressional testimony and his decision to sign an affidavit requesting a search warrant for the emails of James Rosen, Fox News Channel’s chief Washington correspondent. Read More

Can you have economic prosperity and a Presidential “War on Carbon”? I have been writing on the need for America to take advantage of the vast energy resources it has below the surface in order to become completely energy independent. Not only will this make our economy leap forward, it will vastly improve our national security by not having us dependent on foreign sources. Read More

The Party of ‘Yes’ Radical Democrats love to float the argument that the “GOP is the party of no,” opposing Obama at every turn. This may stir the base and convince the ignorant, but the truth is when it comes to the policy of Assaulting Constitutional Liberty, Obama’s most ardent supporters can be found in the GOP. Perhaps we should call this group of oathbreakers – the Assaulting Constitutional Liberty Caucus (ACLC). This ragtag group of Democrats and Republicans are the party of YES ... Read More

Snowden and the Surveillance State When I first found out that the National Security Agency (NSA) was tracking my telephone and Internet activity, I must confess, a part of me felt flattered. Sure, it’s creepy, illegal, and unconstitutional, but on a certain level the idea that a supersecret government agency supposedly responsible for protecting the country from terrorists and other evildoers would bother with creating an electronic dossier on me was, well, flattering. If what I write, say, watch, and read is really that important, then I must really be important too. Right? Read More

Capitalism as the anti-Consumerism Among the Left’s more contemptible claims is the one that attempts to label the Capitalist as a “consumerist.” If one holds that Socialism or, more broadly, central planning, is a misguided economic theory, that person therefore is a “consumerist,” apparently only worried about his or her hedonistic pleasures and always looking for an excuse to buy something more. Rather than spend one’s money on the broken and hungry, because the Capitalist believes that spending is good for the economy, their instinct is to simply “waste” their money on “material things.” Read More

House Immigration Bill Just As Bad The Gang of Eight pro-amnesty Senators are trying to con the House of Representatives into passing parts of an anti-American amnesty bill so they can get a Chuck Schumer-dominated conference committee and bamboozle Representatives into going along with their sellout plans. The few pro-amnesty Republican Senators had Marco Rubio as the salesman for the unpopular amnesty bill, and the few pro-amnesty Republicans in the House have Paul Ryan to play the same un-Republican role. Read More