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Report on Virginia lawsuit against Obamacare
Number of Comments » 0Dear Fellow Virginians and fans of first principles, This is a very belated Compass regarding the October 18th hearing in our healthcare case, but it took all the way to the Thanksgiving break for me to get enough time to write such a detailed Compass. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Of course, it [...]
Saying ‘no’ to pork one vote at a time: The story of recovering earmark addicts
Number of Comments » 0By Jim Waters He was for them before he was against them. But when it comes to earmarks — spending items usually tucked into unrelated legislation by individual lawmakers — at least Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., chose to flip-flop in the right direction. McConnell faces a bigger challenge than most to go “cold [...]
Action request from American Family Association and Take Back KY re scuffle at Rand Paul event
Number of Comments » 0Thanks to our friends at Take Back Kentucky for this information: You may remember the incident that took place on Oct. 25, 2010 outside of KET studios before the final debate between Rand Paul and Jack Conway: A woman (later identified as Ms. Lauren Valle) dressed in a disguise posing as a Rand Paul supporter [...]
Thank you from Michelle
Number of Comments » 0(from a reader) Dear American Taxpayer For only the second time in my adult life, I am not ashamed of my country. I want to thank the hard working American people for paying $242 thousand dollars for my vacation in Spain . My daughter Sasha, several long-time family friends, my personal staff and various guests [...]
More Kentuckians at Risk of Fines and Imprisonment for Exercising Freedom of Speech
Number of Comments » 0By Theresa Camoriano As was explained last week, we Americans are losing our longstanding right to free speech thanks to campaign finance laws that require grassroots citizens groups to register, report the name, address, employer, and amount of every contribution they receive, and report every expenditure they make. Since grassroots citizens’ groups do not have [...]
Moffett supports Kentuckians’ free speech rights
Number of Comments » 0by david on November 19, 2010 in General A campaign finance complaint filed against the Northern Kentucky Tea Party should mobilize supporters of the First Amendment against professional politicians conspiring to rig political contests and silence opposition, Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett said. “The political establishment benefits by forcing citizens to sit down and shut [...]
Will the Tea Party Movement Get Phil Moffett Elected as Governor in KY?
Number of Comments » 0They can hear us now Over the weekend, the Washington Post put together a list of five states most likely to change the political party of their governor in 2011/12. Kentucky came in third, because of the growing power of the Tea Party movement. Here is what they said: 3. Kentucky 2011(D): Republicans had a [...]
Is 20-year-old KERA cause for celebration or concern?
Number of Comments » 0Failure of many of the reform’s efforts offers warnings as commonwealth and nation prepare new academic standards (BOWLING GREEN, KY) – A new report series issued today by the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free market think tank, discusses how an education fairytale in 1990 became a policy quagmire, leaving thousands of Kentuckians without core academic skills [...]
Questioning the Use of Force Against Innocent People
Number of Comments » 0By Theresa Camoriano I find it very interesting that many of the same people who are against almost all wars, because they are against the use of violence and force against innocent people, also strongly support the use of force against their fellow Americans. They support the government forcing people to financially support and participate [...]
Why there is not peace between Muslims and Israel
Number of Comments » 0Most Palestinians and most other Muslims in the Middle East, and many Muslims elsewhere, do not believe that a Jewish state should be allowed to exist, period, in an area once dominated by Islam. That — not Israeli apartment-building — is the problem. – Dennis Prager
