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Letter to America
Number of Comments » 0“Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government, those entrusted with power, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it to tyranny.” THOMAS JEFFERSON. Dear America: Let us reason together, not as members of some political party, but as Americans for just a moment. Let’s each one of us think back in time [...]
After the Debate
Number of Comments » 0After the debate last night, I was left with several impressions. First, regardless of which candidate you picked, they all are vastly preferable to the slothful regime we are currently saddled with. The following is what I garnered from the debate. The “off the cuff” Rick Perry that everyone wanted to enter the race has [...]
Feds and Frankfort paving way for socialized medicine
Number of Comments » 0With little fanfare on Tuesday, Kentucky received a $3.2 million federal grant to create a new health insurance rate review bureaucracy. The Beshear administration should return the money immediately, as well as the $1 million already received for the same purpose. This quietly implemented facet of ObamaCare will empower the federal government to blame cost increases caused by [...]
New economics book club starts Sept 28 at UK
Number of Comments » 0A new an exciting book club focused on studying the works of classical and contemporary economic thinkers and learning, and sharing basic economic principles and theory will be holding their first meeting on September 28th and meeting all fall. You are invited to join the Bluegrass Economic Education Society (BEES) in a new Economics [...]
The U.S. Constitution at age 224
Number of Comments » 0By Theresa Camoriano The Constitution celebrated its 224th birthday yesterday, and the more I read it, the more I marvel at the wisdom and genius of our founders. With our Constitution, they established a foundation for a government that had enough power to do its job but that could be kept in check [...]
Another tea party victory with more to come
Number of Comments » 0The most striking thing about the Republican State Central Committee meeting in Frankfort Saturday probably won’t make it into any news stories. That’s the fact there were more tea partiers in the room than there were non-tea partiers. Heading into the November elections, we are seeing a great awakening among reasonable people who simply [...]
KY Congressman Geoff Davis attacks Heritage Action for America
Number of Comments » 0Kicking off the attack was Congressman Geoff Davis of Kentucky (HAFA Score: 63%) telling Ginni Thomas at the Daily Caller that “Heritage Action is a self-interested fundraising organization led by a former Giuliani staffer who is not taking counsel from real conservatives … It is a worthless organization to the conservative movement. I’ll be the [...]
The rancher
Number of Comments » 0A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas , and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The rancher said, “Okay , but don’t go in that field over there…..”, as he pointed out the location. The DEA officer verbally exploded [...]
Super Saturday in Frankfort
Number of Comments » 0This has been a crazy week, but it appears likely that on Saturday the Republican Party of Kentucky is not going to vote to exclude tea party members from GOP leadership elections next spring, nor will they change some rules to concentrate party power in fewer hands. But we need to be there to make sure [...]
Signatures dissed could mean opportunity missed
Number of Comments » 0By Jim Waters One member of the Northern Kentucky Tea Party described the process of getting a local initiative on the November ballot as “frustrating.” It just got worse for the group trying to dissolve a bloated government agency. Scores of Kenton County citizens, who belong to the Tea Party and the Home Builders Association [...]
