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09/02/2011 08:48 AM
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Letter to the Editor
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Southern Democrats called Abraham Lincoln a “sooty and scoundrelly abolitionist.” Winston Churchill was called a “fanatic” in his relentless effort to warn the world of Hitler’s evil intents in the early 1930’s. The Pharisees called Christ “demon possessed” and a drunkard.So I guess the recent tactics of Iowa State Senator Joe Bolkcom shouldn’t surprise me. [...]
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09/01/2011 04:31 AM
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Maintain Our Electricity Supply: Help REIN in the EPA
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) upcoming air pollution regulation revisions are creating a bit of a stir both in the energy industry and in Congress. The emissions that would fall under more stringent limits are ozone, mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide; coal ash waste; and water used to cool facilities [...]
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08/31/2011 05:38 AM
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Audit the Fed
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The Tea Party was formed in large part to confront the culture of corruption in government. “We the People” were fed up with the trillions of dollars in taxpayer funds going to bail out corporations at a time when average Americans were losing their jobs. And while we’ve had tremendous success in changing the [...]
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08/30/2011 05:11 AM
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Rome Fell
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American Minute with Bill Federer
September 4
Rome fell SEPTEMBER 4, 476AD.
In the centuries preceding, Rome had been overrun with illegal
immigrants: Visigoths, Franks, Anglos, Saxons, Ostrogoths,
Burgundians, Lombards and Vandals.
They first assimilated, many working as servants, but soon came so
fast they did not learn the Latin language.
Though militarily superior and marching on [...]
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08/29/2011 05:18 AM
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A Declaration of Independence
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A Declaration of Independence
By Dr. Robert R. Owens on August 8th, 2011
Robert R. Owens, Ph.D.
It has happened just as foretold. The Progressive Republicans have joined with their Democrat fellow-travelers and once again sold our inheritance for a bowl of promises. We voted for an end to the out of control spending and what did we get? 3.5 [...]
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08/27/2011 09:15 AM
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States win Victory on Health Insurance Mandate
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(From Rep. Dwayne Alons “Capitol Comments”)
Led by Florida, 26 states won a major victory this month when the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the individual mandate requirement of ‘Obamacare’ was unconstitutional. The ruling, however, could create a different set of issues for states.
The panel found that the requirement [...]
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08/22/2011 04:20 AM
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Oh, How America has changed
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by Phyllis Schlafly
August 19, 2011
USA TODAY published one of its colorful front pages last week detailing how America has not only grown dramatically in population over the last two decades, but has radically changed ethnically, geographically, and culturally. The most costly of the many changes is the fact that having children has become increasingly detached from [...]
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08/19/2011 11:06 AM
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Labor Day Event
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The Tea Party Patriots truck will be all decked out in flags for the parade with Sheldon Celebration Days! We’re looking forward to seeing you at our booth in the park, open from 9 AM to 4 PM. Come and visit, take a just-for-fun straw poll and a more than just-for-fun quiz on what you [...]
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08/19/2011 05:11 AM
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Eternal Vigilance
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“But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your states as well as in the federal government.” Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address, March 4, 1837
The [...]
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06/15/2011 09:07 PM
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Showdown response
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(From NY Times – Charlie Savage and Mark Landler)
WASHINGTON — The White House, pushing hard against criticism in Congress over the deepening air war in Libya, asserted Wednesday that President Obama had the authority to continue the military campaign without Congressional approval because American involvement fell short of full-blown hostilities……..In contending that the limited American role did [...]
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