Category — congress

The government shutdown may have just cost me $300. If I thought we could get rid of Obama's signature piece of legislation, I, and a lot of other people would happily pay ten times that amount.   Read the rest of this entry »

In the following article, Timothy Roth discusses how we have strayed from the principles on which the republic was established, and the future course of the Supreme Court’s constitutional jurisprudence.

Sobering stuff.

The Future of the Supreme Court in Obama’s …

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The Limbo dance was very popular some years ago, it entails a series of steps culminating in dancers going under a stick single file without touching the stick or the floor. Those who do are eliminated. The stick is gradually lowered until only one dancer remains. Spectators call out “How low can you go?” As for the Benghazi Limbo, it too, has choreography.   Read the rest of this entry »

If there ever was a line between vulgarity, violations of personal privacy, mendacity and acceptable campaigning, the Democratic Party leadership and its media minions tread it into oblivion long ago.   Read the rest of this entry »

With regard to Congressional and Presidential salaries, maybe this anti-Federalist was on to something.   Read the rest of this entry »

James Madison wrote the following letter in the interval between Constitutional Convention and its ratification by the States. It's interesting for a number of reasons. Historically, it provides insight into Madison's perspective on The Bill of Rights, why it was not included in the Constitution to start with, and his motivation for championing it after the Convention. By the time the Constitution was ratified, and the first Congress was in session, much of the political impetus behind it had dissipated. Madison persisted and mostly thanks to his efforts, the Amendments became part of the Constitution.   Read the rest of this entry »

Rube Goldberg’s cartoons illustrated overly complex ways to do simple tasks. He could have been a congressman. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may be the most convoluted and tortuous act ever passed by Congress. There are nearly half a million words in the bill itself, and government agencies have already issued over a million words of enacting regulations. And this is only a small fraction of ObamaCare’s 700+ directives to develop and issue regulations. Be prepared for chaos.   Read the rest of this entry »

T. Coleman Andrews served as IRS commissioner during the Eisenhower administration. Following his resignation, he made the following statement which seems apropos for the weekend that all of our tax returns are due.   Read the rest of this entry »

Why is it so hard to cut government spending? Because there are just so many reasons we can’t. Here are top ten excuses carried on a 3X5 card by nearly every politician.   Read the rest of this entry »

In his new book, Mr. President How and Why the Founders Created a Chief Executive, Ray Raphael investigates the roots and evolution of the Executive Branch. For anyone wishing to understand how the presidency came to be what it is, this is the book to read.   Read the rest of this entry »