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Here is yet another executive order. One has to wonder what does this one aim at accomplishing? Executive Order -- Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions | The White House. Sinister? Maybe. Broad-based authority - definitely. But hey, this is the Obama administration, and they would never abuse their authority, would they?   Read the rest of this entry »

A roly-poly Irish haberdasher by the name of Hercules Mulligan saved George Washington's life, not once, but twice! And most people have never heard of him. Mulligan provided critical intelligence to Washington and was the guy responsible for recruiting Alexander Hamilton.   Read the rest of this entry »

It was a busy week for bloggers. We had a sitting attorney General held in contempt of Congress. We had two strange rulings from the Supreme Court, the usual usurpations of power by the Great O, with regard to executive order and selective enforcement of the law. All in all, even the wins were pointless. Holder's contempt will go nowhere because of executive corruption/cover. SB1070 is effectively toothless because of the Obama government's refusal to uphold the law and indeed do the opposite by mandating that ICE not cooperate with local authorities - in Arizona. Yup. I'm angry. Enjoy the links. I didn't find a lot to be cheerful about in any of them.   Read the rest of this entry »

I know I can't hope to compete with the creativity of Steve, over at the Motor City Times, in doing his weekend links, but as I was prowling the internets last week, I found some pretty impressive stuff over at Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead. So, I stole it.   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 »

The State of the Union address was meant as one of the checks and balances between the executive and legislative branches. Every other president has been respectful of the other branches during the annual address—except for this president.   Read the rest of this entry »

Amy Lutz of the blog, The Young Federalist, guest posts at WWTFT. Ignorance might be bliss in the short run, but enables tyranny in the long term. If we are ever to stop the ever over-reaching authority of the federal government from expanding exponentially, we must first look at ourselves. Americans must wield the power of knowledge and use it to prevent intellectual servitude.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Founders believed that the Constitution was a legally binding agreement between Americans and their government. Here are some quotes contrasting the views of some of the document's framers with that of some politicos of more recent times.   Read the rest of this entry »

Concentrated political power frightened the Founders. They believed that only by limiting government could liberty survive the natural tendency of man to dictate the habits of other men. The balanced separation of power with checks was designed to prevent tyranny. The first outsized words of the Constitution read We the People. It’s our document. It was always meant to be ours, not the government’s. It is each and every American’s obligation to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.   Read the rest of this entry »

In the first of our Constitution Day (week) posts, Jim looks at the speed bumps specified by the nation's charter document to restrain government.   Read the rest of this entry »