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Posted May 22, 2013

Jim Bratten

"Some coverage of Rein in the IRS events from around the country today..."

News with Views - May 22, 2013

" What has infected every other part of America is the puss of tyrannical socialism and the scourge of radical environmentalism.
So why are you acting so surprised and shocked at the scandals that permeate the culture in America's government, at every level, but more particularly at the federal level? "

WND.com - May 22, 2013

"Gregory J. Millman of the Wall Street Journal, who says his telephone records were targeted by the IRS many years ago, writes that the communications of citizens could come to the attention of the government in a number of ways, including by getting a call from someone in whom the government has interest."

RedState.com - May 21, 2013

"Serfdom is making a big comeback these days. It never really went out of style, of course, but it's remarkable how many people are now willing to submit to government authority without question, or without much in the way of expectations. Shoddy performance, from fiscal insolvency to a moribund economy, is no cause for outrage among the modern serfs. They accept the 'New Normal' without question, believing they live in the best of all possible worlds, because it's now about five years removed from the worst."

Blaze - May 21, 2013

"'After a brief hiatus, the nation's debt limit has returned as a major hurdle for Washington to overcome, and one that will play a central role in fiscal fights heading into the fall,' The Hill reports. 'Congress agreed to suspend the nation's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit the last time they approached it, at the beginning of the year. But that suspension expired May 19.”"

Forbes - May 20, 2013

"One evening late last week, a Wisconsin engineer who calls himself 'Joe' test- fired a new version of that handgun printed on a $1,725 Lulzbot A0-101 consumer-grade 3D printer, far cheaper than the one used by Defense Distributed. "

Posted May 21, 2013

HoosierPatriots.org - May 20, 2013

"A fish rots from the head, even in the DC cesspool"

AbsoluteRights.com by Michael R. Shannon May 21, 2013

"... the National Weather Service suffered a crippling budget cut of about 3 percent when sequestration went into effect. I had assumed that after the cut hit, a spokesperson would inform us there would be no more rain or rainbows due to evil Republican budget cuts."

The Blaze - May 20, 2013

"If there's one thing that the Obama administration's IRS/Tea Party scandal has done, it's unite a large sector of the media in a collective skepticism of many of those involved. On Monday morning, the Washington Post showed just how far that skepticism is creeping when it published a blistering fact-check of the IRS and the department head in charge of the exempt organizations division, Lois Lerner."

The-Free-Foundation.org - May 20, 2013

"'What do you expect when you target the President?' This is what an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent allegedly said to the head of a conservative organization that was being audited after calling for the impeachment of then-President Clinton. Recent revelations that IRS agents gave 'special scrutiny' to organizations opposed to the current administration's policies suggest that many in the IRS still believe harassing the President's opponents is part of their job."

Michelle Malkin - May 20, 2013

"Approved leaks only, please!"

Business Insider - May 19, 2013

"'Already officials that would normally talk to us and people we talk to in the normal course of newsgathering are already saying to us that they are a little reluctant to talk to us. They fear that they will be monitored by the government. We are already seeing that. It's not hypothetical,' said (AP's president and chief executive officer Gary) Pruitt."

Posted May 20, 2013

ABC News - May 17, 2013

"The company, TrackingPoint, has said its 'world's first' long range Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) integrate precision hardware, digital optics, and tracking technology to deliver an unmatched shooting experience. The line of rifles starts at about $22,500 and each comes packaged with an iPad mini including the interactive TrackingPoint mobile app."

RedState.com - May 20, 2013

"Rupert Murdoch took some heat for observing on Twitter, 'Growing IRS scandal makes perfect case for flat tax and abolition all deductions. Nothing could be fairer and abuse free.'
Several responses took Murdoch to task because the abusive treatment of certain groups applying for tax-exempt status, based on their politics, doesn't have any direct relationship with the progressive income tax system, or plans to replace it."

News with Views by Paul Walter - May 20, 2013

"This is known as robbing Peter to pay Paul. Instead of reducing the size of government by eliminating unconstitutional cabinets and agencies, Congress simply borrows more debt from foreign governments. Repayment of those civil service retirement funds is paid with debt. Can you describe anything more irresponsible than that? Try this one: The US Government spends $435,841,200 per hour"

LewRockwell.com - by Mark R. Corvelli

"It doesn't take a degree in economics, however, to realize that both groups are hopelessly mistaken to think that gun control can actually work. Conservatives are wrong to fear that government can effectively control or prohibit anything, including guns, and liberals are wrong to believe that government gun control will keep guns out of the hands of would-be criminals."

Posted May 19, 2013

WND.com - May 18, 2013

"Barack Obama once enjoyed a Teflon reputation in the mainstream media, where his allies were quick to deflect criticism of his presidency and bad news never seemed to stick."

WND.com - May 18, 2013

"The families of three fallen Navy SEAL Team Six members say President Obama and Vice President Biden are culpable for the deaths of their sons for publicly identifying the unit that killed Osama bin Laden and pursuing policies that coddle Muslims and put our own troops at a tactical disadvantage."

Posted May 18, 2013

WND.com - May 18, 2013

"... and now at least one tea-party leader tells WND the scandal interfered with with his group’s mission.

Groups with 'tea party' or 'patriot' were especially targeted. Larry Nordvig, executive director of the Richmond Tea Party, explained to WND how he first suspected the IRS was going far beyond its normal duties in delaying and demanding information from the group."

News wit Views - May 18, 201

"White House propaganda secretary Jay Carney finally said something that was true, which I can agree with… 'This is not a scandal' referring to the IRS gestapo operations run by Obama henchmen.

He's right, it isn't a scandal. A scandal is something to read in the supermarket tabloid for entertainment value. No, this is a full-blown conspiracy to use the full weight and power of all federal agencies to go after and destroy all political opponents of 'the one' Barack Hussein Obama.

No matter who you ask about what in this administration, you get the same answer….

We know nothing!"

WND.com - May 18, 2013

"Now – after learning of the Obama administration's involvement in the IRS' targeting of conservative groups and its secret seizure of Associated Press phone records – the CNN host admitted to guest Penn Jillette that perhaps gun advocates were right about creeping tyranny after all:"

Washington Post by Charles Krauthammer - May 16, 2013

"Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don’t know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects simply plays into the hands of Democrats desperately claiming that this is nothing but partisan politics."

Posted May 17, 2013

American Policy Center - May 16, 2013

"SPLC has a long history of attacking organizations and individuals who defend the Constitution and oppose big government programs.
They regularly accuse us of racism and hate because we want to stop the massive growth of government and the wasteful spending programs that are bankrupting our country."

RedState.com - May 16, 2013

"But — and this is the most important part — Republicans must remember that the problem is not Democrats in charge of government, but government itself. The argument falls flat if Republicans revert to 'big government conservative' arguments of 'put us in charge' and we'll do better with the same. No they won’t."

Motherboard

"Remember SOPA? Remember how when we the people finally defeated SOPA everyone got so stoked that confetti poured out of their eyeballs and its opponents downloaded films and albums and pirated video games in celebration? Well, shortly after SOPA there was CISPA—the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act—a bill that is both scarier than Zombies and much less well known than SOPA ."

The Washington Times by Jenny Beth Martin - May 15, 2013

"The Internal Revenue Service unlawfully targeted American citizens who disagreed with the party in power — during an election season — then covered it up and lied about it."

Posted May 16, 2013

LewRockwell.com - by Andrew P. Napolitano

"Government is bad for personal freedom. That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or compels. Everything it owns it has taken from others. Much of what it says is divorced from the truth. President Obama, like President George W. Bush, has argued that his first job is to keep America safe, and if he impairs personal freedom in the process, that is a small price to pay for safety. Many of my colleagues in the media on the left and right have bought this argument, notwithstanding its fallacies.
Until now"

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RedState.com - May 16, 2013

"The IRS scandal is the latest shiny object on which the GOP will fixate. But if, instead of fixating, we take advantage of it — elected officials, activists, and donors alike — we can use what the Obama administration did via the IRS to our advantage."

News with Views - May 16, 2013

"It's now public knowledge that the ever evolving official administration stories on Benghazi are all bold faced lies. It's clear that the four Americans who were brutally murdered in Benghazi did not have to die. What's not clear yet, is who is responsible for these murders? Nothing the Obama administration has told the people about Benghazi is true… but who is responsible?
General Carter Ham and Admiral Charles M. Gaouette know the answer to this question. Where are Ham and Gaouette today? Why hasn't Issa's investigative committee called these decorated Military officers to testify before the committee investigating Benghazi?"

Michelle Malkin - May 15, 2013

"It's always the 'low-level' peon's fault, isn't it? When Democrats get caught red-handed abusing government powers and bullying their political enemies small and large, nobody at the top knows nuttin'. The buck stops…in the janitors closet or something."

LongIslandPress.com

"... a new dynamic was introduced to the militarization of domestic law enforcement. By making a few subtle changes to a regulation in the U.S. Code titled 'Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies' the military has quietly granted itself the ability to police the streets without obtaining prior local or state consent, upending a precedent that has been in place for more than two centuries."

Breitbart.com - May 7, 2013

"Biden met for two-and-a-half hours Monday with more than a dozen leaders from various faith communities _ Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, to name a few. Both Biden and the faith leaders encouraged each other not to give up on what has been an arduous and thus far fruitless effort by Biden and President Barack Obama to pass new gun laws in the wake of December's schoolhouse shooting in Connecticut."

Posted May 14, 2013

WND.com - May 14, 2013

"While embroiled in two major investigations related to the Benghazi attack and the IRS' admission that it has been targeting conservatives, the Obama administration is now facing a third scandalous accusation: It reportedly spied on Associated Press reporters just months before the 2012 presidential election."

RedState.com - May 14, 2013

"How many hundreds of millions of dollars were wasted by Republican donors in 2012 to prop up Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney? How much money was wasted?
Much of it was sent to groups run by former Bushies and Romney 2008 veterans who made a killing off of rich Republican donors with nothing to show for it. Nothing.
Now, many of these donors are yet again squandering their money on stupid intra-party fights like immigration, giving their money to the same people who ripped them off before, or they are sitting on the sidelines."

RedState.com - May 13, 2013

"So… what, exactly, does Barack Obama 'preside' over? He claims to have learned about the IRS scandal by watching the evening news last Friday. He's got no idea what those crazy rogue operatives in the State Department and intelligence community were doing when the Benghazi consulate was attacked, or during the crucial news cycles that followed. He's got nothing to do with the economy – he wishes for jobs with all his heart when his head hits the pillow each night, but they never come. The sequester he insisted on suddenly became a conspiracy to short-circuit his beloved super-government by trimming a few bucks off future spending increases. Why, Mr. Obama was even helpless to keep the White House open for tours!"

LewRockwell.com - by Paul Craig Roberts - May 13, 2013

"There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver.
My explanation that the sudden appearance of an unprecedented 400 ton short sale of gold on the COMEX in April was a manipulation designed to protect the dollar from the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing policy has found acceptance among gold investors and hedge fund managers.
The sale was a naked short. The seller had no gold to sell."

NewsChannel5.com - April 25, 2013

"NewsChannel 5 has uncovered a brand new 'policing for profit' case -- a case that resulted in a New York man losing a $160,000 on a Tennessee interstate.
Even more startling, critics said, the case exposes a major loophole around a new law that's supposed to crack down on such abuses."

Posted May 13, 2013

HoosierPatriots.org - May 13, 2013

"'A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hand of 200 million law-abiding citizens.'
~ Peoria (Illinois) Journal Star
While we heartily agree with the sentiment expressed in the Journal Star, we believe it's necessary to go deeper: 'Allowing this president to express his warped view of reality in the presence of impressionable, partially-matured minds is far more dangerous...'"

Guns.com - May 10, 2013

"Some companies have been reluctant to add additional manufacturing capabilities; if the demand for ammo comes to a point before they can recoup their costs, the manufacturers will be left holding rather large bills. Domestic ammo manufacturers have been operating at capacity for nearly a decade straight because so many companies are reluctant to expand.
Remington isn't one of those companies."

LewRockwell.com by Walter Williams - May 10, 2013

"The underground economy explained"

National Review Online - May 12, 2013

"Indiana has become the first state to retreat from the Common Core standards, as Governor Mike Pence has just signed a bill suspending their implementation."

The Blaze - May 11, 2013

"Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner."

Photography is Not a Crime - May 11, 2013

"Raymond Michael Rodden was bored this week, so he drove to downtown Phoenix and began walking around, snapping photos of the federal courthouse and the state capitol with his iPhone.
The 33-year-old man ended up jailed, unemployed and homeless; his iPhone, iPad and Macintosh laptop confiscated as 'evidence.'
All because they found it odd he was taking photos at 3 a.m."

The Blaze - May 10, 2013

"Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said in a radio interview Thursday that 'of all the great cover-ups in history' — including the Pentagon papers, Iran-Contra and Watergate — Benghazi 'is going to go down as the most serious, most egregious coverup in American history.'"

ABC News - May 10, 2013

"ABC News has obtained 12 different versions of the talking points that show they were extensively edited as they evolved from the drafts first written entirely by the CIA to the final version distributed to Congress and to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice before she appeared on five talk shows the Sunday after that attack."

AMAC.us - May 9, 2013

"'You know you're in trouble when your own teammates start turning on you as was the case when Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont., called Obamacare a 'train wreck' in the making. The remark was particularly painful for the president since Baucus is one of the team of Democrats who wrote the law,' he (Dan Weber) noted."

Posted May 12, 2013

Tea Party Patriots - May 10, 2013

"Today the Tea Party Patriots, the nation's largest tea party organization, rejected the apology by the IRS for targeting tax-exempt groups for further review during the 2012 election cycle and demanded the immediate resignations of all of those involved in the deliberate harassment of Tea Party Patriots and similar groups. News reports indicated today that Lois Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups at the IRS, blamed the targeting of organizations that included the words 'tea party' or 'patriot' in their tax-exempt applications on 'low-level workers in Cincinnati.'"

HoosierPatriots.org - May 6, 2013

"Many outrageous things happened in April, things that lead a common sense, reasonable individual to experience acute head trauma and to ask: 'What the h_ll just happened?'"

Posted May 11, 2013

News With Views - May 10, 2013

"The United States now rests on the precipice of last hope, overlooking a sheer chasm of despair, and struggles frantically to hang on to the last vestiges of promise as it struggles against a nation of a collectively polluted morality and clings to a now mostly vanished - and neigh onto impossible to recover given the apostasy that is upon it - promise of its former glory and greatness. "

HoosierPatriots.org - May 6, 2013

"Many outrageous things happened in April, things that lead a common sense, reasonable individual to experience acute head trauma and to ask: 'What the h_ll just happened?'"

LewRockwell.com - May 10, 2013

"I read a lot of news every day and these 'angry parents' taking over a school at gunpoint, requiring SWAT intervention, somehow completely escaped my notice!
Well, it must be true, because the police officer in charge said, 'We've been dealing with this across the country for years.”"

The Blaze - May 10, 2013

"The Internal Revenue Service 'inappropriately flagged' conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday.
Organizations were singled out because they included the words 'tea party' or 'patriot' in their applications for tax-exempt status, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups.
In some cases, groups were asked for their list of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said."

HoosierPatriots.org - May 6, 2013

"Many outrageous things happened in April, things that lead a common sense, reasonable individual to experience acute head trauma and to ask: 'What the h_ll just happened?'"

The Blaze - May 9, 2013

"If he believes he was in compliance with the law, then why did he agree to the request that the files be removed?
'I did it because they said I had to behave as if that information is theirs to control,' as it pertains to ITAR, Wilson said."

Posted May 10, 2013

WND.com - May 10, 2013

HoosierPatriots.org - May 6, 2013

"Many outrageous things happened in April, things that lead a common sense, reasonable individual to experience acute head trauma and to ask: 'What the h_ll just happened?'"

"Lost in the news media coverage about the U.S. response to the Libya attacks was that one day before the assaults, on Sept. 10, 2012, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video calling for attacks on Americans in Libya to avenge the death of al-Libi."

RedState - May 10, 2013

"Texas was just named the best place to do business by CEO Magazine, several other groups have listed Texas as the most favorable state for jobs, Raytheon just abandoned California for Texas. It's got booming bioscience, technology, and manufacturing sectors. People who have been saying 'it's the oil' have to look again. It no longer is just the oil and gas."

News With Views - May 10, 2013

"Looking at American policy over the last 50 years, it's quite apparent that little has changed. We no longer have a 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' but one 'of special interests, by special interests, for special interests.' Just a few of the many pol'icies showing such unabashed collusion are the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the frenzy surrounding the 'swine-flu' epidemic; the bankster and automobile bailouts; and the green energy giveaways."

The Liberty Crier - May 10, 2013

"But once in awhile, someone in the media has the guts to broach the subject of conspiracy. My friends at TruthAlliance.net recently covered a report written by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone Magazine. Taibbi begins his report saying, 'Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. We found this out in recent months, when a series of related corruption stories spilled out of the financial sector, suggesting the world's largest banks may be fixing the prices of, well, just about everything.”"

The National Review Online - May 9, 2013

"The Senate Judiciary Committee has rejected an amendment to the Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to effectively secure the southern border for six months before granting legal status to illegal immigrants. "

HoosierPatriots.org - May 6, 2013

"Many outrageous things happened in April, things that lead a common sense, reasonable individual to experience acute head trauma and to ask: 'What the h_ll just happened?'"

LewRockwell.com - by Patrick J. Buchanan - May 9, 2013

"America's white majority, which accounts for nine in 10 of all Republican votes in presidential elections, is not only shrinking as a share of the electorate, but it is declining in numbers, as well."

Michelle Malkin - by Doug Powers - May 8, 2013

"On Morning Joe, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd auditioned for Jay Carney's job explained why he thinks those investigating the Benghazi attack are pushing a conspiracy theory and laughed off any notion of it developing into a major scandal."

The Tenth Amendment Center - May 8, 2013

"Tonight, the Missouri State House voted to send Governor Jay Nixon what could arguably be the strongest defense against federal gun control measures in American history. The vote was 116-38."

Los Angeles Times - May 07, 2013

"Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show.
Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen, according to a newly released survey by the Pew Research Center."

Posted May 9, 2013

WND.com - May 9, 2013

"Revelations in Wednesday's congressional hearings on the Benghazi terrorist attacks prove it is a massive scandal that will carry significant consequences for those involved in the cover-up, according to retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney."

LewRockwell.com - by Andrew Napolitano

"It should come as no surprise that President Obama told Ohio State students at graduation ceremonies last week that they should not question authority and they should reject the calls of those who do. He argued that 'our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule' has been so successful that trusting the government is the same as trusting ourselves; hence, challenging the government is the same as challenging ourselves. And he blasted those who incessantly warn of government tyranny."

True the Vote - May 7,2013

"The settlement came as a result of a lawsuit after requests to inspect election records were not immediately addressed (True the Vote, Inc. v. Gertrude Walker in her official capacity as St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections, Civil Action (No 2:13cv14046.)). TTV chose to perform a comprehensive audit of the 2012 election and subsequent recount between incumbent Allen West and Patrick Murphy after reports of errors and inaccurate tabulations were admitted to."

The Republic - May 6, 2013

"Lugar's votes for Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (soh-toh-my-YOR') were among issues that sparked tea party outrage and cost him his seat last year. Kagan said Monday night that his votes were 'brave' and took 'courage.'"

LewRockwell.com - Written by Anthony Gucciardi

" A fact that underscores the reality that criminals do not follow the latest legislation on gun control, and will always acquire weapons of some kind in order to harm others. Surely much of the combat goes on between rival gangs, but the gangs also have a distinct advantage over law-abiding citizens."

Posted May 8, 2013

Michelle Malkin - May 8, 2013

"It's on. As the White House grapples with a growing backlash over its Libya lies and lapses, President Obama's apologists are gearing up for battle. Put on your hip-waders. Grab those tar buckets. Get ready for Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers."

WND.com - May 8, 2013

"Now, Congress is investigating an alleged cover-up of the terrorist attack Sept. 11, 2012, on the U.S. foreign service facility in Benghazi, Libya, amid predictions from prominent voices that the scandal will bring down the Obama administration.
Former Arkansas governor and onetime presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made the bold prediction this week, ahead of a House hearing Wednesday that will feature witnesses of the attack."

LewRockwell.com by Thomas Sawell

"If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for thought, 'diversity' should be recognized as the undisputed world champion."

WND.com - May 8, 2013

"Obama has done it. He has brought America down. It only took him just over four years. The Republicans could have stopped him. They didn't."

News with Views - May 8, 2013

"'Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.' —Theodore Roosevelt"

RedState - May 7, 2013

"Thus passes the concept of resistance to 'taxation without representation,' which was a really big deal in the early days of American independence. Web companies will soon be audited by thousands of state and local authorities in which they have absolutely no political representation, and from whose governments they receive no direct services. "

The Blaze - May 6, 2013

"Today, Washington, D.C. still has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. And yet again, the gun murder rate remains dramatically high, the highest in the United States in fact.
So, do the numbers indicate that gun control is the answer to gun violence? You decide."

Posted May 7, 2013

WND - May 7, 2013

"A new video dramatization demonstrates in shocking, living color one reason gun-rights advocates resist bans on high-capacity magazines for firearms: Armed thugs don't always attack alone."

Michelle Malkin - May 6, 2013

"Barack Obama's violent Chicago domestic terrorist pal is still clinging to his bombs. Guilty as hell, free as a bird."

RedState - May 6, 2013

"The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is upset with Ted Cruz for leading a filibuster against gun control.
John McCain tweeted out the Journal's editorial in a moment of wackiness.
Bill Richardson, the scandal plagued former Governor of New Mexico, says Ted Cruz can't be called hispanic despite being hispanic because Ted Cruz isn’t a race baiter like Richardson.
And now Harry Reid calls Ted Cruz a schoolyard bully for Cruz objecting to Harry Reid trying to expand government in a bipartisan fashion."

Techdirt.com - May 6, 2013

"This isn't just me not hearing what I don't want to hear. There's actual data available that explains the lack of concerned noises from Americans. A CNN/TIME poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans aren't interested in sacrificing rights to combat terrorism."

Techcrunch.com - May 6, 2013

"Now that we have confirmation that the Liberator 3D-printed pistol can be fired without destroying the body, let's address what this means for 3D printed weapons and, presumably, homemade w'eapons in general."

HoosierPatriots.org - May 6, 2013

"Many outrageous things happened in April, things that lead a common sense, reasonable individual to experience acute head trauma and to ask: 'What the h_ll just happened?'"

Posted May 6, 2013

Yahoo News

"The Methuen, Mass., high school student was arrested last week after posting online videos that show him rapping an original song that police say contained 'disturbing verbiage' and reportedly mentioned the White House and the Boston Marathon bombing. He is charged with communicating terrorist threats, a state felony, and faces a potential 20 years in prison. Bail is set at $1 million."

NY Times - May 5, 2013

"Acknowledging that commencement addresses are no place for partisanship, President Obama nonetheless skirted close to that political line on Sunday, telling graduates at Ohio State University to ignore antigovernment arguments that 'gum up the works' and instead aspire to be citizens who value both individual rights and community responsibilities."

LewRockwell.com

"As I have already mentioned, in their ordering people from their homes while the homes are illegally searched, the police compromised the people's 'right to be secure,' as the Fourth Amendment describes it. For how 'secure' are people while strangers go through their homes without those homeowners or residents being there to supervise those cops? Government bureaucrats are NOT trustworthy, and they prove themselves as such day after day. As I have mentioned before, all you have to do is read William Grigg's articles, Radley Balko or Cop Block and even the Cato Institute to understand this."

LewRockwell.com

"IRS to Spy on Our Shopping Records, Travel, Social Interactions, Health Records and Files from Other Government Spies."

Forbes.com - May 3, 2013

"Eight months ago, Cody Wilson set out to create the world's first entirely 3D-printable handgun.
Now he has."

Posted May 5, 2013

News With Views - May 5, 2013

"Our nation has become so politically correct in the last twenty years that it actually threatens the existence of America. The fools in our government feel that the Constitution guarantees our 'right' to not be offended, which it does not do."

WND.com - May 4, 2013

"A controversial school curriculum management system in Texas that once included a description of the Boston Tea Party as terror, and has referenced Islamic terrorists as freedom fighters, now has been found to be trying to charge parents hundreds of dollars to see the instructional materials being used by their own children, officials said."

Gun Owners of America - May 2, 2013

"'Gun Owners of America [has] spent the months since Newtown doing tremendous damage, insisting that expanded background checks will lead to a gun registry.' - New York Times, May 4, 2013
It's quite a compliment when the New York Times thinks that you are doing 'tremendous damage.' But you can be sure that the other side is not going to go away quietly."

LewRockewell.com

"After the Founders won the Revolution, the framers wrote the Constitution in large measure to assure that the new government in America would not and could not do to Americans what the king had done to the colonists. Hence the Fourth Amendment's requirement that only judges issue search warrants and only after the governmental agency seeking the warrants presents evidence under oath of probable cause of crime. Regrettably, that was weakened after 9/11 with the enactment of the Patriot Act."

Posted May 4, 2013

WND.com - May 4, 2013

"In October, we reported that Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley was fired from his position at the school for the way he conducted a class on how to respond to a variety of scenarios instigated by radical Muslims. A visitor to the class found the discussions offensive to Muslims and informed some 57 Islamic organizations, which then complained to Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In addition to the firing, Gen. Dempsey promptly orchestrated a negative Officer Evaluation Report against Dooley that deeply tarnished a career that had received only sterling reviews from West Point through nearly 20 years in the service. Dempsey never discussed the incident with Dooley"

News with Views - May 4, 2013

"Be sure the one-world reality is no friend to our constitutional republic. Internationalists dis sovereignty of nation-states and require cosmic citizens to pledge their allegiance to a world community restructured around natural eco-systems (with surprisingly mystical nuances). Federalized global government redistributes the world’s resources, thereby concentrating wealth and power into the hands of few."

Amac.us - May 3, 2013

"Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens, called on Congress to 'expose and deal with the obvious breakdown of American leadership. It is a clear and present threat to our future and the future of the next generations and has turned the country into an undependable partner in the eyes of the world.'"

The Liberty Crier - May 3, 2014

"This is an act of civil disobedience, not a permitted event. We will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny."

Posted May 3, 2013

News With Views - May 3, 2013

"Obama started bypassing Congress immediately with endless executive orders. He hired the most controversial and questionable czars he could find, running endless Government departments answering only to Obama. Through his czars he has placed endless controls, regulations and tax tentacles everywhere."

RedState - May 3, 2013

"So Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Ted Cruz want to make points and the Senate Republican leadership wants to make progress. Nevermind that Cruz and company are the only ones putting points on the board for the GOP and, but for them and despite the spin, the GOP would have gone wobbly on gun control and Obamacare in the Senate."

The Liberty Crier - May 3, 2013

"'We want people to call us if the guy down the street says he hates the government, hates the mayor and he's gonna shoot him,' Bradshaw said. 'What does it hurt to have somebody knock on a door and ask, 'Hey, is everything OK?' '”…"

CNSNewscom - May 2, 2013

"The poll, which surveyed 863 registered voters and had a margin of error of +/-3.4, focused on both gun control and the possibility of a need for an armed revolution in the United States to protect liberty."

The Washington Times - May 2, 2013

"'In purporting to override federal law and to criminalize the official acts of federal officers, [the law] directly conflicts with federal law and is therefore unconstitutional,' Mr. Holder wrote to Gov. Sam Brownback in a letter dated April 26. 'Federal officers who are responsible for enforcing federal laws and regulations in order to maintain public safety cannot be forced to choose between the risk of a criminal prosecution by a state and the continued performance of their federal duties.'"

Posted May 2, 2013

RedState - May 1, 2013

"But Ted (Cruz) dared tell just how scared some of his colleagues are that they are being exposed as not quite the conservatives they campaigned as being."

Mr. conservative - May 2013

" This special ops member also says that the White House, State Department and Pentagon are keeping mum on the fact that Libya is the nerve center for weapons that are being funneled to violent militants in both Libya and Syria."

News With Views - May 2, 2013

"... if you think that Obama and Feinstein are going to abandon their attempt to outlaw and confiscate your guns, you are sadly mistaken. They will not stop. But the good news is neither will we!"

The Wall Street Journal - April 30, 2013

"Indiana's Republican-controlled legislature passed legislation Friday that calls for the state board of education to hold hearings on the standards and reconsider its 2010 decision to adopt them. Legislatures in Michigan, Alabama and several other states are considering anti-Common Core bills, and the Republican National Committee in April called Common Core a 'straightjacket on academic freedom and achievement.' Sen. Charles Grassley (R., Iowa) is seeking to prohibit federal funding for any Common Core efforts."

Posted May 1, 2013

WND.com - May 1, 2013

"In a Twitter message, he declared: 'In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.'"

National Review - April 30, 2013

"Forget the Rest of the World; President Personally Calls Some Athlete You Never Heard Of Before"

Michelle Malkin - April 29, 2013

"Under President Obama’s 2010 health law, the government officials in charge of keeping Medicaid afloat have until Tuesday to report whether costs for the fiscally foundering program will exceed expectations.
But they won't have anywhere to send their report."

The Complete Patient - April 28, 2013

"But the technical legalities of the case fail to convey that, at its heart, this is a political case rather more than a legal case. Most fundamentally, the case is about whether Hershberger has the right to distribute food privately to individuals who have contracted with him, without regulatory interference. "

Posted April 30, 2013

New Jersey.com - April 29, 2013

"Followers sometimes call themselves 'Oath Keepers' and associate with self-described pro-militia 'patriot' groups that support gun rights and 'engage in groundless conspiracy theorizing,' including the idea that the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks were perpetrated by the federal government, according to the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups."

RedState.com - April 29, 2013

"The names of hundreds of thousands of current and former New Jersey residents who have been involuntarily committed to psychiatric facilities have been added to an FBI database used to bar firearms purchases by people with criminal records or a history of mental illness."

Politico - April 24, 2013

"Yet if Capitol Hill leaders move forward with the plan, they risk being dubbed hypocrites by their political rivals and the American public. By removing themselves from a key Obamacare component, lawmakers and aides would be held to a different standard than the people who put them in office."

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