Republicans Still Haven't Figured It Out!
As the 110th Congress becomes history, Republicans still haven’t figured out that Americans want to take their country back from the career politicians. Thus it is no wonder that Democrats retain control of the new 111th Congress…click the title above to read a letter we sent to the National Republican Congressional Committee in May 2008. We received no reply or even an acknowledgement it was received.
Treasury to Ford: Drop Dead
The GMAC rescue plays favorites…click the title above to read the entire article.
Something of Value
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Citizens for Term Limits...
... for a fresh Congress!
Democrats in the hip pocket of the United Auto Workers Union
Bush pulling UAW chestnuts out of the fire? Click the title above to read the entire article.
Why More and More Politicians Are Rotten to the Core
“They Owe Me” Blagojevich feels that his salary just isn’t enough…click the title above to read the entire article.
A temporary fix cannot begin to compare with the lasting results of meaningful permanent tax reductions
Tax cuts reduce unemployment by creating jobs, putting people to work, while restoring the self-respect of those who are restored to employment…click the title above to read the entire article.
A stench in the nostrils of every thinking American
Worst miscarriage of justice in 30 years…click the title above to read the entire article.
It's all right there on the record: Tax cuts bring prosperity
Democrats still fight it…find out more by clicking the title above.
Bad news festering for decades
It didn’t happen last night, nor the night before…click the title above to read the entire article.
Mischief in Minnesota?
You’d think Democrats would be content with last week’s electoral rout. But judging from the odd doings in Minnesota, some in their party wouldn’t mind adding to their jackpot by stealing a Senate seat for left-wing joker Al Franken…click the title above to read the entire article.
Rep. Michelle Bachmann -- she of the memorable chat with Chris Matthews -- returns to D.C.
Michelle Bachmann found out the hard way that getting caught up in the moment with Chris Matthews can be hazardous to one’s political health. But she survived to serve another two-year term in Congress. Click the title above to read the entire article…
A word map of how to save our nation
First get the right kind of people in Congress, then let them lead us back to a gold standard, where money is money instead of paper. Thus the end of inflation. Click the title above to read the entire article…
Evidence of How Obama Plans to Rule
Are you better off today?
Are you better off today than you were two years ago before tax and spend Pelosi, Reid and Barny Frank took over our Congress? Click the title above for the entire article.
Media Bias Against Sarah Palin
Copyright 2008, Henry Payne, Used by Permission.
In her own way, Governor Palin had no less foreign policy experience than did President Ronald Reagan—i.e., none. Click the title above to read the entire article.
Remember the good old days?
And how many of such clearheaded patriotic Democrats do we have today? I suspect that there millions of them…click on the title above to read the entire article.
Absolutely Necessary: Congressional Term Limits
A Congress devoid of career politicians? Click the title above to read the entire article.
Barney Frank Gives Away Obama's Plan...C'mon McCain-Palin, Now is the Time for a Market-Steadying Tax Cut
Now is the ideal opportunity for a market-steadying tax cut, which by its nature will spawn many benefits. Click the title above for accompanying article!
Joe Biden's Gift
Just like that, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden has given voters the single reason why they should not elect Barack Obama president of the United States. Click the title above to read the entire article.
Voter Fraud!
This is the worst case of voter registration fraud in our state’s history. It was really outrageous. There is nothing more fundamental to our Democratic Republic and to your right as a citizen of the United States than partcipating in selecting your public officials. And for people to undermine that system to try to perpetrate fraud in the system is an outrage.—Secretary of State Sam Reed, from his office in Olympia, Washington
Powell Was Grasping at Straws
In her own way, Governor Palin had no less foreign policy experience than did President Ronald Reagan — i.e., none. Click the title above to read the entire article.
Colin Powell Disloyal
Bush called publicly for the leaker to be identified. Powell knew the identity, but remained silent. Some friend. Click the title above to read it all.
The Sanctity of the Secret Vote and How to Preserve It
It is bad enough when one or a few states are crooked, but with only days remaining before a presidential election, the national stakes are huge and potentially threatening to the future of the Republic… (click the title above for the entire article)
A Chameleon on Plaid
Copyright 2008, Henry Payne/Detroit News, Used by Permission.
(Title: HT Emmett Tyrell)
Taxes and Term Limits
It won’t get Mr. Homeowner’s home back for him, but perhaps it will give his children hope for the future…
The Poison of Career Politicians
The damage inflicted over the years by the career politicians who have taken over our nation’s Congress are deep-seated and self-perpetuating, just like the careerists themselves…
Biden Tells 14 Lies During VP Debate
Copyright 2008, Henry Payne, Used by Permission.
Tucker Bounds, a spokesman from GOP presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign said in a statement, “Joe Biden graduated from his trademark verbal gaffe to outright lie in tonight’s debate.” Click the title above for full article…
What They Said About Fan and Fred
A compendium of The Wall Street Journal’s recent editorial coverage of Fannie and Freddie.
Foreign Policy Experience
Much has been made of Governor Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience, or lack thereof.
The Truth About Drilling in ANWR
Copyright 2008, Henry Payne, Used by Permission.
Click here to read an expose of drilling in ANWR!
Dave Ramsey Recovery Plan
Put forward by the nationally-recognized expert on getting out of debt.
Years of bad decisions and stupid mistakes have created an economic nightmare in this country, but $700 billion in new debt is not the answer.
Now is the time for a market-steadying tax cut
A rising tide lifts all boats…
Bait and Switch
Having diagnosed America’s worsening energy situation as a short-term political problem for their party rather than a long-term economic concern impacting the health and security of our nation, Democratic leaders this week are expected to bring forth an energy bill that’s long on political posturing, but short on meaningful solutions.
Blunt Distances Himself from White House
The Number Two Republican in the House made it clear yesterday that he would be more decisive than the White House in threatening a veto of a Continuing Resolution that includes a ban on offshore drilling. In fact, House GOP Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) went farther, suggesting…
Gang of Gangs
The Republican Gang of Five has morphed into a Gang of eight.
They call themselves the Gang of Sixteen, but it’s only a camouflage, a feint. The Republican Eight are still a Gang of Turncoats. Only the numbers have changed.
Gang of Sellouts
Joining five Democrats to make up the Gang of Ten, five Republican senators tossed Sen. John McCain under his Straight Talk Express Energy bus.
Like Nero who Fiddled While Rome Burned
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
August 27, 2008
Like Nero who fiddled while Rome burned, our Mindless, Do not Drill Democrat Congress fiddled with the nation’s energy future during its first year and seven months of its majority tenure.
While gasoline prices rose to within 30 cents of doubling, the Do Not Drillers were: (Are you ready for this? We’re not making it up!)
- Congratulating the UC-Santa Barbara Soccer Team
- National Passport Month
- Commending the Houston Dynamo Soccer Team
- National Train Day
- Great Cats and Rare Canids Act
- International Year of Sanitation
- Monkey Safety Act
And although they felt exceedingly proud of this outstanding record, they were fatigued from all their hard work, and decided they needed a rest.
So, Speaker Nancy Pelosi adjourned them for a month’s vacation without even considering the drilling necessary for our energy independence.
The conclusion is inescapable that the Nation and its future would be infinitely better off if every one were defeated in November.
The whole fiasco couldn’t be presented any clearer than the chart above produced by Roy Blunt’s office. It’s time for a fresh Congress!
Gang of Ten . . . er . . .Five
The “Gang of Ten” has attracted much attention and press recently, because it claims go be a “compromise” to allow drilling offshore. The catch is that the “compromise” is still subject to all the bureaucratic regulations presently in place.
An Abundance of Ignorance
...Chairman Rahall ought to know that we already have “use it or lose it.”...
Pelosi Blocks Gas Price Relief
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNN that she would block any vote to allow offshore drilling. This remarkable stance comes in the face of the latest poll that says 73 percent of Americans favor offshore drilling, while only 27 percent oppose it.
Environmentalists' Hold on Congress
Let’s face it. The average individual American has little or no clout with Congress and can be safely ignored. But it’s a different story with groups such as Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy.
It's Time For Rage
Americans are worried. Americans are angry. Soaring gas prices are seriously crippling our economy and hitting us where it hurts the most—in our pockets.
We have a right to be angry, but anger is no longer enough.
Can Republicans See Victory in 2008?
Yes, but only with a conservative-led Republican Congress leading the way!
Obama and Clinton Vote Against Oil Independence – Again
what we think we know that just ain’t so
Carter the Incompetent once again overreaches his vacuous mind
Has he never heard of patriotism?
Global Food Riots Made in Washington, D.C.
Unintended consequences of failure to study the facts
So, It's A Voluntary Tax!
A very significant link
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
A very significant Link has been added to our existing Links—among the most significant of those already there.
Readers are encouraged to seek out the Link “Forgotten Anniversary Haunts the Nation” for the dire message it conveys.
It may well be that we will be referring to it from time to time.
Have You Been Grocery Shopping Recently?
Of course you have, unless someone else is doing it for you. And none of us is insulated from rising costs, which are the classic symptom of inflation.
Question:
And why are we faced with inflation now?
Omnibus Spending Bill Forbids Domestic Oil Shale Development
Do not resuscitate
Republican Retreat
Republican Leader Senator Mitch McConnell and 12,000 earmarks?
Deadly Environmentalists: A minority view
by Dr. Walter E. Williams 8-15-07
Ecology-nuts kill people.
Term Limits Would End This Madness
By Paul H. Dykes
Approval ratings for Congress are dismal for good reason.
Video: Dangers of the North American Union
with Howard Phillips and Jerome Corsi
Eagleburger and Bush — and Winston Churchill
An alarming juxtaposition of thoughts and events
Follow the Yellow Streak Road by Jed Babbin 7-13-07
The defeat the Dems wish to impose on America and Iraq.
President Bush's misbegotten illegal immigration bill
Selective enforcement of the law — an impeachable offense?
Ann Coulter on Reagan and Rove
“Establishment Republicans all pretend to have seen Reagan’s genius at the time, but that’s a crock. They wanted to dump Reagan in favor of ‘electable’ Gerald Ford and ‘electable’ George Herbert Walker Bush. Newsweek reported in 1976 that Republican ‘party loyalists’ thought Reagan would produce ‘a Goldwater-style debacle.’
Scooter, the Border Guards and Our "Gallant" President
In a gross miscarriage of justice, a runamok Special Prosecutor whose name might have been Mike Nifong, and an outrageous hanging judge threw the book at Scooter Libby, exceeding sentencing guidelines, because Libby showed no remorse. And why should he show remorse when he knew he was innocent?
Charlie Meadows, Energetic, Insightful
On the immigration scam and the need to preserve our culture
Immigration coalition unraveling
Can this really come to pass?
Excerpted from Fox news Sunday with Chris Wallace
Why can’t we enforce existing laws?
Virginia's Representative Goode's Concurrent Resolution asking President Bush to enforce immigration laws
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 119
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately and unequivocally call for the enforcement of existing immigration laws in order to reduce the threat of a terrorist attack and to reduce the massive influx of illegal aliens into the United States.
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS — VIRGINIA'S VIRGIL GOODE, JR
Dear Mr. Johnson:
Thank you for your recent communication about the current Senate immigration legislation. Attached is a copy of H.Con.Res. 119, which sets forth what should be the policy of this country on illegal immigration and on amnesty for illegal aliens. I am vigorously opposed to illegal immigration and to amnesty under whatever dressed up name it may be called. Amnesty will encourage the invasion into this country by illegals to continue.
A Green Card in Every Pot
Americans—at least really stupid Americans like George Bush—believe the natural state of the world is to have individual self-determination, human rights, the rule of law and a robust democratic economy. On this view, most of the existing world and almost all of world history is a freakish aberration.
Neither Perfect nor Good
One of the Female Democrat Senators (not Hillary) said we must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This is an excuse for bad legislation I have heard many times.
Ethanol a Bumper Crop for Agribusiness, Bitter Harvest for Taxpayers
Who runs our country, the voters or the lobbyists?
The Many Myths of Ethanol
When everyone in politics jumps on a bandwagon like ethanol, I start to wonder if there’s something wrong with it.
Demand-Side Immigration Reform
In the initial debate over the Bush-Kennedy immigration deal, attention has focused on how this complex bill will impact immigration-law-breaking workers—the supply side of the unskilled labor market.
Neither Perfect nor Good
One of the Female Democrat Senators (not Hillary) said we must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This is an excuse for bad legislation I have heard many times.
We Need Compassion For Our Border Guards
President George W. Bush pardoned 16 criminals including five drug dealers at Christmastime, but so far has refused to pardon the two U.S. Border Patrol agents who were trying to defend Americans against drug smugglers. It makes us wonder which side the self-proclaimed “compassionate” President is on.
Did he plan to get by on his looks?
Oklahoma’s Republicans were not surprised that Mitt Romney did not do better in Tuesday evening’s GOP presidential debate.
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
Drafters of the Oklahoma Republican Platform introduced it with a one-page Statement of Beliefs, which I consider to be a piece of splendid writing. It represents what we all should stand for and use our energies to bring it about. We Present it here courtesy of Oklahoma Senator Randy Brogdon.
Education and Rotten Apples
Federal government is no benefit to education of our children.
Former State Department No. Two is up to his treacherous old tricks
Richard Armitage can’t get enough of himself.
Bill O'Reilly, the Foolhardy Fearless Factor Fellow
We all have our areas of ignorance, but Fearless Factor Bill O’Reilly loves to flout his.
What did Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald Know, and State Department Mendacity
Armitage, Powell and Fitzgerald —What a mess!
War and the Posture of War
To fight a war, we should be on a wartime footing.
Defense of Western Civilization -- and the Recapture of America
We fight to recapture our country. It’s the only country we have.
It’s the only Western Civilization we have.
We need Terrorist Profiling
Singling out “Middle Eastern male Islamists between the ages 17 and 40” is not “ethnic profiling,” it’s “terrorist profiling”—acting on prolific evidence.
Karl Rove Courting Radical, Racist Mexican Group
[C]ritics . . . see the irony of GOP members of the House holding “field” hearings with Americans about illegal aliens, border security, and terrorism, while members of the Bush White House are meeting with a group that advocates the return of several US states to Mexico as well as completely open borders with legal status for all.
Build a Comprehensive Missile Defense
After President Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983, liberal Democrats in Congress did everything they could to thwart it.
". . . our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"
Worth contemplating as we observe the 230th Birthday of our Nation
Broken
[This is the] real immigration scandal. If left unattended, this one could cost the lives of millions of Americans, not just their livelihoods.
Anti-American Terrorism and The New York Times
For these people, patriotism is an anachronism.
Bush 43's Legacy and a Political Mess of Pottage
Years of neglect of the illegal immigration issue by three presidents reflect selective enforcement of our laws by Bush One, Clinton and Bush Two.
Senate Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants Over Next 20 Years
If enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate to the U.S. over the next 20 years—fully one-third of the current population of the United States.
President Ronald Reagan’s Foresightedness
Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, which Teddy “The Swimmer” Kennedy promptly and sneeringly dubbed “Star Wars.”
First Things First on Immigration:
See below for list of 41 Distinguished signers
Guest Workers Aren't Cheap; They're Expensive
It now looks like [President Bush’s] legacy will be “No illegal alien left behind.”
The stealth amnesty of Mike Pence
[D]eportation certainly “ain’t gonna work” if the chief law enforcement officer of the United States refuses to enforce the law, as Bush has refused for five years.
Get Some Tasty Dunkin’ Donuts
Hurray for Dunkin Donuts! Think how infinitely more effective this program would be if it were made mandatory by the Bush Administration!!!
Se Puede Get Two Years Tax-Free!
If Congress adopts the Bush plan and gives amnesty to illegal aliens, Senate Republicans will be asking President Cheney for a pardon.
Third Time
Something’s happening. I have a feeling we’re at some new beginning, that a big breakup’s coming, and we’ll someday look back on this era as the time when a shift began.
Will the US Become no More Than an Enterprise Zone?
The recent US Senate version of the “Border Security and Immigration Reform Bill,” . . . amongst other outrageous demands, [requires] discussions and ultimately approval from Mexico for any and all security measures at the US-Mexico border.
Congress Chooses Pork Over Bullets
Outrageous: Senate pork takes precedence over needs of fighting men and women.
Why I Won't Buy Citgo Gas Again
A little known fact about CITGO gasoline is that CITGO is wholly owned by the Venezuelan government [run by] Venezuela’s dictator, Hugo Chavez…
Why is Bush so Stubborn?
Bush’s dogmatic statement that we can’t stop aliens from illegally entering our country unless legislation is packaged “together” with a guest-worker program is a non sequitur, nonsense, and untrue. So what gives?
BORDERING ON FRAUD, PART III
Some people are worried that amnesty will give illegal aliens the same rights that American citizens have. In reality, it will give the illegals more rights than the average American citizen.
REFLECTIONS ON AN AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY
European D Day from World War II comes right after U. S. Memorial Day. Both dates are pivotal in memory of lives given so that we may have a nation to pass on to those who come after us.
HOW TO STOP IRAN (WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT)
Brilliantly conceived original thinking regarding our relationship with Iran. Will it work? It certainly should be tried before our government resorts to desperate measures.
BUSH'S IMMIGRATION SPEECH IS NOT CREDIBLE
“If President Bush had given his speech calling for immigration reform five years ago, we would have believed him. Now, after five years of doing nothing to protect our borders, he is not credible.”
BORDERING ON FRAUD
“The immigration bill before Congress has some of the most serious consequences for the future of this country. Yet it is not being discussed seriously by most politicians or most of the media. Instead, it is being discussed in a series of glib talking points that insult our intelligence.”
The President's Immigration Address
Throughout his address, the president kept referring to the immigrants and their rights and desires. What about those of us born in America, or who legally immigrated to this country? Do we have a right to preserve the nation the way it was handed down to us, with our English language, our culture and our loyalty to America first with no agenda other than this country?
Republicans and immigration
Maybe some recent polls will put some backbone into Senate Republicans. But don’t bet the rent money on it.
Bush's Immigration Conversion
Before the nation moves toward President Bush’s “comprehensive” approach to immigration reform, it must remember 1986. As Mr. Bush advocates now, Congress then combined citizenship for illegal migrants with greater enforcement. For lack of political will, however, enforcement barely happened.
HOW THINGS CHANGE IN TWENTY YEARS!
HOW THINGS CHANGE IN TWENTY YEARS!
GOP Immigration Stance Far From Reagan Reforms
LIE DOWN WITH STRIPPERS, WAKE UP WITH PLEAS
By Ann Coulter 4- 19-06
However the Duke lacrosse rape case turns out, one lesson that absolutely will not be learned is this: You can severely reduce your chances of having a false accusation of rape leveled against you if you don’t hire strange women to come to your house and take their clothes off for money.
What the Country Absolutely Wants
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, excerpted from Fox News Sunday interview 4-17-06
I’m here to say as a Republican leader that the country tells us what they really want. I mean, the country is very clear about big issues.
Bush is out of touch with GOP regarding illegal immigration
Bush…gave the back of his hand to the 88 percent of Republican House Members who voted to secure our borders against the invasion of criminals, smugglers of illegal drugs with their armed escorts, smugglers of thirsty humans in crowded vans, and Other Than Mexicans who obviously aren’t coming here to pick strawberries.
Tom DeLay:: Victim of GOP Timidity
The most stunning aspect of Tom DeLay’s resignation from Congress isn’t that he was forced out by a wave of bad publicity that began with his indictment last September for breaking a law that wasn’t even on the books when DeLay allegedly violated it.
Destroying America
Gov. Schwarzenegger and millions upon millions of other people came to America at a time when the business-political structure was much different than it is now. The greed for money and power on the part of our federal, state and local politicians conspiring in concert with agriculture and big business have virtually destroyed the America that existed little more than 30 years ago.
Illegal Aliens and American Medicine
The influx of illegal aliens has serious hidden medical consequences. We judge reality primarily by what we see. But what we do not see can be more dangerous, more expensive, and more deadly than what is seen….
The Sorry Plight of American Blacks
A slew of new research shows how sorry is the plight of American blacks, most acutely men. Black men, particularly those who do not finish high school, have been falling off a cliff for decades.
The Man who bought Washington
A recent issue of Time Magazine featured Jack Abramoff, the man who bought Washington.
Abramoff could not have bought Washington had not Washington been for sale in the first place.
Our Nation’s Peril
International Terrorism and Hill Bonin, Atypical
By Rense Johnson, Chairman of Citizens for Term Limits
When the President of the United States in his State of the Union address talks about energy independence and the unreliability of foreign sources of oil, it is useful to review a little history.
An excellent argument for congressional term limits
From “Fix Congress, Not the Lobbyists,”
by Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard, January 20, 06
“Then there’s the nuclear option. No, not the one to bar Senate filibusters of judicial nominations. I’m referring to term limits: three terms for House members, two for senators.
Conservative principles: Sacrificed to Expediency
by Tim Chapman Jan. 20, 06
On February 2nd, when Republicans cast their vote for majority leader, the subtle undercurrent at play will be about conservative principles and the abandonment of such over the last few years.
Big Government Is Even Bigger Than You Think
But exactly how big is Big Government? For the moment, just consider one key factor: the money spent and controlled by government.
Senator Kennedy, Have you no sense of decency?
“It has been over fifty years since the notorious Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy was put in his place in an exchange with lawyer Joseph Welch.”
Weather Bulletin
Up here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a Historic event—may I even say a “Weather Event” of “Biblical Proportions”
Republican Revolution?
by Mark M. Alexander
What on earth has happened to Republicans in Washington? Twenty years ago, we conservatives could only dream of an opportunity like the one our elected representatives are now squandering: a Republican President with majorities in both houses of Congress, and two chances to nominate constitutionalists to the Supreme Court.
Chinese Dragon Awakens
by Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence
and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials.
Chinese Capitalism v American Envy [China the enemy]
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
By the time our group got to China, Chairman Deng Xiaoping had been in power only three years, but the benefits of his Responsibility System were already evident. Per capita income had already risen dramatically.
Spurning America
By Michael Barone October 17, 05
Army Special Forces soldiers, as my U.S. News colleague Linda Robinson writes in her riveting book, “Masters of Chaos,” are very much aware of “the tradition of their military history.”
On the eve of a difficult mission, “more than one soldier went to sleep hoping that the next days would prove him a worthy member of that lineage.”
Dr. Dobson's Secret
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Dr. James Dobson has been dancing and prancing about like a schoolgirl, all atwitter because he thinks he knows something no one else knows, and is dying to tell it. And name dropping the bargain.
Initial Thoughts on the Supreme Court and Harriet Miers
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
With the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President Bush could have stated that he considered her to be in the mold of Justices Scalia and Thomas, as has so often promised, but he did not. I wish he had. But most conservative observers give the President high marks for
The Grinch who steals Christmas and The Salvation Army
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Why write about a Grinch and Christmas in early autumn?
Many folks do not realize that General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army (Heart to God, Hand to Man), was a 19th Century London contemporary of Karl Marx, founder of Godless Communism. Who knows—they might have been neighbors. Founded in 1865, Booth’s Army and its Christian warriors have outlived Marx and his atheistic teachings.
Conservatives versus RINOs
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
In 1958, running for president, John Kennedy got a big laugh when he announced “I have just received the following wire from my generous daddy: ‘Dear Jack — Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.’” And sure enough, the 1960 election was very, very close.
Death of the Dollar
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Now I want to talk to you about the destruction of our Dollar. I want to ask everyone here, individually, to pick a Dollar number. How much more would it cost to hire an unskilled laborer today than it cost in the year 1913? In other words, how much value has the Dollar lost in the 90 years between 1913 and 2003?
President Bush? Lame Duck Status?
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
What do John Bolton, Tom Delay, Social Security reform, and the judicial advise and consent issue have in common?
They are all subjects which the Democrats in Congress see as opportunities to marginalize President Bush.
We Did it in Louisiana (Of All Places)
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Yes, we did. They told us In Baton Rouge that it could not be done. Yet a group of amateurs persuaded the Louisiana Legislature to amend the state’s constitution to limit legislators’ terms. The bill passed with 90% of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 80% of the Senate.
Term Limitation: the Will of the People
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
In the 1990’s there was a move to place term limits on state legislatures across the country. All were imposed by the ballot initiative except for Louisiana, which amended its constitution. Of the 20 states to impose these limits only 15 have survived attacks by state courts or the legislators themselves to nullify the limits.
President Reagan and Landslides
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
In a two-party political system people more often vote against rather than for a president. Occasionally a presidential candidate comes along who inspires Americans to vote for him and not against anyone. President Reagan was such a man.
The Lessons of 9-11
by Herbert E. Meyer—Storm King Press
Not even President Bush’s biggest fans claim that he’s articulate, and the President himself cheerfully pokes fun at his inability to use the English language very well.
Damn the Constitution — Full Spend Ahead
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
As a new New Dealer, Schumer wants to get back to the FDR formula of “Tax and tax, spend and spend, and elect and elect,” which of course means bigger government.
Open Letter to Woody Jenkins
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
In an open letter, the Chairman of Citizens for Term Limits outlines the reason for Mr. Jenkins unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate. The message was, and still is, clear that term limitation is a powerful campaign issue.
Solemnly Swear
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Alas, President Bush has already indicated that he will sign the blatantly unconstitutional Campaign Finance Reform bill and may have signed it by the time this is posted.
Cheney and the Monroe Doctrine
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
We read that Vice Presidential candidate Richard Cheney is being “investigated” by writer Pete Yost in a bylined article presented as straight news by the Associated Press.
The Boy in the Man
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Like a favorite uncle whom you love to have visit in your home, Rumsfeld is friendly, yet at once deadly serious…
America — Love It or Leave It
by Barry Laudermilk
Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled in New York and Washington D.C. when the “politically correct” crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others.
The Inevitability of Congressional Term Limitation
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
The average man on the street wants congressional term limits as badly as he wants state term limits.This helps make term limitation a powerful election issue and even more so now.
The War That the War Eclipsed
by John L. Perry contributor to NewsMax.com
President Bush calls it a war on terrorism. It’s much more than that. It’s a war for the survival of all that’s great about America.
The Coming Together of America
by John L. Perry contributor to Newsmax.com
The worst of times bring out the best in Americans. It’s happening at this moment, compatriots surging to support this nation, its values, its president.
National Review: Principles Negotiable?
By Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
We are all impressed with the job Mayor Rudy Giuliani is doing as mayor of New York City. Nevertheless it was startling and appalling last Saturday night, four days after the Infamous Tuesday, on the television show “Capital Hill Gang,” that participant Kate O’Beirne offered as her outrage of the week… “term limits,” because the New York term limitation law will prevent Rudy from continuing to serve after his current term expires. One wonders if this good lady has taken leave of her senses entirely.
Do We Have Our Best and Our Brightest Governing Us in Washington? Shouldn't We Have?
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Not to beat up on poor Congressman Gary Condit, yet while he is twisting in the wind it may be as good a time as any for us to air a study published by Capitol Hill Blue. It may help explain why so few members of Congeress have thus far been publicly critical of him.
Career Politicians, "The Rotten Government We're Getting" and Johnson's Law
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
If Gresham’s Law tells us that bad money drives good money out of circulation. Then the political counterpart would be Johnson’s Law—bad politicians drive good politicians out of circulation.
America's Independence --
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
As we celebrate the 225th anniversary of our nation’s founding it is useful to reflect on the role played by the founding giants.
A Plan to Save America From P.C. Extremism
by Barry Farber NewsMax.com
We’re beginning to feel the strangulating effects of what sounded light and fluffy back at the beginning when we began to call it “political correctness.”... That little monster… once fute, has grown. It now has this society locked in a full nelson.
Caps vs Price Controls
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Vice President Cheney and other members of the administration have used the term “Caps” when referring to putting a lid on energy prices, when they really mean price controls. Granted they oppose the “caps,” but they should not use the liberals’ own terminology.
Deja-vu All Over Again
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
As Yogi Berra used to say, “It’s deja-vu all over again.”
Jumping Jim Jeffords
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Jumping Jim Jeffords, the flip-flop frog, flits from lily pad to lily pad, seeking personal political promotion by declaring himself an Independent instead of a Republican, leaping nimbly from the Republican lily pad to the Independent lily pad. Is there a Democrat lily pad in Jeffords’ future? Only when it suits the ambition of you-know-who.
Out of Control?
By Ellen Bork
What looked like a consensus between teh White House and Capitol Hill to loosen controls on the export of “dual-use” items ran into surprising opposition on the Senate floor.
Reprinted with permission.
Money in Politics
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Nothing in our current political system creates more alienation, more corruption, more mischief, and more distrust on the part of the public than that created by the volume of money flowing through Washington…
Term Limits: Answers to Most Common Negative Arguments
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
- We already have term limits, because we can vote out any politician at any time.
A glib answer, but a long way from the truth. Advantages of incumbency:
It's True…The Emperor Has No Clothes
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Yes, the Emperor is naked as can be.
No one notices, because it’s always been this way.
The Privilege of Serving the Public
by John Derbyshire, NR contributing editor & NRO columnist
Remember term limits? Perhaps you don’t. They were a big issue, at any rate with the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy types I hang out with, back in the early 1990s.
Wouldn't it be nice... ?
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a Congress where service was based on perception of duty to nation and neighbors…
Ignorance of the Law
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
We all know that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.”
When you or I break a law we didn’t know existed, “ignorance is no excuse.”
Battery Bunnies of Washington
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
They are the Battery Bunnies of Washington. They just keep spending, and spending, and spending, and spending…
What will term limits do for our country?
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
- It will bring us a Citizen Congress, as the framers intended, with a fresh attitude of service.
The New Player-Haters
By James L. Hirsen, J.D., Ph.D.
They’re afraid. They’re very afraid. Their panic is justified because their adversaries’ success means their very survival is in jeopardy.
The Threat From Within
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
The greatest threat to the United States today is from within. It is Liberal Elitism—Liberalism and its first cousin Socialism, and its second cousin Marxism.
Campaign Finance Reform -- Washington Style
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
The famous Campaign Finance bill is now up for debate in the U. S. Senate. Notwithstanding the speeches, posing and posturing in the Senate, the questions the country should be asking are…
Are You Happy with Congress?
by Rense Johnson, Chairman, Citizens for Term Limits
If you believe that for years Congress has failed to live up to the Framers’ vision of the way that body would function, then you need to read this article.
Threats to your health Part III: Anchor Babies, and all their kinfolk
American hospitals welcome ‘anchor babies.’ Illegal alien women come to the hospital in labor and drop their little anchors, each of whom pulls its illegal alien mother, father, and siblings into permanent residency simply by being born within our borders.
Threats to your health Part II: EMTALA — Not Pig-Latin nor Gobble-de-Gook
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requires every ED (Emergency Department) to treat anyone who enters with an ‘emergency’ – including cough, headache, hangnail, cardiac arrest, herniated lumbar disc, drug addiction, alcohol overdose, gunshot wound, automobile trauma, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive infection, mental problem, or personality disorder….
Threats to your health Part I: The Seen and the Unseen
The influx of illegal aliens has serious hidden medical consequences. We judge reality primarily by what we see. But what we do not see can be more dangerous, more expensive, and more deadly than what is seen….
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