HealthCare.Gov Lets Dozens of Third-Party Companies Collect Personal Data Mark Meckler January 30, 2015 Featured, Lawmaker Lunacy, News, Scandals During the State of the Union address, President Obama announced a new initiative to protect Americans’ personal information online. The first place he might want to look is the government’s own...
Colorado Starts Reforming Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Mark Meckler January 28, 2015 Activist Stories, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, Shared Values Finally, some common sense may come to civil asset forfeiture law! Newly-elected Senator Laura Woods has proposed a law that would keep police in Colorado from seizing assets unless the person is convicted...
Connecticut Supreme Court Forces Teen to Continue Chemo Against Her Own and Mother’s Will Mark Meckler January 26, 2015 Barf Bag, Featured, Lawmaker Lunacy, News With the federal government taking more control over healthcare, many are worried about “death panels” and care being withheld from patients who need it. A case in Connecticut gives an example of the...
Gas Prices Are Down, But Federal Employees’ Reimbursement Rate Goes Up Mark Meckler January 23, 2015 Budget, Featured, News Drivers across the US are relieved to find lower gas prices at the pump. Federal employees can be even happier that they’re still getting a raise in their reimbursement for driving this year. Gas prices...
Justice Department Claims it Had No Idea It Hacked Sharyl Attkisson’s Computers Mark Meckler January 22, 2015 Activist Stories, Big Government, Corruption, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, Scandals Sharyl Attkisson has long been bringing attention to the hypocrisy, lies, and scandals of President Obama’s administration. She’s done such a good job, it appears, that they hacked her computers to keep...
Reagan’s Inaugural Words: An Inspiration and Warning for Today Mark Meckler January 20, 2015 Big Government, Convention of States, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News, Pillars of Self Governance It doesn’t seem like it’s been thirty-four years. But on January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th President of the United States as the new First Lady and millions of Americans looked...
A Nation United: History Is Being Made Mark Meckler January 19, 2015 Big Government, Convention of States, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News 1 Comment It is so often said that the nation is "divided," or "polarized." The pundits and politicians tell us the fight is between the left and the right, conservatives and liberals or Democrats and...
Obama’s Affordable Internet Plan Mark Meckler January 16, 2015 Big Government, Dispersed Power, Featured, News After settling healthcare and fixing the immigration system, defeating racism and single-handedly stopping global warming, the President has now turned to improving the internet. This is not a joke. In...
The States are Standing Up to Obama Mark Meckler January 14, 2015 Big Government, Dispersed Power, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News Obama’s speech on November 20, when he announced his executive actions regarding immigration laws in our country, practically dared his political opponents to do something about it. Twenty-five states are...
“Letter from a Venezuelan Jail” Shows Future of United States Mark Meckler January 12, 2015 Corruption, Engaged Citizens, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News Leopoldo López is one of many political prisoners in Venezuela, locked away in a military prison because of dissenting words and ideas. His letter, published in the Wall Street Journal, carries a warning for...