Distant Government Bureaucrats Destroy Jobs Mark Meckler December 19, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy Killing good jobs and driving up the cost of energy hurts those at the bottom of the economic ladder the most. The officials at the EPA who are responsible for killing this Michigan clean coal plant (and...
It’s Hard to Get 72% of Americans to Agree on Anything Mark Meckler December 19, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy But no one will be surprised by this...except those in the Capitol City: Seventy-two percent of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big...
Dear President Obama, Didn’t You Get Clinton’s Memo? Mark Meckler December 11, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy Almost 18 years ago, Bill Clinton stood before a joint session of Congress and declared that the “era of big government is over.” This statement was seen as Clinton’s attempt to shift his outdated...
Republicans, Quit violating the Constitution to Fix the Unfixable Mark Meckler November 19, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy “Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” is not only a cliché; it seems to have been the Republican political strategy for the past few elections. Even more disturbingly, it seems like their strategy when...
Republicans in Congress Achieved Historic Victory—Will They Blow It? Mark Meckler October 28, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy What happened in Congress with the government shutdown this month? Who won and who lost? Amidst all the noise from the punditry, it can be hard to tell. I know what the left-wing media reports: “Crazy tea...
The Government Now Has a Squatting Problem Too? Mark Meckler October 24, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy I’m no internet guru, but even I know this. If I were planning a website as big as www.healthcare.gov, I would buy all domains close my web address. A good name is very important for a website, because...
I Voted No Mark Meckler October 17, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy With the vote late yesterday on the Continuing Resolution to end the government shutdown and avert a default on the U.S. debt, the deal essentially enables our federal government to borrow money in order to...
Of, By, and For the People? Or Against the People? Mark Meckler October 8, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy The Preamble to the Constitution clearly identifies our country’s sovereign: “We the people.” Thus, our government – in Abraham Lincoln’s famous phrasing – is “of the people, by the people, and...
Is it tyranny when the majority never wanted it, but government imposes it? Mark Meckler May 1, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy 2 Comments Obamacare has never been popular with the general public, and its popularity continues to fall as its burdens become more obvious. At what point is this tyranny? Today, according to the most recent...
Rebellion in the king’s court – Boehner in trouble on Benghazi Mark Meckler April 17, 2013 Lawmaker Lunacy A good leader listens to his constituents. Speaker of the House, John Boehner is not a good leader...and many in the Republican caucus and the public at large are not happy over his handling into the...
