Ferguson, Missouri, Shows Danger of Militarized Police Mark Meckler August 26, 2014 Big Government, Dispersed Power, Mark's Commentaries, News In the nearly two weeks since Michael Brown was shot and killed on a Ferguson, Missouri, street, the town has erupted in protests, violence, and controversy. Anger over the racial component of the shooting turned peaceful protests violent night after night,...
Mark Meckler Talks Border Crisis on Newsmax TV Mark Meckler August 19, 2014 Mark's Commentaries, Media Coverage, News 1 Comment Mark Meckler, President of Citizens for Self-Governance, appeared on Newsmax TV's "MidPoint" program yesterday afternoon. He discussed the border crisis, midterm elections, Rick Perry, the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, and what he sees as core issues...
Obama Blames Tea Party for Frustrating His Agenda Mark Meckler August 19, 2014 Barf Bag, News, Tea Party Name-calling is par for the course in politics, from the earliest days of our republic until now. Usually, the angrier the tone, the closer the opposition is hitting to home. Undoubtedly, this is the case with Obama’s latest rant on how conservative...
IRS + Freedom From Religion = Bad News for Liberty Mark Meckler August 19, 2014 Corruption, News What do you get when angry atheists and political punishers start working toward the same goal? Another note in the death knell for liberty. How did two such groups come into cooperation? When one sued the other – naturally. In this scary-yet-true...
Homeland Security and EPA Coordinate Raid to Seize… a Family’s Vehicle? Mark Meckler August 18, 2014 Barf Bag, Big Government, News Which is scarier and more tyrannical, the Department of Homeland Security or the Environmental Protection Agency? The answer? Both working together. That’s the deadly combination that Bill and Jennifer Brinkley faced coming up their driveway in...
The Cover-Up Continues at the IRS Mark Meckler August 18, 2014 Corruption, IRS Lawsuit, News, Scandals Following Judge Sullivan’s orders, IRS officials have submitted a sworn statement attempting to explain the loss of Lois Lerner’s emails -- but it doesn’t get us much closer to understanding how they went missing. It appears Lerner’s hard drive...
Watch ‘The Giver’ to Remind Yourself Why We’re Fighting Mark Meckler August 13, 2014 Mark's Commentaries, News, Shared Values, Tea Party What do progressives want? If you want to know, to really see, then pack up the wife and kids and head to your local movie theater on August 15. Based on the Lois Lowry novel, a new movie called The Giver is going to change the way people think about the...
Police Chief Signed Tea Party Leader Up for Dating Site as Political Payback Mark Meckler August 5, 2014 Corruption, News, Tea Party In Campbell, Wisconsin, political retaliation has sunk to a new low. Police Chief Tim Kelemen just closed a plea deal for using local Tea Party leader Greg Luce’s personal information to sign him up for gay dating websites, pornography websites, and –...
Career Politicians on the Rise: How to Stem the Tide Mark Meckler August 4, 2014 Big Government, Incumbent Accountability, News Politics has become a new profession. The trend creating “career politicians” has been growing for decades, and has surely contributed to the entrenchment of power in DC and its separation from the will of the American people. Cris Cillizza of The...
Self-Governing Citizen Places Board Members under Arrest Mark Meckler July 28, 2014 Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, News It’s a story of self-governance at its finest. The Park District Board of Clark County, Illinois, refused to allow 30 community members to express concerns at their May 2014 meeting, so one man put them all under a citizen’s arrest for violating the...