03.22.2011

Senator McCaskill’s hidden trips

Americans for Limited Government has discovered that Senator Claire McCaskill not only hid her ownership of a private aircraft from Missouri tax collectors, but also hid its comings and goings from the American public. When a private plane takes off or lands in the United States, the FAA publicly releases the flight data in real time .  For Washington Redskins fans, […]

03.17.2011

National Labor Relations Board Facing Congressional Heat over Secret Ballots

By Rick Manning – Congressman Jeff Duncan of South Carolina introduced legislation aimed at protecting worker’s right to a secret ballot union election this week by prohibiting the National Labor Relations Board from funding a lawsuit against states that protect secret ballot rights. Duncan’s bill, H.R. 1047, […]

03.15.2011

Big Labor Rallies for Big Government

By Rick Manning – George Soros’ puppet group MoveOn.org, along with the AFL-CIO, SEIU and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and a laundry list of far left groups are staging rallies across the United States to try to stop the tea party/limited government […]

03.14.2011

The Real Green Agenda

By Rick Manning – The logic of climate change-driven policy continues to elude anyone with a rational mind who is actually concerned about the environment. Professional environmentalists continually bleat about how we only have one planet, and we have to save it from man-made pollution. They have […]

03.09.2011

The Hope Lost Recovery

By Rick Manning – One of the hallmarks of the Obama Administration’s “accomplishment” in changing the jobless rate has been the persistent mass exodus from the workforce by people who used to either work or look for it. In the past year alone, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’ […]

03.07.2011

To Spend or Not to Spend, that is the Question

By Rick Manning – The great dichotomy in American politics is playing out in Wisconsin and elsewhere with the future of our nation at stake. Public employees, whose paychecks are at the heart of the battle over the size and scope of government, are taking to the […]

03.04.2011

Vinson’s ruling, Obama’s decision

By Rick Manning – The headlines read that the Obama Administration won a stay of the ruling by federal Judge Roger Vinson of his historic decision declaring ObamaCare unconstitutional and asserting that all regulatory activity surrounding it should cease and desist. However, it is likely that the […]

02.28.2011

Harry Reid’s Government Shutdown

By Rick Manning – The U.S. Senate returns from their ten day President’s Day break on Monday facing a deadline for funding the federal government of Friday, Mar. 4. Like a kid who puts off his homework until the night before it is due, Washington will be […]

02.25.2011

Obama’s Coming Energy Recession

By Rick Manning – $220 a barrel oil? That’s what the headlines on MSN blared , with oil industry predicting that the price for a barrel of oil could top the $200 a barrel mark if exports from Libya and Algeria are cut off due to civil unrest in those countries. […]

02.23.2011

Democrats’ New Slogan: Ich bin ein Illini

By Rick Manning – The first stage in the battle to rein in government spending before our nation drowns in red ink is being fought, or shall I say being fled from, in the states of Wisconsin and Indiana. It is being reported that House Democrats in […]

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