Poll: Scott Brown Has Edge in Special Election to Replace Kerry
A new poll released by WBUR in Boston on Thursday shows that recently defeated Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is well positioned to win a special election to replace current Senator John Kerry (D-MA) should Kerry's seat become vacant when, as expected, he is nominated and confirmed as the next Secretary of State. The poll of 500 registered voters shows that if the special election were held today, Brown would defeat a "generic" Democratic candidate by a 47% to 39% margin.
Where We Stand on the 'Fiscal Cliff'
by
Mike Flynn
With the obvious breakdown in talks between President Obama and Republicans on the "fiscal cliff", Speaker Boehner is moving forward today with his "Plan B." The House will vote today on two pieces of legislation: one to extend Bush-era tax rates for everyone earning less than $1 million a year, and a measure to replace the planned Sequestration cuts with a broad range of spending cuts. Further negotiations on the "fiscal cliff" will likely be put off until after Christmas.
Gallup: Americans Want Mental Health Laws, Police, Not Banning Guns
Despite the attempts by the Left to use the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut to forward their anti-gun agenda, Americans feel that there are other avenues they would rather explore to protect to innocent children, according to a new Gallup Poll. In order of preference, the poll shows that 53% of Americans would favor an increased police presence at schools, 50% wanted to increase government spending on mental health screening and treatment, 47% thought that gun violence on TV, in movies and in video games should be decreased, and 42% thought the sale of assault and semi-automatic guns should be banned.
A Real Public Opinion Poll: 8,000 People a Day Join NRA After Sandy Hook
by
AWR Hawkins
While the media seizes on the tragedy in Connecticut to tell us that Americans have now largely turned a corner and thrown away their love for 2nd Amendment freedoms, reality tells us something completely different.
The reality is that "8,000 new members" have the joined the National Rifle Association (NRA) every day since the terrible crime at Sandy Hook Elementary School was committed.To be clear, NRA membership always grows in the days after any incident where gun rights are called into question. But reports indicate that these numbers -- 8,000 a day -- "dwarf past trends."
Perhaps the aftermath of this incident is different because it's one in which the public has a growing knowledge that gun bans, gun-free school zones, and restrictions on law-abiding citizens have only fueled crime by providing the mentally ill and criminally-minded with helpless, soft targets that they can strike at will?
The message 8,000 new NRA members a day is sending is clear: Enough is enough. Gun control is not the answer, law-abiding citizens owning and carrying guns for their own defense is.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Scandalous Regulators
Editor's Note: Business scandals often lead to calls for greater
regulation. Yet, as economist Mark Thornton shows, in so many recent
scandals, regulators have been among the chief culprits.
The Democratic Party had its message on the economy well-prepared for
the recent election. From President Obama to his campaign directors to
campaign
advisor-hacks, all the way down to the local party patsies, the message
was uniform and well rehearsed. “We do not want to return to the failed
economic
policies of four years ago. Those policies caused the economic crisis
that almost put the country back in a great depression. We cannot return
to the naïve
policy that deregulation is good for the economy.
The Romney campaign essentially left this crucial talking point unchallenged. When confronted with this charge from the Obama campaign, Romney’s response was to concede that capitalism requires regulation to work, but to insist that the regulation cannot be excessive and burdensome, or ultimately the consumer will be hurt.
How the Fed Rules and Inflates
Editor's Note: It seems this holiday season, instead of presents from
Santa's sleigh, we'll be showered with dollars from Bernanke's
helicopter. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced plans to spend $45
billion a month to buy bonds, and to keep a key interest rate near zero
until unemployment drops below 6.5 percent. This means massive
inflation, as Murray Rothbard makes clear in chapter 23 of The Case Against the Fed, which explains in Rothbard's inimitable style and clarity exactly how the Fed floods the economy with new money.
Tyranny and the Monopoly of Arms
[Originally ran as "Gun Laws" on October 15, 1970 in The Libertarian Forum.]
The indifference which seems to pervade many libertarian circles
regarding recent gun control laws—laws which are likely to forge the
final links on the chains shackled to the average American citizen—is
dangerously surprising. Apparently no one perceives the importance of
what has occurred.
Few realize the extreme shackles placed on actual or potential gun owners by the acts snowballing into the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-618). To purchase a gun one must make a sworn statement of identity, which is sent to the local police chief—who decides whether the applicant may own a gun on the basis of whether he is a “law-abiding” citizen (i.e., if he obeys every order of the power elite). Firearm ownership is denied to convicted felons, dishonorably discharged veterans, aliens illegally in the U. S., and former citizens who have renounced their citizenship, viz., all potential opposers of the Establishment. Users of “dangerous drugs” like pot, anyone under 21, as well as many others are also denied the right of ownership. Ownership of fully automatic, large caliber, or other firearms is absolutely prohibited to everyone but the State.
We Need an Intellectual Awakening
[Excerpted from Ron Paul's historic farewell speech to Congress, which is available in our new publication, Pursue the Cause of Liberty: A Farewell to Congress, in both pocketbook and ebook editions, with an introduction by Lew Rockwell.]
How Much Did I Accomplish?
In many ways, according to conventional wisdom, my off-and-on career in Congress, from 1976 to 2012, accomplished very little. No named legislation, no named federal buildings or highways—thank goodness. In spite of my efforts, the government has grown exponentially, taxes remain excessive, and the prolific increase of incomprehensible regulations continues. Wars are constant and pursued without Congressional declaration, deficits rise to the sky, poverty is rampant and dependency on the federal government is now worse than any time in our history.All this with minimal concerns for the deficits and unfunded liabilities that common sense tells us cannot go on much longer. A grand, but never mentioned, bipartisan agreement allows for the well-kept secret that keeps the spending going. One side doesn’t give up one penny on military spending, the other side doesn’t give up one penny on welfare spending, while both sides support the bailouts and subsidies for the banking and corporate elite. And the spending continues as the economy weakens and the downward spiral continues. As the government continues fiddling around, our liberties and our wealth burn in the flames of a foreign policy that makes us less safe.
Barack And Michelle Cost FAR More In Upkeep Than Britain’s Royals!
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US taxpayers spent a staggering $1.4 Billion (yes, with a B) on the Obamas, according to author Robert Keith Gray in his new book PRESIDENTIAL PERKS GONE ROYAL!
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