Time To Take Your Government Back

It has been an interesting day in the political arena, which over the last decade and a half has seemingly completed a slow creep encroachment into our daily lives.

Two examples are presented for your review.

Just today, Rep. Paul Ryan, R:WI, announced he will step in and make a run at Speaker of the House, but demanded that certain conditions be met. The Blaze reports "Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) told his GOP colleagues Tuesday night that he would seek the speakership if every Republican caucus endorsed him for the job."

The establishment is falling in line, as Rep.Jason Chaffetz @jasoninthehouse (R:UT) tweeted “I am out and supporting @RepPaulRyan for Speaker. Right person at the right time.”

No, that would be Daniel Webster, R:FL, and man of principle.

Although not even on the job yet, Ryan is demanding conditions our representatives must meet.  Screw Ryan!  He failed miserably to meet the one and only condition he was tasked with when the voters placed the GOP in control of the House:  Stop Obama!

Among the items Ryan failed to stop Obama on was illegal immigration.  But, as Conservative Review’s Daniel Horowitz recently wrote, “There is nobody around in the party who is more fanatically dedicated to the cause of open borders than Paul Ryan.” In fact, the left favors his candidacy.

Ryan, who supported the Trade Promotion Authority voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood (are you kidding me?), is a ruling class progressive who would continue governments encroachment over the citizenry.

Also today, as report by The Daily Signal, "the Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would punish “sanctuary cities” in a 54-45 vote Monday afternoon. The bill, called the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, needed to overcome a 60-vote threshold. It would withhold certain federal funding from states or cities that refuse to comply with requests from federal immigration officials to turn over immigrants who are in the country illegally".  See how your Senator voted.

As Patrick J. Buchanan warned, "a country that cannot control its borders is no longer a country."

Illegal immigrants can continue to be harbored by cities promoting open borders, even if our citizens are getting killed. Bill O'Reilly is torqued, and so am I.


Enough.  It is time to take your government back from the ruling class elitists who think they can control your lives and make better decisions for how you should conduct your life than you can.

Protection of Power Pinnacle for Boehner

Rep. Louie Gohmert

Yesterday, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R;TX, led a charge against Speaker John Boehner, R;OH, in his bid to retain his speakership, by placing his name into consideration.  Gohmert, a conservative favorite, took this bold step as a result Boehner failing to adequately represent the peoples wishes.  In addition, both Ted Yoho, R:FL and Dan Webster, R:FL, also placed their names into consideration.

This was the most significant challenge to a sitting Speaker of the House in almost a century, and those who took this challenge upon themselves are to be congratulated.

I have longed for someone to take this step, as I deem Boehner a paper tiger who has failed miserably to thwart the onslaught of President Obama.  I hoped Michele Bachmann would make this move a few years back, but it failed to come to fruition.

Speaker John Boehner

The effort, although closer than the experts thought, failed and Boehner will retain his position.  While I most certainly would have voted against Boehner, many GOP members I respect (there are not many), supported Boehner.  Among them were Jason Chaffetz, R:UT, Trey Gowdy, R:SC and newly elected Mia Love, R:UT.

You might think Boehner, given the significance of the challenge, might take this opportunity to take the high road and reach out to those who voted against him with the hope of coming together to fight the Obama agenda.  You would be wrong.

Rep. Steve King, R:IA, one of the good guys, tweeted out that before the dust could settle, Boehner kicked Webster and Rep. Rich Nugent, R:FL, off the Rules Committee in a juvenile act of retaliation.  Rep. Gohmert was not amused, promising a "nasty fight", yet Boehner defended his action.

Sadly, it should be obvious to anyone that Speaker Boehner is more interested and protective of his own power than he is the will of the people or the Constitution of the United States of America.

Therefore, I continue to view him as an opponent, a big government progressive elite.

And with his victory, the ruling class is again victorious.

A Matter of Common Sense

President Barack Obama has placed the nefarious group ACORN in charge of the Census, which is a truly horrible idea, unless you are interested in corruption and fraud.

Freshman Congressman Jason Chaffetz, R:UT, has the problem solved and discusses his proposal with Judge Andrew Napolitano on The Glenn Beck Program.



Is anyone in Washington listening?