Pelosi gives up on health care

We all knew that Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts would send shockwaves through the Democratic establishment. This is very possibly one result of those shockwaves.
As top Democrats cast about for a way to get health care reform back on track, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took one option off the table Thursday, saying her caucus [...]

GUEST BLOG POST: Transparency Critical in Health Care Negotiations

By Rep. Geoff Davis (KY)
President Barack Obama and the Democrat Majority in Congress have spent nearly a year entirely focused on one goal: a costly government takeover of health care.
On Christmas Eve, the Senate passed their deeply flawed version of health care “reform” by a vote of 60 – 39.  The House of Representatives passed [...]

Transparenc-peek

It has all the irony of a fascistic regime promising the amenities of an open democratic political process, yet under-delivering in the most comically absurd way. “Sure, you can vote!” leaders say, “You just have to vote for someone in the Communist Party.” In our America, incessant promises of governmental “openness” and “transparency” once wooed [...]

A Mad Hatter’s Summer of Events

Like Alice at the Mad Hatter’s tea party, taxpayers have recently been assaulted with many wish-it-weren’t-for-real events that make me watch for the white rabbit. It’s been a Wonderland of events and characters. Among them:

•Queen of Hearts: Nancy Pelosi. Politico recounts how she “whipped” together the votes for Cap and Trade, replacing “off with their heads” with dogged, in-your-face (and perhaps other body parts) persistence. Worried more about her reputation than the content of the bill, witnesses recounted that she and her sidekicks even surrounded one holdout–Rep. Joe Baca–who then (surprise!) voted in favor of Cap and Trade. No wonder Congressman Ciro Rodriguez sprinted like a rabbit out of the House chamber after surprising Pelosi with a “no” vote.. .

Another reason to be a Tea Party Patriot

By Lisa Farrar Wellman
Is it just me or do we have taxation without representation again in America? Eight Republicans who were voted into office because they supposedly share Republican beliefs and values, sold out to The Chosen One and Pelosi on the Cap and Trade bill. They didn’t listen to their constituents. They didn’t remember [...]

House Republicans Unveil American Energy Act

Image by Curtis Gregory Perry via Flickr

By Natalie Nichols
Last summer, 11 members of American Energy Solutions group traveled to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado and flew up to ANWR to come up with what they termed an “all of the above” strategy to meet our nation’s energy demands. Their ideas have come to [...]

We are Not Mad Conservatives, We are Disillusioned People

By Carmen Grant
The Tea Party Movement is not strictly a conservative agenda movement. It is a movement against increased taxation and wasteful spending. There are many democrats that voted for Obama and support Pelosi who are equally as disgusted with the increase in spending and increase in taxation on the wealthy that is unfair. Perhaps [...]