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How Many More Like Him?

This is Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) speaking at a town hall meeting today. Adam Sharp captured his response when asked about the constitutionality of forcing Americans to purchase health insurance. “I don’t care about the Constitution.” Yeah, we kind of got that when they passed this mess. h/t Gateway Pundit on tweets from @CO2HOG and … Continue reading

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02/12/2012

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The phrase that keeps popping into my head whenever I read anything about the health system takeover bill is, “how stupid do they think we are?” The rhetorical answer, sadly, is, “pretty stupid.” After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate’s health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that … Continue reading

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The Unconstitutional Individual Mandate – Part II

Yesterday I wrote about the group of conservative leaders who were questioning the constitutionality of the health reform bill. South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, along with Nevada’s John Ensign, has raised a Constitutional Point of Order on the Senate floor. “I am incredibly concerned that the Democrats’ proposed individual mandate provision takes away too much … Continue reading

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The Unconstitutional Individual Mandate

One big issue with the Health Power Grab bill is the individual mandate which requires, with penalties for non-compliance, American citizens to purchase health insurance. There’s just one problem — there is no power granted by the Constitution that allows this. Quin Hillyer posts a memo put out by a group of major leaders of … Continue reading

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A Reminder

I know this video has been around for a while now, but I’m posting it here for two reasons. One, so I can go back and find it when needed, and two, because it just needs as wide an audience as possible. So, has Sen. McCaskill issued that apology yet? Heh. I just have to … Continue reading

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Beautiful Simplicity I

100 Post Marathon #5 Have you ever really thought about the beautiful simplicity of the Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights. It didn’t take a 1000 pages of lawyereese to layout the framework of our freedoms. Let’s look at the Bill of Rights one by one. The 1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting … Continue reading

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You Tell ‘em Indiana

Via Twitter I found this story from Indiana. It talks about Indiana Senate Resolution 42 which passed on Thursday (4/… Continue reading

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