The NY SAFE Act was passed in the aftermath of the tragic massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Unfortunately, as with all reactionary legislation, it accomplishes none of the stated goals and serves simply to punish law-abiding folks. It is the height of leftist arrogance to assume that criminals will simply be dissuaded from committing …
One would think, given how vociferously President Obama has tried limiting the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of this country, the announcement of two Executive Actions on gun control would have made a splash at the end of the year press conference. I mean, it is something that the President has been talking about …
White House Issues Two Executive Actions on Gun ControlRead More »
I cannot pretend to have any genuine insight into the curious mind of Senator Harry Reid, but recent events have tempted me to explore further the empty catacombs between his ears. In case you missed it, the Senator pushed the red button and went for the “nuclear option:” changing Senate rules so that presidential nominees …
This afternoon at 12:30 PM, the United States Senate voted to end the debate around the government funding bill that came from the House of Representatives. After remarks by a number of Senators from both parties — including Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Dan Coats (R-IN), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) — Senate Majority Leader …
Senate Votes to End Cloture on Defunding ObamacareRead More »
A cloud hangs over Gotham. In the city streets, confused citizens are unsure where to turn. Insulated, comfortable officials have for too long been lax in their appointed duties, allowing opportunists to flout convention and the law. The city needs a hero. The people cast about blindly in the haze for the one who can …
Mike Bloomberg: Nanny State Superhero (E-Cigarette Edition)Read More »
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof… Of the many-splendored ways President Obama has failed to meet the test of leadership, perhaps none is more fundamentally threatening than his disdain for religious liberty. Whether or not you are a believer, the actions of this administration towards …
President Obama’s Failures: Religious Liberty – Part 8 of 9Read More »
Representative Justin Amash wanted to end the NSA’s data collection program. Basically, the NSA collects billions of phone records and houses them, sorting through the data and writing algorithms that look for particular patterns. These patterns apparently allow the NSA to detect when terrorists are communicating with each other. The problem is, it’s a sweeping program that …
217 Democrats and Republicans: “We Love NSA Data Collection!”Read More »
This is part 2 of a 9 part series by the entire staff of Pocket Full Of Liberty regarding the failures of President Obama during his time in office. Senator Obama’s 2008 campaign promises about the Patriot Act are a laughable memory that reaffirm the image of the lying politician. As President Obama, his administration has continued to erode …
President Obama’s Failures: Civil Liberties – Part 2 of 9Read More »
Various publications have talked about the rise of food trucks for the past few years. Reporters from New York to Los Angeles to Salt Lake City to Indianapolis to Syracuse to Boise have written articles remarking on the increase of these mobile culinary venues in their cities. And their popularity is nothing to shake off either: In a 2010 survey by …
City Governments Going After Food Trucks (And Who’s Behind It)Read More »
In 1987, the U.S. Department of Energy proposed funding for an ambitious project to sequence (put in order) every chemical basepair that makes up DNA in a human cell. The assumption was that ~20,000 human genes would be physically located and identified, allowing study of their functions and roles in disease. The proposed project was …
Who Owns Your DNA? SCOTUS To Rule On Gene PatentsRead More »