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Major tech companies have not concealed their disdain for the National Security Administration’s intrusive data collection program. As in one example, the President met with executives on December 17th to discuss the HealthCare.gov problems. Instead of discussing the issue at hand, Obama was overwhelmed by demands that the administration reform the NSA’s surveillance practices. There was …

Tech Industry Not Pleased With Obama’s NSA “Reforms”Read More »

The “most intelligent President EVAH” expects us to believe, yet again, that he has absolutely no clue what’s going on in his administration at any given time: Aides said that even as a senator, Mr. Obama supported robust surveillance as long as it was legal and appropriate, and that as president he still shares the concerns …

White House Claims Obama Didn’t Know Extent Of NSA SurveillanceRead More »

Because that worked out so well with Obamacare… When asked whether he read the 1,528-page,  $1.1 trillion government spending bill before he voted for it yesterday, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said, “Nobody did!” On Capitol Hill on Thursday, CNSNews.com asked Blumenauer: “The omnibus bill yesterday, it was 1,582 pages, did you have a chance to read …

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.): Nobody Read 1,582 Page Omnibus BillRead More »

On Thursday, January 16th, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation to throw out the 1973 War Powers Resolution Act in its entirety. McCain and Kaine’s bill pushes for a entirely new law requiring Congress to vote within thirty days of any “significant armed conflict.” A quick tutorial. According to the text …

Senator McCain Proposes Scrapping the Entire War Powers ActRead More »

While the media is busy with their wall to wall coverage of a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge and as some dopey Democrats in DC discuss holding hearings over it, the administration and other Democrats were busy making sure the IRS could continue to target conservative groups just as they’ve been doing: President …

Obama & Democrats: We Want IRS Targeting Ability To RemainRead More »

Social criticisms are in no short supply. Numerous trends are offered up as examples of the negative (or positive, as the case may be) turn our culture is taking. There are a handful of movements, however, that simultaneously embody a number of creeping societal ills. One of them is Thin Privilege. A sympathetic contributor on …

Entitlement Mentality and The Thin Privilege MovementRead More »

While the MSM was too busy salivating over BridgeGate, they “missed” reporting on the latest in a long line of utterly dismal jobs reports: PBS Newshour: DEAN BAKER, Center for Economic and Policy Research: Pleasure to be here. ROBERT SHAPIRO, former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce: Thank you. JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Dean Baker, to you first. What stands out …

Number of African Americans In Labor Force At Lowest Level Ever RecordedRead More »

The PocketCast of Liberty made its debut on FTR Radio this week and it was a blast! We were joined by the always funny and insightful Jon Gabriel. As well as the lovely and talented Kinsey Schofield.                    Topics we covered: BridgeGate and how it would affect …

PocketCast of Liberty on FTR Radio – Episode 1Read More »