Government Control Of Profit
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 141 Current Event According to The Hill, January 12, 2012 Dems propose ‘Reasonable Profits Board’ to regulate oil company profits Six House Democrats, led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), want to set up a “Reasonable Profits Board” to control gas profits. The Democrats, worried about higher gas prices, want [...]
EPA is Like Fire
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 140 Current Event According to FoxNews/AP; April 30, 2012 Top EPA official resigns after ‘crucify’ comment A top EPA official has resigned after coming under scrutiny for 2010 remarks in which he compared the agency’s enforcement strategy to Roman crucifixion. Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich [...]
No Child Left Behind
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 139 Current Event Published December 14, 2011 | Associated Press Half of American Schools Failed Federal Standards Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according [...]
President Blames Speculators
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 138 Current Event According to CNN.com; April 17, 2012 Obama proposal would rein in oil speculation Prices posted at a gas station in downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 16, 2012. Under pressure to bring down the high price of gas, President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will [...]
Is Earth Day a Religious Event?
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 137 Current Event According to the Washington Post, March 26,2012 EPA to impose first greenhouse gas limits on power plants The Environmental Protection Agency will issue the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants as early as Tuesday, according to several people briefed on the proposal. [...]
Tea and ObamaCare – You Don’t Have to Buy It
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 136 Current Event Published April 02, 2012 | FoxNews.com/AP Obama warns ‘unelected’ Supreme Court against striking down health law President Obama, employing his strongest language to date on the Supreme Court review of the federal health care overhaul, cautioned the court Monday against overturning the law — while repeatedly [...]
Justice Denied – Our Constitution
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 135 Current Event According to FoxNews.com, February 06, 2012 Ginsburg to Egyptians: I wouldn’t use U.S. Constitution as a model As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial nineteenAmerican democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not [...]
Energy Subsidies are Not Constitutional
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 134 Current Event According to FoxNews and Associated Press, March 17, 2012 Obama seeks halt to tax subsidies for oil industry President Barack Obama is calling anew on Congress to end tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry, saying the nation needs to develop alternative sources of energy [...]
All Power In Washington Problematic
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 133 Current Event According to the Journal Sentinel, March 2, 2012 Health care fix critical to nation, Ryan says Rep. Paul Ryan, the most prominent Republican on health policy, sums up the importance of remaking our health care system this way: “If you get health care right, so many [...]
Dept of Justice or Dept of Revenge?
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 132 Current Event According to the New York Times, December 23, 2011(full article available on-line) Justice Dept. Rejects South Carolina’s Voter ID Law – NYTimes.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that would require voters to present photo identification, saying the law [...]
