National Blog - page 281
Just Say No...
... To Feinstein's "Cosmetic Features Ban" of 157 specifically named "scary looking" rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Despite the Senator's claims, these guns were never intended for military use. Skimming through the list, one will spot [...]
American intervention in North Africa: creating more "blowback"?
By John Watts Senator Rand Paul made a forceful debut on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday in hearings on the Benghazi disaster in which four Americans, including the US Ambassador to Libya, were murdered by Muslim [...]
Morton Blackwell On Efforts to Reverse RNC Powergrab
This morning, Virginia's Republican National Committeeman and President of the Leadership Institute Morton Blackwell discussed his efforts to reverse the rule changes Ben Ginsberg forced through during the Republican National Convention. Visit [...]
Today's Floor Action - Updated
Busy day on both sides of Capitol Hill: The House is currently debating and will vote early today on suspending the debt ceiling for three months. C4L is urging a NO vote, and encouraging our members to contact their representative and tell them [...]
It Could All End Today
An important message from C4L President John Tate: Never-ending debt ceiling increases. Higher taxes. Out-of-control spending. Massive expansions of the police state. A Big Brother takeover of the Internet. Total gun bans... Senate Majority [...]
Campaign against Liberty?
Campaign against Liberty might be a more appropriate name for Organizing for Action, a new group formed by top operatives from President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, such as Obama's Campaign Manager, Jim Messina, and top advisor, David [...]
Audit the Fed Reaches 100!
Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill, introduced as H.R. 24 in this Congress by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), has reached 100 cosponsors in less than a month! There's no greater sign of how much progress C4L has made since our founding than the rapid [...]
We're number 10!
The Heritage Foundation's 2013 Index of Economic Freedom (http://www.heritage.org/index/) has bad, but not surprising, news for the American people. Heritage's Index ranks the world's countries based on whether those countries respect the rule [...]
Wisconsin C4L Leader "Purged" From County GOP
Following up on last week's House GOP retreat, one area Republicans are not retreating from is purging members of the liberty movement from the party. Todd Welch, long-time C4L state coordinator in Wisconsin, recently received a letter from [...]
Obama inaugural and what it really represents
By John Watts It is predicted that somewhere in the neighborhood of 800,000 people will be attending the second inauguration of President Obama today. Few of the attendees, however, will be cognizant of what they are really in effect [...]