Monthly Archives: June 2015
The Clown Car: The Great Eight
PublishedJune 28, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
We all need to vent our political sarcasm at times … I get my relief weekly with Ben Crystal and his “Great Eight” from Personal Liberty Digest. Enjoy!
Time For Some Saturday Satire With Ben Crystal
Personal Liberty Digest
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June 25 – Patriotic Quote
PublishedJune 26, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.” —George Washington, letter to John Jay, 1786
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The “Age of Cronyism” In Washington
PublishedJune 25, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Here is an interesting interview I came across this morning and wanted to share here at FreeNebraska ….
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal to talk about what he describes as the “Age of Cronyism” in Washington. From the backroom deals beings made to push through President Obama’s trade agenda to the fight over the Export-Import Bank, sugar subsidies and the ongoing battle to repeal Obamacare, Cruz says it’s time to expose who really benefits when big government and special interests get together. You can see his answers to specific questions by referring to the time codes below:
00:17 Who is he referring to when he talks about the Washington cartel?
3:03 Why did he change his position on supporting Trade Promotion Authority?
4:12 What does he make of Republican leaders coming down hard on conservative members in their party, removing them from leadership posts simply because they don’t vote in lock step with GOP leadership?
5:41 What does he believe Republicans in Congress should do if the Supreme Court rules in King vs. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act does not allow Americans to receive health care subsidies through the federal exchange? What happens to the millions of people currently receiving such subsidies?
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June 24 – Patriotic Quote
PublishedJune 24, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“The present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes — rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments.” —Alexander Hamilton, letter to James Bayard, 1802
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Freedom of Speech – The Nebraska Way!
PublishedJune 23, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Here is a Nebraskan exercising his First Amendment Rights. As you can see, he also supports them with his Second Amendment Right!
Kinda makes me feel GOOD! How about you?
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Kinda makes me feel GOOD! How about you?
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June 23 – Patriotic Quote
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Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” —Thomas Jefferson, fair copy of the drafts of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
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Star Spangled Banner As You’ve Never Heard It
PublishedJune 21, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today, we celebrate Fathers’ Day. I thought about all the many fathers that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country since the late 1700’s until present day. On this Fathers’ Day, I want to share the following story with all of our readers in tribute to all of the Fathers that have made our country Free … and, as George Washington once said, “the thing that sets the American Christian apart from all other people in the world, is that he will die on his feet before he will live on his knees”. To those brave and courageous men I tip my hat and say, thank you and to all of you fathers yet still standing, I say Happy Fathers’ Day!
I will gladly die on my feet before I will live on my knees …
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The Hillary Chronicles: The Great Eight
PublishedJune 20, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
We all need to vent our political sarcasm at times … I get my relief weekly with Ben Crystal and his “Great Eight” from Personal Liberty Digest. Enjoy!
Time For Some Saturday Satire With Ben Crystal
Personal Liberty Digest
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Logic From An Uncluttered Mind
PublishedJune 19, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, ‘When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah’.
The teacher asked, ‘What if Jonah went to hell?’
The little girl replied, ‘Then you ask him’.
Put A Smile On My Face!
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June 19 – Patriotic Quote
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Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” —Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749
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June 18 – Patriotic Quote
PublishedJune 18, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” —James Madison, speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
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June 17 – Patriotic Quote
PublishedJune 17, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“Wherever the real power in a government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” —James Madison, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1788
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June 16 – Patriotic Quote
PublishedJune 16, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“Emigrants will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw off, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness, passing, as is usual, from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781
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June 15 – Patriotic Quote
PublishedJune 15, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Today’s Quote from the Patriot Post
“Our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed; in order to give trade a stable course.” —George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
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99 Problems And Iraq’s Just One: The Great Eight
PublishedJune 13, 2015 Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
We all need to vent our political sarcasm at times … I get my relief weekly with Ben Crystal and his “Great Eight” from Personal Liberty Digest. Enjoy!
Time For Some Saturday Satire With Ben Crystal
Personal Liberty Digest
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In DC, We Get All The Representation & Government We Pay For!
Published Post authorRandy May, Site Admin
Nebraksa,
If we didn’t allow full-time politicians in DC we might be able to breathe a little easier, as we do once the Unicameral adjourns. Unfortunately, in DC we get all the “representation” and government we pay for.
Full disclosure: I am not qualified to comment on the TPP trade bill. I know nothing of the details but our Congress doesn’t either. And the rumor again is that “we will have to pass it before we understand what’s in it”.
Regardless, I can give you a very good reason to fight it: Obama wants it. We have a rogue dictator pushing a bill that is not allowed public scrutiny. His promises are shams and he will lie with impunity to advance his anti-US agenda. There is no reason, based on the actions of his last 6 years, to do anything but take authority away. The odds of hurting ourselves with passage are much greater than the odds of benefit. “Just the facts, Ma’am.”
And only a notch higher on the trust scale are McConnell and Boehner. They both seem to be in Obama’s pocket on this one? Theories abound as to why but the simple fact is they’ve shown they can be trusted little more than Obama.
Below is a list of GOP congressmen who told Boehner “no”. Note that none of Nebraska’s congressmen are on it. It’s virtually certain that Smith and Fortenberry know nothing about the bill and are just falling in line for party favor.
We’re fighting blind but the odds of being right are in our favor. It’s worth weighing in with your opinion to your representative AND to your senator. If you want them to vote “NO”, contact them and make your voice heard.
Want to have some fun? The US Capitol switchboard – that will transfer you to any senator of representative – can be reached at 877-762-8762. Look at your key pad. Do you see what you’re dialing? The number is 877-SOB-USOB. You can’t make this stuff up! What a creative way to make it easy for us to remember how to contact those who increasingly ignore us. It makes dialing a therapeutic experience.
Take advantage of it. Dial the SOB line as often as you must to get your message across! 😉
June 11, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising 34 House Republicans who voted against a rule to bring trade authority legislation to the floor of the House:
“Today 34 House Republicans displayed an extraordinary amount of political courage by voting to deny Speaker Boehner the ability to bring fast track trade authority to the floor of the House. If Boehner had not succeeded in lobbying 8 Democrats to pull his bacon out of the fire, fast track would now be dead. Tomorrow, there will be significantly more Republicans voting against fast track as concerns about President Obama’s surrender of U.S. sovereignty through the Trans-Pacific Partnership becomes fully evident. For those 34 Republicans who took a stand, today’s action deserves universal praise from freedom loving Americans nationwide. They listened to their constituents.”
34 House Republicans who voted no to bring fast track to the floor, June 11, 2015 at http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll359.xm
Justin Amash (Mich.-CD3)
Rod Blum (Iowa-CD1)
Dave Brat (Va.-CD7)
Jim Bridenstine (Okla.-CD1)
Mo Brooks (Ala.-CD5)
Ken Buck (Colo.-CD4)
Jeff Duncan (S.C.-CD3)
John Fleming (La.-CD4)
Trent Franks (Ariz.-CD8)
Scott Garrett (N.J.-CD5)
Chris Gibson (N.Y.-CD19)
Louie Gohmert (Texas-CD1)
Paul Gosar (Ariz.-CD4)
Morgan Griffith (Va.-CD9)
Andy Harris (Md.-CD1)
Jody Hice (Ga.-CD10)
Walter Jones (N.C.-CD3)
Jim Jordan (Ohio-CD4)
Raul Labrador (Idaho-CD1)
Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.-At Large)
Thomas Massie (Ky.-CD4)
Mark Meadows (N.C.-CD11)
Alex Mooney (W.V.-CD2)
Mick Mulvaney (S.C.-CD5)
Gary Palmer (Ala.-CD6)
Steve Pearce (N.M.-CD2)
Scott Perry (Pa.-CD4)
Bill Posey (Fla.-CD8)
Keith Rothfus (Pa.-CD12)
Matt Salmon (Ariz.-CD5)
David Schweikert (Ariz.-CD6)
Marlin Stutzman (Ind.-CD3)
Daniel Webster (Fla.-CD10)
Ted Yoho (Fla.-CD3)