#45 May 2010
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
By Tom DeWeese
In December, 2008, my American Policy Center (APC) led a fight to stop Ohio from becoming the 33rd state to call for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). In the 1980’s 32 other states had passed Con Con resolutions for the specific purpose of passing a balanced budget amendment. Had that resolution passed the Ohio legislature, we would have been just one state away from such an event. We argued then that one cannot call a Con Con to discuss just one issue. Once a Con Con is in place, there is no controlling the agenda. (more…)
Tags: 10 amendments, 1787, ALEC, american legislative exchange council, american policy center, article v, articles of confederation, balanced budget, con con, congress, Constitution, constitutional convention, corpus jurus secundum, POLICOM, warren burger, william fruth
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
ObamaCare Taxes Home Sales – Clobbers Middle-Class Americans
“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes,”— President Obama, September 12, 2008
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
With the announcement this week that Quebec will soon begin promoting “Meatless Mondays,” anti-meat activism got a significant boost. As usual, news stories about the campaign cited sketchy figures from a 2006 United Nations report claiming that livestock producers are responsible for 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But these pendulums tend to swing back toward sanity eventually. Reporters today are covering new research from University of California-Davis expert Dr. Frank Mitloehner. His message: It’s time to clear the air about meat and global warming. (more…)
Tags: agriculture, california, climate, consumer freedom, environmental protection agency, frank mitloehner, GHGs, greenhouse gas emissions, meatless mondays, quebec, UN
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
We’re not going to wade into the general healthcare kerfuffle that’s dominating the news. But it’s worth noting that, since President Obama has signed the 2,000 page bill, menu labeling is now the law of the land. As we (and the Los Angeles Times) recounted last month, menu-labeling studies after the passage of New York City’s law have been, at best, a mixed bag of results. There’s no compelling evidence that labeling calorie counts and fat grams on restaurant menus and menu boards is having a positive effect on obesity. (more…)
Tags: consumer freedom, healthcare, menu labeling, new york city, Obama, Thomas frieden
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Randall O’Toole Misses the Fine Print!
By Tom DeWeese
At a recent property rights conference in Bozeman, Montana, anti-Smart Growth spokesman Randall O’Toole was taking part in a panel discussion when he was asked a question concerning my opposition to Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development. Said the questioner, “DeWeese calls the sustainability doctrine ‘a complete agenda of control,’ that has been largely embraced by most aspects of the government.” O’Toole was asked to comment on that. (more…)
Tags: Agenda 21, CATO, education, property rights, randall otoole, Reason Foundation, smart growth, sustainable development, UN
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
The Forces of Freedom Return to Valley Forge!
In the winter of 1777, George Washington’s tired, starving, defeated army escaped to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to regroup and train for the fight ahead.
On August 12, 13, 14, 2010, the new forces of freedom will return to Valley Forge to meet, network, learn, train and prepare to stand against the growing American government threat that is destroying our economy, our currency, our free enterprise system and our ability to be free in our personal lives. (more…)
Tags: august, cathering bleish, conference, freedom action conference, jane orient, jeff lewis, jeffrey marrongelle, john bush, larry pratt, mark lerner, mark mix, matt shea, michael badnarik, michael shaw, richard mack, scott tips, tom deweese, valley forge
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Act Now to Stop It.
TALKING POINTS
1. The major foodborne illness outbreaks and recalls have all been caused by the large, industrial food system. Small, local food producers have not contributed to the highly publicized outbreaks. Yet S. 510 subjects the small, local food system to the same, broad federal regulatory oversight that would apply to the industrial food system.
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Tags: food safety bill, local food, s 510, Senate
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
By Tom DeWeese
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) hates us. Who? According to several reports they have released over the past year, “us” is the following: One concerned over the economy; loss of jobs; foreclosures; antagonism toward the Obama Administration (that it’s racist); criticism of free trade programs like NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership; anti-abortion; oppose same-sex marriage; believe in the “end times;” stock pile food, ammunition and weapons; oppose illegal immigration; opposition to the new world order; opposition to the United Nations; opposition to global governance; fear of Communist regimes; opposition to loss of US manufacturing to overseas nations; opposition to loss of US prestige; use of the Internet (or alternative media) to express these ideas. Did this list miss anyone reading it? You are all haters and potential terrorists. (more…)
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Right wing extremism, southern poverty law center, SPLC
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