Category: Congress

The (Small-l) Libertarian Case For a Non-Libertarian President

by sloopyinca | Aug 7, 2017 | Advice, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Deep State, Economy, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, Guns, Liberty, Markets, National Security, Opinion, Politics, Rant, Regulation, Rule of Law, Supreme Court, Taxes | 302

What is libertarianism’s best strategy to gain a legitimate amount of power nationally (and then happily cede it to the people)?
Sloopy believes there is a third, and overlooked, option.

John McCain, Arizona Politics and Libertarians

by Tonio | Jul 21, 2017 | Congress, Politics | 236

Tonio’s Take

James Comey: Jilted Lover or Spineless Chump?

by sloopyinca | Jun 8, 2017 | Beefcake, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Deep State, Executive Branch, Federal Power, N/A, Politics, Right to Repair | 265

Comey is gutless or Comey is grinding his axe. I’ve made my decision. Please discuss yours in the comments.

Civil War II: A Trump Impeachment?

by trshmnstr | May 18, 2017 | Children, Congress, Crime, Deep State, Entertainment, Executive Branch, Fiction, Guns, Media, Nuclear, Politics, Social Justice, Social Media, Taxes, Welcome to the Party, Womyn | 348

trshmnstr considers the likelihood of impeaching Donald Trump.

Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part Two – The dirty books episode

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 20, 2017 | Art, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Economy, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Politics, Religion | 42

I found a way to simultaneously discuss sex and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part One – Too Many Wives

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 17, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Constitution, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 136

Hiram and Prudence and Elizabeth and Alice and Jennifer

Looking into their hearts and fighting harder (Fourth and final episode of the Berger trilogy)

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 5, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 138

“Don’t worry, Mr. Bingham, we’ll take good care of your Fourteenth Amendment while you’re away in Japan.”

Being An Account of My Most Arduous Attempts to Establish a Relationship with International Jewry

by Gojira | Apr 4, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Deep State, Economy, Federal Power, Finance, Jews, National Security, Rant, Regulation | 145

In which Gorjira persists. All for you people. I said it–you people.

Raoul Berger, Originalism and the Bill of Rights, Part Three – Nixon, with Berger and Fries

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 3, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, National Security, Politics, Supreme Court | 65

Tax resistance as treason? – Who gets to snoop on whom? – Impeachment

Raoul Berger, Originalism, and the Bill of Rights, Part Two – Special Stripping Episode

by O, statua gentilissima | Mar 30, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Supreme Court | 39

I know I promised you some Nixon in this episode, but maybe the stripping will distract you.

Trump Address Liveblog

by sloopyinca | Feb 28, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Politics | 326

Trump speech live blog with updates in the article from your intrepid Glibs “staff” and your reactions in the comments. 8:05: Much cheering from a little more than half of the crowd…. 8:08: That hair is...

A History Of American Public Education: Part 1 of 4

by trshmnstr | Feb 20, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Education, Religion, Society | 40

An explanation of some of the 19th Century factors that went into the whole-hog acceptance of compulsory public education, and a little bit of analysis of how to roll some of this back.

HR 610 – Restoring Parental Freedom to Pack Lunches, Etc.

by Guest Contributor | Feb 18, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Education, Federal Power | 47

Congressman Steve King (R, IA) has introduced HR 610, titled Choices in Education Act of 2017. The bill does two things – establishes a nationwide voucher program and tinkers with the school lunch regulations.

Psychopathic Exhibition On the Menu

by Jo Ferova | Feb 17, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Drugs, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Social Justice, Society | 36

Chris Christie ate meatloaf. As many times as this story has been passed from shocked ear to shocked ear, people missed what I found to be the pertinent lede to the story, which defined a damning study in character itself.

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