IRS Scandal Another Reason Why We Need The Fair Tax

Guess Who Is Behind ‘Conservative’ Radio and TV Ads
By Doug Patton on Thursday, June 13th, 2013
You’ve seen them on television and heard them on the radio, those commercials boasting that “conservatives” like Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan are working to make sure we have a tough, enforceable immigration system that closes our borders and makes all those illegals go to the back of the line to await possible future citizenship. Well, here is my solemn pledge to you: if you believe that, then I want to sell you an iconic ...
A Congressman With Guts Takes on Obama
By Doug Patton on Friday, June 7th, 2013
Few members of the United States Congress are willing to risk their careers to state the truth to the American people. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is one, but unfortunately she has announced she is calling it quits after four terms in the House. In the ten years I’ve known him, Iowa’s Steve King has never shied away from the truth for the sake of political correctness. Texas Congressman Joe Barton had the courage to call ...
Michele Bachmann, One Of Our Best
By Doug Patton on Thursday, May 30th, 2013
The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20, KJV) Sixteenth century theologian Martin Luther once said, “Send your good men into the clergy, but send your best men into politics.” Taken together, these two powerful quotes speak volumes to our day and age. One could argue that fallen humanity ...
The Danger in DC Is Bipartisanship
By Doug Patton on Friday, May 24th, 2013
The growing scandals enveloping the Obama administration are becoming a series of shiny baubles being dangled before the right and the left alike. The right wants to impeach Obama, while the left, of course, wants to blindly defend him. Meanwhile, the American people are being sold a bill of goods that this is a partisan fight and that partisanship is a danger to the Republic. The truth is, the real danger lies in so-called bipartisanship. ...
IRS Scandal Another Reason Why We Need The Fair Tax
By Doug Patton on Friday, May 17th, 2013
“It will create a bureaucracy with the efficiency of the Post Office, the frugality of the Pentagon and the compassion of the IRS.” — Mantra of those who opposed HillaryCare in the 1990s. In the idealistic constitutional fantasies of those who harbor high hopes and short memories, the accumulating effect of the scandals piling up like rotting garbage at the front door of the White House will result in the impeachment and removal from office ...