Stop Congress from Making the Protect America Act
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Passing the OPEN Government Act of 2007 would show bipartisan support to restore public faith in government and to advance the ideals of openness

If I had the ability to change your charter, I would make it more aligned with the Declaration of Independence, which clearly states that government is instituted in order to protect our inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It does not say that concerns about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be considered as the government goes about its business. “Protection,” not “consideration” is what is mandated. That is what I consider the major problem we in America face today. It is a government which has forgotten what its true purpose is and that its powers, as limited as they ought to be, is only given to it by the consent of the governed.

applauds yesterday’s launch of the American Freedom Agenda (AFA). A cooperative effort of deeply respected conservative leaders Bruce Fein, Bob Barr, David Keene and Richard Viguery, AFA’s mission is to enact legislation that restores “the Constitution’s checks and balances” and makes the subject “a staple of political campaigns and of foremost concern to Members of Congress and to voters and educators.”

The right to arm oneself included the right of self-defense, and was not limited to hunting as some have argued.

“The Federal Government may have used a procedural end-around to slip REAL ID past the American People, but the battle is not over,” said Liberty Coalition National Director Michael Ostrolenk. “Citizens across the nation know that a national identification card is unacceptable and that the REAL ID Act is unconstitutional. The Liberty Coalition calls on defenders of freedom across the country to block the implementation of this national identification system.”

Security makes little difference because every identifiable prescription in the country is data mined and sold daily. Nobody needs to break into pharmacies to steal our prescriptions; they are for sale.

The renowned media analyst Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase “the medium is the message.” His point was that emerging technologies do more than facilitate processes—they impact us on a deeper level by altering how we think and act.

In 1999, Terry Everett, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations told a congressional panel that “there is without question a good-old-boy network within the VA” that tolerates “favoritism, cronyism, harassment, and reprisal.” He indicated that retaliation against VA whistleblowers was common and goes unpunished.