Rational Nation USA

by the Left Coast Rebel Congressman-elect Colonel Allen West to ABCNews: " We have to get away from occupation, nation building style warfare. " Bungalow Bill has video to contrast Allen West's statement above, John McCain takes on Rand Paul's call to cut defense spending.

Les Carpenter, Rational Nation USA There is no greater, or more worthy pursuit than that which results in restraining government; thereby forcing it to remain within its rightful boundaries. Nor is there a greater honor than that which can be gained in the relentless pursuit of liberty and protecting the rights of each individual.  It can also be said that endeavoring to arrive at solutions, such as wisdom would dictate,  agreeable to the majority in a civilized society is worthy of respect and even admiration.

By Bastiatarian The Republican Party has won control of the House of Representatives and has gained seats in the Senate. Many of the winners are more conservative than the wishy-washy Republicans that we have seen for quite some time. It wasn't perfect, but it was clearly a victory for the forces of liberty. But it merely a small step forward. Even if the winners are more conservative than some other Republicans, and clearly support liberty more than the Democrats, they're still not fully behind the principles of the Constitution, and they still support many of the major elements of socialism that have been destroying our liberty and our nation. How many of the Republican winners support the fact that the only legitimate role of government is to protect our rights to our lives, liberty, and property, and that anything more than that is a step toward tyranny? How many of them are dedicated to relieving us of the slavery of taxation that finances a multitude o...

by the Left Coast Rebel Laugh along with the amazing human pretzel, her name is Nancy: (WSJ) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has the “overwhelming support” of fellow Democrats in her bid to become minority leader in the next Congress, and says she’s not to blame for the Democrats’ mid-term debacle. “We didn’t lose the election because of me,” Ms. Pelosi told National Public Radio in an interview that aired Friday morning. “Our members do not accept that.” Instead, the California Democrat attributes the loss of at least 60 seats to high unemployment and “$100 million of outside, unidentified funding.” “Any party that cannot turn (9.5% unemployment) into political gains should hang up the gloves,” she said. Among those rooting for Ms. Pelosi to stick around are Republicans, who are giddy at the prospect of reprising in 2012 the attacks they used in the past election cycle, tying Democratic incumbents around the country to the liberal from San Francisco. Ms. Pelosi’s rep...