EPA Going After 2nd Amendment Again – Breaking it Down Economic-Style

Via HotAir: Hot Air readers will recall the first time enviros decided to try this back door on gun control in August 2010, as Democrats approached a disastrous midterm.  After getting petitioned to overrule law and declare itself a regulating agency on hunting, the EPA opened a comment period on the petition that would have [...]

Obama Pushing Shooters Off Public Lands… Boiling Frogs

From Washington Whispers: Obama Pushing Shooters Off Public Lands November 16, 2011 Gun owners who have historically been able to use public lands for target practice would be barred from potentially millions of acres under new rules drafted by the Interior Department, the first major move by the Obama administration to impose limits on firearms. [...]

Why Does the Justice Deparment Need to Lie?

Previously blogged about here at The Patriot Perspective: A proposed revision to Freedom of Information Act rules would allow federal agencies to lie to citizens and reporters seeking certain records, telling them the records don’t exist. David Codrea of Examiner.com asks “Why Does the Justice Department Need to Lie on FOIA Responses?“ Even without changing [...]

Openness in Government Initiative

Whenever I see Cass “Nudge you into behavior I choose” Sunstein’s name attached to something, warnings go off. Among the highlights from the “Open Government National Action Plan” is this nugget: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.  The U.S. is committing to implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).  EITI requires governments to publicly disclose their revenues [...]

Ruling Innocent Men

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. When there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. – Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged The Wall [...]

White House’s Online Spin Doctors and Propaganda Artists

No, the political kind.  The kind discussed here on The Patriot Perspective in the past by JBH. Via the Blaze, with all the legwork done by Judicial Watch: In a bombshell accusation, the government watchdog group Judicial Watch announced today that the Obama administration used taxpayer money to help orchestrate an internet search engine manipulation [...]

The Road To Serfdom Excerpts 2

Previously, on The Patriot Perspective. What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.  It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people [...]

>Czar Wars Episode 3: Cass Sunstein: Regulatory Czar

> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Cass_Sunstein.jpg" alt="Cass Image via Wikipedia Our most daunting task to date is going to be giving you all the information when it comes to Mr. Cass Sunstein, one of the few “Czars” who has been confirmed by the senate. From proposing a 2nd bill of rights to advocating that our pets are entitled [...]