March 31, 2015

Downsize the Federal Government

The size of the federal government has exploded over the last century. The legislative and judicial branches of government have grown to serve the increased number of states and its growing population. The size and scope of the executive branch ...

April 4, 2013

Republicans need to Change the Way They Think

Republicans suffer from many problems, as their most recent election "autopsy" reported, but the biggest problem is they let the Democrats define them in the public's mind. To counter this, Republicans must first rebrand themselves as the party ...

November 12, 2012

It Is Not Too Early for Conservatives...

The Republican Party lost the 2012 election while conservatives watched from the sidelines. Republican moderates losing elections has become an all-too-common occurrence even though conservatives are the base of the Republican Party. It is not t...

November 7, 2012

I am Embarrassed to be an American Today

Barack Obama is not my president, not by a long shot, but unfortunately he is the president of my country. I am embarrassed to be an American today where so many people are oblivious to the damage being done to the fabric of our country and who voted...

February 24, 2012

Obama Has Already Lost, and He Doesn't Even Know It

Barack Obama is a lame-duck president already, but he probably doesn't realize it since he is surrounded by leftist zealots who insulate him from any contrary opinions and shielded by the partisan mainstream media.  Obama's popularity began fall...

December 4, 2010

Déjà Vu, All Over Again?

I don't know about you, but I voted in November to send a message to stop runaway spending, stop government expansion, and defend our country from our enemies. I voted against incumbents, both Republican and Democrats, who voted against my wishes. Ye...

December 4, 2010

Return us to a legislature made up of civilians

In the 18th century our Founding Fathers were forced into crafting a new republic, after rejecting over a century as a colony of England. This republic was an experiment in governance design to support a vibrant free market economy, a growing country...

October 31, 2010

End the Military Voting Scandal

American citizens are privileged to participate in governing their nation by means of their vote. For a number of reasons, normally fewer than 50% vote in any given election. More and more instances of voter fraud have been uncovered in recent electi...

July 31, 2010

Confessions of a 'Right Wing Extremist'

My name is Dave Coughlin and I live in Hawthorne, New York.  I am a "Right Wing Extremist" and proud of it. Yes, I am active in the White Plains Tea Party group. Let's see how I became a right wing extremist: grew up in the suburbs on ...

March 31, 2010

Wonder where the next 'crisis' will be manufactured

The Democrat political template is very predictable and depends on a complicit liberal Mainstream Media (MSM) to cover up and obfuscate for shortcomings in policy execution. The Democrat political strategy to inundate, exaggerate, obfuscate, and ino...

March 23, 2010

Obamacare: The straw that broke the camel's back

Obama and company have passed the Health Care Reform bill that only 38% of Americans favored, so now Republicans need to be very clear what they plan to do when they regain control of Congress in November. Since late last summer, when details of the ...