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Barack Obama, Legal Scholar, Defies the Constitution

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President Obama has crossed the line by making recess appointments while Congress is not actually in recess. Congress was in pro forma sessions when the president appointed Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau directorship and appointed three members to the NLRB. Contrary to the smoke and mirrors being set up by the liberal […]

And He Went

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Congressmen Ron Paul has never shied away from his responsibilities to his country. His opponents paint him as soft on national defense. He’s not. Paul wants a strong national defense, but not a national offense. He summed up his position well in his speech after the New Hampshire primary:

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is a key element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). THAAD will provide rapidly deployable ground-based missile defense components that deepen, extend and complement the BMDS to any Combatant Commander to defeat ballistic missiles of all types and ranges while in all phases of flight.

Romney Wins New Hampshire, Paul Second, Huntsman Third

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Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire GOP primary Tuesday with 40% of the vote. Congressman Ron Paul came in second with 23% of the vote, and Jon Huntsman followed up third with 17%. When coupled with the results from Iowa, it is clear Romney and Paul are the top tier in the GOP race, each […]

Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE)

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“Contrary to Hollywood’s ideas, today’s spy satellites that orbit the Earth at fast speeds and relatively lower altitudes can only snap photos for the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. Taking live video of a single location would require satellites to hover by matching the Earth’s rotation in geosynchronous orbit about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) high […]

Iowa Caucus Highlights Traditional GOP Rift

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The results of the Iowa caucus highlight the traditional split within the GOP. With establishment GOPers voting for Romney, libertarians voting for Paul and conservative Christians voting for Santorum. Each is walking away from Iowa with 7 delegates, leaving the race no closer to being decided than before.

Politics through the Eyes of Davy Crockett

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When listening to political discourse today, the average American can be completely unnerved, wondering if anything will ever get done, or if what does get accomplished should be. It often seems that America has never been in such hard times and that political gridlock has never been so severe. But those visions of a past […]