Douglas V. Gibbs

Unconstitutional Proposition 30 Ready to Make California the Highest Taxed State

On Election Day 2012, the voters in California voted for an increase in sales tax, and a massive increase in State Income Tax on the wealthiest in the State. The claim was that the money was needed for education, but in reality it is going to be used to help pay for rising pension costs. The unions are powerful in California, and ensured that Proposition 30 passed, and Proposition 32, which would have limited how unions fund their favorite politicians, failed.

The Light of America during the Storms of a Dark World

Life is full of storms, and it is those storms that can make us stronger, and help us in the building of our character - if we choose. We choose how to respond to storms. We can grow, or become darker. Society, it seems, has chosen darkness.

Obama’s Federal Government Behind Schedule Implementing Health Care Law

For a law of nearly 3,000 pages, the Affordable Care Act was poorly written. Since the law was thrown together in a manner aimed at appeasing special interests, the Health Care law itself has been an obstacle in its own implementation. With the avalanche of new regulations on the horizon, conveniently hidden from the American People (remember, Pelosi said we had to pass it to know what was in it), the stifling impact of the regulations coming that will kill jobs, plunge our economy into turmoil, and turn this nation into a totalitarian state is eclipsed only by the absolute chaos that accompanies the attempt by the federal government to implement this monstrosity.

Dealing with Obamacare

"There are going to be consequences," was the response by a Washington D.C. law employment attorney when asked about how the federal government will deal with businesses that do what they can to avoid the insurance mandate in Obamacare set to take effect in 2014. Businesses are saying that there likely will be cut hours, and layoffs.

Smoke and Mirrors Unemployment Number Drops Below 8%

My wife reported to me tonight about how a co-worker of hers was raving about Barack Obama, and proclaimed that news the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1% to 7.8% is proof that the President's policies are working.

The U.S. Constitution is a Contract, Not a Rule Book

Yet another email attack intended to confuse what people think about the United States Constitution has hit the web. The claim is that the idea the U.S. Constitution is a contract is a myth. The message further asserts that the Constitution, rather than being a contract, is a rule book, a set of instructions if you may, given by a bunch of delegates in 1787 to a soon-to-exist federal government.

Liberal Democrats 2012 Campaign of Fraud and Personal Destruction

My friend came to me and said, "I'm a Democrat, now." Excuse me? Was Albert defecting to the other side? Had he gone against a lifetime of Republican voting, save for his one foray into the third party idiocy when he voted for Perot?

9/11 Became Real at Ground Zero

The Eleventh Anniversary of the 9/11 Terror Attacks against the United States of America is upon us. Two hijacked jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center during the early morning hours of September 11, 2001. When the 110 floors of skyscrapers collapsed, among the missing were 343 firefighters bravely in the process of attempting to save as many lives as possible. In the weeks that followed was an unprecedented recovery effort at a site that became known later as "Ground Zero."

Kerry Washington’s Politics of Fear

September 6, 2012 - Kerry Washington at the Democrat National Convention: "Today, there are people out there trying to take away rights that our mothers, our grandmothers, and our great-grandmothers fought for. Rights that we fought for. Our right to vote. Our right to choose. Our right to affordable quality education. Equal pay. Access to health care. We the people cannot let that happen."

Romney Chooses Ideology with Paul Ryan Pick

Some members of the Republican Party are fearful of recognizing the truth. These "establishment" republicans believe all of the rhetoric that if they lean too far to the right the voters will run to Obama and the democrats. They believe that the independents want nothing to do with the right-left political spectrum, and are just looking for a bunch of moderates that have no position, no ideology, no plan other than to try to make everyone happy through non-confrontational politics.

Mortgage Meltdown - The Sequel

The mortgage meltdown that put us in our current economic difficulties (recession, depression, collapse) has been blamed on George W. Bush. Somehow, the Republican President had the ability to force people to take bad loans, force banks to act stupidly, disallowed regulations against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (even though republicans were calling for such during his first term), and with his magic want popped the housing bubble. In reality, like Obama's policies which are extending the economic slow down, the collapse was caused by democrats, and it was done on purpose.

Trouble with Treaties

The second clause of Article VI. of the United States Constitution reads: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.

California’s War Over Red-Light Cameras

In California the war over Red Light Cameras at traffic intersections is being waged city by city, to the point that lawsuits are emerging in an attempt to stop the citizens from petitioning their local governments for a redress of grievances. Cities like Murrieta claim the cameras reduce accidents, and provides much needed revenue for the city. The real interests lie in the private companies that maintain the camera systems, who are willing to do anything to protect their profit source, including going after citizens who dare challenge them.

Netanyahu: Syrian Assad Regime Will Go

When it comes to the fate of the Assad regime in Syria, with the occurrence of violence in Syria, it is only a matter of time before the current government falls. In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the current Assad Regime in Syria will go - it is just a matter of when.

Bankruptcy: Cities First, Then The States

As we watch the slow collapse of the nations of Europe under the heavy weight of leftist entitlement spending, the reality of the destructive forces of socialist utopianism is all too real. The United States has trailed Europe on its dire course, and only now is the diabolical truth of a progressive agenda truly taking shape for more than just the politically savvy to notice.

Justice Roberts is Wrong, Nullify

When the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the Affordable Care Act came down the pike my phone went nuts, and my email bulged with requests for my analysis. I have given a few opinions, and have written a handful of things, regarding the ruling, but apparently not to the satisfaction of my readers and listeners. My lack of an opinion on the Supreme Court ruling of Obamacare has led to an avalanche of requests for more details.

Is Health Care Free, Yet?

When the Supreme Court ruling regarding the Affordable Health Care Act came down the pike, uninformed voters asked, "Does that mean my health care is free, now?"

Deeper than Immigration, State Sovereignty Is At Risk

This morning, not exactly anticipating my turn to be needled at the doctor's office, I was reading the literary selections in the waiting pen. Like most lobbies presented by health professionals, the material was either about fitness, health, or a couple samples of the liberal news media. Sometimes, sports magazines are available too. Those are the medical corrals I like most.

A Good and Moral Country, Anchor Babies, And Emotions

Emotions have their place. I have my sensitivities. As a good and moral country, we are very emotional about doing the right thing, and that is good when those emotions accompany rational thinking, and reasonable policies that remain within the realm of common sense, and the law.

King Obama Heckled by Disrespectful Reporter Regarding Unilateral Amnesty

The liberal left democrats don't think people notice their double standards.