Unrest in the Middle East

Recent unrest in the Middle East marked by the Embassy violence in Egypt and Libya have led to a startling turn of events. Its hard to understand why the Obama Administration would allow objections by the Sudan government prevent the sending of Marines to secure the U.S. Embassy in Sudan. Also according to a September 13th  Washington Times article, "U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo."

Read more: http://times247.com/articles/report-embassy-marines-not-allowed-to-carry-ammo#ixzz26ziP5MoA

If Ronald Reagan had been President you would never see the United States leave Embassy's unprotected. Not even George W. Bush would of allowed for such behavior.

Day 1 of Obama Care hearings.

Today saw day one of oral arguments before the Supreme Court concerning ACA, or Obama care as we all know it. The issue before the judges was whether an obscure 1867 tax law prohibits lawsuits. Solicitor General Don Verrilli argued that penalty rather than tax,prevents an AIA inquiry. The Affordable Care Act says the cost for not complying with the requirement to obtain health insurance is a penalty, not a tax. If this is the case than the power to tax and spend under the commerce clause of the Constitution would render the insurance provision on the ACA null and void and unconstitutional. There is no way the U.S. Government can argue that a penalty is constitutional under the tax and spend provision of the commerce clause. Stay tuned tomorrow for more coverage of the trial and what it means for the Republic.