Thursday, January 9, 2014

RESPONSE ACTION 01/09/2014

Response Action Network Newsletter
Here is your weekly update on the politics and policies affecting our liberties.


DEBT BINGE

Response Action Network As Republicans and Democrats begin their ritual handwringing over whether to raise the federal debt ceiling, it's important to understand just how much money Uncle Sam has borrowed in the first three months of the 2014 fiscal year:

"Overall, in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which ended on Dec. 31, the total debt of the federal government jumped $613,787,258,252.83

That equals $5,336 for each household in the country."

The current federal debt is well in excess of $17 trillion - which does not include unfunded federal liabilities. That number exceeds $125 trillion.




PETER KING BECLOWNS HIMSELF


Response Action Network Rep. Peter King took to the Sunday talk show circuit to say that Sen. Rand Paul "'doesn't deserve to be in the United States Senate'" based on his accusations against the National Security Agency over its domestic spying program." Paul is leading a class action lawsuit against the NSA over its domestic spying programs. For those keeping score at home, Rep. King was once a vocal supporter of a real terrorist organization - the IRA.


OTHER NOTABLE QUOTES FROM THE SUNDAY SHOWS


Response Action Network There were a few, but one that sticks out comes from Nevada Democrat Harry Reid. On the question of whether Democrats are close to killing the filibuster for regular bills (recall that Democrats recently eliminated the filibuster for presidential appointees - the so-called "nuclear option"), Reid said: "We're not there yet." So it's really just a question of when, not if.


YOU THINK OBAMACARE IS BAD?

Response Action Network Wait until the federal government bails out the insurance companies who backed the law.


BANNING HORSES

Response Action Network New York City's new leftist mayor, Bill de Blasio, has made one of his top priorities . . . eliminating horse-drawn carriages in Central Park. Mayor de Blasio intends to replace the horses with electric cars. And yes, this really was a burning issue in the New York mayoral race. Or at least it was among the City's enlightened, liberal elite:

"Last summer, the carriage horse issue came to a head when tennis celebrity and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) spokesman Martina Navratilova and others were berated by a driver with shocking slurs, using the N word, C word for women and D word for lesbians, while they were protesting the carriage rides."


GLOBAL WARMING UPDATE

Response Action Network Things are getting so cold in Canada that Toronto residents are experiencing a phenomenon that's common in the Canadian arctic, but very rare in the south . . . "frost quakes":

'Water expands when it freezes and when it expands in frozen soil it literally puts a lot of stress on that dirt and will release that energy all of a sudden, very much like an earthquake releases that energy and shifts the ground,' said meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai to City News.

But here's a quick "Global Warming Science Primer":

May-October: Weather is climate!

November-April: Weather is not climate!

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