How does this affect your second amendemnt rights?
Denver Post: Gun-control supporters push for national legislation
How does this affect your second amendment rights? Will it stop gun violence and school shootings?
ENGLEWOOD — Gun-control supporters gathered Saturday afternoon with signs and posters to raise awareness of the gun debate at the federal level.
State Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, spoke to a crowd of about 100 people at the First Universalist Church of Denver, urging them to call their U.S. senators and representatives and press them to support national gun-control measures like the ones passed in Colorado.
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Ron Paul: “The Neo-Conservative Era Is Dead”
Former Congressman Ron Paul, the libertarian icon, is launching a new institute “for peace and prosperity.” A “media advisory” posted on his Facebook page Friday explains:
The neo-conservative era is dead.
Former Congressman Ron Paul will hold a press conference this Wednesday to launch his next big project: the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. After decades in and out of the US House of Representatives leading the call for a non-interventionist foreign policy and the protection of civil liberties, Dr. Paul is launching a revolutionary new vehicle to expand his efforts. The Institute will serve as the focal point of a new coalition that crosses political, ideological, and party lines.
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Monday Morning Blues Buster: Thank You TSA For Not Smoking
Do as I say, not as I do.
This is just too good……..
Ron Paul Announces Home Schooling Curriculum
It looks like Ron Paul wants to give the Federal Department of Education that is not permitted in the United States Consitution a little bit of competition. As expected Main Stream Media outlets like Fox News and The Guardian are skeptial. What do you think?
Click below for several articles and opinions of this announcement.
RT: Ron Paul launches his own school
[http://rt.com/usa/ron-paul-school-curriculum-512/]
The Dailey Caller: Ron Paul launches his own home-school curriculum
[http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/08/ron-paul-launches-his-own-home-school-curriculum/]
Fox News: Ron Paul launches libertarian-edged home school curriculum
[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/08/ron-paul-starts-libertarian-minded-money-back-guaranteed-home-school-program/]
The Guardian: The Christian fundamentalism behind Ron Paul’s home-schooling curriculum
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/12/christian-fundamentalism-ron-paul-homeschooling]
Atlantic Wire: Ron Paul’s Home Schooling Curriculum Will Turn Your Kid into a Little Ron Paul
[http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/04/ron-paul-home-schooling-curriculum/64047/]
Washington Examiner: Ron Paul: Homeschooling will play ‘revolutionary’ role to restore limited government
[http://washingtonexaminer.com/ron-paul-homeschooling-will-play-revolutionary-role-to-restore-limited-government/article/2513482]
UPDATE: It appears the Ron Paul Curriculum is online. Click below to access the official site.
[http://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/]
Also, here is a video from the GOP Primary debates where Ron Paul gives some of his thoughts on education followed by a video from Ron Paul’s weekly update on the program.
CNBC: Congress is debating whether to raise student loan interest rates and defaults continue to skyrocket
How do you feel about government intervention in education and the impact it has on cost of college?
Click below for the article at CNBC.
[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/student-loans-killing-heres-little-165103390.html]
Student Debt: America’s $1 Trillion Time Bomb
“While the actual amount of student-loan debt outstanding still has not been precisely pinned down, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has said it passed $1 trillion….”
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The Week: “Food Stamp Nation”
Is the Entitlement system going broke? What role in the lives of the poor and food stamp recipients does inflation play?
Although not specially addressed, feel free to ask yourselves those questions in the Week’s Food Stamp Nation below.
[http://theweek.com/article/index/242615/food-stamp-nation]
TSA: “No longer plans to use TSA officers to guard the exit lanes outside of airport checkpoints”
The Transportation Security Administration has notified state airport officials that it no longer plans to use TSA officers to guard the exit lanes outside of airport checkpoints because of federal budget cuts.
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NBC News: Dozens of TSA workers fired, suspended for screening violations
“Whether TSA is trying to protect administrative bureaucrats from congressional and public scrutiny, or just trying to sweep this breach under the rug, TSA must come clean and provide a full accounting of this incident,” Mica said in a press release.
Note: This is a story from nearly a year ago, but still worth a look.
Click below for the full article and video at NBC news.