The Competent Conservative

What Americans Know About Religious Freedom Most Americans know that religious freedom is one of the most basic freedoms guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Frequently called the “first freedom,” freedom of religion is prominent in the American founding documents and gives rise to many other freedoms. It is a fundamental human right — one that [...]

A newly hired conservative political analyst for CNN says the more Americans learn about the Democrats’ healthcare legislation, the less they like it.A vote could occur as early as Sunday in the House on the Democrats’ healthcare bill.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) needs 216 votes to pass the measure. On Thursday, Republicans lost an effort [...]

I wanted to wait until after Scott Brown won the election before posting this article from The Daily Beast.  Many at Free Republic will be angry that The Daily Beast has credited Mitt for Scott Brown’s win, but they sure did lay out a pretty convincing case for Mitt’s involvement which one cannot easily lay [...]

Things just keep getting uglier for Martha Coakley.  I think her only hope is if Obama can come to her rescue, but even still, I think the people are sending a strong signal, not just in Massachusetts but strait to The White House, that it’s time for real change.  At this point, Obama has no [...]

McClatchy News Service reports: WASHINGTON — In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard. The Guardsmen are among those assigned to protect Alaska from [...]

Congressional Democrats want to pass a Healthcare plan that they not only haven’t read but haven’t even written yet.

Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors warn today. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Published: 10:00PM BST 02 Sep 2009 In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients [...]

I just came across an article from the American Thinker that I just had to pass on.  It’s too long to post here so here is the link: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/this_will_never_be_a_eurosocia.html Europe was a breeding ground for Socialism and Communism because they have a long, long history of the people being subject to the government.  They were/are [...]

Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit. • Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs). • Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. • Repeal all state laws [...]

The Massachusetts Model Editorial Massachusetts’s experiment in near universal health care coverage has become a favorite whipping boy for opponents of health care reform. They claim the program is a fiscal disaster and that the whole country will be plunged into a similar disaster if President Obama and Congress’s Democratic leaders have their way. That [...]