Rep. Kristi Noem's vote and mealy-mouthed excuses for the surveillance state gall me. They also gall Libertarian blogger Ken Santema, who declares Noem "a true enemy of liberty" and calls for her replacement: Hopefully in the coming months we can…
Posts tagged as “Patriot Act”
Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan proposed an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would have defunded the National Security Agency program that collects our telephone call data. The Amash-Conyers amendment would have limited the NSA's phone-data collection under Section…
When Germany says the United States is acting like the Stasi, it's clear that our hysterical pursuit of security is eroding whatever bump in international credibility we got by replacing George W. Bush with Barack Obama. German ministers are expressing…
Hey, Annette! You want to be a change agent? Prove it.... Senator John Thune predictably responds to a constituent's inquiry about gun regulations by raising false constitutional concerns about a national gun registry that was not part of the bill…
I'm with the Displaced Plainsman: this week, my hero in Congress is Senator Rand Paul. This week, Senator Paul had the courage to filibuster the biggest ongoing threat to our constitutional rights, the Patriot Act. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid…
Jim Bolin gets my respect this morning, but not Kristi Noem. Our Congresswoman continues to betray the conservative princples she parroted to get elected. Exhibit 1: rural airport subsidies. Noem pretends she's all for the free market, but when the…