If you thought you sent representatives and senators to Washington, D.C., to exercise the constitutionally mandated power of the purse — you’re wrong.

Silly you. You wasted all that time in civics class learning a whole bunch of outdated claptrap about separation of powers and the lawmaking process for nothing.

The spending power belongs to federal judges now, regardless of what that quaint little document called the U.S. Constitution says.

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Joining with groups like ACORN, a wide coalition of Religious Left groups will march on Washington, D.C. on March 21 on behalf of eventual amnesty and largely open borders under the rubric of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR).  The National Council of Churches (NCC) is even hailing CIR as a “divine mandate” and a “patriotic act.”

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The simmering feud between the White House and the Supreme Court is getting a little hotter – and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are helping fan the flames.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s impromptu portrayal Tuesday of President Obama’s attacks on the high court during the State of the Union address as “very troubling” drew a brusque retort from the White House, which called the court’s campaign finance ruling the real problem, and from Democrats eager to attack the court.

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In an overwhelming show of bipartisan support for President Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan, the House on Wednesday soundly defeated a resolution setting a timetable for withdrawal.

The vote, which marked the first time the House has had a full debate on Afghanistan since Mr. Obama announced his surge last year, unleashed years of pent-up frustration from liberal Democrats and a few conservative Republicans angry over the direction the 9-year-old conflict has taken.

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Our programming from March 6 is now posted at “Radio Archives” (link below.)  Learn of the sad antics of the religious Left and also word from John Loeffler on the coming paradigm shift. How will it affect you?

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President Obama recoils when his adversaries call his health-care plan a “government takeover” or suggest it will lead to bureaucratic rationing of care. He insists it would do nothing of the sort and dismisses such criticism as unfounded partisan rhetoric.

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Vice President Joe Biden sought Wednesday to reassure Palestinians that the United States intends to push ahead with its Mideast peacemaking effort, despite a diplomatic blowup with Israel this week over its plans to build new housing in Jerusalem.
After meetings with the Palestinian president and prime minister in the West Bank, Biden emphasized American determination to act as the intermediary in talks between Israelis and Palestinians, and declared that the Palestinians deserve a “viable” state.

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British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, during his travels in India, heard many stories about people on the “edge of destitution.” In his memoirs, Muggeridge recalled an anecdote told to him about a poor farmer who was asked if he hated the government or the money-lender more. “After some thought the farmer replied that he hated the government more, because, whereas it was to the money-lender’s interest to keep him just alive so that he could go on paying off his debt, the government didn’t care whether he lived or died,” Muggeridge wrote.

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It really should not be all that hard for a moderate Democratic U.S. House member to resist the pressure from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and thus to do the right thing by switching from a “yes” vote on Obamacare to a “no.”

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Local governments in massive revolt against rules ordered by Washington

Utah has become the third state to adopt a law exempting guns and ammunition made, sold and used in the state from massive federal regulations under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and supporters say about 30 more states have some sort of plan for their own exemptions in the works.

Officials in Utah say they expect a lawsuit over their direct challenge to Washington if the federal government succeeds in its current case against Montana’s law.

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