http://floridapundit.com The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. - Edmund Burke Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/time-for-real-change-in-2012/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/time-for-real-change-in-2012/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:18:33 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5520 President Obama today announced that he is running for a second term. No surprise there. On the same day his Attorney General Eric Holder announced that 9/11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed would be tired in front of a military tribunal in Guantanamo Prison. A remarkable turnaround from Obama’s campaign promise to close Gitmo in [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/time-for-real-change-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2011/03/will-we-get-serious-about-cutting-government-spending-before-it-is-too-late/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/03/will-we-get-serious-about-cutting-government-spending-before-it-is-too-late/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:12:58 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5502 Florida Pundit took a little break from blogging over the past month. I kept expecting that our politicians would start getting serious about cutting the size of government, but progress is slow and consist of tiny baby steps. House Republicans have proposed to cut $60 billion in discretionary spending. The Democrat-controlled Senate and our Spectator-in-Chief [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/03/will-we-get-serious-about-cutting-government-spending-before-it-is-too-late/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:37:32 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5486 While Republicans in Congress are falling short of their promise to cut at least $100 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year, Republican governors are starting to address the root cause of many of our states teetering on becoming the American equivalent of Greece. They are changing unsustainable terms for benefits and [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:58:45 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5467 Today, President Obama demonstrated again that he is not serious about defending America against the biggest threat to our future: runaway government spending. He proposed a budget with a record $1.65 trillion deficit for 2012. No surprise there. Republican House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan has offered an appropriate response about Obama “punting” on the budget [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/allen-west-gives-keynote-speech-at-cpac-a-new-dawn-in-america/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/allen-west-gives-keynote-speech-at-cpac-a-new-dawn-in-america/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:51:59 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5448 South Florida Congressman Allen West gave the keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday. West predicted “a new dawn in America” if we stick with the the “three pillars of conservatism:” 1) effective and efficient constitutional government, 2) keeping peace through strength and 3) defending American values. Support for these conservative [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/allen-west-gives-keynote-speech-at-cpac-a-new-dawn-in-america/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/senator-rand-pauls-first-speech-in-senate-is-compromise-a-good-thing/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/senator-rand-pauls-first-speech-in-senate-is-compromise-a-good-thing/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:38:12 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5437 Senator Rand Paul gave his first speech on the floor of the Senate addressing the constant call by the media and liberals for Tea Party candidates to compromise. He starts with a discussion of his famous predecessor from Kentucky, Henry Clay, whose career centered around compromises on slavery. Paul rejects Henry Clay’s type of compromise. [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/senator-rand-pauls-first-speech-in-senate-is-compromise-a-good-thing/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/obamacare-unconstitutional-an-important-first-step-in-roll-back-of-an-out-of-control-government/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/obamacare-unconstitutional-an-important-first-step-in-roll-back-of-an-out-of-control-government/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:15:32 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5426 After federal Judge Roger Vinson declared Obamacare unconstitutional on Monday, Florida Governor Rick Scott has announced that Florida will not waste any more time and money on further implementing any parts of Obamacare. Good for Florida. Meanwhile the Obama administration is planning to continue implementing the law in direct violation of the judge’s order. Imagine [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/obamacare-unconstitutional-an-important-first-step-in-roll-back-of-an-out-of-control-government/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/rep-paul-ryans-response-to-sotu-we-need-to-act-to-limit-government-now/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/rep-paul-ryans-response-to-sotu-we-need-to-act-to-limit-government-now/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:00:33 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5407 We did not see much coverage of Rep. Paul Ryan’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech last week in the mainstream media. The lack of coverage is a good indication that the Left in the media is afraid of the effectiveness of Ryan’s comments. As Republicans in Congress move forward with cutting [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/rep-paul-ryans-response-to-sotu-we-need-to-act-to-limit-government-now/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/congressman-allen-west-on-the-tea-party-movement/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/congressman-allen-west-on-the-tea-party-movement/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:42:44 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5400 For all those in the media demonizing the Tea Party movement, here is Allen West’s clear, concise definition of what the Tea Party movement represents (via The Shark Tank): The Tea Party is a constitutional, conservative grass-roots movement – and that’s it. The Tea Party stands for three things: they want to see effective, efficient [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/congressman-allen-west-on-the-tea-party-movement/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/george-will-on-state-of-the-union-address-overrated-tries-to-stroke-every-erogenous-zone-in-the-electorate/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/george-will-on-state-of-the-union-address-overrated-tries-to-stroke-every-erogenous-zone-in-the-electorate/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:33:45 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5396 On Tuesday President Obama will give the State of the Union address. The current silliness in Washington is the idea that sitting with members of the opposite party is going to achieve anything lasting. Many senators and representatives are trying to find a “date” from the opposite party to sit with on Tuesday night. They [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/george-will-on-state-of-the-union-address-overrated-tries-to-stroke-every-erogenous-zone-in-the-electorate/feed/ 1