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/chris-christie-we-have-to-raise-the-retirement-age-for-social-security/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/chris-christie-we-have-to-raise-the-retirement-age-for-social-security/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:03:03 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5477 New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, the leading Republican non-candidate for president, today talked at the American Enterprise Institute about “doing the big things.” And he doesn’t mean the phony “investments” in high-speed trains and other nonsense that President Obama advocates. He discusses how both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are too timid to talk about [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/chris-christie-we-have-to-raise-the-retirement-age-for-social-security/feed/ 4 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/2011/01/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/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:08:43 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5369 The House of Representatives today passed H.R.2 – Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act in a 245 – 189 vote. Three Democrats joined the Republicans in voting to repeal Obamacare. The left-wing media keeps saying that this vote is just symbolic because Harry Reid will not allow a vote on repealing Obamacare in the [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/sen-tom-coburn-we-must-live-within-our-means/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/sen-tom-coburn-we-must-live-within-our-means/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:14:41 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5289 Here is something the new Congress should keep in mind as it starts in January to look for ways to reduce government spending:]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/sen-tom-coburn-we-must-live-within-our-means/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/mike-pence-on-the-tax-deal-uncertainty-is-the-enemy-of-prosperity/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/mike-pence-on-the-tax-deal-uncertainty-is-the-enemy-of-prosperity/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:59:18 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5248 Congressman Mike Pence explains his opposition to the tax deal that was passed this week. Pence zooms in on the biggest issue with the deal: tax rates are extended by two years and will rise after that unless Congress acts again. Republicans were split on the tax deal. Pence took the position that we could [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/mike-pence-on-the-tax-deal-uncertainty-is-the-enemy-of-prosperity/feed/ 1