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/2011/11/a-response-to-occupy-wall-street/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/11/a-response-to-occupy-wall-street/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:02:29 +0000 derboss http://floridapundit.com/?p=5567 After a six month hiatus from posting on this blog, the first entry on our return centers around a timely interview with Richard Epstein on income inequality. The Occupy Wall Street movement and the Obama administration try to avert attention from runaway government spending and expensive regulations as the causes of our prolonged economic malaise [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/11/a-response-to-occupy-wall-street/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2011/05/big-brother-is-texting-you-obama-assumes-power-to-text-everyone/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/05/big-brother-is-texting-you-obama-assumes-power-to-text-everyone/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 01:18:15 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5548 If you need a new cell phone soon and don’t have a strong desire to get texted by President Obama, you may want to get around and buy one soon. Starting next year all cell phones will be required to have a special chip that will allow government agencies including the president to text you. [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/05/big-brother-is-texting-you-obama-assumes-power-to-text-everyone/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:28:08 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5537 In Theaters, April 15, 2011 In Our Hands, November 6, 2012 - FreedomWorks Video on Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 based on Ayn Rand’s famous novel about freedom and the people who make the world work was released in a limited number of theaters on April 15. Most mainstream media reviews about the movie [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/tsa-gropes-six-year-old-do-americans-still-deserve-to-be-free/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/tsa-gropes-six-year-old-do-americans-still-deserve-to-be-free/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:35:12 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5528 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. ” - Benjamin Franklin You may have seen this latest video (via Hot Air) of the shameful behavior of the TSA which should stand for Totalitarian Surveillance Authority. If this were to happen to my daughter I [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/tsa-gropes-six-year-old-do-americans-still-deserve-to-be-free/feed/ 0 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/2011/04/april-1-story-obama-robber-arrested-in-austria/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/april-1-story-obama-robber-arrested-in-austria/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:00:12 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5509 It is April 1. So here is a story from the BBC about a bank robber who wears an Obama mask. He has just been arrested in Austria. It is not an April fool’s joke, but the robber has chosen a mask that makes it irresistible to draw some comparisons to the real Obama. Police [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/april-1-story-obama-robber-arrested-in-austria/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/can-egypt-revolt-re-ignite-an-iranian-uprising/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/can-egypt-revolt-re-ignite-an-iranian-uprising/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:37:16 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5461 After the overthrow of aging dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, seeds of revolution are emerging in other North African and Middle Eastern Arab countries. However, the country where a popular uprising could have the biggest impact, not just internally, but for the whole region and the world is Iran. Like Egypt, Iran, formerly known as [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/can-egypt-revolt-re-ignite-an-iranian-uprising/feed/ 0