Below is video from the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the display announcing the upcoming Tax Day Tea Party in Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls has joined with about 115 other cities across the United States in scheduling a Tea Party protest for April 15.  The protest is to send a [...]

In the past, President Barack Obama has joined the chorus against earmarks, pork, and wasteful government mis-spending of the taxpayers money of all stripes. So what gives, with the pork-ridden “stimulus” aka  porkulus package he signed? After all, he said in his address before Congress: “I’m proud that we passed a recovery plan free of [...]

In case you missed it, this is from a Tea Party in California on Mar. 7 where an estimated 15,000 people are reported to have attended. More and more tea parties are popping up in cities across the country as patriotic, responsible, freedom-loving Americans are getting a belly-full of the waste and irresponsibility coming out [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer MARCH 17, around 461 AD, St. Patrick died. As a teenager, the Roman Legions guarding his community in Britain were withdrawn to defend Rome from invading tribes such as the Huns. Unprotected, Britain was attacked by raiders, who carried away thousands. Patrick was captured and sold as a slave [...]

More on the Cincinnati yesterday… The event was a great success (as all of them have been so far), with somewhere between 3,500 and 5,000 in attendance. Instapundit has some pictures here. And a few videos below…

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Jennifer Riley Christian Post Reporter Mon, Mar. 16 2009 12:28 PM EDT A new report reveals “very depressing” news that every mode of transmission of HIV in Washington, D.C., has increased, and overall the HIV and AIDS rates in the nation’s capital are higher than some countries in [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Anne Thomas Christian Today Reporter Mon, Mar. 16 2009 09:41 AM EDT LONDON – Foreign Christian musicians and missionaries to the United Kingdom could be deported if they are not sponsored by a licensed organization and do not obtain the necessary visas, according to new immigration rules. [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Ethan Cole Christian Post Reporter Fri, Mar. 13 2009 05:00 PM EDT After coming under a barrage of criticism for seeming to downplay human rights in U.S.-China relations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirmed the Obama administration’s commitment to promoting human rights after a meeting with a [...]

“We could probably be more constructive in facing up to sort of the painful legacy of slavery and Jim Crow and discrimination.” – Obama, after a five-second pause (no doubt to think about what would ‘play’ best with the public), when asked if he agreed with his AG’s comments that America is ‘a nation of [...]

Yesterday Cincinnati became one of the latest cities to hold a Tea Party. According to Right Wing Nut Job, who took several pictures 30-60 minutes before it began, estimates about 4,000 people were there, though official estimates range from 3,500-5,000. Michelle Malkin also has some photos from the event here. According to Free Republic, Columbus, [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Called the “Chief Architect of the Constitution,” he wrote many of the Federalist Papers which helped convince States to ratify the Constitution. He introduced the First Amendment in the first session of Congress. This was James Madison, born MARCH 16, 1751. During the War of 1812, Madison proclaimed two [...]

Thanks to a good patriot here in Rapid City, I just learned that South Dakota has joined the national Tax Day Tea Party movement. Here is the information on a Tea Party in Sioux Falls scheduled for April 15 when over 100 Tea Parties will be going on across the country.  They also have a Facebook [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer On MARCH 15, 1984, the Senate voted down voluntary prayer in public schools. President Reagan said: “I am deeply disappointed that, although a majority of the Senate voted for it, the school prayer amendment fell short.” On September 25, 1982, Ronald Reagan said: “Unfortunately, in the last two decades [...]

Treasury Secretary Timothy “The Tax-Dodger” Geithner says “capitalism will be different, and the financial system will be dramatically different” in the glorious future President Barack Obama has planned for us. With a Marxist like Obama in the White House, be afraid. Be very afraid “Our system was not designed to sustain a shock, a crisis [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Born in Germany MARCH 14, 1879, he began teaching himself calculus at age 14. With a doctorate from the University of Zurich, he wrote papers on electromagnetic energy, relativity, and statistical mechanics. He predicted a ray of light from a distant star would appear to bend as it passed [...]

STAR PARKER FOUNDER & PRESIDENT COALITION ON URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION From what I see, the Republican National Committee representatives who picked Michael Steele as their new chairman made a mistake. I think Steele ought to step aside. It pains me to say it. But it pains me more to watch the opposition party, the [...]

From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

It’s not often that I find myself agreeing with an antisemitic, terrorism-supporting, belligerent despot, but apparently anything is possible. From Haaretz: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed international sanctions against Iran as a “childish idea” on Friday as he officially launched a natural gas project in the Gulf, Iranian media reported. His comments came a day after [...]

In President Obama’s and other Democrat’s zeal to stick it to the rich and “spread the wealth,” they are going to stick it to the little guy they claim to care most about. Many of these evil rich folks who are, by the implication of liberals, somehow taking money out of another person’s mouth simply [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Susan B. Anthony, whose face is on a U.S. dollar coin, died MARCH 13, 1906. Raised a Quaker, her father owned a cotton mill and refused to buy cotton from farmers who owned slaves. Susan B. Anthony’s religious upbringing instilled in her the concept that every one is equal [...]

You may want to make sure the children are out of the room when you watch this disturbing video showing some of the horrors to which U.S. military personnel are subjecting terrorist POWs in the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.   This kind of barbarity from American military servicemen is not for the weak of [...]

Tax dollars to kill human embryos for their cells, the rights of Christian health-care workers under attack, poor D.C. students getting kicked out of private schools and sent back to failing public schools – Is this really the change a majority of Americans thought they were voting for? Certainly some knew what they would be [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Lawrence Jones Christian Post Reporter Thu, Mar. 12 2009 10:09 AM EDT A lawyer representing a Colorado high school valedictorian who was told she needed to apologize for mentioning Jesus in her graduation speech or not receive a diploma argued her case before a federal appeals court Wednesday. [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Wed, Mar. 11 2009 10:01 AM EDT In the wake of the Illinois church shooting, an Arkansas lawmaker said she will reintroduce a bill allowing concealed handguns in Arkansas churches. The original bill, sponsored by Rep. Beverly Pyle, would have removed churches [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Juliette Low began the Girls Scouts, MARCH 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia. Chronic ear infections as a child made one ear deaf. A grain of rice thrown at her wedding lodged in her other ear, which was punctured by the procedure to remove it. Juliette Low’s father, a U.S. [...]