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Tim Russert: "Is [President Bush's] impeachment off the table?" Nancy Pelosi: "Well, you never know where the facts take you...." -- NBC's "Meet the Press," May 7, 2006 "Stand with Congressman Conyers.... regarding grounds for possible impeachment."-- Russert, quoting from Rep. John Conyers' website on "Meet The Press," May 7, 2006 In June of last year, Rep. John Conyers staged a mock hearing into impeachment charges against President Bush concerning Iraq. According to Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank, Detroit's loony-left congressman "banged a large...gavel and got the other lawmakers to call him 'Mr. Chairman.''" Milbank wrote that Conyers was enjoying...

"For the past century-and-a-half, the Republican Party has proven to be the most effective political organization ever to champion equality and human rights in the United States and around the world."-- Michael Zak This weekend marks a proud milestone for Republicans, the 150th anniversary of the first Republican National Convention. Founded in 1854, the Republicans, distinct from Democrats, grounded their party on two noble convictions: that America was truly one nation, not a polyglot of regions, races, or classes, and that American identity was based not on blood or soil, but on its founding ideal -- the dignity, worth, and...

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The talk of a Republican apocalypse this fall is likely premature, but very well earned. A White House that can't seem to communicate its way out of a paper bag surely can't lead. A Senate which forgets it was elected to cut spending, reduce waste and change Washington should expect to be sent home. This is just reality. But there's more to this story than meets most eyes. There's also a real chance for redemption. Republicans in 2004 won an historic victory, on the wave of an overwhelming coalition of fiscal, defense and social conservatives representing a large majority of...

"America has no shortage of oil... Washington, DC has a shortage of the political will required to let American workers go get it." -- Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) With oil prices reaching record levels, the left is up to its old tricks, blaming the President and calling for lots of expensive big government “solutions”. As part of this push, they argue that we're running out of oil. But clearly, this argument is not new -- and it's dead wrong. In 1874, Pennsylvania's state geologist fretted that America had only a four-year supply of oil left. He was wrong. In 1914,...

Dear Conservative Friend, Oklahoma's pro-gay Democrat Attorney General Drew Edmondson doesn't like free speech, if it's directed against his agenda, at least. And he's doing something about it. On May 3rd, 2006, he filed -- in the name of Oklahoma's taxpayers -- a bogus $10 million lawsuit designed to bankrupt family values activist Tim Pope. And we have to stop him.Tim Pope is a great American. A family man, a Christian, and President of the Oklahoma Republican Assembly, he is also a great friend of all of us at TheVanguard.Org and volunteers his time as our Grassroots Director. He is...

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." -Yogi Berra With all due respect to Yogi, the question is which fork to take. With Election Day approaching, and the very real possibility that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid may retake Capitol Hill, conservatives reply that Republicans must quit hiding and start behaving like Republicans again. This is always the right thing to do. But midterm elections are "base" elections, and since the GOP's conservative base outnumbers the Democrats' liberal base, motivating it and turning it out will ensure a November victory, preparing the way for the bigger...

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." -- Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution "[W]e conclude that the Second Amendment secures an individual right to bear arms."-- Memorandum opinion, Bush Justice Department, 2003 What's the most fundamental of all human rights? The right to life, of course. Without it, all other rights are meaningless -- after all, if you're dead, you clearly can't exercise any of them. Now, if it means anything at all, the right to life must confer the right...

"Their loss is our gain." -- Anonymous A semi-feudal oligarchy and an impoverished peasant and urban slum-dwelling class. High unemployment and rock-bottom wages. Inefficient capital allocation and low productivity. Insufficient respect for private property, rule of law, and personal freedom. Endemic corruption at every level and within every branch of its oppressive, overbearing government. Since before independence, that's been Mexico's story in a nutshell. While its current leader, Vincente Fox, has attempted to institute some reforms, he’s clearly failed to turn his country around. Now comes a doozy of a decision by Mexico's government -- a decision to legalize marijuana,...

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." -- Old adage "Well, there you go again." -- Ronald Reagan There they go indeed. And shame on anyone for believing them anymore. I mean, of course, the elite liberal media, who will stop at nothing to topple the Bush presidency. Not even if it means manipulating the news about war and natural disasters. Remember all those New Orleans horror stories, the ones that could've given Attila the Hun goosebumps? An Editor & Publisher headline that screamed, "Mortuary Director Tells Local Paper 40,000 Could Be Lost in Hurricane"?...

Delphi's bankruptcy filing -- a result of mounting, unsustainable pension costs incurred decades ago -- was grim news for its creditors, its stockholders, and its tens of thousands of workers. But it was also a warning of things to come: for the entire American auto industry, and for Social Security as well. Delphi was a GM division until its spinoff in 1999. As part of that deal, America's largest auto maker granted over 4,000 Delphi employees the right to return to GM. Now, those workers are taking General Motors up on its generous promise. GM will take responsibility for their...

Vanguard of the Revolution http://www.theVanguard.orgD-DAY FOR THE DEATH TAX by Rod D. Martin, 31 August 2005 Tuesday is D-Day. The Senate votes on whether to do what the House has long since done: end the Death Tax, the most obscene tax in America. And we may -- just may -- have the votes to win. Since its enactment in 1916, the Death Tax has actually cost more jobs and destroyed more small businesses and family farms than it’s raised in government revenue. That’s no accident. Death Tax proponents never meant their handiwork to raise real money: the levy was, from...

How many problems does it take for “one of the most sophisticated systems ever produced by man” to become just another white elephant? A lot of people have been asking that about the Space Shuttle lately. But the Space Shuttle’s downward spiral started long, long ago. In fact, it started in the Nixon Administration. In the days of triumph which were Apollo, NASA -- still capable of bold vision -- laid out a plan to explore and settle the Solar System. Among its more prominent features were a series of follow-on Moon missions which more resembled Lewis and Clark (or...

FDR PROPOSED PRIVATE ACCOUNTS by Rod D. Martin, J.D. August 19, 2005 www.theVanguard.orgTo hear today’s Democrats talk, Franklin Roosevelt would be spinning in his grave if he heard today’s debate about Social Security private accounts. They’re only half right. He’d be spinning if he heard today’s Democrats. Roosevelt was many things, but he was no fool, not on this point. The man who gave us the New Deal understood perfectly the limitations of Social Security. In honest moments, politicians correctly note that “Social Security was never meant to pay for 100% of your retirement.” And to pay for the part...

An Open Letter to Michael Savage from the editor of Thank You, President Bush:Dear Dr. Savage, While you have always placed your conservative principles over partisan politics -- a trait which all conservatives should emulate -- it is increasingly clear that you have lost your way. Ever since the election you have done nothing but criticize the president. Whether it's his choice of cabinet nominees, his second term domestic priorities, or his escalation of the offensive operation in Iraq, you have incessantly attacked the man and often for no good reason. It seems as if you have begun to prioritize...