Jane Chastain : Politically Direct

“Select capable men from all the people – men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain – and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.”

– Exodus 18:21

“You brood of vipers!” Those harsh words were those of Jesus as he ran the money changers out of the temple. They were robbing the people and making a mockery out of their sacrifices.

Over 2,000 years later, we have our own brood of vipers. They’re in Washington. They aren’t simple opportunists who showed up to prey on the sacrificial tax contributions of hardworking Americans. We sent them there to mind the store as our representatives. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the time to watch your representatives in Washington. If you will pay attention to these people for the remaining weeks this year, you could save your country billions of dollars and knock thousands off your tax bill for years to come.

The new fiscal year began on October 1 and the new Democrat-led Congress is just now getting around to passing the 12 appropriations bills that make up the federal budget.

Congress traditionally is late with this essential task, but this is its worst performance in the last twenty years. The biggest problem is all the rhetoric that was expended by Democrats on how they were going to get a handle on runaway spending — especially those wasteful pork barrel projects that ballooned during the last12 years under Republican rule. All that hot air is now hitting the fan and the blowback has greedy politicians of both political stripes running for cover. Read the rest of this entry »

How does this Congress plan to win the war on terror?  Pork – pure unadulterated pork!

Osama bin Laden is dumb. There was no need to send a team of radicals to hijack American planes and guide them into th.e World Trade Center in order to destroy the U.S. economy. If he just had a little patience – instead of hiding in a cave – he could have joined some of his Islamic buddies and bought this country at bargain basement prices.

A plan is underway t.o bankrupt the United States, and the terror cell that is implementing it is hiding in plain sight in the nation’s capital. In fact, it is operating within the nation’s capitol building. Read the rest of this entry »

Would you get in the car and drive down the street blindfolded? Would you ski down a hill with your eyes closed? Would you set off on a journey without knowing where your destination was located? Would you begin building a house without estimating the cost? Would you send your son or daughter off to the mall with a blank check?

That would be crazy.

This week, the president gave us his budget for the nation and few Americans plan to read it.

This is equally crazy. Read the rest of this entry »