Green Tea (Party?) Free marketeers take on Southern Power’s state granted monopoly

By Nick Sorrentino on June 3, 2013

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What many of my liberal/progressive friends do not understand about the Tea Party is the strong pro-market, pro-small guy, pro-entrepreneur, not necessarily “pro-business,” pretty much libertarian streak which runs straight through it and which puts it at odds with the establishment GOP. For many the Tea Party is as much a revolt against the wishy washy Republicans and their version of big government as it is against the Democrats and their version of big government. For many within the movement the GOP is actually the greater villain than the Dems. At least the Dems don’t say they are for limited government.

Pro wrestler Kane, may run for Senate, Big fan of libertarian economics

By Nick Sorrentino on May 30, 2013

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I was never one for pro-wrestling. I have to admit that I have never found any entertainment in it. But I have heard of Kane. Mostly because he is an out of the closet libertarian. He writes regularly for The Daily Caller.

And It keeps Coming- IRS Released Confidential Info on Conservative Groups to Liberal Media Organization

By Editor on May 14, 2013

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ProPublica has done some pretty good investigative work. It helps that they have excellent sources.

Jon Stewart hammers Obama on “Enemies List” Scandal, IRS official explains she’s “not good at math.”

By Nick Sorrentino on May 14, 2013

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It’s just a bit too obvious now. When Jon Stewart is defending the Tea Party folks something has rumbled through the body politic.

If the Associated Press feels concerned enough to call a Democratic president out for intimidation tactics, something weird is going on.

Mainstream Press (The AP) says: IRS has targeted Tea Party groups since 2011

By Nick Sorrentino on May 11, 2013

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It’s one thing for The Blaze, Glenn Beck’s online vehicle to report this (as it did in February) it is another when The Associated Press does it. There is a lot of smoke coming from the White House these days.

New poll: Young people don’t trust the government, Poll from 2010: Young people trusted government more than any other group.

By Nick Sorrentino on May 3, 2013

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What happened. Did young people tack on a few more IQ points over the past 3 years because they started eating organic? Or is it that they have seen what the Obama machine has done and the crony capitalist policies it has implemented?

Harry Reid says “Government is inherently good. That’s why we have a Constitution.” (Video)

By Nick Sorrentino on April 30, 2013

That’s funny. I am pretty sure that the reason we have a Constitution which seeks to limit the power of government at every turn and which in theory seeks to protect the rights of the everyday citizen is precisely because our founders did not believe government was inherently good.

The Rise of the GOP New Wave (Part 2: The Beginning of the Ron Paul Revolution, Tea Party)

By Nick Sorrentino on April 28, 2013

This is part 2 of an extended essay on the rise of what I call the “New Wave” in the Republican party . We are a non-partisan organization at AgainstCronyCapitalism.org and this bit of analysis should not be construed as an endorsement of the GOP (or any other political party) in whatever form in any way.

However I feel that the emergence of the “New Wave” is the most important development in American domestic politics today. The “conservative” party of the United States is in the midst of an historic shift. I wanted to document my thoughts on this shift.

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The first job I had out of college was working as a staffer on The Hill and pretty quickly I learned that the halls of Congress were no place for me.

I had interned at an upstart news network just off the Hill for a couple of years prior and had loved it, but getting the full dose of staffer life was a bit much. Somehow, naively I thought that ideas mattered on Capitol Hill. I know, I look back on this time and want to slap myself, but I still believed that the Republicans were “the party of small government” and that everybody’s goal on the GOP side was make Washington less important in the lives of average Americans. Like I said I was naïve.

And so the soft fascists march, Time Magazine columnist asks the government to “Tread on Me.”

By Nick Sorrentino on April 24, 2013

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Attached are the words of a man who has rolled over. They are the words of a man who, to paraphrase the famous quote from George Orwell, likes having his face stomped by a boot over and over forever. It’s such a familiar boot. Please, tread on me. I deserve it. For my safety.

The American Conservative Union joins with lobbyists to oppose budget cuts and the Tea Party

By Nick Sorrentino on April 10, 2013

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Crony capitalism is pervasive. Both major parties are engaged in it and in the attached article we see a great example of an important organization which has long championed “small government” officially but has now abandoned its principals. The American Conservative Union is afraid that a new breed of small government types are actually going to try to make government smaller. This means cuts to defense and transportation. Both are conduits to constituencies the ACU is friendly with.