Race-Based Government Established at Expense of Troops?

The House and Senate are wrapping up work on the last appropriations bill of the year and rumors are swirling that the controversial Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, also known as the “Akaka Bill,” will be included in the Defense Appropriations bill.  The defense measure is proving to be controversial, because House and Senate appropriators are using it to carry non related matters like a $1.9 trillion debt limit increase, an extension of unemployment benefits and the Native Hawaiian measure.

The Native Hawaiian bill, a long time priority of Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI), would set up a race based government of “indigenous, native people of Hawaii.”  Opponents argue that this bill is unconstitutional and unwise.  National Review Online sounded the alarm bells today and sources on Capitol Hill confirmed to Big Government that a version of the Native Hawaiian Bill may end up in the Defense Appropriations bill.  (more…)

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Tags: Akaka Bill, Defense Appropriations, Defense spending, Hawaii, national review online
Posted Dec 14th 2009 at 2:53 pm in Politics | 4598666 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/bdarling/2009/12/14/race-based-government-established-at-expense-of-troops/Race-Based+Government+Established+at+Expense+of+Troops%3F2009-12-14+22%3A53%3A12Brian+Darling

These Are the Times That Try Men’s Blogging Souls

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

– Thomas Paine, The Crisis, December 23, 1776

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?”

– Esther 4:14

These are interesting times. Under President Obama and the most liberal Congress since 1965, the United States government is expected to borrow a trillion dollars per year for the next decade while the size and power of our federal government will grow at the expense of our liberties. 

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Posted Oct 30th 2009 at 6:49 am in Culture, Media Criticism, Politics | 2273837 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/cdevore/2009/10/30/these-are-the-times-that-try-mens-blogging-souls/These+Are+the+Times+That+Try+Men%27s+Blogging+Souls2009-10-30+13%3A49%3A21Chuck+DeVore