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Jake's Take: Adam Kokesh and Treason U.S. Constitution - Article 3 Section 3 "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court." "The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood , or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted" These words are directly from our U.S. Constitution. Basically a person is guilty of treason if it is proven by testimony of witnesses or confession in open court that said person is helping enemies of the United States by providing aid to enemies foreign or domestic. This section of the Constitution appears to be very explicit in what makes up the charge of treason. Adam Kokesh is an Iraq war veteran who...

In a move that left many liberals in a party mood and seen by some as a potential blow to the Tea Party Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) announced yesterday that she would not seek a 5th term for her U.S. house seat amid an FBI investigation into her campaigns finances. Bachmann, said she knew she could win another term even with the investigation going on and that the FBI looking into her campaign did not affect her decision. Saying she would continue to push for her political ideals such as traditional marriage, family values and her opposition to abortion rights. Liberals who found her views to be archaic and even radical are seeing her departure from congress as a win for the rights of women and LGBT Americans. On the other hand Ms. Bachmann was a major voice with-in the Tea Party. She even started the Tea Party response to the State of the Union. But her sway with-in the Tea Party ranks began to fade with the undoing of her 2012 campaign in the republican primary rac...

For years now the GOP has been telling everyone how our deficit and debt were at dire levels. With that said one would think when the CBO released a new report revising downward our deficits for the next 10 years, the GOP would have been happy and celebrating the news. This of course is not what happened. The fact of the matter is no one from either party took credit for the large and historic decrease in our yearly deficits. There is an easy explanation for no one taking credit for the new CBO revision. The reason for this is simply the fact that the speed at which our deficit is shrinking will have detrimental effect on our overall economy, thus slowing an already slow recovery. The amount of spending being cut through austerity type programs is causing higher unemployment. As these cuts are cutting jobs for police, firefighters, teachers and even government contractors. Along with other cuts to programs that the poor, elderly and disabled rely on, these cuts only slow recov...

Jake's Take: Where I  give commentary on different issues facing our nation or world. A high school senior in Florida has been arrested and charged with felony lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12-16 years of age. Kaitlyn Hunt of Sebastian, Florida was arrested on February 16, 2013 after the parents of the girl she was dating reported the alleged sexual relationship. Now her mother Kelley Hunt Smith is saying the parents of her daughter's girlfriend we simply mad about the same-sex relationship their daughter was engaged in. The age of consent in the State of Florida is 18. The girl Hunt was dating was 14 at the time. Therefore, Hunt was in violation of state law. Her mother wants to act as if her daughter is being singled of because she was engaged in a same-sex relationship. The fact of the matter is if this was an 18 year old male engaged in a sexual relationship with someone underage male or female this would never have made the news. He would hav...

UPDATE: The M.E. says numbers are 51 dead at least 20 of which are children.  The planned story over the shrinking deficit will be delayed until at least tomorrow in light of the events  today  in Moore, Oklahoma. It would not be prudent to discuss such trivial things in a time of such tragedy. Moore, Oklahoma was hit by a massive tornado this afternoon that had at least one school in its path. The storm is reported to have had a preliminary rating of an EF4 and according to reports the tornado was 2 miles wide. At least 51 are dead including 7 children according to authorities. This comes on the heels of the storms in Texas last week and the deadly twister outbreak in Oklahoma yesterday May 19th in which 2 are reported to have died on a day with with 26 reported twisters. Please keep the people of Oklahoma in your thoughts and prayers tonight. Also, if you can give to the Red Cross by clicking  here or text REDCROSS to 90999 to mak...

In the republican primaries in 2012 there was a moment when the crowd watching cheered at the idea of simply letting folks without insurance die of cancer. As much as this was disturbing to most Americans and much of the world it is not the only issue related to cancer patients in America. The financial toll a cancer diagnosis can bring, will increase the chance of the patient filing bankruptcy. A new study published in Health Affairs states that a patient with cancer diagnosis is 2.65 times more likely than people without cancer to file for bankruptcy. This begs the question "should Americans go bankrupt because they have a catastrophic illness?" In a nation as rich as ours and with the quality of our medical experts, why should this be the case? First off we may have the some of the best and brightest minds in the medical world here in America. This issue is access to this care can be very expensive. One reason for this is the sometimes insane cost of cancer drugs. Ma...

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Kermit  Gosnell  Found Guilty Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was found guilty yesterday of 3 counts of murder and one count of manslaughter. In a case that has sparked outrage from anti-abortion and pro-choice groups alike. Gosnell was found guilty on 3 counts of murder for his actions on the deaths of 3 live fetuses he claimed were already dead. The prosecution claimed Mr. Gosnell had snipped the spinal cords of these live fetuses. He was also found guilty of manslaughter in the case of a Bhutan immigrant who died while in his care. He was found guilty on 37 other counts as well. These counts were for violating Pennsylvania state informed consent laws as well as performing abortions after the 24 week mark as is the state limit. Gosnell faced over 200 counts related to being in violation of several abortion laws and racketeering. He is also facing a federal drug charge as well. Abortion rights groups are pointing to this case as a reason to keep...

This week a few things happened while most of America was glued to a murder trial they really had no stake in and many others were sucked into the right wing hysteria of the Benghazi hearings. If you fit in either of these categories here are some things that were a bit more important than either of these this past week. First shortly after the hearing over Benghazi the U.S. House voted to kill overtime pay for hourly workers. The bill (HR1406) if signed by the president would give employers the choice of giving comp. time or time and a half. To hourly workers who work over 40 hours a week. This seems like a win for workers but there are issues. The bill takes away the guarantee of time and a half as there was no protection for workers guaranteeing workers choice between comp. time and overtime pay. Though there were attempts to and an amendment to the bill adding this protection but was shot down by the GOP. Good thing for workers the White House has promised a veto of the bill with...

"This is a new addition to the Fresh Political View blog. Jake's Take is where I will simply give commentary on different issues facing our nation or world." -Jake There appears to be a large amount of controversy surrounding a recent song by country artist Brad Paisley featuring featuring hip-hop artist LL Cool J. The song entitled "Accidental Racist" has been described by many as one the most racist songs ever made. The amount of controversy this song is stirring up goes to show you just how far political correctness has gone and how far we have to go to truly solve race relations issues in American. The song is very straightforward and hits right at the issues that many have whether they be black or white. In the song a white man is trying to explain why he wears a shirt with a Confederate flag. He says the reason he's wearing the shirt is simply to show he's a fan of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd and that is not meant to offend the person he is talkin...

  Many are wondering about a bill that was introduced in U.S. Senate recently. The Marketplace Fairness Act  (S.B. 743) was introduced by senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) on April 16, 2013. This bill is designed to allow states to collect sales tax on online sales. As it is now states can only require online companies that have a brick and mortar presence in that state. According to supporters of the bill it would be a big win for local businesses and finally level the playing field between them and the online retailers such as Amazon, overstock.com, and even Walmart. Over the last several years many governors both Republican and Democrat have asked the federal government to step in and pass a law that allows states the ability to recoup these lost sales tax revenues. Also, they say that state and local governments lose out on billions a year in tax revenue due to not being able to collect these taxes. States missed out on roughly $23 billion last year because the...