Saying “no” is admirable if it is pro-liberty.
Feb0
Saying “no” is a moral imperative to protect the freedom guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Saying “no” is admirable if it is pro-liberty. Compromising your principles when the result is a loss of freedom for the country is immoral and a violation of Congress’ oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
We certainly don’t need to go back to the moon.- Obama administration official
Jan0
A contrast in vision:
“We certainly don’t need to go back to the moon,” Obama administration official.
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” President Kennedy
And more from President Kennedy:
Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it–we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not
Judge by the content of their character not the color of their skin…
Jan0
Today I resolve to only listen to those who by their words and actions only judge people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin, religion, or gender, racists and sexists, in short.
- I will no longer hear people who worry about whether someone is a “light skinned Negro” without a “dialect.” Senator Harry Reid (D, Nevada). Racist!
- I will no longer hear people who call their grandmother a “typical white person.” Barack Obama (D-Illinois). Racist!
- I will no longer hear people who state “a wise Latina woman … would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male.” Justice Sotomayor (D). Sexist and Racist!
- I will no longer hear people who refer to people as “mongrels,” were members of the
Rancor in politics means not compromising on freedom
Sep1
The Politico states that Obama’s “gift for healing words would combine with the power of his biography to transcend the rancor of modern politics.” (http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=9C86A356-18FE-70B2-A8CD0AA335449DD4). Rancor in politics is caused by one group attempting to gain power over another and that group fighting back. To take freedom and turn the United States into a socialist paradise. To take our liberty for what they claim as a good purpose. The Founders knew this which was why they enumerated powers in the Constitution. The authoritarians knew this too and since at least the 1930s have attempted to pit one group against another for the aggrandizement of their own power. Group politics and group envy is the basis of those power hungry groups who only care about one thing – their own power.
Should the North avoided “rancor” with the South in April of 1861? Should Roosevelt should have avoided “rancor” with Japan on December 8, 1941? Should the Africans who were being sold into slavery by their own people to the Europeans have fought or should they have avoided “rancor” in politics?
Anyone who is being sold into serfdom should fight back to preserve their freedoms. Rancor is perfectly fine. Rancor is good, it means you are engaged and care about being free or being serf. Rancor means not compromising when it comes to protecting your freedoms. Rancor means that power-hungry authoritarians are not getting their way. Rancor means that the line of liberty in the sand is drawn and defended. Rancor means that the defenders of liberty are not willing to compromise their liberty away bit by bit.
Freedom implies free markets. Freedom implies free minds. Freedom implies the freedom to make good, and bad decisions. Every compromise is a grain of sand dripping out of the hour-glass of freedom. It may only seem like a single grain, but given enough time eventually the top of the glass will be completely empty.
Napolitano says Terrorists enter through Canada
Apr0
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told CBC News that:
“Canada is not Mexico, it doesn’t have a drug war going on. It didn’t have 6,000 homicides that were drug-related last year. Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country, or suspected or known terrorists have come into our country, it has been across the Canadian border.”
The CBC reporter then asked whether she was referring to the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks and Napolitano answered:
“Not just those, but others as well. So again, every country is entitled to have a border. It’s part of sovereignty.”
Napolitano apparently missed the fact that the September 11th terrorists all entered through United States airports. Very comforting to see that level of knowledge displayed yet again in the Obama administration.
Tea Party Slogans
Apr1
Some of the signs from the tea parties across the United States earlier today:
Spread my Work Ethic, not my wealth!
Change…giving freeloaders some of what YOU have worked hard for!
Help me Obama, They want me to work and stuff!
Cut taxes, not deals
What part of “limited powers” do you not understand?
It’s my birthday, and all Obama got me was more debt!
It’s my birthday, and all Obama got me was more taxes!
Why make a corrupt government even BIGGER?
Why should I pay for your bad decisions?
Party like its 1773
Obamanomics – Trickle up poverty
Term Limits for Congress!
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw
No tax cuts for non-taxpayers!
Cut taxes, NOT more deal$
Freedom Works!
Obama says Constitution ‘relfected fundamental flaw of this country”
Oct0
One keeps thinking that one has heard it all:
“I think we can say that, ah, ah, the Constitution reflected a enormous blind-spot in this culture that carries on until this day, and, and, ah, and that ah, the Framers had that same blind spot. Ah, ah, I don’t think that the two views are contradictory to say that it is a remarkable political document, ah, that paved the way for where we are now. And to say it ah, also, ah rep, ah, reflected fundamental flaw of this country that continues to this day.”
Remembering President Reagan
Jun0
Monday, June 07, 2004
Remembering President Reagan
I met President Reagan twice, both times before he was President Reagan. Merely Governor Reagan. During both the 1976 and 1980 campaigns while he was in Florida I had the chance to meet him and talk with him for a few minutes each time. He was genuinely interested in what people said to him, even a child.
Out-sourcing Jobs? What about the causes?
Feb0
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Out-sourcing jobs?
The ?¢‚Ǩ?ìcrisis?¢‚Ǩ¬ù in the U.S. about ?¢‚Ǩ?ìexporting jobs,?¢‚Ǩ¬ù will become a campaign issue. However, the immense impact of the United States?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ taxation of exports is being ignored.
Politicians will attempt to dismiss the cause as ?¢‚Ǩ?ìgreed?¢‚Ǩ¬ù by corporate interests which requires more laws from Washington. The fact is that the U.S. taxes our own exports to the rest of the world whereas the rest of the world does not do the reverse. According to Ernest Christian, a tax expert based in Washington D.C., the disadvantage to the U.S. is between $120 billion and $150 billion per year. Think about that number.
Who’s Life is it? The Government’s, according to Reader’s Digest
Dec0
Who’s life is it?
[December 22, 2003, first published on court.com]
To the editors, Reader’s Digest (letters@rd.com)
We are writing regarding the “Wouldn’t It Be Great If…” article in the January 2004 Reader’s Digest (published mid-December 2003) which suggests forcing people to give a year of their lives to the government. The author writes, “Think of everything they could accomplish.” If forcing people to give a year of their life to serve the government can accomplish so much and is such a good idea, why not make it 10 or 20? Even 30 or 40?