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"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money."
Margaret Thatcher
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
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Category Archives: Collectivism
American Liberals Are Not Liberal
This has been sticking in my craw for a long time and it is high time that I penned a short post about it. You see a lot of people in America who will self identify as “liberal”, but in … Continue reading
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Tagged Collectivism, Hayek, liberal, Mark Levin, socialism, statism
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Liberalism: Immoral, Not Just Wrong
In these challenging economic and political times, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the volume of new proposals and the accompanying focus group tested disinformation campaigns. People often get so caught up in arguing the details of a program … Continue reading
Hardball Politics Meets Dangerous Naivete
The American left is playing hardball, and too many Americans do not realize that we need to respond in kind or we risk losing everything that made America the greatest country in the history of humankind. All that is necessary … Continue reading
Posted in Collectivism, Socialist Politicians
Tagged Election Fraud, Obama, Politics, socialism, statism
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Levin’s Conservative Manifesto, Part 3: Judges
I will be quoting from Mark Levin’s book Liberty and Tyranny in this series of posts commenting on the concluding “take action” chapter titled A Conservative Manifesto. I hope that my work here will encourage you to acquire and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Manifesto, Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin
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Who Pays The Price For Collectivism?
Writing over at Hot Air, Doctor Zero shatters the myth of who gets the short end of the stick in a collectivist system: Collectivists sell their politics with a promise of “equality,” generally understood by their audience as a promise … Continue reading
When the only tool you have is a hammer….
When the only tool that you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. That analogy applies perfectly to statist ideologues like Barack Obama. This graph from a J.P. Morgan research report (hat tip: The American) … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama, Politics, Private Sector Experience, statism
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It’s On, You Statist Bastards
I really never thought that it would get this far, given that public opinion hardly supports the notion that Americans want the Democrats’ so-called Health Care Reform (i.e. Socialist Health Care Takeover). Rasmussen’s latest numbers show only 47% in favor … Continue reading
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Tagged cloture, Health Care, Landrieu, Politics, socialism, Socialized Medicine, statism
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On Taxes and Socialism
Ever since that morning when the “Joe the Plumber” story broke and Americans saw the video showing candidate Barack Obama uncharacteristically allowing his inner socialist to slip out for a few seconds I have noticed that the media has suddenly … Continue reading
The Dishonest Socialist Straw Man
While ostensibly commenting on the latest crock-umentary from Michael Moore in a post over at Hot Air titled Socialism: A Hate Story, Doctor Zero makes some very sharp observations about the straw man of socialism. First, his brief comment on Moore’s … Continue reading
Levin’s Conservative Manifesto, Part 2: Environment
I will be quoting from Mark Levin’s book Liberty and Tyranny in this series of posts commenting on the concluding “take action” chapter titled A Conservative Manifesto. I hope that my work here will encourage you to acquire and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Manifesto, Environment, Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin
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