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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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Rule of Law?
In what kind of America does a company go to the President with hat in hand to beg to be granted the right to violate a new law that most Americans did not want? What kind of America allows the … Continue reading
Posted in Government Corruption, US Constitution
Tagged Interstate Commerce Clause, Obama, statism, Tyranny
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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
Posted in Collectivism
Tagged Collectivism, Hayek, liberal, Mark Levin, socialism, statism
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Cass and Benedict
If you take seriously Sun Tzu’s admonition to “know your enemy”, you might be familiar with Cass Sunstein, an Obama staff member and a particularly dangerous statist. More importantly, when it comes to dismissing the notion that the Constitution defines strict … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Supreme Court, US Constitution, Videos
Tagged C-SPAN, Cass Sunstein, Living Constitution, Living Document, Originalism, statism, Time Machine, US Constitution
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Living Document Tyranny
Of the many untenable positions held by the American Left, none is a bigger threat to the continuation of the American Experiment than the egregiously dishonest “Living Constitution” philosophy. I was prompted to blog about this by an excellent article … Continue reading
Statism’s Intentional Failures
Statism’s Intentional Failures, or Why Obama Hates the AZ Law Statists have a racket going that too few people seem to have figured out. Though many Americans oppose Obama and his allies based upon specific policy issues, they continue to … Continue reading
Supreme Court Litmus Test
Non-Originalists Need Not Apply When a President nominates a judge for the Supreme Court or an important lower federal court, discussions immediately begin about litmus tests for acceptability. Historically the issue has typically revolved around the nominee’s position on abortion. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Supreme Court, US Constitution
Tagged Elena Kagan, Interstate Commerce Clause, Obama, Originalism, Politics, statism, Supreme Court, US Constitution
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Guidance vs. Tyranny
The American people did not want President Obama’s socialized medicine, but it was rammed down our angry throats. People on my side of this wide ideological chasm see it as an unconstitutional outrage foisted upon America by an out of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, US Constitution
Tagged Interstate Commerce Clause, Obama, Politics, statism, US Constitution
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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
Visualizing the National Debt
BillShrink has an interesting and informative visualization of the National Debt (i.e. Obama’s credit card in our names). Click on the image to see it in a larger format over at BillShrink:
Posted in Economics
Tagged economy, Federal Budget, National Debt, Obama, Politics, statism
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Counterintuitive Thoughts on 2010
In the short video interview embedded below Scott Rasmussen estimates that in the 2010 elections the GOP will pick up 5 to 8 seats in the Senate and 25 to 30 seats in the House, which would result in the … Continue reading
