It’s Thanksgiving. What am I thankful for? I’d like to say that I’m thankful for freedom of speech — perhaps the last real freedom we have left, in America (and a few other spots on earth). Freedom of speech makes … Continue reading
Category: Politics & Government
Will the Liberals Leave Us Free Speech?
Peggy Noonan writes in “The Wall Street Journal”: “It is a question what exact impact the conservative infrastructure, and the great number of conservative thinkers and intellectuals, will have on a GOP comeback. The party has never attempted to reform … Continue reading
Obama to Supreme Court: Spread the Weatlh
Barack Obama in a September 5, 2001, radio interview, regarding the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren: “[Chief Justice Warren] never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic … Continue reading
Color Me Free
The media and academic establishment of our society seems to be telling us: “America is becoming a minority white nation. People of color are soon to be the majority. Therefore, Obama’s policies will become the mainstream.” I don’t know and … Continue reading
No Capitalism? No Capital
Politicians claim we need to use billions of tax dollars to bail out the auto industry. They say this will help the general economy. How, exactly? The tax money being used to bail out the auto industry comes from the … Continue reading
Since When Did Censorship Become “Fair”?
Bigger news than the election results is what’s coming next: Specifically, the so-called Fairness Doctrine. On Election Day, a Fox News host interviewed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York. Schumer made it plainly clear that the strengthened Democratic congressional majority … Continue reading
That 70s Show
This election was a lot like 1976. In 1976, an obscure, little known candidate with no substantive experience became President. He was elected in the context of an unthinking desire for change. People were sick of Watergate and wanted to totally get … Continue reading
The Victory Cry of the Liberals
“We got high on the grandeur of our vision. Getting aggressive in the political world was a high all its own. Our noble goals expanded our egos. We were no longer insignificant; we were the new liberal elites creating the … Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson’s Thoughts on Election 2008
On raising taxes: “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, … Continue reading
If Obama Wins Big, Something is Over
A victory for Obama will mean one of two things: Either the end of America, or the end of liberalism as we know it. Obama’s socialism cannot work. Socialism fails every time it’s tried. People who oppose socialism often say … Continue reading
Obama and The Virtue of Selfishness
Obama says it’s “selfish” of McCain-Palin supporters to cut taxes rather than increase them. Obama believes that people who want to keep their own money are selfish, and bad, while people who want to redistribute other people’s money are virtuous. … Continue reading
Change Is Coming…And Its Name is Barney Frank
“If you don’t believe me, just watch how Congress and Barney Frank run the banks. If you thought they did a bad job running the post office, Amtrak, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the military, just wait till you see … Continue reading