…truth about Medicare or Social Security, because that would make people uncomfortable — and uncomfortable people will presumably throw them out of office. It’s an interesting psychology. Most Americans, particularly those already receiving Medicare and Social Security benefits, view those benefits protectively. “Don’t you dare touch my Social Security or Medicare.” For those who paid into this system equivalent to the benefits they’re now getting… Continue reading →

…is, in a sense, lawless. While Congress might be required to pass laws, he openly states that he will accomplish by executive order what Congress won’t do. He might as well be saying, “The Constitution be damned.” He’s almost a dictator, and in some respects already operates as one. Donald Trump comes along and is willing to call Obama, along with others (including Republicans) who comprise the “establishment,” the idiots they clearly are. Nice? N… Continue reading →

…willingness to come. There were no freebies, there were no free rides. The price of freedom was self-reliance. Without self-reliance, you could not be free. You could ask for charity, but NEVER compel or coerce it. Today’s warped concept of immigration is 100 percent the opposite. The less independent, the less self-reliant, the less responsible and the more corrupt you are — the better. Why? Because you’ll feed as a parasite off the state, and th… Continue reading →

…. America offers ‘free’ education, ‘free’ health care, ‘free’ unemployment compensation, ‘free’ distribution of wealth for as far as the eye can see—or as far as a politically manipulated currency based on the arbitrary whims of politicians in Washington D.C. can manage to make it last. America’s present leadership, led by the hapless, arrogant Obama and humbly enabled by the likes of his Republican ‘opponents,’ stands ready to welcome and embrace… Continue reading →

…snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again, and again and yet again. (Latest example: Refusing to propose an outright repeal of Obamacare in Congress, as promised for the last 7 years). The rage and intolerance stems from the ideology of leftism itself. Think about what leftism is: force and compulsion. I won’t deny that the right is guilty of the same. But the right is more mixed. It’s a combination of liberty and compelling people to do thi… Continue reading →