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A lesson in socialism the universities should teach (but won't)

2012-02-10T06:49:30Z

It is no secret that American universities are dominated by liberal thinkers. It is no secret that socialism is their preferred economic model.

So here is an idea that the learned professors could use to teach their students what socialism is all about. First you start the semester like many classes. Students are given points on their homework and tests. And to make this lesson more scientific, the professor can create an anonymous id for each student ...

"Every tyrant that has ever existed has had what he believed were good reasons for restricting the liberty of others." - Walter E. Williams

2012-02-04T06:15:30Z

People who denounce the free market and voluntary exchange, and are for control and coercion, believe they have more intelligence and superior wisdom to the masses. What's more, they believe they've been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us. Of course, they have what they consider good reasons for doing so, but every tyrant that has ever existed has had what he believed were good reasons for restricting the liberty of others.
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How can we ever learn to live in peace

2012-02-02T06:51:56Z

A couple of days ago I was responding to a commenter about the use of a word that they thought was a bit extreme. Part of my response was, "it is difficult when discussing any point of view that is controversial or elicits strong emotions and is the bane of any rational discussion whether it is politics, religion, or even sports. "

Sadly, it wasn't soon after when I heard about the ...

A bit of irony from the universities

2012-01-31T06:48:00Z

There is no doubt that American universities are bastions of Progressive, Socialist indoctrination. It is to the point now that they don't even pretend to be neutral on the subject. It is also well know that teachers unions, and university professors are in bed with the Democratic party.

Just looking at President Obama's many appointments proves this point. Also a quick trip over to opensecrets.org will provide further evidence of the collaboration between the education elitist and the ...

"The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss." - Tammy Bruce

2012-01-28T08:12:44Z

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"When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear." - Thomas Sowell

2012-01-21T08:15:32Z

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"Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats." - Thomas Sowell

2012-01-21T07:47:24Z

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What socialism has wrought

2012-01-21T06:05:18Z

Socialism and the utopian concept of a society that freely shares all with all has been with America since it's foundation. The fact that it was discarded early is a testament to it's inability to overcome the human nature of greed.

Socialism received a huge boost in this country with Franklin Roosevelt's Great Society and has slowly worked it's way into the American body like a cancer that attaches itself to healthy cells and chokes them to death. ...

Fast and furious conspiracy theory

2011-12-03T20:57:05Z

Here is some food for those who enjoy conspiracies. I have no proof, no facts, no insider information, just a thought. Maybe even a hunch as to the nature of the fast and furious program.

When news about the Fast and Furious program came to light many people were left scratching their heads. If the purpose of the program was to stop gun runners, then why were they allowing guns to be purchased and shipped ...

What if there were no political parties.

2011-12-01T05:37:45Z

What if there were no political parties? What if each elected official only had to answer to the people who elected them? What if the political leaders were chosen based on their ability to gather a consensus rather than whether they came from a "safe" state or district. What if each elected official had to raise their own campaign money from people who lived within their district and could not get political money from people or organizations ...

Bill Clinton should pay more taxes...

2011-11-28T13:44:27Z

November 28, 2011

In an interview last week by Newsmax.com, former President Bill Clinton was discussing his new book. In the interview he reiterated his support for higher taxes on the wealthy. In the interview he supposedly said that he should pay more taxes.

Well my answer to that is pay more taxes. Lead by example. There is no reason Mr. Clinton could not donate 40%, 50%, or even 60% of his income to the federal government. ...

A big bi-partisan bust

2011-11-22T15:01:22Z

In a recent post I was wondering if politicians will ever gather the courage and integrity to make the hard choices regarding our mounting debt. Today we learn that the much heralded bi-partisan committee for budget reform is busted, just like the Federal checkbook. The politicians were not able to overcome their own dogma or the pressures of the special interest groups that control them.
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"A welfare society should not induce people not to work hard." - Jin Liqun

2011-11-08T03:22:40Z

I find it very ironic and sad that America needs to learn from a citizen of Communist China the dangers of a welfare society, and the value of hard work. But a wise person will look for knowledge wherever it is available. It would be good for America to learn from Europe's mistakes so that the Progressives do not tempt us into repeating them.

This quote was taken from an interview by Al Jazeera regarding the possibility of China bailing out Europe. Mr. Liqun the supervising chairman of China's sovereign wealth fund thinks that is a ...

Once the genie is out of the bottle, can it be put back in?

2011-11-07T04:35:19Z

The recent controversy with the Greek bailout and the recent budget battle in Washington makes me wonder if it is even possible to cut back the government once it grows too large. Socialism is all about class warfare. The political elitist use class envy to create controversy and strife. In a democratic society, this technique has worked well to get unscrupulous politicians elected. Once elected, it is a simple thing to keep giving away the public treasury in order to maintain or improve their power.
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"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." - Thomas Paine

2011-11-04T05:13:06Z

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"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." - Stephen King

2011-10-29T18:54:23Z

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Obama promises to giveaway more tax-payer money in order to keep his job.

2011-10-27T04:12:15Z

President Obama faces a daunting task. How to get reelected during the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. Any follower of politics will tell you it's the economy that gets politicians elected. When the economy is good the incumbents breeze back into office. When the economy is in shambles, many incumbents will lose their job. Of all the difficult problems that the Obama administration is dealing with; I can guarantee you that the most important issue is how to get reelected. Everything else pales in comparison. So how does Obama plan to ...

"The more you acquire the more you desire." - Horace

2011-10-24T05:59:12Z

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"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." - Tacitus

2011-10-24T05:56:10Z

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There is a grain of truth in every big lie

2011-10-21T06:07:01Z

Politicians, political pundits, religious leaders, advertisers, social organizers, special interest groups, do it all the time. They take a truth, spin it to their liking, and then shout it from the rooftops, over, and over, and over again, until we start to believe the lie. Until we finally break down and buy what they are selling. That is the nature of our world and it is very effective. It is that grain of truth that hits home. That grain of truth that you feel is right. That grain of truth that is the ...

Restoring the Middle-Class

2011-10-21T05:42:40Z

Several years ago Rush Limbaugh had a mantra he liked to use as proof that the U.S. economy was doing very well. His argument was that the economy was doing great because prices were so cheap. Even though, I was and still am a listener of Limbaugh, his assertion never sat well with me. I believe that in truth, those cheap prices were indicators of forces at work that were leading to the decline of our economy. As a worker at the lower end of the wage scale, at that time, I saw a lot of problems related to ...

The 2012 election is heating up and the Democrats cry racism (again.)

2011-10-16T06:08:23Z

One of my favorite quotes from Thomas Sowell is, "If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago, and a racist today."

It is so true and getting worse. In today's political climate, not only will you be branded a ...

In a perfect world...

2011-10-10T01:52:21Z

In a perfect world Socialism would work the way Progressives envision it should. Everyone would contribute in their own unique way. Sharing would be fair. The government would not use their power of wealth distribution to enrich themselves at the expense of the general population. There would be no government corruption. There would be no black market because all resources would be shared in a fair and appropriate way. People would not shirk work because they know that it doesn't matter to their income whether they work hard or not. Instead they would want to help to ...

Sarah Palin should not run for President

2011-10-05T04:28:29Z

With some GOP candidates sinking and other potential candidates staying out, thoughts turn to Sarah Palin. Will she get in the race? How will it affect the rest of the field if she does? Can she win the nomination? Now for the most part I like Sarah Palin. I think she is a good spokesperson for conservative causes. But I really hope that she does not run. For one thing, I don't think she would win the Republican primary. For another, I would not want her to win the Presidency. ...

Time to suspend Beverly Perdue

2011-09-28T12:52:40Z

Yesterday, Beverly Perdue the Governor of North Carolina made a statement that should be shocking to all Americans. She said, "I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover." If this sounds like something you would hear in a weak Third-World country you would be right? But in the United States of America? When did it become fashionable for politicians to suggest that they should be allowed to ignore ...

Solyndra is a good example of why government should not create jobs.

2011-09-15T05:44:02Z

Solyndra was once a poster child of President Obama's economic plan. What it turns out to be is a good lesson in why the government cannot just create jobs; no matter what charismatic politicians and their apologist talking heads say. The problem is that the government is made up of two groups, politician that set policy and bureaucrats that initiate policy. A politician by nature is going to make decisions based on politics. In other words the most important thing is to protect their own position followed by protecting their party. A bureaucrat is also ruled by ...

Inside an Obama speech

2011-09-06T05:28:10Z

President Obama is good at delivery prepared speeches. He is an expert campaigner and most of his speeches are of a campaign type. So what can we expect in President Obama's important jobs speech this coming week? In a word, nothing. You see President Obama's speeches follow a basic formula. Whether he is campaigning or delivery a speech to the nation it makes no difference with this President. In an Obama speech, he starts off by telling us that there is a problem and he is going to address it. We will all ...

The moral delimma of conservatives

2011-08-30T05:28:19Z

Conservatives by definition are people who want to preserve traditions and institutions. In American politics that means limited government, free markets, and a more spiritual outlook based on Judeo-Christian ethics. While a Liberal wants to change society, they are not really interested in preserving tradition as much as they are into tearing down the old to replace it with their view of a utopian world. In most cases the Liberal starts from a position of relative weakness while the Conservative, defending the traditions of society will tend to start in a more dominant position. The ...

"Reality trumps theory" - M. E. Kabay

2011-08-25T18:06:48Z

A lesson the Progressive's need to learn...Technorati Tags: quotes, m.e. kabay quotes ...

Death of the fourth estate.

2011-08-23T06:46:14Z

The fourth estate commonly refers to the media in a democratic society. Many people believe that the media plays an important role in keeping the politicians, corporations, and other power brokers such as special interest groups in check. The ordinary citizen does not have the time or resources to keep track of all the shenanigan's done by these power players in order to enrich themselves and acquire more power. A dedicated and neutral media is a valuable tool to help sustain a democratic society. Unfortunately, has been noted by several people, the media in America ...

"If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old." - Lord Chesterfield

2011-08-18T21:53:43Z

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"Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will." - Saint Thomas Aquinas

2011-08-11T06:56:04Z

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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - The 14th Dalai Lama

2011-08-11T06:53:27Z

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"So having 12 people that you and I don't even know...determine the economic destiny of the United States of America to me is a complete forfeiture of our responsibilities as members of Congress." - Charlie Rangel

2011-08-09T14:16:22Z

Charlie Rangel House Democrat says that forcing budget reduction talks to a committee is a forfeiture of our responsibility. He has a point. Obviously the partisan bickering is only getting worse. Mr. Rangel would want you to believe of course that this sour mood is all because of the Republicans and especially the Tea Party. Maybe he is right. After all Mr. Rangel and the other House Democrats know a thing or two about forfeiture of responsibility. Remember 2010? Remember how the House Democrats decided not to pass a budget before the 2010 ...

Self-righteous Democrats lead by blaming

2011-08-09T13:54:38Z

Oh how the Democrats are howling. The recent budget fight was an all out rumble over a 20% reduction of the increase in deficit spending. Keep that in mind. The new budget did not decrease the deficit. It merely slowed down the rate of growth. A good analogy I heard was image a car speeding towards a cliff. George Bush took over the wheel and sped the car up to 60 MPH. Then Barack Obama took the wheel and sped the car to 100 MPH. After much arguing and fighting the ...

Our leaders need to lead by example...

2011-08-08T20:19:19Z

Obama and the Democrats like to call it shared sacrifice. The Republicans warn that we need to make serious cuts. Anyway you look at it, America and Europe have a huge debt problem. but the group I don't see making any sacrifices is the political elitist. They still have their jobs. They still have a gold plated retirement benefits. Gold plated healthcare benefits, private health club membership, private jets, government vehicles, all the trappings of wealth and power. Paid for by the middle-class...Technorati Tags: budget battle, budget deficit, controlling government unions, economy, federal budget deficit, government reform, improve the economy, ...

"Men's minds have difficulty accepting things with which they have no previous experience." - Cofer Black

2011-08-05T14:30:46Z

Cofer Black - Former counterterrorism chief of the CIA.Technorati Tags: famous quotes, quotes, cofer black quotes ...

Putin may have a point

2011-08-03T01:34:30Z

Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of Russia called the United States a parasite at a lakeside summer camp for youths. During the speech he said, "They are living beyond their means..." And he has a valid point for too long the U.S. government has been living beyond our means. It sounds so simple to say that we need to cut spending. Mr. Putin seems to think so. He also implies that our action are hurting the world economy. So it sounds like Mr. Putin thinks the U.S. government needs to control their spending. ...

Obama the Ideologue

2011-07-29T00:09:37Z

In politics, you heard the terms moderate, right wing, left wing, extreme a lot. We use it to classify a person or politicians political view. It is also used to determine if a person is more willing to compromise or not. Obviously someone who is labeled with extreme views will be viewed by the general public as someone who is unwilling to compromise. Which is why in every election the opposing candidates try to paint their opponent as an extremist and themselves as a moderate. And then there is Barack Obama, President of ...

"It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice..." - James Madison

2011-07-26T13:48:06Z

"It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood;..." - James Madison The Federalist # 62. The Federalist Papers Technorati Tags: famous quotes, james madison quotes, quotes, quotes on law, quotes on government ...

"Political parties serve always to distract the public and enfeeble the public administration." - George Washington

2011-07-03T15:57:40Z

From his farewell address in 1796. Nothing really changes that much...Technorati Tags: famous quotes, political quotes, quotes, george washington quotes ...

"If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim." - Richard Bach

2011-05-15T20:45:07Z

Richard Bach is the author of many books relating to spiritual matters. His most famous are Jonathon Livingston Seagull and Illusions. Technorati Tags: famous quotes, quotes, richard bach quotes, responsibility quotes ...

Personal Rights in the Progressive Movement

2011-05-15T19:42:25Z

Proponents of the Progressive movement always talk about Rights. They use the concept of personal or human rights to justify almost anything. They defend the right for people to practice every kind of indulgence imaginable, no matter what cost their behavior exacts from society. What you never hear from the Progressive movement is the concept of personal responsibility. So in the dogma of the Progressive, one should indulge themselves in whatever they desire, society should be forced to support you in your behavior no matter the cost. And no one should be made to take responsibility for themselves or ...

Obama sees the light. Or does he?

2011-05-14T17:15:25Z

Woo hoo! President Obama has decided to allow oil companies to produce more domestic oil. To do this he is directing his administration to extend current oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico and the waters around Alaska. Obama has also ordered that more frequent lease sales be given in the Alaska federal petroleum reserve. According to President Obama, his recent order, "make good sense." Although he does acknowledge that it will not have an immediate impact on the price of oil. So lets celebrate the courageous and brilliant decision by President Obama. But before we start to celebrate, ...

Great Socialist Leaders in History

2011-05-14T17:12:11Z

Vladimer Lenin 1870 - 1924: Leader of the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution in 1917. Founder of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Russian revolution was brutal even by most the standards of most civil wars. Lenin and the other Bolshevik leaders pursued drastic measures to force compulsory labor in order to establish their ideal communist society. These measures themselves were very brutal and led to the execution of many citizens. Lenin's failed policies was the major factor in the Russian famine of 1920 which killed somewhere between 3 - 10 million citizens. Joseph Stalin 1878 ...

"The experience that was had in this common course and condition...well evince the vanity..." - William Bradford

2011-05-10T06:32:33Z

An excerpt from William Bradford's diary discussing the failure of the commune experiment of the Plymouth colony in New England. Technorati Tags: communism quotes, famous quotes, quotes, william bradford quotes ...

“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.” - Ayn Rand

2011-05-09T06:42:31Z

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Obama's big decision

2011-05-09T06:19:48Z

Give President Obama credit. He took a big risk when approving the mission to get Osama Bin Laden. The successful mission is a big victory for the United States and the President. The only people who are condemning the action are not our friends and would find fault with anything we do. So don't waste time worrying about what our enemies think of us. After all, they are our enemies. We already know what they think. But as far as the days after the mission? Well I find the President Obama, "Look ...

China's disingenuous stance on climate control

2011-04-29T03:27:29Z

Remember Kyoto? Remember how the Europeans where constantly harping on the U.S. for refusing to sign the Kyoto treaty? Well there was more to that treaty than just controlling green house gases. There was a lot in the treaty that was directly pointed to reigning in U.S. manufacturing and productivity. Rules designed to hurt the U.S. economy and help to prop up emerging economies like China. Know much of that is a moot point. China is now the number one producer of green house ...

"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law." - Thomas Paine

2011-04-28T06:45:00Z

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"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." - Thomas Jefforson

2011-04-28T06:38:00Z

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Make government unions work for all people

2011-04-16T17:59:22Z

It is no secret that I believe their is an alarming conflict of interest in government employee unions. I have pointed out in other posts how the government employee unions funnel their dues to the campaign coffers of politicians who will vote for more government employees. The increase in government employees gives the Unions more money to spend on influencing politicians. Which gives us more government employees making more money and better benefits than the private sector employees. It is clear that in the Obama administration there are three classes of workers. At the top ...

Rich people want to pay more taxes...

2011-04-14T15:21:10Z

Obama said it on during his speech on the budget. Ultra rich liberals use it as an excuse to raise taxes on the upper class. But it is a lie none the less. A classic example of this big lie came in the 2003 California governors race. Arianna Huffington a liberal multi-millionaire was taking the typical line that the way out of California's fiscal mess was to tax the rich. Her opponent Arnold Schwarzenegger pointed out that although she was very rich, she paid no taxes in the previous year. Her defense was ...

What if the government gave a private corporation a monopoly to...

2011-04-11T23:37:05Z

Imagine what would happen if the government gave a single corporation a monopoly on building and maintaining all government buildings. Would that seem inappropriate to you? Would you think that the corporation, lets call it Big Corp would price their buildings competitively? No I don't think they would either. I could imagine that if Big Corp had no competition that they would charge as much as they could get away with. Since Big Corp would want to make sure that they had a continual money stream from their business would it not make sense that Big Corp would ...

The politicians decided to keep the government going

2011-04-09T22:34:00Z

So it looks like doomsday didn't happen after all. Is anyone really surprised? I truly believe that the politicians on both sides of the isle are actually too scared to ever let the government shutdown. I don't think the actually want people to realize how much of the government complex is not necessary. -- Thomas Paine 2 Technorati Tags: budget battle, budget deficit, budget talks, democrats budget proposal, government shutdown, reduce the federal deficit ...

"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

2011-04-09T01:44:37Z

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The Federal government is close to shutting down. Do we really care?

2011-04-09T00:43:24Z

Doomsday is here! Or not. The unthinkable might happen! The Federal government is on the brink of shutting down due to the budget battle. So when it comes to the average American citizen does it really matter? Certain essential services will still be running. I think that many proponents of a small government might think that those are the only services that we really need from the government. So if the world doesn't come to an end if the government shuts down then why can't we trim back the government to a more affordable level? I think there are ...

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys" - P. J. O'Rourke

2011-04-07T19:37:48Z

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The Federal Government is broke. Someone needs to inform the politicians...

2011-04-07T18:45:56Z

One thing is perfectly clear during the budget debate. There are many politicians and lobbyist in Washington who think that there is nothing wrong with continuing the skyrocketing debt. In fact they think that the greatest evil is to stop spending the country and future generations into oblivion. -- Thomas Paine 2 Technorati Tags: budget battle, budget deficit, budget talks, democrats budget proposal, is america bankrupt, reduce the federal deficit, republicans slash budget, government shutdown ...

Democrats are not serious about cutting spending

2011-04-06T06:29:30Z

We all know the problems that have arisen due to massive, uncontrolled government spending. We have seen the issue explode in countries like Greece and we know that the U.S. is not that far away from the same kinds of problems. Remember how during the last election campaign all of the candidates were talking about reducing the budget deficit? Are they keeping their promises?It is obvious by now that for many politicians the talk of reigning in the budget for the most part was just ear candy; given out to the public so they could get elected ...

“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” - Ayn Rand

2011-04-05T16:04:00Z

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And the new coalition is starting to crumble...

2011-03-21T14:08:14Z

You can forgive Obama's dithering when it comes to Libya when you consider the outcome of these Middle-East conflicts. In Somalia we were told that the people, after years of suffering in anarchy will open their arms to the U.S. and U.N. military. But once we were there, we were seen as the enemy. The people of Somalia chose their local warlords over a U.N. imposed democracy and all sides of the conflict attack the U.S. as being the enemy. In Iraq we were told that the people would look at us as liberators if we would just get ...

“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.” - Napolean Bonaparte

2011-03-13T20:56:43Z

If you do not believe that this sentiment lies at the heart of most politicians then you are naive. You only have to look at the way politicians cling to power in the face of a crisis. Just look at recent events from Carl Kruger and Vincent Leibell in New York, Gordon Brown and other British politicians, corruption in India, China, Putin's ruling elite in Russia, to Nancy Pelosi trying to hang onto her leadership position, and finally dictators such as Gaddafi fight to retain their power. That is why the Founding Fathers ...

What happened to all of the fiscal conservatives?

2011-03-13T20:02:34Z

It has been less than 5 months since the 2010 elections. And what was the biggest concern on the voters minds? Yep the enormous budget deficit that is bankrupting our country and mortgaging our children's future. Remember all the campaign ads how candidate X was "the only one" who was a true fiscal conservative. "the only one" who could solve the problem. Even the Democrats, the party of excessive government were running on controlling spending and reducing the deficit. So the dust has settled, Nancy Pelosi lost her job as Speaker of the House and the Republicans are ...

"A wise and frugal government..."

2011-02-24T01:24:00Z

On March 4, 1801 newly elected President Thomas Jefferson gave his first inaugural address. One famous quote from that address is extremely relevant to the issues were are facing today. I hope that people will take this quote to heart in the days ahead...

"A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." - Thomas Jefferson

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

2011-02-23T06:18:00Z

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"Avoid popularity if you would have peace." - Abraham Lincoln

2011-02-21T20:12:00Z

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" Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." - Abraham Lincoln

2011-02-21T20:11:00Z

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"Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets." - Abraham Lincoln

2011-02-21T20:09:00Z

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"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" - Abraham Lincoln

2011-02-21T20:06:00Z

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"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." - George Washington

2011-02-21T20:02:00Z

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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington

2011-02-21T19:57:00Z

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Can we trust what we hear from the MIddle-East?

2011-02-16T13:23:20Z

Recently I blogged about the difficulty in understanding what is going on in the MIddle-East. Mainly because it is hard to know who is telling the truth and who isn't. To illustrate this point is a recently published article and an Iraqi citizen whose stories about bio-chemical weapons was a big part of the justification for going to war. Something to keep in mind as we watch these historic events unfold... The Guardian UK: How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam Technorati Tags: iraqi fooled the us, iraqi ...

The big fight over $100 billion dollars

2011-02-12T04:48:34Z

The House Republicans came into power this year promising to cut the budget. Immediately the special interest groups circled the wagons. Senators argued why they need earmarks, the Main Stream Media shouted Oh! No! the evil Republicans are cutting Social Security and Medicare! Everyone who has their hand in the cookie jar is fighting to keep their sweets from Uncle Sam. This just goes to show you how bad it is in Washington. How entrenched the ay+for+play&sa=X&ei=8_tVTYrPG5SftweLp72XDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBwQkAE" target="_blank">pay for play mentality is. Now for you and me $100 Billion dollars is a lot of ...

Are we being duped again?

2011-02-05T23:44:03Z

When it comes to the MIddle-East, it is hard to believe what you hear. It seems to me that what we get from the MIddle-East is what the players there think we want to hear. Time and time again we jump into a crisis there just to wind up making a big mistake. And one has to wonder when you are watching CNN over the Egyptian crisis; why are all those signs in english? At first I didn't think much about it. After all english is what I am use to. ...

"Keep your thoughts positive..." - Gandhi

2011-01-30T02:42:09Z

"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." -- GandhiTechnorati Tags: famous quotes, quotes, spiritual quotes, gandhi quotes ...

America's Mid-East dilemma

2011-01-30T02:36:13Z

America is the land of freedom, democracy, and human rights. The Midddle-East is the land of despotic kings, cruel oligarchies, torture, great wealth for the privileged and poverty for the rest. So it stands to reason that America and Americans would welcome the site of a popular uprising in the MIddle-East where the ordinary citizen is rising up against the authoritarian rulers right? Wrong! Although many Americans will be supportive of the ideas of the common people over throwing their brutal governments, this is not going to be easy for the U.S. The problem is that we have ...

Our messed up media

2011-01-24T06:13:00Z

The media is supposed to be the fourth estate, which may explain a lot of the political dysfunction that is occurring within the U.S. Like public education, the main stream media is more concerned with pushing their progressive social agenda than it is with addressing the real challenges that we face. Case in point is a very interesting article from the Guardian in London.

The article is in regard to the recent state visit by ...

The tiger behind the smiling face

2011-01-18T17:14:41Z

Tomorrow The Chinese President Hu Jintao will begin his official state visit. This visit will be accompanied by a media blitz showing smiling friendly Chinese people. The purpose is to convince us that China is our friend. But the Chinese are anything but friendly. Their smiles can not hide an aggressive foreign policy that has one purpose in mind. Control commodities, control manufacturing, stop anyone who gets in the way of their plans. Think of how China manipulates their currency to give themselves an economic advantage in trade. All the time crying when ...

"How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? " - Plato

2011-01-14T07:26:00Z

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1933 Hitler and the Reichstag fire. 2011 Chavez and the National Lands building

2011-01-10T05:09:45Z

In 1933 the Reichstag building in Germany was set on fire. An immigrant was scapegoated. Hitler blamed the Communist and went on a witch hunt that ultimately led to Hitler assuming complete control of the German government. In 2011 Hugo Chavez and his party lost some of his power due to losses in the most recent national election. His response? First he gets his lame duck legislature to grant him 18 months of dictatorial power to handle the various crises that Venezuela is experiencing. Crisis that are caused or exasperated by his socialist ...

The danger of polarized politics

2011-01-09T03:39:32Z

The tragedy of todays shootimg of Representative Gabrielle Giffords is the unfortunate by product of a split society. Myself and others have talked about how special interest groups and political pressure groups pull the strings of government while the average person, who just wants to bring back common sense is pushed to the sidelines angry and frustrated. You know that as soon as this happened the political spin misters started looking for a scapegoat. The Progressives gleefully proclaim this is the work of the Tea Party while the Far Right shout back this was some Anarchist ...

Gas prices are still climbing. Will they stop the economic recovery?

2011-01-05T05:14:46Z

The price of a gallon of gas continues to inch up. OPEC keeps testing how much they can push up the price of crude oil. Will OPEC back off before we have another economic collapse? Or will they push the industrial nations over the cliff into another recession? That is hard to tell. Certainly the OPEC countries want to get as much money as they can for their oil. But with the fragile recovery, they may go too far. It doesn't help that Obama's knee jerk reaction to the BP oil spill will pull back U.S. production by at ...

And gas prices are starting to climb

2010-12-13T03:19:52Z

17 months ago I posted a blog about $4.00 gas and the economy. It is my belief that it was the $4.00 a gallon gas price that finally broke the back of the economy which ended up in the worse recession since the Great Depression. I wrote about the reluctance of the Democrats to increase domestic production of oil, coal, and nuclear power and how this short sightedness would eventually lead us back to $4.00 a gallon gas. Now we are in the off season for gas usage and gas prices are around $3.00 a gallon. ...

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." - Denis Waitley

2010-12-02T07:56:10Z

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Nope, it will be the same far left agenda for the Democrats

2010-11-17T20:31:09Z

OK, first it looked like Nancy Pelosi stood a chance to lose her position as the Minority Leader. Then she made a deal with her biggest potential rival to secure her position. Then Heath Shuler took a long shot stab at the nomination. Well it was 150-43 and Nancy Pelosi won. So she was able to keep her faithful followers in check and maintained her grip on the House Democrats. So my original statement stands that political power trumps public opinion. A very good but left leaning article about this can be found at ...

Maybe I spoke too soon

2010-11-13T18:52:16Z

Yesterday, after reading about a deal brokered by Nancy Pelosi that seemed to have cemented her position as the House Minority Leader, new information comes in. Today I read that Heath Shuler a moderate Democrat has decided to "step up" and challenge Ms. Pelosi. Congressman Shuler admits that it will be hard to unseat Pelosi but he felt that someone needed to try. How this battle turns out remains to be seen. Will new leadership win in the House? Will the House be ran by politicians willing to compromise and work for the common ...

Personal power trumps public opinion in politics

2010-11-13T07:34:28Z

There is no doubt that a big part of the blame for the Democrats humiliating defeat at the polls was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Her Marie Antoinetteesque comment, "pass the bill so you can see what is in it." ranks right up there with, "let them eat cake." quote for arrogant out of touch leadership. So after their humiliating loss, you would think the Democrats would want to change course a bit. But Nancy Pelosi refused to give up her power and in the grand gesture of the best of narcissistic behavior, refused ...

They just don't get it

2010-11-11T20:41:46Z

When the Republicans lost control of Congress, the conservative pundits loudly exclaimed, "we lost because we were not conservative enough!" Remember how damaged the Republican party was? Remember how the media minions and others were speculating about the death of the Republican party? Well here it is in 2010 and the Democrats have suffered one of the biggest political defeats in history. And guess what? The liberal/progressive pundits are saying "we lost because we were not liberal enough!" And now you hear people starting to talk about how can the Democrats survive this ...

Tomorrow is the official day for Chevy Volt to go on sale

2010-11-10T21:15:04Z

November 11th is supposed to be the official date that the Chevy Volt goes on sale. You can currently go on the web site and get information for ordering a Volt. Supplies are limited and will probably be that way for some time. But this is great news. The Volt is a revolutionary car despite all the naysayers, many of whom I believe are on Toyota's payroll. This car will make the Prius obsolete, and will be a great step forward to reducing our dependency on foreign oil. Which means that there are a ...

If you don't vote today then you have no right to complain...

2010-11-02T21:21:48Z

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California Judges

2010-11-02T20:36:45Z

In California we get a chance to decide whether appointed judges can keep or leave their jobs. But good luck trying to figure out who the good judges are and who the bad judges are. One good site is http://judgevoterguide.com. They help you to sort out who to vote yes for and who to vote no for. Technorati Tags: california judges, rating california judges, voting for california judges ...

Tomorrow you can fire your Congressman. Don't let this oppurtunity slip away...

2010-11-01T18:53:47Z

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Obama's idea of bi-partisanship

2010-10-26T06:06:00Z

One of the many lies of Obama's Presidential campaign was that he was going to reach across the isle and govern in a bi-partisan manner. Well we all know what happened. He invited the conservative politicians to the White House so his media minions could talk about Obama reaching out to Republicans. But then he basically told them that it was Obama's way or no way.

That is the Liberal version of getting along. And if there is any doubt among people ...

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire

2010-10-22T03:09:00Z

Francois Marie Arouet known by the pen name Voltaire created his pen name by making an anagram of the term Le jeune Arouet meaning the younger Arouet. ...

Image a world without addictions of any kind. What a different place that would be.

2010-10-17T05:58:00Z

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Democrats campaign against Pelosi

2010-10-17T05:22:00Z

Today on Foxnews there is an article titled Endangered House Democrats Campaign Against Pelosi. The article talks about how some Democrats who are endanger of losing their seats are trying to get reelected by distancing themselves from Nancy Pelosi by promising not to support her as the Speaker of the House. So what does this mean? What should we take away from this story?

That the Democrats are in panic mode and are trying anything to get reelected? That Nancy Pelosi is ...

A lesson from the California Governors race

2010-10-08T19:31:59Z

October 8, 2010 It isn't often that we the people get to peak behind the curtain during an election campaign and see what really goes on. But the governors race in California has given us a couple of those moments. In the most recent, the Los Angeles Times has reported on an accidentally taped conversation from the Jerry Brown campaign. In the story Jerry Brown was contacting a Union Boss in order to get an endorsement from the Los Angeles Police Protection League. Brown thought he had hung up the phone ...

Uncontrolled ego is the root of all evil

2010-10-08T18:54:12Z

It is not just individuals that have egos. If you really think about it, companies have egos, criminal gangs have egos, racial groups have egos, social cliques have egos, political parties have egos, religions have egos, and nations have egos. And what happens when these egos get out of control? ...

Obama's War too much?

2010-09-22T19:55:57Z

I am not a big fan of President Obama. So when I started seeing articles about the book Obama's War by Bob Woodward, I wanted to see what the hubbub was about. Now I haven't read the book and only know of what is being said in the media about inside fighting and arguments about what the best strategy is. The thing that hit me the first is so what? War is a messy business where one side tries to out guess and out smart the other. Something always goes wrong but in the end ...