With one added note, the brilliance of those in and out of the DNC who marketed him to the public knowing that he could never be impeached for what ever reason because of the color of his skin. This burning tire around the neck of anyone who chooses to be labeled a racist and a bigot against the first black president of the United States is enourmously debilitating allowing him to run buckshot over the law of the land with no consequence. Many employers suffer this on a smaller scale. We all have come in contact at our job where there is a worker who the employer cannot remove because of his affirmative action affiliation.
OK.... I say, let’s not mince words anymore. Let’s just call them what they in fact ARE..’Anti-American”
Were he or Walter Williams to run, I’d vote for them in a heartbeat. They are smart and self accomplished...and did it despite the prejudices that ruled during their childhood.
I hate Obama because he is a vapid dork quota baby undeserving of even receiving welfare.
A bump for the brilliant Dr. Sowell; the king of succinctness.
They robbed the old-money rich of their status and power.
Socialism can best be understood as a way for the old-money rich, whose biggest assets are their connections to the political class, to use government to prevent the rise of any competition.
Every word of this essay is dripping with brilliance.
Divine Providence has endowed him with the gift of reason and the unique ability to articulate his understanding with clarity for our day.
There have been others in our day, including Dr. Leonard Read of the Foundation for Economic Education. As a matter of fact, rereading his classic, "Anything That's Peaceful," should be on the agenda of all of us who recognize the threats to liberty today.
On the topic of the President's so-called "compromise" last week, we must keep the focus on the fact that this is not about the Trojan Horses of "women's health" or "contraception."
It's not even limited to the principle of religious liberty or freedom of speech.
It is about an unconstitutional assumption of power over rights which "the People" withheld from the purview of the government they structured through their Constitution. If this arrogation of power to the Executive is allowed to stand in this case, then all of "the People's" rights are at risk.
Inasmuch as their Constitution allowed no power to infringe on any specified right in the First Amendment, then the person who assumes such a power also does not possess a power to "compromise," or "accomodate."
May I suggest that readers of this thread read Read's "Anything That's Peaceful" and share this wonderful and easy-to-read book with as many people as you can.
Not only does Read provide insight into the ideas of liberty versus those of tyranny (as in socialism), but his Chapter 5, entitled, "How Socialism Harms the Individual" is especially enlightening for any who may not see what is happening in America in its proper context, as pertains to the individuals involved.
In Chapter 5, under the heading "The Authoritarian," he begins by stating, "Of the threee classifications of persons involved in social leveling by compulsion, the authoritarian--the one who administers the taking and the giving--has been too little diagnosed." When you read it, you will see the nature of the man before us today. This section of Chapter 5 paints a portrait most Americans will recognize.
Obama Unveils $3.8 trillion budget
From this thread, we have the following:
Like other Progressives, Theodore Roosevelt was a critic and foe of big business. In this he was not inhibited by any knowledge of economics, and his own business ventures lost money.
Rhetoric was TR's strong suit. He denounced "the mighty industrial overlords" and "the tyranny of mere wealth."
Which immediately allows us to mine the wealth within the line between rhetoric and demagoguery.
"The tyranny of mere ignorance."
"The tyranny of mere doublespeak."
"The tyranny of mere pandering."
"The tyranny of mere class warfare."
And finally,
The tyranny of mere Bullshit" *
Moving right along to the mere First Incompetent's budget, we get this gem : "We built this budget around the idea that our country has always done best when everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules,"
To normal human beings, in a society, except for the very young, the insane, the handicapped, the terminally ill and the extremely aged, NO ONE IS ENTITLED TO A "FAIR SHARE" OF ZERO!
It's impossible to accept that 50% of our entire population falls within the exempt list at the beginning of this paragraph.
That ubiquitous phrase is thrown out endlessly, and meaninglessly, and the parasites of society capitalize on it, as do the pandering bureaucrats and politicians. The mere parasites are entitled to a "fair share" of zero. What do they all have in common?
Everyone on that list except for minors can vote themselves permanent parasite status, as can 50% of the adult population.
*BULLSHIT
London Times Online, 25 Feb 2005
And a free valuable education lesson in history and sociology for anyone who has the ability to get his brain out of neutral, and aatually think beyond next Tuesday.
A keeper!
It has occurred to me lately that we need to rename the terms “Progressive” and “Liberal” because they have lost their meaning.
PROGRESSIVES: Contemporary so-called “Progressives” are not progressive at all. They are REGRESSIVE. They want to go retreat from liberty.
LIBERALS: Contemporary so-called “Liberals” are not liberal at all. They don’t want to “liberate” — rather, they want to ENSLAVE others. Contemporary Liberals should therefore be referred to as “Fascists” because they want extreme social regimentation via government.
The JFK Democrats (strong on defense) wouldn’t even recognize the greedy agglomeration of selfish special interest groups that comprises today’s Democrap party.
If we get the nomenclature to correctly portray the Fascist/Regressives for what they really are in the minds of the unwashed masses, that’s half the battle!
We see this on the Left AND the Right.
If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.
Or you can get raw with these strings.
How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).
And finally, this, dedicated to the one and only rdb2, whose eyes are growing dim.
Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.
Do it!
I agree with one part of this.
I believe the primary CAUSE of judicial activism is the great difficulty in amending the Constitution.
Advocates for change are ALWAYS tempted toward an easier solution.
Namely...finding a judge who agrees with their political agenda.
I believe a better route to amendments would be direct National Referendums.
An amendment could be initiated by a majority vote in Congress OR a majority vote in 25 state legislatures, at least one year before a presidential election.
To become law, the amendment would need to obtain a direct, popular majority vote in TWO consecutive presidential election years.
If the amendment fails to receive a majority vote in either election, it automatically expires.
This would force all presidential candidates to take a specific position on the amendment.
And, requiring two presidential election cycles means the potential amendment would be vigorously and nationally debated for at least 5 years.
This amendment process would put a new razor sharp political weapon in the arsenal AGAINST judicial activism.