http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/general-rlc/ en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:14:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2284275/posts Democracy -- or rule by majority vote -- is a genuine political good. So is republicanism -- or rule by legitimate representatives. Both have considerable social and economic value to the individual and the nation. Similarly, autonomy and self-rule are governmental goods and values which a given society finds very much worth having. And it's even worth while for that civilization to enjoy non-violation of their national soverignty and non-interference in their internal affairs by non-citizens. But none of these political goods and values are anywhere near as important as freedom. In the life of the person and his nation,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2284275/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:14:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2281457/posts “No one’s going to save us dude. It’s up to us and us alone.” These are the words of a text message I received from a fellow conservative upon the revelation that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had disappeared for a few days to spend time with his mistress in Argentina. After the cumulative disaster that were the 2008 GOP primaries, conservatives desperately thought that, for once, we might have an ardent conservative – particularly a fiscal conservative – run and actually capture the White House in 2012. And this was not your garden-variety, self-proclaimed “conservative” Republican who interpreted conservatism... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2281457/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2277678/posts Religious freedom is under attack in Britain The Catholic Herald ^ | 12 June 2009 | Neil Addison FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2277678/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275665/posts No-Brainer choice for Latinos Much is heard about the competition between the Republicans and the Demo/Nihilists for the so called Latino vote. From the standpoint of the average Latino, this should be a “no-brainer,” the Republicans are stewards of two bright and shining beacons: Truth and Morality. The Demo/Nihilists are racists, constantly seeking to put Latinos on the same plantation where they are holding the blacks captive. Author and social observer, Star Parker has examined this phenomenon thoroughly in her book, Back on Uncle Sam’s Plantation. Visit her site at, http://www.urbancure.org/article.asp?id=3141 Here are some brief snips from Ms. Parker’s site:... Thinkwright blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275665/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275262/posts Today [June 19th] marks the 64th birthday of 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma's leading freedom-fighter celebrates it inside notorious Insein Prison, near Rangoon. Here's another House Of Cards dictatorship the sissified, self-hating Western states don't lift a finger to topple. America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and even Israel are all pretty much feckless, impotent, "paper tigers" by now. Tigers waiting for some crippled, retarded, diseased Communist or Muslim mouse to slaughter them. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275262/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2272715/posts With the fate of 70 million desperate, miserable, and mostly-enslaved Iranians hanging in the balance, now is the time for Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, and others to declare that freedom is an absolute, undeniable, and irrevocable birthright of man. They need to come out unambiguously on the side of the Iranian people and against the Iranian dictators. These Free World leaders -- if they are leaders, and if they do champion freedom -- should loudly and pointedly make the case that all individuals, everywhere on earth, have an utter and untouchable right to liberty and justice.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2272715/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2270715/posts The United States has ceased to be a constitutional republic. Our country was established by the adoption of a constitution that is no longer in force in any real way. Our social structures are failing; our foreign policy is an embarrassment; our financial institutions are a giant Ponzi scheme. Since the end of the first world war our country and its commitment to the rule of law has been getting progressively weaker, but at a slow rate and for such a long time that few thought to do anything about it. But now, as the poet says, “The times, they... The Observer, Jacksonville, Fl. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2270715/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2268513/posts Link to the two part video of Jamie Glazov summarizing his new book "United by Hate". davidhorowitztv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2268513/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:30:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2265029/posts Today marks the dolorous 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown and heartless massacre of Tiananmen Square by the loathsome, evil, Chinese dictators. It was a truly black day for world freedom. The idealistic, noble, and quite-brave student-led protest was basically advocating overall reform, less corruption, democracy, and liberty. But it was called a pro-"democracy" demonstration, and now it is almost exclusively remembered as being part of a pro-"democracy" movement. Well, democracy has advanced only minutely in the past two decades. Only to a scattered, inconsistent, and tiny extent do the Chinese people actually get to elect their leaders, and decide... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2265029/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2261487/posts Grassroots call for lawmakers to KILL loaded TxDOT sunset bill Trans Texas Corridor to proceed despite repeal of corridor (Austin, TX – May 28, 2009) The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) sunset bill, HB 300, now over 1,500 pages long, has too much baggage for taxpayers to swallow. HB 300 ends the private toll moratorium (which hands our PUBLIC highways to PRIVATE, foreign toll operators), keeps the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) alive, opens a new loophole to toll existing freeways, allows counties a 10 cent gas tax hike, raids public employee pension funds to invest in risky private toll roads... Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2261487/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 04:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2259322/posts Yesterday judge Nadia Sotomayor was nominated for the US Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in a profoundly bigoted way, for notably racist and sexist reasons. And she has ruled in a profoundly bigoted way, with massive racism and sexism in her judicial decisions. One can't help but ask: What about the concept of a neutral, impartial, objective rule of law -- one in which no-one is a second class citizen? What about the notion that "justice is blind?" What about the ideal of equality before the law? And if this loathsome, anti-white, anti-male bigot is promoted to the United... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2259322/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 20:52:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2258078/posts America, Britain, and France should have unilaterally attacked the Soviet Union in 1949 when the Soviets first aquired nuclear weapons. Or else the pre-emptive strike even should have come several years before, when the world could clearly see it coming. The Soviet Union was an unpredictable, radical, military dictatorship, based on a stunningly false and evil ideology, with strongly imperialist, expansionist, aggressive proclivities. They constituted a masive, objective threat which needed to be neutralized, lest the West live in perpetual fear, due to its inablility to properly protect itself from this unprecedented menace. Self-defense -- it should be understood --... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2258078/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 00:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2253459/posts LAKE JACKSON — Inquisitiveness, liberty and freedom from government are key to the human condition, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul told members of the Brazosport area home-school graduates Saturday. Paul addressed 14 graduates of various home-school backgrounds in a standing-room-only First Baptist Church sanctuary in Lake Jackson. Students entered the sanctuary to “Pomp and Circumstance” and walked out to Casting Crown’s “Lifesong.” “It’s very important we encourage home-schooling and make sure it’s always legal, and our governments never decide they know best,” Paul said. “Too often, our government would like to be the parent. Home-schoolers know exactly who’s responsible for education,... The Facts (Brazoria Co. TX) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2253459/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 21:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2248494/posts "The Visual Subtext of the Statue of Liberty Fly-by Photo" By Victor J. Massad One image alone was released from the expensive photo op that terrified New Yorkers last month. Out of God only knows how many images taken during the mission, only one was chosen. It speaks powerfully to the American public -- in symbolic language. The ominous and imposing aircraft dominates the scene in such a way that, in gestalt parlance, no one could mistake the figure for the ground. The figure is an aircraft that serves as Air Force One, representing the Messianic omnipotence of the Obama... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2248494/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 14:30:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2233004/posts Chaves gives book to Obama. The book reveals Chaves as a Perfect Latin American Idiot. This reflects badly on Obama. In the mid 1990s three Latin American authors( Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Alvaro Vargas Llosa) (Janes Editores, Mexico y Barcelona (1996). wrote a book in Spanish having the title,Manual del Perfecto Idiota Latino Americano “Manual of the Perfect Latin American Idiot,”. The authors’ contention was that the book given to Obama by Chavez is the manual for the perfect Latin American Idiot. To gain an appreciation of the huge and tragic distortions that exist in the mind of... Bye-Bye Sweet Liberty(Chapter 10) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2233004/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2225678/posts Koh recently said "modern right-protecting democracy" according to answers.com. "Right" can be defined as -In accordance with fact, reason, or truth. -Fitting, proper, or appropriate. -Most favorable, desirable, or convenient. With this definition, it seems that the right can be anything as long as it is most favorable, desirable, or convenient. Maybe, this isn't what the founding father meant. I think the explicit definition is required.. almost bordering the legalism. can someone define what the "right" is and de-construct the "modern right-protecting democracy"? Thank you http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2225678/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2223404/posts Earlier today President Obama spoke to the Turkish parliment and claimed that America and Muslims have "common hopes and common dreams." Now this is a considerable lie. He said we should interact "based on mutual interest and mutual respect." This is also untrue. Obama further opined that Americans have, or should have, a "deep appreciation for the Islamic faith." Wrong again! Finally, and outrageously, the president claimed that "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans." Don't know what to say to that post-9/11 whopper! At one point in the speech Barack Obama cited an old Turkish proverb which... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2223404/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:33:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2220531/posts Today's G-20 economic summit conference in London is virtually guarenteed to be a ghastly pro-Big Government orgy -- a veritable Lolapalooza for Leviathan. Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan -- not to mention John Locke and Adam Smith -- are going to be spinning in their graves. Nothing is more certain than that this tour de force of politico-economic stupidity and depravity is going to come out four-square against true free enterprize, capitalism, and laissez-faire. Sadly and almost incomprehensibly, the great conclusion of today's deepest thinkers (sic) is that the "Anglo-Saxon" version of political and economic liberty has proven to be... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2220531/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:43:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2212081/posts When I was in college I took the introductory course to sociology. At the time, I thought it was a poorly developed subject, taught by quirky idealists. I sort of hoped that their fraud would be uncovered and that they would fade away. It seemed as though they relied heavily on opinion and played fast and loose with flimsy data. Since then, I have come to see modern-day sociology, as it is taught in the USA, as the greatest threat to Western Civilization. continue Sociology. Ancient versus Modern http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2212081/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:09:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2207930/posts Earmarks seem to be the hot topic this week, and as a fiscal conservative I am dismayed so many people deliberately distort the earmarking process and grandstand to make political points. It is an easy thing to do with earmarks. It takes a little more time and patience to grasp the reality of what earmarks really are. To be sure, if earmarks were the driving force behind explosive government spending as some have been led to believe, that would be a good reason for all the fuss. The misconception seems to be that members of Congress put together a bunch... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2207930/posts#comment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:53:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2206720/posts The table gives a side by side comparison of the Republican and Democrat brands. To win elections, the Republicans have to proselytize the American public, and lead by example. Since most Americans, regardless of gender ethnicity, or immigrant status, favor those items embraced and supported by Republicans, the Republicans will win elections as long as the public is not duped by the Democrats. The biggest priority of the Republicans is to call out Democrat lies, with gusto and assertion, and without fail. Ronald Reagan’s genius was in pointing to the Democrats, and their ilk around the world, as liars. He... republican-democrat-brands.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2206720/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2205205/posts A common starting point for examining conservatism is Edmund Burke(b 1729- d.1797), English statesman, and notable thinker, born in Ireland. As a young man, Burke traveled extensively in France. Burke’s philosophy and world view would fill many pages. The most important thing to know is that he was a staunch opponent of the French Revolution, while strongly supporting the American Revolution. Burke’s antipathy can best be understood by learning what took place in France in the time span from 1789 to about 1845. The events that took place in the early years of this time span are commonly referred to... Chapter 5 of Bye-Bye Sweet Liberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2205205/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2204852/posts Anti-freedom radicals George Bush, Barack Obama, and their intellectual allies have really done a number on us recently. For the past seven months or so, the irrational, illiberal, Dark Age dolts and dirtbags which run the United States have been energetically trying to "rescue" and "stimulate" the economy via socialism, fascism, and other types of tyrannical Big Government "help." But this is almost exactly how Leviathan undermined, sabotaged, and devastated the prosperity and wealth of America in the first place. Having Uncle Sam double down on politico-economic ignorance and evil -- by radically increasing the level of poison and destruction... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2204852/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:38:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2204366/posts A common starting point for examining conservatism is Edmund Burke(b 1729- d.1797), English statesman, and notable thinker, born in Ireland. As a young man, Burke traveled extensively in France. Burke’s philosophy and world view would fill many pages. The most important thing to know is that he was a staunch opponent of the French Revolution, while strongly supporting the American Revolution. Burke’s antipathy can best be understood by learning what took place in France in the time span from 1789 to about 1845. The events that took place in the early years of this time span are commonly referred to... Bye-Bye Sweet Liberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2204366/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:04:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2204209/posts [....] On the other hand, should an unwarrantable measure of the federal government be unpopular in particular States, which would seldom fail to be the case, or even a warrantable measure be so, which may sometimes be the case, the means of opposition to it are powerful and at hand. The disquietude of the people; their repugnance and, perhaps, refusal to co-operate with the officers of the Union; the frowns of the executive magistracy of the State; the embarrassments created by legislative devices, which would often be added on such occasions, would oppose, in any State, difficulties not to be... The Library of Congress - Thomas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2204209/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:53:05 GMT