Little-Known Concepts?
April 20, 2010
I ran across these ‘core values’ in this article and thought maybe there are some folks who might not be very familiar with these very important concepts. These were also core values held by the people who brought you the best country on Earth, and are shared by the tea party folks:
- Rights are not “granted” to us by the government — they are ours by our very nature, by our birthright.
- ALL just political authority is derived from the people — and government exists solely with our consent!
- We the people of the several states created the federal government — not the other way around!
- The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that which has been delegated by the people to the federal government in the Constitution — and nothing more.
- The People of each State have the sole and exclusive right and power to govern themselves in all areas not delegated to their government.
- A Government without limits is a tyranny!
- When Congress enacts laws and regulations that are not made in Pursuance of the powers enumerated in the Constitution, the People are not bound to obey them.
Switzerland Gun Culture
December 17, 2009
The Cost of Freedom
August 15, 2009
I listened to Dan’s podcast “Read It and Weep” on the airplane home yesterday, and it made me re-think my position on something I’ve been pretty sure about for many years.
What side of the argument do you come down on in these issues:
1- seat-belt laws
2- Anti-Smoking laws
3- motorcycle helmet laws
I’ve understood and agreed that if you make bad personal choices that cost me money, then you should change that behavior (though laws) because you are infringing on my right by wasting my money. My tax dollars being spent is a form of infringement on my freedom, and your lifestyle is costing the rest of us too much money.
Anti-Tax Sentiment vs Behavioral Freedoms
The standard Libertarian definition on the correct limit of freedom is: “the right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins” (or be as free as you like until you cause harm to someone else). Now the problem is how harm is defined. We tend to group everything in one bucket but getting punched in the nose and paying taxes are not equal in terms of how much your rights were infringed on. (Direct harm vs Wallet rights) There are both Direct Freedoms (I have the right to do x) and Indirect Freedoms (If you do x, then I have to pay y for it).
The problem with the philosophy of restricting behavior freedoms based on wallet rights is that the only freedoms you are allowed to have are the ones that don’t cost anyone else any money. We have to realize that we all cost each other money. Everyone lives at the expense of everyone else. When we think about the ‘cost of freedom’, we usually think about lost lives of the American military, fighting for our freedom, but realize there are many other costs, including actual dollars and cents. The ideal that an American’s right to not pay for things is as important as other American’s right to do things is Un-American at it’s core! The part we forgot Read the rest of this entry »
ObamaCare and TownHall Meetings
August 7, 2009
I’ve been trying to make sense of what is going on with the health care debate and the Town Hall meeting disruptions I’ve been hearing about in the news. My inbox is flooded with information about why I should be be very afraid of the contents of the proposed health care bill. From what I can tell, there are some very alarming things in there… and it is not necessarily about health care at all, it might be more about rewards, payoffs, power shifts, and that sort of thing.
People are getting upset and disruptive at local town hall meetings too. Some of the propaganda tells me these people are operatives set out to purposely destroy the democratic process, but I believe these are people who are able to discern bull shit from real answers and become outraged by ‘more of the same’ instead of the transparency, hope, change, progress, and improvement we were promised and need. These people are getting fed up, and the numbers of people in this group are growing.
I found the following videos on these topics to be interesting: Read the rest of this entry »
Predictions for the New “Presidency”
January 27, 2009
The email forward below brings up some serious possibilities that might lie in our future in the USA. Each time I hear someone start spewing BS about how George W Bush has personally ruined their life, I will forward this story to them. Give it a read, it is worth your thought.
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Kit Lange is an Air Force veteran and military writer who specializes in investigating murder cases stemming from actions in combat. Her work was used as evidence in the Lt. Ilario Pantano case, and has been quoted extensively in other news publications for other cases. In 2005, she co-wrote a 10-part series disproving war crime allegations against an elite Army unit; her blog, EuphoricReality.com, was named as one of the top 10 milblogs of the year. She is also the National Web Coordinator for Gathering of Eagles, a nationally-recognized troop support organization. Kit holds a degree in Aircraft Maintenance Technology from Spartan College of Aeronautics, and is currently working on a second degree in Aviation Technology Management. She resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
My Predictions for the New Obama “Presidency”
Now that America has shown us all that affirmative action even works in politics, I’ve compiled a list of things that you can probably expect to happen. These predictions are 80% gleaned from information all of us have access to, and 15% gut instinct based on many years of research, historical study, and being glued to current affairs. The other 5% is just anger at my countrymen’s stupidity–I admit it.
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