Not an anti-Trump post, so let’s get that out of the way right up front. But I do think Trump is going to lose. Not because he is any of the stuff he is or is presumed to be but because as much as people claim they want change, I doubt they will actually vote…
If you think of yourself as ‘Conservative,’ I beg you to read this post — all of it, to the end. However, I’ll warn you now, it will be difficult to read and harder to accept. Still, not only do you need to read what I have to say to you, but you also need…
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.” ~ Adam Smith, Economist Extraordinaire I simply can’t shake the feeling that someday the absurdity and irrationality of our culture has to end. I have been told I am “anti-science” – mostly because I rarely take anything at face value, even when that…
Today I wrote that the the progressive “revolution” is a coward’s revolution – that it came in on little cat’s feet and late after sundown. It was as unseeable as a ghost and as quiet as a lover’s whisper. Many people asked reasonable questions – how did we get here without noticing? How did so…
Revolution has come to America. The average citizen would be excused for not noticing – but it has come. It didn’t come with force of arms, explosions, civil war or an invasion (at least not in the sense of a D-Day style clash of Allied bodies against the Nazi wall on the shores of France).…
When I hear the term, “damsel in distress”, I conjure up a virgin maiden tied to a post, screaming her head off because A) she’s about to become a frightening dragon’s meal, and B) she knows damn well he prefers Virgin Flambé. After trying to convince my youngest sister of the reasons not to vote…
Originally posted on THE ROAD TO CONCORD:
There is a growing movement in America to have a, ‘open’ or ‘borderless’ society. This is lawlessness. If we take the time to actually look at the definitions for the words being used and apply a little basic logic, this is easy to prove. If you have a…
“Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.” ~ Edmund Burke As I see it, with every passing day America’s problem becomes more and more apparent. America’s problem is that it is governed by people who cannot govern themselves. America was not founded in some pristine, Utopian era of human perfection, quite the contrary…
“This example reads to us the salutary lesson, that private fortunes are destroyed by public as well as by private extravagance. And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of…
When it comes to debate about “progressive” vs. classic liberal ideals, especially funding them, there is always a discussion about the “social contract”, or what an individual owes to society in recompense for what society provides and as a buffer to assist the less fortunate. Wikipedia defines the social contract: The social contract or political…
Undoubtedly, tyranny will increase under either a Trump or a Clinton administration. It is unavoidable but in a somewhat curious twist, the increase will not necessarily be a function of the policies of either candidate. It is simply the result of a process that has been ongoing for many political cycles. However, this time we…
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ~ Ben Franklin The ultimate irony is this – in the country purportedly offering the greatest individual liberty in the history of mankind, we are locked in a pitched battle over who we want to take our money…
Capitalism is the only system that creates economic efficiency as value is created. When not distorted by external forces, capital flows to areas of need where it can be most effectively used to create that value. It causes organizations to employ human capital and raw materials in just the right amount to produce value at…
I was once optimistic that America could save itself by leveraging a return to the brilliant system designed by brilliant minds in the years following 1776 – but with each passing day, I get more and more pessimistic that the ship can be righted by those conventional means. Liberty has become a commodity the productive…
Originally posted on The Oil for Your Lamp:
BUT NO MORE! This nation has been conquered! And the American people cheered while they watched it happened! I look at what is happening in the United States today and I think: There was a time when the Truth mattered to Americans. That time is no more!…
Power is accumulated in only one way – it is ceded by someone or some group to someone or some group. It may be ceded violently, voluntarily or apathetically but in the end, when power is accumulated it is the result of a lack of resistance to that accumulation. We on the political right see…
If you are a Democrat or Democrat Party supporter, you owe Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan an apology! You pointed your hypocritical fingers at Nixon over Watergate, yet you look the other way or even protect Hillary and her email/classified documents scandal. You pointed your hypocritical finders at Reagan for the Iran Contract Scandal, but…
Collectivism (progressivism) depends on the anonymity of being a member of a crowd. Crowds will do things an individual never would. The old saying “There is safety in numbers” is never more true than in the political arena. If an individual comes up to you on the street and demands your wallet, that constitutes…
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