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Monday, April 12, 2010

The Foundation

"Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace." --Thomas Jefferson

For the Record

America's skies under Obama's nuclear policy?

"Nuclear doctrine consists of thinking the unthinkable. It involves making threats and promising retaliation that is cruel and destructive beyond imagining. But it has its purpose: to prevent war in the first place. During the Cold War, we let the Russians know that if they dared use their huge conventional military advantage and invaded Western Europe, they risked massive U.S. nuclear retaliation. Goodbye Moscow. Was this credible? Would we have done it? Who knows? No one's ever been there. A nuclear posture is just that -- a declaratory policy designed to make the other guy think twice. Our policies did. The result was called deterrence. For half a century, it held. The Soviets never invaded. We never used nukes. That's why nuclear doctrine is important. The Obama administration has just issued a new one that 'includes significant changes to the U.S. nuclear posture,' said Defense Secretary Bob Gates. First among these involves the U.S. response to being attacked with biological or chemical weapons. Under the old doctrine, supported by every president of both parties for decades, any aggressor ran the risk of a cataclysmic U.S. nuclear response that would leave the attacking nation a cinder and a memory. Again: Credible? Doable? No one knows. But the threat was very effective. Under President Obama's new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is 'in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),' explained Gates, then 'the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.' ... This is quite insane. It's like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets (a) hanged or (b) 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections. Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the U.S. without fear of nuclear retaliation?" --columnist Charles Krauthammer

Opinion in Brief

"The prospect of universal destruction will deter only if it is convincing. If a potential aggressor is assured he will be spared nuclear retaliation should he employ 'only' biological or chemical weapons, then the incentive to use them will increase. The old concept of a balance of power, as Churchill pointed out in his Iron Curtain speech just after the dawn of the atomic age, is no longer sound. For the strategic objective must be to amass such an aggregation of power on the side of peace and stability, including nuclear power, that it will deter the forces of aggression. Peace through strength, in short. For that kind of deterrence to be convincing, strategic ambiguity must be preserved, not lessened. There is nothing wrong with talking about America's nuclear forces -- so long as nothing very specific is said about how they would or would not be employed. Let aggressors have to guess. There's a reason for that old Irish toast, 'Confusion to our enemies!'" --Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editor Paul Greenberg

Political Futures

"At a private event the other evening, it has been reported that one of the Obama Administration's lead economic counselors, Paul Volcker, indicated the support for a Value-Added Tax (VAT) may be more achievable than in the past. ... [I]n order to fund the record spending of the federal government, hard-working families and small businesses are going to be required to foot more of the bill ... it is that simple. After passage of a nearly $1 trillion health care bill, the Obama administration cannot longer deny this. The only question in my mind has been how much will our taxes be raised -- and when. A VAT is a tax that is added to a good at each stage of the production process. ... Not surprisingly, VAT taxes are not borne wholly by the producers themselves. Rather those incremental taxes are passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices. Even [more] troubling, this tax comes with a complete lack of transparency. Unlike a sales tax, which the consumer sees as a line item on their sales receipt beyond the retail price, a VAT is simply a hidden tax. It is another way for the federal government to take our money and deliberately leave taxpayers in the dark about their share of footing the bloated federal budget. Now keep in mind, the addition of a VAT would be on top of our already overly burdensome federal tax system -- meaning that you would continue to pay your federal income, payroll, capital gains, and estate taxes. ... This was the first salvo in what many of us have feared -- Democrats gearing up to increase our tax burden by creating a new form of federal taxation." --columnist Michael Reagan

Liberty

"The problem that our nation faces is very much like a marriage where one partner has broken, and has no intention of keeping, the marital vows. Of course, the marriage can remain intact and one party tries to impose his will on the other and engage in the deviousness of one-upsmanship. Rather than submission by one party or domestic violence, a more peaceable alternative is separation. I believe we are nearing a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and those Americans who want to be left alone that separation is the only peaceable alternative. Just as in a marriage, where vows are broken, our human rights protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution have been grossly violated by a government instituted to protect them. The Democrat-controlled Washington is simply an escalation of a process that has been in full stride for at least two decades. There is no evidence that Americans who are responsible for and support constitutional abrogation have any intention of mending their ways. ... Americans who wish to live free have several options. We can submit to those who have constitutional contempt and want to run our lives. We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed and death in an attempt to force America's tyrants to respect our liberties and human rights. We can seek a peaceful resolution of our irreconcilable differences by separating. ... The bottom-line question for all of us is: Should we part company or continue trying to forcibly impose our wills on one another? My preference is a restoration of the constitutional values of limited government that made us a great nation." --economist Walter E. Williams

The Gipper

"And now today we find ourselves involved in another struggle, this time called a cold war. This cold war between great sovereign nations isn't really a new struggle at all. It is the oldest struggle of human kind, as old as man himself. This is a simple struggle between those of us who believe that man has the dignity and sacred right and the ability to choose and shape his own destiny and those who do not so believe. This irreconcilable conflict is between those who believe in the sanctity of individual freedom and those who believe in the supremacy of the state." --Ronald Reagan

Reader Comments

"Amen Mark, another excellent essay on what we need to do to restore this once great nation of freedom and liberty. You'll be glad to know I'm in the process of distributing 100 Essential Liberty guides -- a number of which will be distributed this Sunday as part of my Sunday School lesson, 'Rediscovering God in America' with credit to Newt Gingrich and his fantastic book which I highly recommend. I believe it's going to take the next great spiritual awakening to achieve this restoration. Putting God back in the center where our founders intended is first and foremost..." --Matt

"On the issue of civil disobedience; what would happen if all conservatives, libertarians and anyone else who wanted to participate, increased their W4 dependents to say, 10? What if we were so unified that we defunded the tyrants in DC and at least temporarily prevented them from financing their leftist agenda? I'm sure they would simply borrow more money and even dream up some new social programs, but wouldn't it give them a wake up call? Then, with all of the extra money in our paychecks, we could implement phase 2 of our unified plan. Buy guns and ammo." --Rick

"I'm not surprised that doctors are inundated with calls from their patients about how to get all that new 'free ObamaCare.' That's what BHO promised during his campaign, if you strip out all the obfuscating verbiage. That's the 'hope 'n' change' a lot of people voted for -- free health care for all. When they find out what they REALLY got, the tea is gonna hit the fan (to mix metaphors)." --Wendy

Government

"What makes the Obama census campaign different from other census programs? First, its naked, left-wing special interest pandering. The White House is championing a 'Queer the Census' movement by pro-gay marriage groups, for example, and the Commerce Department is working with open-borders leaders who want to use the census as leverage to stop all immigration raids. The electoral stakes are high. Some $400 billion in federal funding and, most importantly, the apportionment of congressional seats are up for grabs. Instead of straightforward enumeration of the American population, Obama and the left's identity politics-mongers are turning the $1 billion, taxpayer-subsidized census public relations drive into a government preferences lobbying bonanza. More galling: the White House manipulation of census worker employment to goose the jobless rate. Last week, the government touted employment figures bolstered by the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010. The Census Bureau anticipates it may add nearly 750,000 workers to its payroll by May. Liberal economist Heidi Shierholz exulted in The Hill: 'This is the best-timed census you could ever dream of.' And Team Obama plans to milk it for all it's worth." --columnist Michelle Malkin

The Last Word

"Ah, springtime has arrived in Washington, D.C. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is under way. The cherry trees, 3,700 of them given to America by the Japanese in 1912, are in full bloom. It reminds me why Americans are so wary of Washington. In the spring of 1999, you see, some culprits had been chopping down cherry trees. The National Park Service, in a state of high alert for days, finally identified the tree fellers: three beavers, who decided to construct a dam in the Tidal Basin. In a normal city, this situation would have been dealt with swiftly. The beavers would have been trapped, transported to another location and released. ... But Washington is no normal city. ... The hullabaloo went on for some time before the Park Service finally hired a professional trapper. The trapper caught the beavers and they were carted off. You'd think that would have been the end of it. But not in Washington. Activists, suspicious of what the Park Service really did with the beavers -- were they relocated to Guantanamo Bay? -- demanded their location be divulged. That prompted the Park Service to issue a statement. It said that, due to the publicity surrounding the case, the beavers were moved to a 'safe house,' which, apparently, is some kind of beaver witness protection program. The beaver incident illustrates how convoluted and confusing things can get in Washington -- simple ideas and solutions that work everywhere else are twisted and contorted and made unrecognizable there. That's why the fellows who founded this country had the right idea when they sought to keep most of the decision-making out of Washington -- keep it among the people and within the states. But the birds running the government right now don't see it that way. They have Washington butting into every aspect of our lives, health care being the most recent. Alas, springtime has arrived in Washington. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the cherry trees are in full bloom. And all I can do is worry about what that nutty town is going to meddle with next." --columnist Tom Purcell



Comments

Gary

That so called president what's his name needs to be put out of office and given a free pass to his own country where he belongs. This guy has done nothing for the American people. Yes!! I said American people!!!

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:20:30 AM


Marcy Dupre

I got this from the most recent issue of "The Baby Boomer Headquarters," published as a weekly e-newsletter by Hershel Chicowitz. Thought you might like to share it with the Paying Public.

Keep up the fire!

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WE ARE MET ON FORM 1040

Four score and seventeen years ago our fathers brought forth upon this nation a new tax, conceived in desperation and dedicated to the proposition that all men are fair game. Now we are engaged in a great mass of calculations, testing whether this taxpayer or any taxpayer so confused and so impoverished can long endure.

We are met on Form 1040. We have come to dedicate a large portion of our income to a final resting place with those men who here spend their lives that they may spend our money.

It is altogether anguish and torture that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot evade, we cannot cheat, we cannot under-estimate this tax. The collectors, clever and sly, who compute there have gone far beyond our poor power to add and subtract.

Our creditors will little note nor long remember what we pay here, but the Bureau of Internal Revenue can never forget what we report here.

It is not for us, the taxpayers, to question the tax which the government has thus far ignobly spent. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these vanishing dollars we take increased devotion to the few remaining - that we highly resolve that next year will not find us in a higher bracket, that this taxpayer, underpaid, shall figure out more deductions, and that this tax of the people, by the Congress, for the government, shall not cause solvency to perish.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:34:52 AM


John Valentine

Regard Obama and his administration and Czyrs,

This deranged and misguided boy president is not ever, EVER, going to act like a President. He got elected by a very well financed and clever group. They are Facist and Socialists with a lot of Communism mixed in. This man, his mentors,his congress and advisors, are the most dangerous thing the USA has ever been threatened with. We must continue to civil disobedience but I fear with the debt and welfare programs being unfunded, the inner cities will riot and burn...which takes us to a civil war. The people will win this!!

Obama does not care about his race, position in history, his party or anybody else...he is out to destroy America. Impeachment is pending!!!

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:39:59 AM


Dante Ferrigno

For those of you who buy into Miles Moxley's socialist statements, here is the real truth: "Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other--and your time is running out." Ayn Rand

See the whole speech as quoted from Atlas Shrugged here...

http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/index.php?news=1826

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:55:06 AM


Moody

The America citizens need to use their best weapon, their vote, and send all the all the Compost-heads in congress and the Executive Branch to the South Pole.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:59:43 AM


Doyle Martin

A friend recently commented that what a majority voted for last election was "hope and change," but what they got instead was "hoax and chains." Quite apt I thought!

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:05:05 PM


Karr Q

@John V,

I belive you are correct, He is bent on the destruction of our great Nation that sacrificed so much and so many. Us, our children and grandchildren will suffer the aftermath of this "president" and those who pull his strings.

But the American people are too caught up in their "on-line life", facebook, twitter, and personal social events ( not to say that it's wrong, but missused)along with who can have the best and most toys, rather to get involved with a solution.

Our for-fatherds had family, jobs, and several other obligations that they set aside to persue the cost of freedom. Blood was nessisary, To paraphrase; The tree of liberty must be waterd with the blood of the patriots and tyrrants...

But sad to say, few are willing and ready to secure freedom for family and countrymen.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:11:18 PM


Gordauch

Churchill, summarized in Paul Greenburg's editorial, advised 'Peace through strength'. It is a shame we have forgotten Orwell's perverted slogan "Ignorance is Strength" in our rush to 'Peace'.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:19:39 PM


Phillip F. Eisner

On the subject of the illegal cherry tree cutting by the three beavers: Were the beavers advised of their rights and allowed to cease and desist all illegal cutting before they were deported to "Timbuktu"? Are they any other beavers in the D.C. area engaged in the illegal cutting of cherry trees, and were they also deported? If not, then the three beavers who were deported have surely had their civil rights violated and should pursue the matter in court. I know of a few good "Liberal" attorneys who would probably take the case!!!!

On the serious side, folks, if we don't get rid of these buffoons in Washington, especially the one who calls himself the President, Messiah, Annointed One, etc., this once Great Nation is going to be flushed "down the toilet"!!!!

Walter Williams analysis that the problems our nation is facing is very much like a marriage where the two partners are not getting along is right on!! I vote for a divorce.

And the Great Communicator and Mentor Ronald Reagon said it best: "This irreconcilable conflict is between those who believe in the sanctity of individual freedom and those who believe in the supremacy of the state"!!!

I say we draw a line in the sand and let everyone choose a side and get on with it. It should be a short fight, since we have all the guns (and now it appears they will forego using nuclear weapons, I assume that applies to us as well), and get rid of the socialist, marxist, stupid idiots once and for all, and restore this Republic and the Constitution to what the Founding Fathers intended it to be!!!! Damn, I am starting to scare myself, but what needs to be done needs to be done. Thanks again to Mark Alexander and the Patriot Post for keeping the people informed about what is happening in this country.

Phillip F. Eisner

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:41:01 PM


cmblake6

Obama does not care about his race, position in history, his party or anybody else...he is out to destroy America. Impeachment is pending!!!

Is it? I just put up a post that moves this from impeachment to espionage trial. Yes, he IS trying to destroy our country. What the heck, it's not his country. He's a puppet, and this destruction is not mere socialist ignorance but intentional sabotage by an Enemy Of The State.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:44:07 PM


Jon Oram

One of the best posts to date! Now some observations about the VAT: Of course politicians all want a VAT. For them, the tax is not obvious to consumers; the higher price built in at all stages will be blamed on greedy businessmen. A 10% national sales tax would be an impossible sell to voters, but would certainly require fewer enforcers, because only the point of final sale would have to be monitored. And for big government politicians, having to ensure building in of a VAT at all processing stages would require more government workers and a larger bureaucracy. And for the states, it would be a windfall as current sales taxes would now be based on a sales price that includes a hidden tax. We are in for the fight of our lives, hopefully with ballots instead of bullets.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:53:31 PM


Terry B

Doyle -

To take a little poetic license from your post I would like to add the following “Change”:

‘You may have voted for "Hope and Change," but what you get instead is "Hoax and Chains." Quite apt I think on Tax Week for those of us who actually have to pay the bills.’

I wish every year at this time that the national elections were held at the end of April instead of the first of November. Maybe this year people will truly remember and throw them all out.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:53:52 PM


Phillip F. Eisner

My compliments to the author of "We are Met On Form 1040". After posting my comment I was reading some of the other comments and came across yours. You have just made my day, Sir or Maam!!! It must be almost April 15th. Have you ever considered running for an elected office, my friend, say maybe President of the United States, or maybe Speaker of the House???? We could sure use your intelligence and wit to lead the nation out of this mess we are in. You have a wonderful day.

Phillip F. Eisner

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:54:32 PM


Tony, Washington

President Obama's new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is 'in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),' explained Gates, then 'the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.'

Hopefully, Obamas rhetoric with other countries carries the same validity as the lies he tells in America. I came to the conclusion some time ago that Obama always means the opposite of my interpretation. If he says "Yes." I now completely understand that Obama actually means "No."

Posted April 12, 2010 at 1:04:24 PM


Mike Marshall

Mark,

Thank you for your committment to freedom in the United States of America! I have 30+ Talented and Gifted Students that will be reading and studying from Essential Liberty this quarter. Yes, this is a public school:)

Sincerely,

Mike Marshall

Posted April 12, 2010 at 1:25:51 PM


Bernard P. Giroux

Under Reagan, deterrent involved three legs: ballistic missile submarines at sea; the Strategic Air Command and its bomber force; The U.S., land based ICBM Force. Obama is dismantling this. One has to wonder what his motives are? It certainly cannot be for peace-keeping reasons.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 1:28:26 PM


Philip

I am confused by Walter Williams' recommendation of "separation" between those who advocate constitutional governance and those who ignore the constitution. Is he suggesting secession as the answer? What happens when, in the ebb and flow of politics, any states that seceded elect leftist anticonstitutional legislators and governors?

Posted April 12, 2010 at 1:29:26 PM


Anthony A.

I agree with Rick's point in the Readers Comments. I’ve had this same conversation with everyone I know. If we all got together and increased our W4 not to 10 but 110, we would essentially stop all government confiscation of our money. However, we need to all band together as they can’t jail us all. We need a national spokesman to push this idea but that person will need to continue to pay their taxes so they’re not jailed. The only problem is if the government puts in place some business law forcing them to police our W4s by not allow us to raise our deductions more than x each year or flat out doesn’t allow more than x deductions in total. I like the idea and am in if and when we Americans decide to move forward on it. Once decided, we all must move ASAP to circumvent any immediate government changes to the W4.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:01:32 PM


Michael Harris

I heard Newt speak in New Orleans the other day (YouTube) and say that we must defeat the secular progressives in the ballot box. The sooner we all organize and carrying out this defeat the sooner we can reverse all this crazy nonsense!

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:15:57 PM


Wiley Raper

Census: I have lived at the same address for the past 13 years. I file a federal tax form with this address each year. I have voted republican every election. I wonder if any other republicans are having my problem. I have not received a census form to fill out. I wonder if this is another way to control who gets counted in this country.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:26:09 PM


Stephen.S.

With respect to the tax on incomes, the people need to stand up and demand the government show us the statute and implementing regulation that makes the majority of working americans LIABLE for the income tax. Taking that idea one step further, the people should stand up and demand the government show us the statute and implementing regulation that is the basis for treating our personal earnings as 100% profit.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 3:05:06 PM


Alton D. Womack

Right on Dr Krauthammer and others about maintaining a strong nuclear posture. Whne President Eisenhour, gave the orders to General Curtis LeMay back in the 50s, build me a strong strategic force second to none. It worked. We carried a huge big stick. No one got attacked but it worked. But suspect now we will be labeled as a paper tiger. America we really need to check the pedigree of people before we put them in a plce as important as the Presidency.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 3:10:48 PM


Ronald J

I would just like to say I agree with every comment posted. As far as the W4 and form 1040 issue we normally do not have to worry about taxes as we do not have suffecient income to have to pay. However, I would like to propose this: That when this health care bill does go into affect, and if my understanding is correct, that they will fine us or throw in jail if we fail to purchase govt. insurance. I say, if enough of us band together and say, "put me in jail", would that add to employment ranks because of more jail space needed. If that would be the case we would be doing our nation a great service by employing more people. Of course if they couldn't get enough jails built fast enough what would they do with us rebels? Encourage everyone you know to go to the polls this year and elect responsible, conservative Americans who know and will uphold the constitution, which is what every politician takes an oath to do, but sadly, very few really mean what they swear to do.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 3:12:52 PM


Rifleman

Now that the Little Dutch Boy has removed his finger from the health "care" dyke, the Obama Flood will inundate us all. By November, he'll have achieved so much of his agenda that it will be next to impossible to roll it back. Rescinding Obamacare and the Shamulus and all the borrowing and Cap and Trade and crippling taxation and more gun laws and the weakening of our defenses and the opening of our border to whomever will take a generation -- or longer -- to roll back. By then, America will have degenerated to a third rate nation -- which is exactly what Obama has in mind in the first place. It's all about punishing this nation for the evil that we have done and the arrogance we have shown. Even if Obama were to walk the graveyard at Colleville sur Mere above the bluffs on Obama Beach, Normandy, he'd say that those American boys died defending an immoral America who caused WWII by our policies.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 4:17:12 PM


Bob Stogner

Mark,

Stop preaching to the choir! What good is your pledge if there is no physical fight to take America back from the D.C. nuts/fascists/liberals?

We need rebellion and revolution NOT more rhetoric. Bullets, NOT more ballots or Bullspit.

You seem to be such an intelligent and Patriotic man, but where are the CAJONES !?

Obama's machine will not be stopped by any election, only by killing those crooks will any progress be made. You don't get rid of cancer by talking it to death, YOU HAVE TO KILL ALL OF IT, OR SUFFER THE CONCEQUENCES. May God help us all if we don't have the guts to kill those in Washington that work to enslave us. PLEASE...WAKE UP !!

Posted April 12, 2010 at 4:21:11 PM


FREDO

A couple days ago I posed the question, "When in the course of some 10,000 years of human history

has diplomacy or "sanctions" ever accomplished

anything?" I'm still waiting for an answer.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 4:30:09 PM


Jim G

Charles Krauthamer has Obama's Nuclear Policy exactly right - "This is quite insane."

"The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable." ~ Sun Tzu

Posted April 12, 2010 at 5:22:53 PM


Anton D Rehling

Stalin imprisoned millions of the citizens to further his Marxist agenda. Do we now sit idly by while our elected government moves to do the exact same thing?

We have one more chance, 2010 elections. We will try the Ballot box one more time. If that is subverted through lies and manipulations by an out of control misrepresative government subverting the very documents and rule of law this country was founded upon with the assistance of a misrepresenting socialist supporting media; we will be left but one path.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:19:50 PM


Anton D Rehling

April 19, 1775

Are we destined for a repeat?

April 15-19, 2010

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:26:26 PM


Anton D Rehling

It is a sad day when you must choose your words carefully in the United States of America. If you speak the words of our founders, you become a target of those who have subverted our laws, rights and freedom. I exercise my first amendment right and wonder when that late night raid will come to my home to arrest me for what the present unconstitutional government will view as a threat to their agenda of tyrannical subjugation of a once free population.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:46:09 PM


Ron Newton

Liberty:

Mr. Williams has presented an exact likeness to the situation facing Americans today. However, it will require two of his proposed possible solutions; “Separation” and “Restoration” to return America to a land of liberties and human rights.

Separation through impeachment of those “Socialist Democrats” who have deliberately and maliciously defied Americas’ guaranteed constitutional protections. Grounds for impeachment need look no further than their “Oath” to guard and protect the Constitution of The United States sworn upon taking office.

Restoration through reversal of each and every piece of legislation that sets the rights and/or liberties of one individual or group above those of any other individual or group.

It is all very simple, however, Americans have seemingly evolved to a mentality toward the constitution that the only important liberties are those that support their individual beliefs. In 1997, then President Bill Clinton in his State of the Union Address stated that “Americas diversity was its greatness”, what an idiot. Historically, Americas greatness has been demonstrated through the ability of the citizens to unite their diversities together to achieve a common goal, a goal beneficial to the liberties and human rights of ALL.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:47:39 PM


Howard Last

The best way to deal with the beavers chopping down the cherry trees would be to trap them and use them for food for the needy. The fur alos makes for nice hats. Did I say I am not PC?

Posted April 12, 2010 at 7:04:49 PM


Howard Last

Walter Williams has nailed it again. We have three choices, the Jury Box, Ballot Box and Cartridge Box. I believe it is fast approaching the Cartridge Box. Say isn't that why there is a Second Amendment. Remember Patriots Day. For those who went to govmint skools or never took Civics, it has something to do with Lexington and Concord. Samuel Adams and John Hancock call your office.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 7:38:13 PM


Tom Goldie

I find it unhelpful for anyone to argue that half of Americans don't pay income tax. Sure, it's technically correct, but then that is used by the left to say, "See how the rich people howl? We MUST be helping the poor."

Instead, we need to point out that POOR people pay corporate tax in every Domino's pizza, every box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, and pay their landlord's income taxes in their rent each month.

The illusion of a battle of "rich versus poor" is not one we can afford any longer. Wake the poor up to WHY a quart of oil costs $7, and they'll become Republicans in a heartbeat.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 7:51:53 PM


Jerry Joyce

Your article on the NPT was well written. However, I do believe that North Korea and Iran were not a part of that plan. Therefore, an attack on the U.S. from either or both nations would result in an immediate nuclear response from the U.S.

Please clarify your story regarding my comment.

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:34:55 PM


J Gover

To those making the saber rattling comments here (Mssrs. Stogner, Rehling, et al).

Gentlemen, I share your frustration and anger at the current path our nation is being driven down. However, calls to arms are premature and unhelpful at this stage. They only lend weight to the Statists in power and their leftist supporters, who look for any opportunity to point and say; "See?! There are your bloody minded radicals."

Recall your history and keep in mind that the bloodshed of April 19th 1775 did not occur until the government authority marched troops out to disarm the citizenry. It was only then that our Patriot Fathers formed up on Lexington Green with their arms to stop the theft of their Liberty and then rallied at Concord Bridge to drive those troops back into Boston.

Prior to that moment, numerous petitions were made to the King in the years prior to the revolution, both by the seperate colonies and by individuals, for redress of grievances. The Sons of Liberty engaged in demonstrations and civil disobedience as a means of expressing the public outrage. Sam Adams organized the Committees of Correspondence and it was from these seeds that the founding fathers convened the First Continental Congress in Sept. 1774 and made a Declaration of Resolves in October. A formal, unified, Petition to King was further made by this Congress, which then resolved to reconvene in May of 1775 if their petition was rebuffed by the King. Of course, April 19th arrived with the King's answer, and the die was cast.

Yes, these are Intolerable Acts, which once again, an increasingly despotic government has elected to practice upon Americans. But to truly follow the example of the founders, we must exhaust all peaceful and reasonable means - via legal challenges, petitions for redress of grievance, and through the ballot box - prior to any considerations of a use of or call to arms as a means to restoration of the Constitution and Liberty. No gentlemen, we have not reached Lexington Green yet.

However, do keep close watch on the undertaking of this government in regards to the U.N. Small Arms Treaty, or other similar measures designed to subvert the Constitution of these United States - particularly the 2nd Amendment. And keep your powder dry.

"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." ~ The Declaration of Independence 1776

Posted April 12, 2010 at 11:53:09 PM


Fred Parker

I wrote you once before about the seeming disrespect for the US Merchant Marine. Per the web site shown below, the Merchant Marines suffered a higher rate of casualties than any of the other "military" services.

I request that you include the US Merchant Marines in your beneduction.

http://www.usmm.org/ww2.html

I am a retired from the USMC, and have no personal stake in this. However, the sacrifice and dedication of the Merchant Marines should be recognized.

Thanks.

Posted April 13, 2010 at 3:43:13 AM


Tony Wawok

Obama is slowly turning us into a muslim country. The U.S will no longer be the richest and mightiest country in the world. The health bill will put a strain on all working AMERICANS and make it harder to make ends meet. Foreclosures will grow as well as the unemployment rate. He should be impeached and put on the front line to see what it is like to fight for FREEDOM. The very freedom he enjoys.

Posted April 13, 2010 at 8:49:06 AM


Shane

Mr. J. Grover,

You are quite correct in respect to saber rattling. It does give the leftist media and statist an excuse to dismiss us all as radicals. All legal means must be employed to stop and reverse the damage to our country that has been done by progressives. The problem with your statement is that when the English put boots on the ground to deal with colonists, the colonists still had some time to get ready for them. With the speed of deployment now and the misinformation put out by most of the media, a disarming force could be at our homes before we even knew they were coming. Instead of a unit of armed resistance they could take us one by one while we sleep. Not much chance in resisting that, eh?

Posted April 13, 2010 at 9:10:18 AM


J Gover

Shane, you are correct. In todays world there is a speed to the unfolding of events that should cause us to remain ever vigilant. However, keep in mind that all things are relative, and as evidenced by the speed at which the Tea Party movement erupted a year ago, we too have the advantage of the improved speed of communication and organization that our founding fathers could only dream of.

We must remain united in our cause, ever watchful, and prepared to literally, respond at a moments notice when the call comes to bring the defense of Liberty to next level. And I would add... to the next APPROPRIATE level. We will know it when it comes.

As for "Not much chance in resisting"... I wouldn't cast the towell in so quickly on that count. I am both a veteran of the Armed Services and the Law Enforcement community. The ranks of both are heavily populated with Patriots, who many on the left would likely be surprised to learn... Will not be so quick and willing to forswear their oath "to support and defend the Constitution of the United States" to detriment of their countrymen and Liberty. JMHO.

God Save the Republic.

Posted April 13, 2010 at 12:47:49 PM


Dan

Have we ever seen pork on the white house menu?

Posted April 13, 2010 at 1:30:23 PM


Harold (Wyatt)

1.Health Care + 2. Amnesty + 3. Cap & Trade = 3rd world country. Them 3 things with a few other things thrown in will require taxes to be increased to such a point that everyone will be crying for WELFARE.

Posted April 13, 2010 at 1:46:04 PM


Kenneth Harrell

On April 19, 1775, at Lexington and Concord, our Patriot ancestors fired the opening volley for American liberty. Each year at this time, we remember their sacrifice, and honor the brave men and women who continue to shoulder the burden of American freedom.

On March 21, 2010, the congressional democrats began their long anticipated plans to tear apart the foundation of this nation. Only a strong and resolute nation of patriots can put an end to their efforts. Only by working hard, and voting to return control of Congress and then the Oval Office to Conservative hands, can this destructive process be halted.

Our forefathers battled a foreign monarchy for control of our future. Today, we patriots must battle a warped, distorted and corrupt mob of leftist elitists within our own citizenry who continue to crow that they know better than we ourselves what is best for us. Like HELL they do.

Posted April 13, 2010 at 2:45:02 PM


Guy L W Hardy

I was not raised to divorce; it is not a viable alternative. Every bit as much as it is my responsibility to not push my wife to the point where she wants out, she is to respect me enough that I want to keep her around - it is a mutual effort.

So it is with my country. I refuse to leave my country, my Constitution, my home due to the selfishness of the other party. I, John Q Citizen, have made every concession I can, have borne every ignominy thus far - but there is always a limit. I am not leaving, so there must be reconciliation - but it must be mutually satisfying. I am the one in charge - I am the people. There can only be one head in a family, one final decision, or chaos reigns.

The general government must submit to the will of John Q Public in order that there may be peace and prosperity for the most people, strife and penury for the least. John Q Citizen prefers to use words, but the sword is not eschewed at this juncture. Patrick Henry was most eloquent: "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." Patrick Henry

Posted April 13, 2010 at 3:01:41 PM


Frank Kaler

Right after the vote on OBAMACARE, i wrote on the back windows of my van:

HEY LAUTENBERG, MENENDEZ AND HOLT--

WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

Would love to see this being done in all the states with, of course the names of those states "nonrepresentatives" who voted for the bill in place of New Jeraeys three traitors.

Posted April 13, 2010 at 3:33:07 PM


Tony P

There IS a reason nuclear war plans are classified TOP SECRET...

Posted April 14, 2010 at 9:15:02 PM


Robert, USN, Retired

"What have you created Mr. Franklin, a Democracy, or a Republic?" Response, as written, " A Republic, Sir, if you can keep it."

Why,then, in writings, and in speeches, is there a constant reference to the "Democratic Way?" The POTUS constantly uses the term. I suggest that writers for such publications as the PP, if not quoting, use the term Republic. Thank You.

Posted April 16, 2010 at 9:39:12 PM


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