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- Opinion · Jan 30, 2009Targeting Rush: Saul Alinsky Would Be Proud
steroids, non-stimulus pork bill. The inevitable explosion of federal debt this legislation would cause is reason enough to oppose it, even if it were likely to stimulate the economy … diminish the private sector, empower the autocrats, and further divest us of our individual liberties -- all at the expense of present and future generations. COPYRIGHT 2009 CREATORS SYNDICATE
- Alexander's Column · Jan 23, 2009Ushering in the Error of Obama
please.” Appeasement works... “Our security emanates from the justness of our cause; the force of our example; the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.” Appeasement really works... “To the Muslim … times that try men’s souls...” was about the animating contest for freedom and liberty from government oppression. However, Obama’s entire treatise on the role of government
- Opinion · Jan 12, 2009Want a Warning Label With Those Fries?
that is, unless the government imposes new restrictions on liberty - “overweight and obesity will overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in Massachusetts.” That always seems
- Opinion · Dec 31, 2008Teaching Economics
system maximizes personal liberty and societal wealth, the answer would be capitalism, at least here on Earth. Another pitfall to straight thinking is sometimes called the cause and effect fallacy … caused the 1930s Great Depression. Little is further from the truth. Instead, it was caused by inept fiscal, monetary and regulatory policies of the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations. There
- Opinion · Dec 30, 2008Bush And The Firing Squad
Kennedy. Errare humanum est . Where did Bush err? Well, clearly, in the weighting of causes to invade Iraq. There weren’t any “weapons of mass destruction.” On the other hand … that Bush’s anti-terror policies amounted somehow to a secret war on civil liberties. Federal confusion when Katrina inundated New Orleans further diminished Bush’s popularity ratings. Just
- Opinion · Dec 12, 2008No More Bailouts
that their inevitable failure will teach the lesson that they don’t work and cause our rededication to market principles. But this ignores that a large percentage of the political … model, which would be disastrous for America’s unique and world-leading prosperity and liberty. Conservatives better start screaming bloody murder, or the market enemies soon to dominate
- Opinion · Dec 11, 2008Think Globally; Act Globally?
campaign of the ’50s to GM’s supposed “death car,” which was said to cause the demise of whoever owned it, to the one about alligators in the New York … invasiveness with cameras, wiretaps and other forms of “monitoring”), those who believe in individual liberty are on the defense. On Dec. 8, columnist Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times (www.ft.com
- Opinion · Dec 2, 2008Obama a Centrist? Like I’m a Liberal
stripes that fast. Just what about Obama’s very liberal voting record to date causes one to believe he’ll be any different as president? I could see an aspiring … government spending, euphemized as a stimulus package; impose Draconian measures against our economy and liberties under the pretense of ameliorating man-made global warming; or radically alter the tax code
- Alexander's Column · Nov 7, 2008Majority Fools
those areas that are firmly under Patriot control. (Don’t repeat this, because it causes a lot of heartburn among the majority of city folk who have surrendered to serfdom … their income for charitable purposes. So much for “spreading the wealth around.” Regarding constitutional liberty, Obama has twice taken an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United
- Alexander's Column · Sep 19, 2008Profiles of Valor: CAPT John McCain USN/POW — Veteran Faith
draw breath, so help me God. I’m going to fight for my cause every day as your president. I’m going to fight to make sure every American … Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen — standing in harm’s way in defense of American Liberty , honoring their oath “ to support and defend “ our Constitution. Pray for our Veterans, First Responders
- Alexander's Column · May 23, 2008Profiles in Valor: Memorial Day and Operation Red Wings
Forces with honor and under oath to defend of our Constitution and the cherished liberties it embodies. On 7 August 1782, General George Washington instituted the first formal military award … mortally wounded, gallantly giving his life for his country and for the cause of freedom. By his selfless leadership, courageous actions, and extraordinary devotion to duty, Lieutenant Murphy reflected great
- Alexander's Column · Dec 25, 2007The Shepherd’s Christmas
future generations with the same attributes that have proven favorable to the cause of liberty in our past. That’s where you, our Patriot readers, play such an important role … Thanksgiving? Easter? Christmas? Our Patriot mission is to keep kindled the flame of liberty our Founders sparked on this continent, and we believe that all these national celebrations should unite
- Alexander's Column · Dec 20, 2007Christmas 2007: Happy Christmahanakwamadan!
future generations with the same attributes that have proven favorable to the cause of liberty in our past. That’s where you, our Patriot readers, play such an important role
- Alexander's Column · Nov 21, 2007The Necessity of Thanksgiving
combination ... that when they came a shore they would use their owne libertie; for none had power to command them....” Upon landing, the Pilgrims conducted a prayer service and quickly … them such seasonable showers, with interchange of fair warm weather as, through His blessing caused a fruitful and liberal harvest, to their no small comfort and rejoicing. For which mercy
- Alexander's Column · Sep 17, 2007Global Warming: Fact, Fiction and Political Endgame
those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” --Alexander … only broad speculation. Although Gore and his media shills insist that the primary cause of global warming is the burning of hydrocarbons here in the United States, that government regulation
- Alexander's Column · Jul 3, 2007Our Lives, our Fortunes, our sacred Honor
decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Now, 231 years later, they still ring true … endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
- Alexander's Column · Jun 22, 2007Reflections on patriotism
years ago by Jesus Christ.” The sacrifice made by American soldiers in the cause of liberty is not to be diminished, said Machen -- far from it. Their sacrifice “deserves
- Alexander's Column · May 18, 2007The GOP: A party in distress
what is good and right -- timeless conservative principles . We need an advocate for individual liberty, the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and the promotion of free … members. A political party is a mechanical structure created to further a cause. The cause, not the mechanism, brings and holds the members together.” Reagan was steadfast in his leadership
- Alexander's Column · Apr 20, 2007Are gun-free nations or ‘zones’ safer?
keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic...” --Justice Joseph Story Gun-free nations are safer -- at least for folks like … epidemic of overprescription in the US) that mass shootings began. Thus, if guns cause homicides, then one may, by logical extension, draw the following conclusions about causal factors
- Alexander's Column · Mar 16, 2007Right to carry v. right to know: This month’s Non-Compos Mentis Award winner
cause cancer, wine glasses cause alcoholism, spoons cause obesity, credit cards cause bankruptcy, elections cause corruption, ad nauseum ... Had “philosopher and historian” Trejbal pursued his Ph.D., he might have come … September 2004. In the words of Patrick Henry, “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel