Michael Moriarty, the actor who portrayed the original assistant district attorney on the groundbreaking and very original Law & Order TV program, has written a piece for http://bighollywood.com denouncing his former show’s producer for allowing the popular program to become increasingly left-wing.
Capitalism. Saying the word is like laying down in a bed with freshly washed sheets and snuggling your nose into the sweetly scented pillows. <sniff> Ahhh… Capitalism. If political institutions are merely a reflection of the economic system which forms their foundation, then any free man must be a capitalist. Capitalism is the only economic mode which expects liberty and ownership of property to be the order of the day. It is the cornerstone of a republican governing structure, and the first thing brought to heel by totalitarian despots.
Who knew a crayon could be so perilous an instrument? Like the rest of us, WH Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is learning many lessons lately. The hazards of a sharp tongue married to a dull wit were foremost Friday. [Read more →]
The article screams “Obama wants stimulus projects to hire more minorities, women”. One quick glance at that headline tells you pretty much all you need to know about the information presented in the article. For the people who only read headlines, it’s a pretty good one at communicating the message. [Read more →]
It’s been just over a year since then-candidate Obama mocked Ayn Rand and attacked the core of libertarian philosophy, but it seems his attitudes have changed a bit since assuming the mantle of President.
The headline on this article says it all:
You won’t believe this new Poll-Obama 47% Bush 44%
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Public Policy Poll found that on 50% of America would prefer Obama over G W Bush and a whopping 44% would rather have Bush back in the White House over Obama!
The article fails to mention the most important statistic uncovered by the poll: Only 6% of Americans are sane and capable of rational thought.
(Hat Tip – LoT)
Many people still mistakenly label George Orwell’s 1984 as “satire.” But fewer people should continue in this error after President Obama defended war in his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo.
We should be truly thankful that we unelected all those neocons.
I was posed a question by the reader wjv in an earlier thread, asking me if I could work some of my ideas on the nature of government, and the freedoms of individuals and groups, into a few thoughts on health care. I must admit that I find it interesting that anyone would care what I think about it, but it was a great question/suggestion, and provided quite a bit of food for thought as I wandered the crisp, breezy woods yesterday afternoon.
Americans are deeply conflicted over whether alleged 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should be tried in a civilian court. But the one thing we can all agree on is that — in reprisal for his orchestration of the cold-blooded murder of those killed in the World Trade Center attack — we should . . . murder him in cold blood. [Read more →]
Essayist Gerald L. Early once wrote that 2,000 years from now, America will be known for “the Constitution, baseball, and jazz music…the three most beautiful things our culture has ever produced.”
Tough to argue with that.
But if the Constitution is to be enshrined in this immortal trio of Americana, why do today’s leaders continue to dismiss what’s written inside? [Read more →]
I was pleased to read that the Sussex Square Homeowners’ Association had dropped their threat of a lawsuit against Van T. Barfoot.
His offense? Flying the American flag outside his home in suburban Richmond, Virginia.
The association claimed that Col. Barfoot’s American flag on a 21-foot flagpole was not “aesthetic.” Of course there was an immediate outcry from veterans’ groups and many others. Being a 90-year-old retired Army Colonel and World War II Medal of Honor winner certainly helped his cause.
Ok, before we get started, I need to ask if anyone in the audience has a forklift or light crane I can borrow? Looking over my outline for this post, I’m having serious trouble keeping my lower jaw held up off the floor and I require some heavy duty mechanical assistance to put an end to the uncontrollable drooling on my carpet that is resulting from it. I’m going to actually defend Rush Limbaugh here, and it’s having the adverse effect of making me lose control of some of my minor muscles…
The “Sunday Talk Shows” were a-buzz yesterday with Obama Administration statements of commitment to the War in Afghanistan, reports the NYT. A couple of samples:
“We have strategic interests in South Asia that should not be measured in terms of finite times,” said Gen. James L. Jones, the president’s national security adviser, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We’re going to be in the region for a long time.”
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Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” General Petraeus said that the Obama administration was not planning a “rush to the exits” in Afghanistan, and that depending on the security conditions there could be tens of thousands of American troops in Afghanistan for several years.
We’ve been dealing with health care reform for the better part of a year now, and progress today is still as iffy as it was before the “Summer of Angry Town Halls”. The Senate is debating amendments and provisions, jockeying for votes, and trying to keep together the fragile coalition which allowed for debate on the Senate floor to occur. The average American, having long ago made up their mind, is probably becoming tired of the same speeches, the same talking points, and the intolerable actions of Congress people on both sides of the aisle.
“If you think that you are, ‘too big to fail’… ” You have got another think coming!!! is what I optimistically edited in for our President, even before he could stutter out the balance of his thought. Oh, what a transport can occur in a moment! Loyal, or even repeat readers know that the President’s oratory drives a swelling in my chest and a welling in my eyes, as it does for all true Americans. [Read more →]
It’s all coming apart at the seams in the UK, according to a new study released by the Fabian Society and Webb Memorial Trust. The study shows that the UK is about to fall off into depths of poverty unseen in over a century.
A friend sent me the link to an interesting piece from the German magazine Der Spiegel — not exactly a publication of the vast right-wing conspiracy, as my friend pointed out — that criticized Obama’s speech at West Point.
Obama has been criticized from both the left and the right for the speech, and the West Point cadets looked a bit underwhelmed at his less than rallying call-to-arms.
Many unprogressives stubbornly insist that the health care reform legislation making its way through Congress will do little or nothing to provide coverage for the estimated 46 million people in America without health insurance. But these deniers and haters have simply failed to recognize the mechanism that will surely provide coverage for all; that is, the provision that will mandate, under penalty of law, that all individuals purchase insurance. [Read more →]
Here in the rural South, I’m often asked “Why are you a libertarian?” or “What makes you a libertarian?” when I mention to others what political persuasion I hold. Living in a State that went McCain by seven points, I am often surrounded by Republicans who seem to think that libertarians are just another face in the “Big Tent”, like we’re their slightly dopey little brother, and that given time, we’ll eventually mature into full blown GOPer’s. But I think they are mistaken when they make that assumption. In my opinion, there are very serious discrepancies between a true libertarian and a Republican Party statist!
Over the course of the next few posts, I’m going to try to hit the highlights and explain exactly what kind of libertarian I am.
