“The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs, but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.” ~ Ludwig von Mises
Category Archives: Bill Of Rights
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck panders, breaks the law and must resign.
“It’s about fairness. It’s about equal application of the law,” Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, March 2012
Los Angles Police Chief Charlie Bech must resign. The Los Angeles Police Department will soon begin ignoring California state law which requires police to impound the vehicles of unlicensed drivers for 30 days. However, the Chief Beck will only ignore the law for a select group of people in Los Angeles County. Continue reading Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck panders, breaks the law and must resign.
There are two fundamentally opposed means whereby man, requiring sustenance, is impelled to obtain the necessary means for satisfying his desires. These are work and robbery…Franz Oppenhiemer
“There are two fundamentally opposed means whereby man, requiring sustenance, is impelled to obtain the necessary means for satisfying his desires. These are work and robbery, one’s own labor and the forcible appropriation of the labor of others.… I propose … to call one’s own labor and the equivalent exchange of one’s own labor for the labor of others, the ‘economic means’ for the satisfaction of needs, while the unrequited appropriation of the labor of others will be called the ‘political means.'” ~ Franz Oppenhiemer
NATO officials, in response to a request for the trial and punishment of the perpetrators … promised this crime will brought to court as soon as possible
“NATO officials, in response to a request for the trial and punishment of the perpetrators … promised this crime will brought to court as soon as possible,”Karzai’s office said in a statement. (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/02/nato-promises-to-put-koran-burners-on-public-trial-as-soon-as-possible/)
Now NATO is enforcing Sharia law? Wow.
If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere
“If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal.
If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative.
If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate.
If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist.”
~ Joseph Sobran (1946- ) American Journalist
Obstructionism reaches new high in Washington
The obstructionist, extremist big-spenders in Washington today continue to block measures for the United States to live within its means. The extreme spenders in Washington continue to believe that they know better than you what to do with your money. The power-hungry extremists are willing to spend the United States off a cliff by spending irresponsibly in order to buy your votes with your money. This puts the power-hungry politicians in a position of control over you by control of the purse. Instead of Freedom and Liberty, the extremists prefer power – their power over you.
Instead of a compromise that involves freedom, the power-hungry extreme spenders want more control over you and your family. No compromise on spending with them, just foot-dragging and blaming others for 4 years (2006-2010) of Democrat Controlled Congressional spending.
Will the extremist Democrat obstructionist compromise and let the United States live within its means? Or will the extreme spenders insist on their own power-grabbing schemes until it is too late for the programs they claim to support (e.g. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid)?
Autopen machines are unconstitutional
“the president would use an autopen machine that holds a pen and signs his actual signature [on the renewed Patriot Act]. ” the White House said.
Article 1, Section 7 of the United States says: “If he approve he shall sign it…” regarding the “Legislative Process”. Clearly the Constitution intends the President to sign a bill, not have a machine sign Bills. Anything else is unconstitutional.
Yet another example where expediency has trumped the Constitution. Opinions to the contrary are useful to mask the issue and create confusion. The Constitution is clear here and treating it otherwise is disingenuous at best, and treasonous at worst.
This discussion is ignoring the problems with the Patriot Act itself.
Update 5/28: The rational that the President “authorized” it means that ANYONE could sign bills for the President if he “authorized” it. A dog’s muddy footprint would work if it was authorized presumably. What exactly is required to “authorize”? A verbal statement – what about someone faking his voice? A wink – or was that a twitch? Something signed – oh wait, that is what we’re talking about?
The signature of the President IS the authorization for a Bill and it makes no sense to authorize the authorization. Just stating that makes it obvious how crazy the entire idea is.
As an attorney, all the legal memorandums that have been rolled out trying to justify the action are nothing more than ex post facto attempts to justify the autopen.
When President Obama comes home, he should sign the Bill in person and never use the autopen again. The use of the autopen is a farce.
Remember:
The signature of the President IS the authorization for a Bill and it makes no sense to authorize the authorization.
Obama “we are working on [gun control] … under the radar”
“…we are working on [gun control] … under the radar.” – President Obama, March 30, 2011
[Health care being a right] means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery. – Rand Paul
SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): “With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery.” May 12, 2011
Socialism, fascism, communism, the herpes of political systems
Socialism, fascism, communism, the herpes of political systems. You may unknowingly get it and once you’ve got it, you’ve got it forever. They are probably more of an ebola or other fatal virus since eventually they – and any other authoritarian, collectivist system – will kill the host country.
How quickly liberty and then a country dies is proportional to the degree they implement any anti-freedom system.