Before Undoogoo would venture into the jungle to begin his daily hunt, he would don a mask to confuse his prey. Not a mask meant to frighten. No, Undoogoo’s mask was pleasant to look at, designed to trick his quarry into thinking that he was harmless. In this way, Undoogoo was able to get close and strike a lethal blow. Which is exactly what he had in mind the day he spied a beautiful creature drinking at a watering hole. Hiding behind his benign facade, he positioned himself alongside his intended victim and prepared to attack. But what Undoogoo didn’t know was that this “beautiful creature” was also wearing a mask. A mask that successfully camouflaged a fierce and merciless predator. And so it was that Undoogoo suddenly found himself being devoured, torn apart, eviscerated!
Bitcoin is a tool for freedom
Bitcoin is a tool for freedom and will therefore be opposed by any of the statists, communists, socialists, crony-capitalists, fascists – in short any type of authoritarians – who want to monitor and control you. Anyone with a vested interest in the hidden tax on the poor and middle class through inflation will oppose bitcoin. Anyone who doesn’t believe in freedom of movement will oppose bitcoin because it helps people be free to change geographic locations.
The power-hungry politicians and their lap dogs in the press will oppose bitcoin because it threatens them and returns power to the people.
Check it out for yourself.
Why has the president himself not demanded they put out the original documents?
Matthews talked about putting the birth certificate controversy surrounding President Obama to rest:
“Why has the president himself not demanded they put out the original documents?” Matthews wonders.
“If it exists, why not put it out?” Chris Matthews asks.
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. — John Milton
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. — John Milton
the governing rights of the States are all of those which have not been surrendered to the National Government by the Constitution or its amendments.
“As a matter of fact and law, the governing rights of the States are all of those which have not been
surrendered to the National Government by the Constitution or its amendments. Wisely or unwisely,
people know that under the Eighteenth Amendment Congress has been given the right to legislate on this particular subject, but this is not the case in the matter of a great number of other vital problems of government, such as the conduct of public utilities, of banks, of insurance, of business, of agriculture, of education, of social welfare and of a dozen other important features. In these, Washington must not be encouraged to interfere.”Franklin Delano Roosevelt speech on the Volstead Act, March 3, 1930, New York Times. Two years before becoming President and taking the opposite view.
The great corrupter of the American constitutional republic is government ignoring its Constitutional bounds
Mort Zuckerman makes some good points in his USNews commentary, but misses the boat with his comments on money in politics.
Money is a tool. The problem occurs when the government is everywhere, then politics is everywhere. When politics is everywhere, the fight for political power becomes crucial. With no limits on their power, politicians in Washington become power-hungry. The Founders understood this which was why the created a government of limited, enumerated powers. Once the concept of enumerated powers was lost, freedom began down the long road of decline.
When politics and government are everywhere instead of individuals making their own decisions based in their freedom to do so, the freedom of the individual is lost. Every election becomes about someone wanting to control someone else. Every election will be more polarized than the last because many people do not want someone else making their decisions for them. Polarization is good when one side wants to control and the other side wants freedom. Compromise with your destroyers still results in you being destroyed, just slower than out-right surrender.
In short, MONEY is NOT the great corrupter of “American democracy,” but merely a symptom. The great corrupter of the American constitutional republic is government ignoring its Constitutional bounds which allows power-hungry politicians the opening they need to take as much power as they can.
Compromising on Liberty is a loss for everyone, like taking a little poison.
Compromising on liberty is a loss for everyone. Compromising on freedom is like saying “no” to taking a dose poison, but then deciding to take just a little poison each time compromise is required. The poison will kill you eventually, it will just take more time than one full dose to start. Poisoning the tree of liberty will kill freedom, just slower than an ax.
Everything becomes political when the government is everywhere.
When the government is everywhere, everything is political. When the government is everywhere, politics is everywhere. In short, everything becomes political when the government is everywhere.
Instead of individuals making decisions for themselves – from what to eat to where to smoke – a majority (or not) of the population does so by vote. It is the opposite of freedom. It is fascism, socialism, communism or some other form of totalitarianism.
Warren Buffett, the hypocrite of Omaha, says taxes are too low
“But I think that people at the high end — people like myself — should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.” Warren Buffett, November 21, 2010
The Hypocrite of Omaha spoke out again today, arguing that he isn’t paying enough in taxes, but still using shelters and other techniques to shield his income. As in June 2007 and October 2007, Buffett complains he should be paying higher taxes. Warren, instead of complaining about, do it. Send 10% of your assets to the Federal Government. Put your money where your mouth is.
The “Naked Scanner” will be required, the fondling by the TSA makes the Patriot Act look tame.
1. It will not be long until the “naked-scanner” is required. Even the naked scanners won’t detect bombs that have been swallowed or in some prosthetics, so even more intrusive scanners will be required.
2. It will not be long until the airlines begin to feel the financial impact of the long lines which will provide an excuse for a Federal Government bailout.
3. It will not be long until all video recording of TSA officers and airports is illegal. This will prevent widespread criticism.
The fondling by the TSA makes the Patriot Act look tame.