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
“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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
“There’s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to FOX and to MSNBC: ‘Out. Off. End. Goodbye.’ It would be a big favor to political discourse; our ability to do our work here in Congress, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly, in their future.” Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
1. FoxNews and MSNBC are not on the airwaves, consequently the FCC has no jurisdiction.
2. Senator Jay Rockefeller must have missed at least part of the First Amendment to the Constitution, not to mention the entire Constitution itself.
What are the people of West Virginia thinking electing a clown like Rockefeller? He is right, without a press that is able to publish the truth, the Federal Government’s big-government, power-hungry politicians, would be able to ‘get away’ with a lot more. The First Amendment protects the country against the likes of Rockefeller.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee didn’t understand why Rush Limbaugh calls host Ed Schultz, “Sergeant Schultz.” Racist Rep. Lee brought race into it by saying: “I don’t know that to be your name. I’m a little sensitive to what that is to garner. Is that because you have a name that may be ethnically connected to being a Sergeant. I’m not sure what that is. I find that insulting as well.” Schultz is a white male.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, look up Hogan’s Heroes and Sergeant Schultz: