I contacted my Congressman, Dean Heller, regarding the Health Care Reform Legislation I remember explaining that the point of view he was advocating was Pro-infant mortality, Pro-obscene Health Executive Compensation, and Pro-Emergency Room chaos. I received a response that I would love to share with the good reader, along with my rebuttal-
There is momentum now for us to stand up and make real change in the way our country is being run. We need to take charge of that momentum and get it done.
If you are thinking about filing a class action suit, find an attorney who understands that if s/he is unable to negotiate a substantial award for each member of the settlement class, that you will insist that the suit be taken to trial; otherwise, you are merely involving yourself in a lawyerly boondoggle in which the lawyers will use your misery to enrich themselves. If your lawyer is not going to get you and your colleagues substantial awards, at least make sure that s/he does not get any either.
"People ask an expectant mother how her baby is doing. They do not ask how her fetus is doing, or her blob of tissue, or her parasite. But that is what her baby becomes as soon as the child is declared to be unwanted." - Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) (The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, p. 59-60)
Ignorance and apathy among the citizenry has dire consequences for the Republic.
The President will visit Asia Nov. 12-19 and China on the 15th-18th. In an open letter, the China Support Network has advice for Obama and for CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
In This Corner...
by Kaydee Barnett (libertarian, November 5, 2009)
Thoughts on the Puberty War between Teens and the Parents and people who love them.
"Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it." - Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague is considering imposing a defense lawyer on former Bosnian-Serb president Radovan Karadzic against his will.
Raising the Minimum Wage may have made the politicians feel good, but it has wreaked havoc on this Nation's Employment. How good are we feeling now?
Money is a tool: a means of exchange, a standard unity to measure value, and a means to store wealth. There are certain dangers associated with money being limited to a fiat currency. And if the Federal Reserve's inflationary monetary policy was more widely understood, people would demand a return to sound money.
A candid discussion on which Republican candidate would be best for the Constitution in the event that Ron Paul does not secure the nomination of the Republican Party in 2012.
A discussion on Doug Hoffman and the former Republican candidate who has since dropped out of the race.
An open letter to my American cousins
A critique of the great Ron Paul, and my explanation on why he will never be President.
This article discusses the scam in progress behind the Continental Congress 2009
A treatise on the virtues of free markets and why free people cannot exist without equally free markets.
THE NANNY STATE
by Jim Quinn (libertarian, November 1, 2009)
Those who have run up $12 trillion in debt, led us into multiple trillion dollar foreign wars, left our children and grandchildren with a $100 trillion bill for unfunded promises, and have sold their souls to evil banks and corporations, have exercised their powers in a destructive manner.
What Physicians Know
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (libertarian, November 1, 2009)
The greatest burden for physicians is dealing with private health insurance companies, which is why so many of them want Medicare to be made available to everyone.
Last Wednesday, President Obama signed a bill into law which adds acts of violence against the disabled, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender folks to the list of federal hate crimes.
The FDIC's recent proposal to collect three years' worth of premiums from its members in order to cover the cost of closing banks now raises a question about what they will do when the crisis gets worse.
Even a cursory understanding of GDP, in context with other statistics, shows the false hope this current statistic is presenting.
Americans learn about liberalism from liberals, but usually they learn about conservatism from liberals as well. I seek to change this.
Like the days of old, Chicago Unions are battling it out over "Turf"
Yes, the relinquishing of liberty to imbetter society as a whole. Sounds good, doesn't it? If you want government to make the decisions in every manner possible, then that is the plan for you. For me, no.
The costs of the medical industry are related to supply and demand. Why are we not doing what we can to increase supply? Because that would require us to fix a broken tax code.
KARADZIC No Show
by James Luko (centrist, October 27, 2009)
Karadzic boycotted the first day of his trial, an act which highlights several reasons why its time to shut down the UN Tribunal.
The real definition of excommunication has been destroyed by many.
Many of the assumptions of status quo economics, such as the idea of aggregate overproduction, resemble fairy tales more than actual observation.
Our New Roofing Contractor
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian, October 26, 2009)
It seems like months have passed since we began an earnest search for a quality roofing company. There is a lot that goes in to re-roofing a home. To glean earnest estimates coupled with honest efforts proved to be challenging.
My rebuke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and my comments on the Constitution and federal powers of Congress in regards to health care and the "Commerce Clause."
A special election for New York's 23rd CD pits a religious-right wingnut against a fairly libertarian Republican and a liberal Democrat...and Conservative Republicans are following a scorched-earth policy in their support for Hoffman.
Trey Grayson calls Rand an outsider, Rand Responds
Truth Inc. Pt. 8
by Darwyn (centrist, October 23, 2009)
The Decision
On Monday Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a memo to federal prosecutors in 14 states regarding the Obama Administration’s position on medical marijuana.
As an elderly, former university professor, I am deeply anguished whenever I come across shameful academic writing. Such writing not only exposes the inability of the writer but it exhibits the extent of decline in American university teaching and is a symptom of a decadent civilization. Institutions that employ these writers have abandoned the classical educational ideals of truth, goodness, and beauty for belief, greed, and exploitation. And not only Americans but the whole world is paying a horrid price for it.
Nobel? That's No Prize
by John Kozy (centrist liberal libertarian, October 22, 2009)
Excellent journalism was never a priority of Joseph Pulitzer's, and the prizes reflect it. So does the mainstream press which is yellower than ever in both the conventional journalistic sense and the colloquial sense of cowardly. Even worse, however, are the Nobels. They are almost always given to those committed to Western civilization and Capitalism. So now Obama has gotten the prize. Why was it awarded to him? Because he is a protector of the economic status quo and a hegemonist—a true child of a decadent civilization. The deadly arms manufacturer would be highly pleased.
Examining the validity of that common perrenial phrase.
Truth Inc. Pt 7
by Darwyn (centrist, October 21, 2009)
Here They Come
AMERICAN PIE
by Jim Quinn (libertarian, October 21, 2009)
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that Their time is coming to an end We have to unify and watch our flag ascend
All persons are born with certain inalienable rights. Among these are the right to seek and obtain any reasonable treatment in a compassionate society.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it required no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." - Thomas Jefferson, 1787
Obama must be recast as the Hollywood hero
Almost a full year after I started writing my novel, I finally finished and published it online today. Hooray!
The economy is going to hell in a handbasket and congress ignoring it, as they argue over health care.
Jake Towne, running as an unaffiliated private citizen for US Congress in 2010, demonstrates in a lecture at Moravian College that the stimulus plan is a failure and central economic planning never works.
If Florida Governor Crist is looking to weed out government corruption, I suggest he start by looking in the mirror.
Recent actions of the world’s central banks have sent a warning shot across the bow of the ship known as the Federal Reserve.
Some thoughts on the BLC (Balloon Liberation Child) and the media surrounding the incident for the past 24 hours.
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