A View From The North
By Cam Vallee Monday, September 20, 2010 (Canada Free Press)
I am a huge fan of Governor Sarah Palin. Because my Province of British Columbia borders the great state of Alaska it was always interesting to follow the going’s on up above my head. She hit my radar about ten years ago and I celebrated her every success. The biggest question asked by the left wing is ‘just who does she think she is going to take America back from' as she often says? Who does she think she is? Here is this Canadian's view:
Palin wants to put control of America back into the hands of the people where (according to your constitution) it should have always been. When you have elected officials mocking millions of people who are trying to tell them what they want and do not want and they ignore them – refuse to meet with them – call them names – shall I say “Houston, we have a problem!” Continue Reading »
How Did Jefferson Know??
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement:
"This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Continue Reading »
- In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.
– John Adams
- If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. — Mark Twain
- Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
- I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. — Winston Churchill
- A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. — George Bernard Shaw
- A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. — G. Gordon Liddy
- Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
- Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. — Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
- Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. — P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
- Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan (1986)
- I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. — Will Rogers
- If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! — P.J. O'Rourke
- In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. — Voltaire (1764)
- Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! — Pericles (430 B.C.)
- No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. — Mark Twain (1866)
- Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it. — Anonymous
- The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. — Ronald Reagan
- The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill
- The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain
- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. — Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
- There is no distinctly native American criminal class…save Congress. — Mark Twain
- What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. — Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
- A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson
The Need to Re-brand The Alternative to Socialism
Countries in which the principles of classical liberalism were more or less applied, and in which the majority of citizens were thereby enabled to reach levels of personal freedom and prosperity unprecedented in all of mankind's history, have been under attack for more than a century and a half by Radical Socialists and their fellow-travelling LSD's. (LiberalSocialDemocrats) Military conflict, both directly and by proxies, was tried. Economic competition was tried. Attempts were made to exploit internal divisions of tribalism, religion and class. Nothing worked completely but the counter efforts have been costly and draining. Continue Reading »
The term 'socialism' describes one of two opposing principles of governance – that the welfare of the clan/tribe/nation/whatever group is its basic purpose. In fact, until the 1950's, the definition of socialism was "the PRINCIPLE that individual freedom should be completely subordinated to the interests of the community" – (Concise Oxford Dictionary – Fourth Edition, 1951).
Karl Marx held that economic activity governed all of humanity's interests. While this is patently false, he and his fellow socialists were able to persuade many that centrally planned control of economic activity by the proletariat of a community was the best way to serve all the interests of that community. Continue Reading »
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension. Continue Reading »
The Globe (John Allemang) recently published an article on this very topic, and how right they are. This past year has seen a non-stop parade of scare tactics, and over-the-top disaster predictions. Of course every year has some degree of high alert threats, but 2009 was a doozie. Continue Reading »
By Conrad Black in National Post, July 25, 2009.
The observation of Barack Obama's six-month anniversary as President has received much less attention than did his 100th day. All the portentous comparisons with FDR have died away, and the administration is in a fierce struggle to salvage two of its most ambitious legislative projects — cap-and-trade to reduce carbon emissions, and universal medical care. Continue Reading »
This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries regarding a pond on his property. It was sent by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania . This guy’s response is hilarious, but read the State’s letter before the response letter.
SUBJECT: DEQ File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County Continue Reading »
A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt. Continue Reading »
