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"All the constitution guarantees is the pursuit of happiness. You have to catch up with it by yourself." - Benjamin Franklin

“These are my principles: Your life is your own damn fault; Take responsibility for it; Learn what you need to do to fix it; Take action on what you’ve learned; Enjoy the results.” - Larry Winget

"For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness."
- Aeschylus

"According to the directions, only sealants, grease, topical skin medications, and Tabasco® sauce should be applied Liberally!
Matters of National policy should not be." - (well, modesty forbids)

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  • Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectu... Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did (more)

    +16 raves ROFLMAO Funny!!! Revisionist history at it's typical Looney Left worst! What else have you got? ... ROFLMAO Funny!!! Revisionist history at it's typical Looney Left worst! What else have you got?

    None of what you propose would have had the environment to succeed had it not been for Reagan! Nice try though... I enjoyed your fiction immensely!

    To get your story correct, read this...
    from,

    Reagan and the Cold War
    On Principle, vol. X, no. 6
    December 2002

    by: Patrick J. Garrity

    "Ronald Reagan inherited this strategy but, unlike Carter, he proved willing to pay for it.

    The American foreign policy establishment resisted many of Reagan’s initiatives as too risky, and its representatives fought vigorously to take the edge off many of his policies or redirect them altogether. Reagan himself subscribed to the adage of coaches everywhere, that it is amazing how much can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit. He accepted the fierce interagency and Congressional disputes that arose in consequence, as part of the price of implementing his policies in a democracy. He never lost sight of the prize, however.

    Conservatives generally accept Schweizer’s explanation for the end of the Cold War. They are happy to take credit for Reagan’s success and apply his name to policies they wish to pursue in the future. Yet there are some important differences between Reagan’s approach and that of many of his conservative contemporaries. Reagan was naturally optimistic about the strength of democracy and the weakness of communism. He believed the West could and would win the Cold War. Many (not all) conservatives were pessimistic. They doubted the will of the democracies, overestimated Soviet staying-power and toughness, and saw themselves as fighting a rear-guard action designed to stave off defeat as long as possible. Some conservatives questioned Reagan’s judgment when he saw the possibilities of doing business with Gorbachev; they argued that any negotiation with the Kremlin Ð any accommodation to the fears of allies Ð was politically demoralizing.

    In the end, Reagan was proven correct on the big questions against critics from the left, center and right. He was never one to sweat the small stuff. And as Schweizer concludes, "Reagan’s hope that we be guided not by fear but by courage and moral clarity is as apt today as it was during the Cold War."

    Patrick Garrity is an Adjunct Fellow at the Ashbrook Center."
    ref: http://www.ashbrook.org/publi...     (more)

  • CAIR speaker to Muslims: OK to attack Fort Bragg

    +6 raves Not in MY USA it isn't... unless they are prepared to declare war!!!

  • Health care bill. Retirees pay attention!!!

    +3 raves The American people have been saying it all summer long... and the ones vilifying them are the po... The American people have been saying it all summer long... and the ones vilifying them are the politicians and those 'special interests' who support them, know the reason!

    The touted 'transparency' of the Democrat-led government is a smokescreen to get elected! Once the government figured out that YOU can read, they suddenly had to go on the defensive...

    They dare not live up to their campaign rhetoric, lest their overall plan of dominating 'control' be thwarted.

    Wake up Americans NOW! Call your senators and representatives and don't ask, demand that they listen to you and not some paid lobbyist from the AMA, AARP, ACORN, or any other alphabet-soup Soros-funded organization!

    Tell them America is NOT for sale... at any price! Or they'll be paying the price at next year's election!     (more)

  • The Case Against Cap & Trade by EPA Lawyers

    +3 raves It's all about the lawyers anyway, isn't it? After all, they are the DNC's second largest politi... It's all about the lawyers anyway, isn't it? After all, they are the DNC's second largest political contributors...thus, no tort reform, eh?

    “Almost any encounter carries legal risk. Lawyers are everywhere, both literally—the proportion of lawyers in the workforce almost doubled between 1970 and 2000—and in our minds, sowing doubt into ordinary choices. Americans increasingly go through the day looking over their shoulders instead of where thy want to go.

    What’s been lost is a coherent legal framework of right and wrong. A free society requires that people generally understand the scope of their freedoms.”
    ref: Philip k. Howard, Life Without Lawyers (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co, 2009), 12.

    “Law is vital to freedom. By enforcing norms of honesty…law provides the foundation of free interaction. But law can destroy freedom as well as support it. Our founders were concerned about oppressive laws—they added the Bill of Rights precisely to prevent abuses of state power, even through duly enacted laws. Freedom—by definition, the absence of restraint—can be encroached upon from many sides. Freedom can be destroyed by tyrants, by lawlessness—and by too much law.” (Ibid, p. 17).

    “The evil of modern American law is not that it addresses the wrong goals—The evil of modern law is that it has infected daily choices with a debilitating legal self-consciousness. Americans no longer feel free to do what they feel is right.” (Ibid, p. 30).

    And the money quote:

    “The political rhetoric of Washington can be decoded into special interest obligations. Most Democratic politicians I know believe that lawsuits have gotten out of hand. But they would never say it publicly because that would offend the trial lawyers , the party’s second-largest source of campaign funds.” (Ibid, p. 160).     (more)

  • Sarah Palin remains a GOP player

    +3 raves Once the genuine story of Sarah Palin is told and not the "Yellow Journalistic Witch hunt" of the... Once the genuine story of Sarah Palin is told and not the "Yellow Journalistic Witch hunt" of the LSM, she shall be the beacon on the 'shining city on the hill.'

    And in the Reagan Mold! And that's just killin the left!!!

    I LOVE IT!!!     (more)

  • Stereotypes Should Have Been Used Against Fort Hood ... Stereotypes Should Have Been Used Against Fort Hood Suspect (more)

    +5 raves Yes, certainly! Profiling works! It ain't PC... but it works! Bernard Goldberg nails his dis... Yes, certainly! Profiling works! It ain't PC... but it works!

    Bernard Goldberg nails his discussion here;

    “If there is another 9/11—or worse—liberals will insist, ‘We were just trying to protect everybody’s constitutional rights.’ Expect no mea culpas from the Left. Liberals, after all, are virtuous by definition. Which is why they bear no responsibility for the consequences of their actions. As far as they’re concerned, nothing else need to be said.”
    ref: Bernard Goldberg, Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right, (New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2007), p. 109.

    “You’d have to be deaf, dumb, and blind—or work for the government—to not have noticed that the terrorists have certain traits in common. They’re Muslims. They’re Arabs. They’re almost always young men.” (Ibid, p. 146).

    “.…the current PC airport regulations as are destructive. They breed disrespect for authority.” (Ibid).

    “We need new rules. Smart ones. Un-PC rules. We need to understand that profiling is a small price to pay for living in a free country at a time when terrorist are out to kill us. It was, after all, Muslims who attacked us—not Eskimos, not Chinese, not Aborigines from Australia, and not old ladies from the American Midwest!” (Ibid, p. 147).     (more)

  • DEMOCRATS … Do not say that you were not warned. The... DEMOCRATS … Do not say that you were not warned. The polling trend has begun ... (more)

    +3 raves None of these democrats nor the people who support them shall understand the angst of an "exasper... None of these democrats nor the people who support them shall understand the angst of an "exasperated people" until they find themselves outside looking in!

    From the book I placed in Glenn Beck's hands!

    “‘It is the duty of every American to oppose’ what the resolution called ‘a violent attack upon the liberties of America.’ Further, anyone who in any way aids or abets the ‘unloading receiving or vending of the tea’ is ‘an enemy to America,’ the Town Meeting decided.”
    ref: Ira Stoll, Samuel Adams: A Life, (New York, NY: Free Press, 2008), p. 112

    “(Samuel) Adams’s daughter recounted that her father replied indignantly, ‘Sir, I trust I have long since made my peace with the King of kings. No personal consideration shall induce me to abandon the righteous cause of my country. Tell Governor Gage it is the advice of Samuel Adams to him no longer to insult the feelings of an exasperated people.’” (Ibid, p. 128).

    Jefferson’s letter of February 26, 1800 to Samuel Adams: “Your principles have been tested in the crucible of time, & have come out pure. You have proved that it was monarchy and not merely British monarchy, you opposed. A government by representatives, elected by the people at short periods, was our object; and our maxim at that day was, “where annual election ends, tyranny begins.” ’ ”
    (Ibid, p. 256).     (more)

  • I am going to prison

    +9 raves There is no way this legislation is constitutional! They know this, yet they passed it? They al... There is no way this legislation is constitutional! They know this, yet they passed it? They all need to go!

    The following, from a lawyer of all people!

    “Almost any encounter carries legal risk. Lawyers are everywhere, both literally—the proportion of lawyers in the workforce almost doubled between 1970 and 2000—and in our minds, sowing doubt into ordinary choices. Americans increasingly go through the day looking over their shoulders instead of where thy want to go.

    What’s been lost is a coherent legal framework of right and wrong. A free society requires that people generally understand the scope of their freedoms.”
    ref: Philip k. Howard, Life Without Lawyers (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co, 2009), 12.     (more)

  • PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

    +21 raves And um... please show me ANYWHERE in the U.S. Constitution that mandates individuals purchase any... And um... please show me ANYWHERE in the U.S. Constitution that mandates individuals purchase any private service or merchandise...

    We're waiting....

    Pelosi; You force the passing of this bill and you have have just written your political epitaph!     (more)

  • Former employee opens fire at Orlando office tower

    +2 raves What next? As Obama's era of unemployment skyrockets, so too, will the citizen's frustrations! ... What next? As Obama's era of unemployment skyrockets, so too, will the citizen's frustrations!

    So much for the man who was supposed to unite the country.

    His report card on that one is "hope"lessly "F"lawed!     (more)
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