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FOUL!!! The Arrogance of a self-absorbed President |
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 Dave Holly August 16th, 2009 How much hypocrisy can we allow? I’m crying “FOUL!!!” Obama and his administration is not playing by American rules. We did not elect a KING, we elected a representative of “THE PEOPLE.” Yet, in practice, the American People seem to be stuck with a King. And when the King is displeased, his wishes become commands carried out by the loyal “True Believers.”
There is a staggering difference between a King and a President. The very existence of the United States of America has established that difference. Yet, the words that emanate daily from the Whitehouse and the Obama administration consistently ignore our heritage, our constitution, and our way of life. Are we to adopt what has become standard operating procedure at the Whitehouse and just go along with the notion that we must do things simply because, “Obama Says So?” We have a duty to put a stop to such nonsense. . . . . . Click on "Read more" to continue. |
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Jealousy and Shame in Obama’s America |
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Dave Holly August 8th, 2009
[W]hen [the law] has exceeded its proper functions, it has not done so merely in some inconsequential and debatable matters. The law has gone further than this; it has acted in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective: It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect. The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and prosperity of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense. – Frédéric Bastiat (1850 French philosopher.)
It can be difficult to clearly understand events as they unfold before our eyes. Time and again, history shows us that our modern problems are not modern at all. The French philosopher Bastiat gives us the words to view our current situation with an almost frightening focus. America is at the brink of Socialism, which is being denied by the very people taking us to that brink. The banks, the auto industry, and now health care reform are the tools being used to remake America while a majority of Americans are decidedly against such drastic changes.
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Analysis: Obama Must Be An Anarchist? |
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Michael F. Scotto July 25, 2009
Huffington Post leaves us with this choice... if Obama isn't a Socialist, he must be an Anarchist!
Conservatives Are Not Anarchists.
A popular meme I am reading across the internet and on some liberal blogs is that if you believe in fire departments... you therefore support Socialism... and therefore you should have no problem with Obamacare. It is both a false and a silly argument.
But does being a conservative mean that I believe in no government at all? Are we closet anarchists? If we believe the government should fight wars must we then accept government control of farms?
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The Many Different Faces of Greed |
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by Michael F. Scotto
May 18, 2009
Greed can be defined, in my opinion, in two very different ways. Greed is the opposite of contentment and greed is the desire to obtain by any means that which one is not willing to earn. Both conditions are deplorable (unless, of course, one is not content with his “goodness” or his “kindness”).
Can we tell who is being greedy? Unless someone says he is greedy, we have no way to know. Greed can manifest itself in different ways. Some of these are illegal, some are not. Some hurt other people, some do not.
We can look at someone’s actions and usually agree if the act itself is wrong, yet judging motive can be much harder. Juries are often called upon to determine why someone took the life of another. We can see that someone is dead, we have evidence as to who is responsible, but we must determine whether the death was planned or accidental; whether the killer was in his right mind or not; whether the death was the result of anger, self-defense or malice. Not always an easy task.
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The Right to Lose Your Money |
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by Michael F Scotto April 13, 2009 “We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” – Declaration of Independence. The United States was founded on the notion that the most important virtues for any society (not for individuals) were liberty of conscience, self-government and the right to virtuously pursue happiness. In the view of the Founders, the greatest hindrance to that end was government (and government-entangled religion). In other words, every man should be given the right to starve to death. The day we decided that a man shall be made responsible (financially and otherwise) by force of law for the failures of his neighbor (no matter the cause), we lost that unique quality that moved the inhabitants of this continent to separate from their British brethren. “Give me liberty or give me death” was not just a convenient motto, it was the cry of the American spirit yearning to breathe free. The signers of the Declaration of Independence knew what they were doing when they pledged their “fortunes.” They were risking property, homes and rank… and they knew it… but they resolved to die free men rather than to live slaves. |
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