Condolences

I would like to send out my condolences to the military families who lost loved ones at Ft. Hood. Whether they lost their lives in active combat or here at home under the same hand they were fighting against is irrelevant. They're still heroes and they're in my prayers!

What is Classical Liberalism?

"Prior to the 20th century, classical liberalism was the dominant political philosophy in the United States. It was the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and the signers of the Declaration of Independence and it permeates the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and many other documents produced by the people who created the American system of government. Many of the emancipationists who opposed slavery were essentially classical liberals, as were the suffragettes, who fought for equal rights for women." John C. Goodman National Center for Policy Analysis

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November 12, 2009

Two Gay Men from HillBuzz Apologize to President Bush

I would like to thank Tammy Bruce for bringing this blog post to my attention.  It was written by the two owners who happen to be two gay men.

Thank you former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura

They do seem to write a bi-partisan blog.  Even though my own blog is written from Conservative and Classically Liberal viewpoints I vehemently criticize the Republican Party when it becomes necessary to do so--as it so often is these days.  The party lost its way under President Bush and it needs a good Conservative kick in the ass.  While I always praised President Bush for his leadership after 9/11 and for making it known, unapologetically, where he stood on Islamo-Fascism--he grew the government and was too damn Progressively liberal which in turn led to this Marxist disaster we now have in the White House.  John McCain would have been better perhaps on foreign policy issues, however, he still made it known that he believed in the same government growing, wealth-redistribution policies such as the global warming fiasco that the rest of the Marxists embrace.

I have read some praise of the Clintons on their blog.  I have never understood the defense of these two people.  President Clinton only censored himself because he was forced to after the Republicans took control of the Congress two years into his administration.  Prior to that, and for reasons which I can't figure out, people seem to forget the Clintons were trying to ram the same health care disaster down our throats.  If Hillary had won this last election with this same Democrat Congress I am convinced she would still be trying to get socialized medicine passed.  She would try to be slightly less obvious about it--but, she would still attempt to do it.  That is what Progressivism is.  It is the slow push of our society down a collectively Leftist road--which is completely unacceptable and anti-thetical to individual freedom.  All of the collectivism which has been forced onto our Constitutional limited government since Wilson and F.D.R. not only needs to be fought against vehemently--but, needs to be reversed and undone.  And, I'm sorry, but the Democrat Party seeks to continue their assault and I simply will not support it in any fashion.

So, while I disagree with the assumption that the Clintons wouldn't be doing the same thing in a less obvious fashion--I DO agree with these gentlemen on their apology.

Thank you both!

November 9, 2009

Hasan & Gyrations of Deceit

The Fort Hood tragedy has brought to the forefront discussions of political correctness and the damaging effect it is having on Western Civilization...and more specifically, America.  For anyone interested in the origins of political correctness I suggest reading Political Correctness by Philip Atkinson or visit the blog Atlas Shrugs for a comprehensive video called The History of Political Correctness.

I have always defined political correctness as the Left's attempt to control free speech and, hence, the discussion.  It is, as some have called it, cultural Marxism.  They know they can't win legitimate debate.  They must engage in force or deception of some sort to create what they need to get their agenda passed.  It is the deliberate blurring of what Ayn Rand called "objective reality"; that which is...is.  A is A.  She outright rejected the notion that an individual or groups of individuals can invent or create a reality of their own making without coercing other individuals which we know is the definition of tyranny.  She was also an atheist since she rejected religion as an obstacle put in front of an individual that prevents them from seeing or dealing with reality as opposed to some spiritual realm.  I personally do not believe it is necessary to be an atheist to embrace her philosophy, however, that is a discussion for another time. 

Indeed, objective reality is why conservatives are conservatives.  We use history as a learning tool.  The Left rejects the lessons of history--if they didn't they wouldn't keep pushing Marxist philosophy.  We recognize the policies, successful and destructive, of civilizations from the past that have either enhanced or destroyed those societies.  We see reality for what it is and we don't engage in deliberate distortions for the sake of trying to win arguments.  That is what the Left does.  You can tell they do it if you watch their behavior from a distance and during debates.  Politicians are another matter entirely--being what they are they lie to get or keep their jobs and that is a phenomenon that infects both sides of the aisle.  But, from a philosophical perspective conservatism embraces the truth and reality as it is...not what we would like it to be, hence it rejects tyranny in all of its forms.

This is why I have always stated that this is precisely the reason the Left's assertion that those from the extreme Right of the political spectrum are "Nazis".  It is a form of derision in order to intimidate people into shutting up.  It could be stated that some...not all...religious conservatives are Theocrats.  And then there are, of course, Anarchists who would like to see no government.  Neither are in the same category as Nazis.  The Nazi Party was the National Socialist Party.  It was a Leftist philosophy as all forms of tyranny are (aside from the aforementioned Theocracy or Anarchy).  It was entirely on the Left side of the political spectrum.  Genunine conservatism is the rejection of ideology; it is not an ideology in and of itself.  It can't be.  That is an antithetical statement.  What it can be is the preservation of liberty and the civil society through constitutional limited government.  Even within that philosophical framework social issues such as women's rights, civil rights, and gay rights can be discussed.  The Conservative doesn't necessarily reject change.  They reject bad change.  Leftism is bad change.  Leftism is what has infiltrated fully the Democrat Party and to a lesser degree the Republican Party.

Gyrations of all types are being created by the press and by the Left in an attempt to analyze why Hasan did what he did.  "Oh my!  What did we to do him?  It's George Bush's fault.  It's the Right's fault. It's society's fault.  It's religious intolerance of Christians towards Muslims"...and on and on.  The list is endless.  For the Left it is always the fault of someone or something else.  Never is responsibility to be placed where it belongs--on the person who engaged in the behavior.  How about...he did it...because he believes in his religious extremism and wants to ram the religious beliefs he holds down the throat of Western Civilization and will kill us if we don't accept it?  But, see that would mean he's bad...simply because...he's bad.  And the Left just can't accept that--because that is precisely what tears asunder their worldview.  There is an excellent article over at Real Clear Politics entitled Fort Hood: Let's Drop the Political Correctness.  

Isn't it curious how the Left denounces all sorts of religiosity from people of faith...accept the people of the Islamic faith?  That simple fact is the mind of someone who doesn't see that "A" is "A".  It is a purposeful invention of their own minds in order to prevent what they view as discrimination.  Discrimination is the ability to be able to analyze that something is better or worse than something else.  We always think of discrimination as against someone of another faith or of another skin color; as something inherently bad.  In its purest form discrimination is simply analysis--the ability to study ones surroundings and come to a rational conclusion.  To the Left--discrimination of any kind, in other words critical thought of any kind, is a willful act of discrimination.  So, they choose to just completely turn off their minds.

Accept--discrimination is human.  It is a natural process and something that is entirely necessary.  Discrimination is what prevents one from going down that dark alley at midnight.  It is what prevents one from placing a hand on the hot stove.  It is what prevents the girl from going on another date with the gentleman she was just out with because he "gave her a bad feeling."

In some cases, willful Leftists know this and they understand what they're doing.  Much of the class warfare, racial politics, and divisive attitudes are purposeful in order to further build walls between people and groups of people for the sake of creating divisions the purpose of which is to destroy the constitutional society so they can rebuild it in what they believe to be a Utopian society...which is impossible because humans are imperfect.  It is the same mind game which dictators have used throughout the ages to take over their countries.  In other cases there are Leftists who have never thought this deeply and if they did they would outright reject that which they have been doing.  In some cases it really is just a matter of education. Hence, the domination of our schools by Leftists.  They know an educated society remains a free society.  Education is the Leftist's biggest enemy.

In conclusion, we as Americans must simply wake up to what is going on and start to reject this willful brainwashing of the Left on ourselves and our children.  If it is allowed to continue our society, our freedom, and our civilization simply will not last.  Thus far, we have allowed them to drag us entirely too far down this road.  All the mechanisms of the Left are the tools they use with which to infiltrate our society whether it be the global warming myth or socialized medicine (which is Marxism).  If we value our freedoms and society I suggest we put aside all the nit-picky things with which the Left has been using to divide us over and join together to beat this effort back.  It is imperative for our survival.  

November 7, 2009

Jon Voight & Mark Levin Speeches from Dec. 5th in D.C.



I Will Go to Prison

Speaker Pelosi’s Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium

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

I attended the Tea Party against government run heathcare on Thursday, November 5th.  It was an exhilarating experience.  Thousands of patriots from all across the country attended.  Estimates ranged from 20,000 to 40,000.  I was, unfortunately, unable to attend the big rally back on September 12th...and my phenomenal experience on the 5th made me regret my inability to attend that much more intense event.  Listening to thousands of people chanting with one common cause--the cause of freedom (unlike the cause of tyranny you hear Leftists chanting for in regimes around the world) brought tears to my eyes.  And, just for the record, there were minorities of all sorts there-gay, black--you name it.

Here's why I will go to prison.  I absolutely refuse to engage in this healthcare debacle which is going to destroy this country's healthcare system.  I will not allow them to force me to participate in it.  I will not allow my tax dollars to go towards abortions and Nancy Pelosi can stick her health plan where the sun doesn't shine.  If some woman wants to have an abortion...by all means!  Be my guest!  But, I'll be damned if it is going to be my duty to fund it!  If you were stupid enough to get yourself into a situation that you now regret...that is not my problem! 

Does anyone else notice that for years Democrats have been telling us that we need to leave women's bodies alone and here were are...about to allow these people enough power over our lives that they will be able to tell us what, when, how, and where we get treatment?  Excuse me...last I checked I was a free individual and I have no interest in allowing the Federal Government to know what goes on with my health issues.  That's private!

Is it just me?  When the hell did we turn into a Banana Republic?  She seems to be suffering from some sort of dementia.  We live in America where people are allowed to have freedom of choice and are not sent to prison for not complying with the government's wishes.

I'll be damned if I'm going to let these people intimidate me.  Send me to prison!  You know why?  Because that will finally expose the Left for what they are and what they have been wanting to do for ages--which is turn us into the Soviet Union!  Hey Nancy!  Kiss my gay white ass!  Send your goons for me--because I am NOT paying for your Soviet-style healthcare.  And just like Hank Rearden in Atlas Shrugged I will make these people expose themselves for what they are and I know many others who will gladly join me in this fight.  You will have to come drag me to prison in front of the news media. The world will see that you have turned the land of the free and the home of the brave into another country where people are in chains.

So take your best shot you psychopathic bitch!  Come get me!

November 3, 2009

Awww...Don't Cry Obama!



Awww...don't cry Obama.  Doesn't he look like he's going to cry in this picture?  Well, maybe you should because this is just the beginning of our new American Revolution as opposed to the Marxist Revolution you were hoping to have.  We kicked some ass in New Jersey (Christie [R]) and Virginia (McDonnell [R]).  We'll give you New York for now.  It would be inhumane to punish you that much! 

I look forward to joining my fellow patriots in Washington D.C. as we converge there on Thursday to once again kick some Leftist ass.

I know who you are Obama...and that goes for Pelosi and Reid as well.  I know what you are.  I know what it is that you hide in your hearts from the American people through your double talk, class warfare, race warfare and other divisive tactics.  I know that you can't see fit to leave people alone to live their lives for themselves because you don't believe in freedom.  You believe in tyranny.  You envy the old Soviet Union, Mussolini's Italy, Chavez's Venezuela.  You envy them because that is what you are in your heart--a tyrant!  You can't even call yourselves liberals anymore! You call yourselves "Progressives". It's all the same tyrannical crap wearing a different color dress.  Well, we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore and we're going to shove that travesty of a health care bill where the sun doesn't shine!

I think we have entirely too many people who vote Democrat in this country because they take exception to the conservative views of faith, family, and economic freedom.  They're afraid of religion being rammed down their kids throats...or even their throats for that matter.  How open minded of them...huh?  You know what?  Grow the hell up.  It is through faith, family, and economic freedom...that we remain free; which is precisely why the Left tries so hard to destroy those things.  When you think about it--would you rather have the simple concerns of your kids asking you about something as simple as faith or have a country instead where they no longer have the freedom to be what they want to be or even be able to ask you that question at all because you allowed yourself to be offended?

I'm gay.  Family is not alien to me.  I hope to have a relationship one day that will be...my family.  I may or may not.  However, that is in no way contrarian to the conservative and classically liberal views our Founders had.  There may be some of faith that need some convincing--but, it is a conversation to be had and I will not join with these Leftists in the misguided notion that I need to drown my country in tyrannical policies in order to get a marriage licence.

We're coming Nancy, Harry, Obama...we're coming and freedom is on the march!     

A Warning to All Americans

This was forwarded to me by a friend on Facebook and I thought it was worthy enough to be shared.  Author's name follows:

"We lived in California during the winters of 2007 and 2008. We became addicted to Fox News and watched O'Reilly and Hannity and Colmes every night. When we got back home, we upgraded our cable to get Fox. I watched the Presidential campaign very closely. Initially because I thought the Democrats would nominate Hillary Clinton and then in astonishment when they chose an even more hard-left candidate. All of last year I told everyone I could that Obama was not a Democrat, he was a Marxist. He is far to the left of any European leader and even our far left party, the NDP.

I read Saul Alinsky when I was in the University. I studied him and his writing carefully. When Bill Ayers and his idiot wife were bombing and killing people at random in the Weather Underground. Weather Underground and the Black Panthers were closely allied. I read David Horowitz's account of changing from a Marxist to a conservative after seeing that the government was afraid to prosecute members of the Panthers for murdering his personal assistant. He suddenly understood the evil that Marxism really was.

After the student radicals failed in creating a Marxist revolution in the United States by violent means, they embraced Alinsky.. You would be wise to read "Rules for Radicals" because it outlines how Hillary and Obama planned to get into power, and what they intended to do when they got it.

Socialism is not the correct descriptor for what Obama and the Democrats are doing. They are going to be much more far reaching than anything Sweden has ever been able to do. Obama is following Alinsky's plans, those set out in "Rules for Radicals" and his other writing. The Democrats are attempting to create one party rule in the U.S. and in achieving that, will create crisis after crisis by their own actions and use those crisis to nationalize the means of production in the U.S. You are in the middle of a communist revolution and few in the U.S. can actually see it for what it truly is.

The U.S. is now on the path of financial destruction. The Constitution has been shredded and individual human rights are being trampled. In less than 8 months. Obama has used a recession to take over the two largest industries in the U.S. He will debase the Dollar and is on the road to creating an incredible energy shortage that will allow him and Congress to take over the energy industry.

But by and large I think that by the 2010 elections, the Democrats will have gerrymandered electoral districts to the point that it will be impossible for them to lose control of both houses of Congress. The incredible increase in the money supply is going to create Zimbabwe and Venezuela style inflation, and with it, controls on the currency and the amount of money that can be taken out of the country.

I love America , I cannot believe how the ignorance of the American public has created a situation where by they are going to lose their Republic and slip into an age of repression and tyranny.

I may be nuts, but so far I have been 100% in my predictions of what Obama was going to do, because I merely had to look at "Rules for Radicals" to see what was coming next.

I read Glenn Beck's book, "Common Sense" and in it re-read Thomas Paine's pamphlet with the same name. I recommend the book.

When the storm finally hits (and it will), those of you who supported the Obama administration will be affected as well. It won't just be us gun owners or Flat-Taxers, or Pro-Lifers that get hit. You'll be right there next to us.

You all thought the Conservatives were nut cases. You know, all of us who believe in God, small government, the Second Amendment, etc. You thought you could just go back to sleep after the election was over. In your world, America will continue as before. You'll still have the same rights, the same nice house, the same big screen television. After all, your high school football team won and the other team lost "go team"! Even if you have bothered to look up from the daily grind since Nov 4th, you dismissed everything that has occurred as "politics as usual"the same old stuff.

In the end, it'll all be OK won't it? Not this time.

There are a growing number of citizens in the US that are ready to fight to shut down the government's grab of personal freedom, it's blatant abuse of the constitution, and it's attempt to replace the American way of life with socialism. You have to listen carefully to hear them, but they are there. I won't start that fight, but when it goes down I will join it.

As for you, why, you'll be shocked because you didn't see it coming. And eventually you'll be saddened when you see that we have truly lost the way of life with which you grew up. You'll be saddened that your children and grandchildren live in a socialist, government-controlled gulag where their every movement from cradle to grave is tracked by the government. But most of all, you'll be saddened by the death of friends and relatives who are brave enough to fight and die for something they believe in.

You know, McCain wasn't much of a candidate. I'll give you that. He was the lesser of two evils for most of us. I don't blame you for not voting for him since, at the time, you didn't know what we all know now. But at least John McCain was an American. He was a supporter of the American way of life and he understood that you can't negotiate with terrorists. He understood and appreciated the sacrifice made by my father and other members of the Greatest Generation.

Mark my words friends. All across America groups are forming. They are forming out of anger and out of desperation at the thought of losing America . They're not militia groups, terrorists as the Department of Homeland security would have you believe; they are Americans, loyal to the constitution. They are mothers and fathers and grandparents. They belong to groups like the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, the Peaceful Resistance, the Constitution Party, the Young Conservatives, the 9/12 Project, and Grassfire. Right now they are fragmented, each focused on their own cause. But sometime in the next two years, our government is going to do something really stupid and these groups will come together. Watch for it, wait for it's get ready. It will happen.

When that event happens, whatever "it" is, our great country is going to plunge into chaos for a while. I pray to God that we make it through that time and emerge a stronger, smarter country."

Naval Aviator, Commander

Jerry Wilson, jerrywilson@centurytel.net

"Live Free or Die Fighting."

"This is a time to be looking UP. And to be praying."

November 2, 2009

New Jersey,...California, New York

Duncan Currie's article The Swamps of Jersey:  How the Garden State fell into decline discusses, as he puts it, the hemorrhaging of human capital from New Jersey to other states where individuals are economically free...hence, free as our Founders viewed freedom.

California and New York suffer from the same illness.  "But, Chris," the libnut says, "California has a Republican governor!"  Yes.  However, he's also dealing with Leftists in the legislature...and as we found out with President Bush--just because there is an "R" in front of the name doesn't make one a Conservative!

The lessons all Americans should learn from "human capital hemorrhaging" from the states is that [modern] liberal economic policies are Leftist economic policies--which translates into POVERTY FOR EVERYONE!!!...accept the political class.  When you overtax businesses, large or small, they will simply move elsewhere--overseas if necessary.  I guess the long-term goal of the Leftist is that eventually they will control the entire planet then moving will no longer do anyone any good. 

Accept the flaw in that theory demands small groups of people or nation states would, if necessary, fight wars to free themselves from that tyranny.  No one said the Left was intelligent though to think that far ahead.  Even certain states in this country have movements discussing secession.  People will always fight for their individual liberty--which is why Utopia will never be possible.

It is time all Americans stood up against Leftist Democrats and (fake Republicans) and said enough with the economic redistribution.  We know what Communism is and that is not what this country was founded on.  If you want to live in Communism...then YOU are the one that needs to move--not the rest of us who cherish our freedom.

George Soros...get the HELL out!

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"The Essentials of Objectivism" as outlined by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand name her philosophy "Objectivism" and described it as a philosophy for living on earth. Objectivism is an integrated system of thought that defines the abstract principles by which a man must think and act if he is to live the life proper to man. Ayn Rand first portrayed her philosophy in the form of the heroes of her bestelling novels, The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957). She later expressed her philosophy in nonfiction form.

Ayn Rand was once asked if she could present the essence of Objectivism while standing on one foot. Her answer was:
1. Metaphysics: Objective Reality
2. Epistemology: Reason
3. Ethics: Self-interest
4. Politics: Capitalism

She then translated those terms into familiar language:
1. "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
2. "You can't eat your cake and have it too."
3. "Man is an end in himself."
4. "Give me liberty or give me death."

The basic principles of Objectivism can be summarized as follows:

1. Metaphysics: "Reality, the external world, exists independent of man's consciousness, independent of any observer's knowledge, beliefs, feelings, desires or fears. This means that A is A, that facts are facts, that things are what they are--and that the task of man's consciousness is to perceive reality, not to create or invent it." Thus Objectivism rejects any belief in the supernatural--and any claim that individuals or groups create their own reality.

2. Epistemology: "Man's reason is fully competent to know the facts of reality. Reason, the conceptual faculty, is the faculty that identifies and integrates the material provided by man's senses. Reason is man's only means of acquiring knowledge." Thus Objectivism rejects mysticism (any acceptance of faith or feeling as a means of knowledge), and it rejects skepticism (the claim that certainty or knowledge is impossible).

3. Human Nature: Man is a rational being. Reason, as man's only means of knowledge, is his basic means of survival. But the exercise of reason depends on each individual's choice. "Man is a being of volitional consciousness." "That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom. [This is] the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and character." Thus Objectivism rejects any form of determinism, the belief that man is a victim of forces beyond his control (such as God, fate, upbringing, genes, or economic conditions).

4. Ethics: "Reason is man's only proper judge of values and his only proper guide to action. The proper standard of ethics is: man's survival qua man--i.e., that which is required by man's nature for his survival as a rational being (not his momentary physical survival as a mindles brute). Rationality is man's basic virtue, and his three fundamental values are: reason, purpose, self-esteem. Man--every man--is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life." Thus Objectivism rejects any form of altruism--the claim that morality consists in living for others or for society.

5. Politics: "The basic social principle of the Objectivist ethics is that no man has the right to seek values from others by means of physical force--i.e., no man or group has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others. Men have the right to use force only in self-defense and only against those who initiate its use. Men must deal with one another as traders, giving value for value, by free, mutual consent to mutual benefit. The only system that bars physical force from human relationships is laissez-faire captialism. Capitalism is a system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which the only function of the government is to protect individual rights, i.e., to protect men from those who initiate the use of physical force." Thus Objectivism rejects any form of collectivism, such as fascism or socialism. It also rejects the current "mixed economy" notion that the government should regulate the economy and redistribute wealth.

6. Esthetics: "Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements." The purpose of art is to concretize the artist's fundamental view of existence. Ayn Rand described her own approach to art as "Romantic Realism": "I am a Romantic in the sense that I present men as they ought to be. I am Realistic in the sense that I place them here and now and on this earth." The goal of Ayn Rand's novels is not didactic but artistic: the projection of an ideal man: "My purpose, first cause and prime mover is the portrayal of Howard Roark or John Galt or Hank Rearden or Francisco d'Anconia as an end in himself--not as a means to any further end."


Purging Leftism from America

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