The Old Times. The End Times, and Glenn Beck
Thought this interesting analysis of the Glenn Beck sponsored rally over the weekend and the seemingly growth of a “unsettled” mood of the citizenry of the United States. Let us know what you think!
Archive for August, 2010
Daily Dose – August 31, 2010
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Daily Dose – August 30, 2010
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Does the author have a point? Who embodies the culture of fear the most in today’s times? Glenn Beck and other alarmist members of the free market media or governmental boards and agencies who report impending disasters if government action is not taken? While a certain amount of fear and discernment of foriegn and domestic threats is prudent, we must remember to work towards rational actions based on faith based values, lest out life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness be stripped away by those measures put in place in the name of protecting those inalienable rights.
Daily Dose – August 27, 2010
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The EPA and gun control? This article might be a bit alarmist, but given the recent overstps by our government, it is best to be cautious and prepare to gaurd against another infringement on our life, liberty, and pursuits of happiness.
September Meeting
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Thank you for your patience with the last minute thrown together gathering earlier this week, and I apologize to those who were unable attend due to the weekday setting. The next meeting will be September 17th. We will continue our abbreviated discussion of What Kind of Nation as well as an exploration of the Federalist and anti-Federalist papers on the Judiciary. Happy reading and have a great weekend.
Daily Dose – August 26, 2010
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While we have not made it to this book in our readings, yet. Thought it might be nice to take a sneak peek. Also, the commentary of the willingness of the characters in the books to willingly abandon the books and fall easy prey to the revisionist history being spoon fed is quite alarming. Is the greater threat to our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness the top-down government mandate or the erosion of the sense of responsibility to hold those rights as truths, protecting them at all costs?
Daily Dose – August 25, 2010
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The Problem of Public Service Unions Part One
The Problem with Public Service Unions Part Two
How do you break the cycle of the government placing it voters on the dole not only through welfare, but through jobs, as well? They are able to take the tax dollars to create employment for the best and brightest that is more lucrative and stable than what can be offered through the private. sector.
Daily Dose – August 23, 2010
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Daily Dose – August 20, 2010
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Have we reached a point of no return? How do we effeectively pass on the idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the next generation so those rights WILL return to the forefront one day. Also, see below a great article found by Megan Robertson. Thanks Megan!
545 PEOPLE–By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does. You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank. I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes. Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits….. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist. If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red. If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ, it’s because they want them in IRAQ. If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way. There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do. Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
Daily Dose – August 19, 2010
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Self-Degradation vs Self-Indugence and the USA
Does Self-Degradation or Self-Indugence pose the larger threat to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness? Why? What are some of the more prevelant example of this, and how do we confront in order to protect our rights while being responsible in doing so?
Daily Dose – August 18, 2010
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Special thanks to State Representatives Bill Dunn and Jim Coley for the reference to this speech given by George Will to the Cato Institute. A great read and inspiration on why we must continue to work for the protection of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
The Longwood Institute 