“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
- James Madison (1751-1836), American statesman and fourth President of the United States of America.
This was the [...]
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A bit of Founding Father wisdom
Posted in Tea Parties and the Constitution, history, tagged bills, james madison, laws on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reading de Tocqueville (part 1)
Posted in Tea Parties and the Constitution, history, tagged 10th Amendment, America, centralization, de Tocqueville, democracy, government, history, liberty, politics on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned at my What I’m Reading page (under the Library tab up there at the top of the blog header), one of the books I am working on is Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. Time after time, I have heard people rave about how wonderful de Tocqueville’s commentary is, how prophetic, how [...]
The Founding Fathers: Where did we come from?
Posted in Tea Parties and the Constitution, history, tagged benjamin franklin, george washington, independence day, john adams, july 4th, quotes, samuel adams, thomas jefferson on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On July 4th, as a nation, we have an opportunity to review where we have come from. The Founding Fathers left a plethora of writings and quotes that give us a window on some of their thoughts. This is where they saw the United States of America coming from and going to… and leaves us [...]
Hot date with Glenn Beck
Posted in Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged comedy tour, common sense, glenn beck, musket balls, new york on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yep. I had a hot date tonight. The DH and I had a simply marvelous dinner at the food court (sparing no expense), followed by the local live broadcast of Glenn Beck’s Common Sense Comedy Tour at a movie theater.
For the second half, Beck came out dressed in colonial costume. He explained that we need [...]
Desperate Causes
Posted in Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged capitalism, comfortable, g.k. chesterton, glenn beck, liberty, marxism, politics, pravda, stephen decatur on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite quotes, memorized years ago as a lowly plebe (like a freshman at a normal college, but with less respect) at the U.S. Naval Academy was from naval hero Stephen Decatur, a toast at a banquet celebrating his victory over the Barbary Pirates:
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always [...]
Still going…
Posted in More politics, Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged campaign, fox news, obama, tea parties on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As if the adoring press conference tonight wasn’t enough, President Obama was in Missouri this morning for a town hall meeting.
Has the teleprompter not informed him yet that the campaign is over? That the 100 days is the first hundred days of his term as president, not of the campaign? That there aren’t any further [...]
Reading Levin’s “Liberty and Tyranny” (part 1)
Posted in More politics, Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged abortion, ddt, environmentalism, liberty and tyranny, mark levin, statists on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conservative radio show host Mark Levin’s book, Liberty and Tyranny: a Conservative Manifesto has been at the top of various best seller lists for several weeks now.
Coincidentally, I reached the chapter on enviro-statism yesterday, just in time for Earth Day. (woo. hoo.)
To oversimplify and sum up, “statist” is Levin’s label for most left-wingers. They’ve abandonned [...]
Tea Party Follow-Up (Updated)
Posted in More politics, Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged declaration of independence, extremists, tea parties on April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Gee, if I didn’t know better, I’d think the left-wing was desperate…
Anarchists at the G20 smash windows, taunt cops, have to be dispersed with tear gas, etc. (A lot like the anarchists who ripped up Minneapolis for the GOP convention… apparently, they didn’t feel the need to rip up Denver for the Democratic convention.)
Something like [...]
Tax Day Tea Party: TOMORROW
Posted in More politics, Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged protest, tax day, tea, tea party on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You wouldn’t know it from the (lack of) media coverage, but there have been “tea parties” in many cities across America already. Some trace them to Ron Paul, most seem to trace them to the financial guy’s outburst on the floor of the Chicago trading floor live on CNBC (Rick Santelli) about, “Hey! Is anybody here [...]
Something for DC to remember
Posted in More politics, Tea Parties and the Constitution, tagged abraham lincoln, More politics, stimulus package on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s [...]
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