Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Friday, April 17th, 2009
You might have learned in Government or Civics class that our Federal Government is composed of three branches - the Executive, Legislative and Judicial. They forgot one - the administrative agencies who combine all three, becoming dictators-by-portfolio for their areas of specialization. Here's an example: The EPA announced that they ...
Posted in Government, History, Law, Politics | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 10th, 2009
We are having our faces spat upon by a rag-tag collection of two-bit thugs who wouldn't make it out of Detroit alive. It's ironic that the USS Bainbridge has to stand helplessly by (under orders from DC, no doubt) while the captive American captain tried unsuccessfully to escape. From the ...
Posted in Constitution, History, Middle East, Military | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Combined with the depressing news (noted in a post below) that only "53% of Americans" believe capitalism to be superior to socialism, the ongoing WACO (war against conservative opinion) waged by the loony-left-media we are left wondering. How many of the "47%", how many of the tea parties denigraters and ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Pirates have taken Americans hostage. When men led America, we went to "The Shores of Tripoli" because we preferred, "Millions for Defense, but not One Cent for Tribute," even though we were small and poor in 1804. A century later, in 1904, when an Arab chieftain named Rasouli took ...
Posted in Africa, History, International, Middle East, Military, Movie Reviews | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Ilana Mercer's article on the Founding Fathers vs. fascism is so beautiful that this writer can add nothing, except to encourage you to read it. Simplicity often is profundity...
Posted in Article Reviews, Dictatorships, Government, History | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Provided by a reader, originally appearing at the Chris Bardy Blog on Typepad.
The Curse of Wealth Unearned
Whenever modern situations become worrisome, it is nearly always instructive to peer back into history for perspective and understanding. With the crazy, off-the-wall economic policies of the current United States government, there are many ...
Posted in Economics, History, Politics | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Dear Friends: In just received an inspirational Tea Party letter from a newly-minted American. I have it reprinted, in full, in The Shrine, but the money quote is here:
See, I’ll be at Spanish Landing on 11 and at Midway on 15 but don’t see a reason not to ...
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Many in the politicrat class and the media (both left and right) expound on the "mortgage crisis". For good reason. The left blame the banks. The right blame the Demoncrats who coerced the banks into poor lending practices. Both, sometimes, blame the idiots who took out mortgages they had no ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
I was just listening to a man on the radio claim that "Roosevelt's New Deal was temporary" and that it reduced unemployment from "25% to 10% before it went back up to 15%". The TVA, Social Security, and many other programs just seemed to have never gone away. Not really ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Star Parker laments a civil rights organization's recommendations for government money and programs to "solve" problems in some majority black communities.Why do so many in American think that government is the answer to poverty or economic challenges? You would think people would recognize such colossal and repeated failure.The collectivists propose ...
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