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Category Archives: democracy
CONGRESSIONAL POWER
How many divisions does Congress have? This paraphrase of Joseph Stalin’s dismissive comment about the Pope’s power and authority strikes me as a relevant question today, when Congressional hearings are beginning to lift a corner of the veil of secrecy … Continue reading
DEADLY THIN SKIN SYNDROME SPREADING, CDC SILENT
It used to be that you could express both approbation and disapprobation at town hall meetings. In a democracy, I should add. But no more, at least in Riverhead, New York. According to CBS, the town board of directors voted … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, silencing opposition
Tagged just plain stupid, New York, Riverhead NY, silencing opposition
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WHEN JUSTICE GETS IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE
In the months before August 1968, a number of the most dyed-in-the-wool members of the Czechoslovak Communist Party had authored a letter to the Soviet government, inviting Soviet troops to invade the country to put an end to the so-called … Continue reading
Posted in Czechoslovakia, democracy
Tagged 1968 Soviet invasion, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, justice, Prague Spring, Soviet Union, Velvet Revolution
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WHY ROMNEY?
I was recently asked the following question: Why do you like Romney so much? And my answer, finally, after almost a month of cogitating, is as follows: This is a complicated question, but definitely one worth answering. Let me start … Continue reading
MORE GOOD NEWS FROM OREGON COUNTRY
I recently posted an admiring missive about a Jackson County School District No. 4 gauleiter firing a bus driver who refused to remove a Confederate flag with the word Redneck from his truck which he parked on school property (h/t … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, dictatorship, socialism, USA
Tagged illegal water use, just plain stupid, Oregon, Reservoir, United States
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FREE SPEECH IN OREGON
In 2011, Oregon’s Jackson County School District No. 4 fired a bus driver, one Ken Webber, because Webber refused to remove a Confederate flag with the word Redneck from his truck which he parked on school property (h/t Jewish World … Continue reading
Posted in bigotry, democracy, dictatorship, socialism, USA
Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, freedom of speech, just plain stupid, Oregon, Slavery, speech codes, United States, Webber
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YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED (RERUN)
I thought I’d rerun this rant from November 2011. I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction. (I say “temporary” because … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, USA, Obama, socialism, free market economy, capitalism, megalomania, Obama administration, dictatorship, U S Constitution, community organizers, USSR, Czechoslovakia, unelected bureaucrats, loss of freedom, bureaucracy, economy, unrestrained greed, socialism, centralized planning
Tagged Community organizing, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Party, Iron Curtain, Obama, redistribution, retirement accounts, Teresa Ghilarducci, United States
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OKAY, GURU OBAMA, NOW I HAVE TRUE UNDERSTANDING!
In the summer of 1965, my parents made the potentially life-stopping decision to escape from what was then the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR), to give themselves and their progeny (including moi), a chance for a life in freedom and dignity. … Continue reading
FAILED STATES
Foreign Policy has released its annual review of failed states. (h/t Via Meadia) Interesting things to be noted here: 1. there is a very high positive correlation between state centralization (communism, socialism, fascism, corporatism, Islamism) and higher state failure rating, … Continue reading
Posted in bureaucracy, democracy, dictatorship, free market economy, Obama administration, socialism
Tagged Failed state, Foreign Policy, South Sudan
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