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Category Archives: loss of freedom
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
MAKING SHEEPLE
CBS reports that Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system. De-education. The best way to make mindless followers. Somewhere, Bill Ayers is … Continue reading
Posted in dictatorship, education reform, loss of freedom, socialism
Tagged Bill Ayers, de-education, educationism, New York City, remedial education, sheeple
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JEŠTĚD MOUNTAIN NEAR LIBEREC
Very impressive sight from cousin Pavel’s front porch… That’s a comms tower/restaurant/hotel combo on top, with ski slopes below. They built the tower during the socialist era at significant cost, but it’s all analog. They never converted it to digital, … Continue reading
OH LA LA! LES FRANCAIS HAVE A SENSE OF BWAHAHA!
Mon Dieu! Who woulda thunk? This trip to the Czech Republic took us through Paris since, peculiarly, the booking agent could find no reasonably priced direct flights from JFK to Prague on fairly short notice. After going through the gauntlet … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, dictatorship, humor, loss of freedom, national security, national security force, Obama administration, Orwell
Tagged airport security, Comédie Française, French language, gestapolitano, humor, incompetence, Janet Napolitano, JFK, Obama's national security force, Paris, Prague, SA, TSA
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OBAMACARE
You know you love it. You know you want it. And if you don’t, you are a racist. Just ask (Sékou) Touré to add opposition to Obamacare to his ever-growing list of things that constitute racism.
Posted in bloated government, centralized planning, health care reform, loss of freedom, Obama administration, organized crime, socialism, Uncategorized, unelected bureaucrats, unrestrained greed
Tagged bloated government, bureaucracy, central planning, incompetence, loss of freedom, Obama, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, unelected bureaucrats
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OLD CZECH TRUISM – AS GOOD AS NEW
Here is some humorous commentary on central economic planning that used to circulate in socialist Czechoslovakia’s “underground” (i.e. where the 99% lived). It strikes me as being eminently applicable as we watch Obama try to implement central planing in the … Continue reading
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 bureaucracy, capitalism, centralized planning, community organizers, Czechoslovakia, democracy, dictatorship, economy, free market economy, loss of freedom, megalomania, Obama, Obama administration, socialism, socialism, U S Constitution, unelected bureaucrats, unrestrained greed, USA, USSR
Tagged Community organizing, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Party, Iron Curtain, Obama, redistribution, retirement accounts, Teresa Ghilarducci, United States
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JEREMY LIN, SPEAK UP!
Linda Chavez ably expounds on the tragedy of Anthony Federico, a young ESPN writer fired because he had titled a story on the Knicks‘ loss – and star Jeremy Lin‘s shaky performance – A Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1984, community organizers, loss of freedom, socialism
Tagged freedom of speech, Jeremy Lin, race-mongering
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OBSESSION WITH HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS…
…that no one wants or needs… That’s the essence of real estate development in the command (aka centrally planned, aka socialist) economy of the People’s Republic of China. Here’s a ghost Disneyland, here huge unoccupied cities with millions of empty … Continue reading
Posted in bloated government, bureaucracy, centralized planning, China, corruption, loss of freedom, Obama, Obama administration, socialism, USA
Tagged California bullet train, centralized planning, China, Economic planning, ghost cities, Guangdong, Obama, People's Republic of China, PRC, socialism
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