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WHY DOES YOUR FREEDOM MATTER TO YOU? Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Joel Wade   
Friday, 16 July 2010

Why does your freedom matter to you? This may seem like a silly question, with self-evident answers. But part of the reason why freedom continues to be eroded in America is that for many people, it is something that is abstract, unseen, and is taken very much for granted... even while it slips away.

What is seen is the potential for leveraging any given individual's personal agenda through the force of government. People see possibilities for growing personal wealth, or for "making the world better" through legislation, regulation, favors, or contacts within government, and their immediate and personal benefit can be much more powerful, tangible and important to them than the abstract freedom that allows for opportunities, but does not directly provide them.

The disparity between these two dynamics is in continual struggle. In a struggle between the more tangible and the less tangible, the tangible has the distinct advantage. If we want to turn the tide and begin to increase freedom in America, we need to make our freedom, and what it means to each of us individually, much more tangible, and much more personal.
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MORE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Print E-mail
Written by To The Point News   
Friday, 16 July 2010

By popular demand, more examples of The Highest Level of Language Development.  Don't beg for mercy.

A will is a dead giveaway.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

A backward poet writes inverse.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
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HALF-FULL REPORT 07/09/10 Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 09 July 2010

Las Vegas.  It's good to be here at Bally's in Vegas among several thousand pro-freedom folks at Mark Skousen's Freedom Fest.  It's also creepy that right across the Strip from Bally's, Zero is at  Caesar's as I am writing this. 

He gave a fund-raising speech for Lost Harry Reid last night (7/08).  Believe it or not, his very first words of the speech were "Si, si, puede" - the chant in Spanish of illegal aliens, meaning "Yes, yes we can violate America's laws and live off the American taxpayer with impunity" (then become citizens and vote to keep Dems in office in perpetuity).

The Las Vegas Review Journal eviscerated Zero's speech this morning in an editorial entitled, Mr. President, Your Economic Policies Suck.  Nevada has the highest unemployment of any state in the US, while Zero's "main economic goals," the LVRJ says, "seem to be the punishment and prevention of capital formation and business growth."  You should read the entire editorial.

One fear you'll hear expressed here - as well as on the TTP Forum - is the Dems planning an orgy of fascist legislation during a "lame duck" post-election session, as described in the Wall Street Journal today (7/09).  This fear is way overblown.  Here are four reasons why. 
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THIS IS NO ACCIDENT, COMRADES Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Thursday, 08 July 2010

Ever since he was inaugurated in January 2009, inheriting an economic basket case from his predecessor, Zero has done the absolute exact opposite of Ronald Reagan - which is why he is failing.  Or is he?

He is certainly failing at re-launching the American economy.  But what if he defines his success to the extent he makes our economy worse, not better?  Yes, as someone who is not an actual American, someone who truly and deeply hates our country, his goal is to ruin America as much as he can.

Yet this goal dovetails with that of the Democrat Party's:  the continuance and expansion of its political power.  A Second Great Depression is the Democrat Party's path to power.

Are you thinking, aha, but wait until November 2nd?  We'll kick these evil Dems out and spoil their dream!  Electoral retribution this November is our dream.  What could the Dems do to spoil it?

I have lost count now of the number of predictions being made of a GOP "tsunami" in November.  Serious political analysts, soberly and without hyperbole, are saying that Dem losses in the House, Senate, Governor's mansions, et al, are likely to be of "historic" proportions.

And every one of them unfailingly comes with a caveat, something along the lines of, "barring some huge unexpected disaster for the GOP."  Now, if you were Rahm Emanuel, what would that caveat cause you to think about?
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OUR SELFISH SCOFFLAW PRESIDENT Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Thursday, 08 July 2010

The political rationale for the lawsuit the Obama administation has filed to overturn Arizona's immigration law is clear.  According to Gallup, Mr. Obama's job approval rating this year has been pretty stable among whites (low) and blacks (high).  But it has declined from 69 percent to 57 percent among Hispanics.

So the lawsuit likely is an effort to boost the president's standing among Hispanics. But whether or not it raises Mr. Obama's standing among Hispanics, "the administration's lawsuit...ensures that the immigration debate will be front and center for the next few months," wrote Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post.

To the detriment of Democrats, which is why it is selfish of Mr. Obama to raise it.  He's not on the ballot again until 2012.  But the lawsuit all but dooms the re-election hopes of Arizona Democrat Reps. Gabrielle Giffords, Ann Kirkpatrick and Harry Mitchell, who were elected in 2006 and 2008 in districts which lean slightly Republican. 

It isn't just in Arizona where Democrats will suffer.
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HOW ABOUT A CONTRACT WITH THE CONSTITUTION? Print E-mail
Written by Richard Rahn   
Wednesday, 07 July 2010

It's this simple:

Most of the current problems facing America stem directly from the failure of our elected representatives to follow the Constitution. Much of what the Tea Party activists are demanding is a return to the principles and procedures found in the Constitution.

Many of those running for office are venting about excessive spending, deficits, taxation, regulation and so forth, but are struggling to say what they are for and what they would actually work to accomplish once they are elected.

To deal with this problem, candidates for office should state that, if elected, they will have a "Contract with the Constitution," much like the Contract with America that Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey developed for the Republicans in 1994.
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LEARNING FROM THE GERMANS Print E-mail
Written by Ralph Peters   
Wednesday, 07 July 2010

Germany's governing coalition is on the verge of collapse, but the country isn't. Berlin's the one major capital likely to survive the global economic plague in strapping health.

In the past, I've written mercilessly about German strategic freeloading, but it's time to give Herr Meier (the German Joe-Sixpack) his due: His attitudes toward spending and saving are admirable.

Germany isn't without problems. Its eastern states still haven't recovered from the triumphs of "real existing socialism." Its banks are dangerously exposed to southern European debt. Yet Germany books far more credits than debits. As much of Europe stumbles into negative growth, the German economy's expected to expand at 2.1 percent this year. That isn't dramatic, but it's solid.

President Obama insists that only added deficit spending can ease the consequences of our previous economic irresponsibility, but no serious German political leader's buying into his call to throw more money away. Instead, Germany's leaders are playing a strong defense, cutting social benefits and spending instead. They have much to teach Mr. Obama.
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PETRAEUS' TO-DO LIST Print E-mail
Written by Ralph Peters   
Friday, 09 July 2010

Gen. David Petraeus has an unprecedented opportunity to seize back the momentum in Afghanistan: Neither President Obama nor Congress wants a confrontation with this general. During his honeymoon, he can write his own rules.

And he needs to. Fast.

To turn the current situation around, Petraeus has to address hundreds of what-now-boss? issues -- but a 10-item to-do list should top his priorities.

First, the big-picture stuff:
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IS LATE NIGHT TELEVISION TURNING ON OBAMA? Print E-mail
Written by To The Point News   
Friday, 09 July 2010

The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . . and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
--Jay Leno

America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.
--Jay Leno

Q: Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it.
--Conan O'Brien
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HALF-FULL REPORT 07/02/10 Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 02 July 2010

Sark, Channel Islands.  This is a uniquely interesting place from which to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend.  As one of the Channel Islands (as in the English Channel although they are much closer to France than England), it is a "Crown Dependency" - meaning it is sovereign and independent except for defense and foreign affairs.

Guernsey and Jersey (along with small Herm and Alderney) are the other islands and interesting as well - but Sark is fascinating as the only feudal fiefdom left in Europe, and for being a microcosm of a number of  America's difficulties.

Think of how useful to our freedom the Sark tradition, dating back to 10th century Norman law, of Clameur de Haro would be.  If a citizen believes his rights have been infringed, he can confront the infringer and call out in the presence of witnesses:  "Haro, Haro, Haro! À mon aide mon Prince, on me fait tort!" ("Haro, Haro, Haro! To my aid, my Prince! I am being wronged!").  After which he must recite The Lord's Prayer - in French.

With this, and the complaint registered with the local court, the accused must immediately cease his actions against the accuser.  Think of how this could stop fascist tyrannies by bureaucrats, local to national!  Whoever is found by the court to be in the wrong - accused or accuser - is fined or penalized.  Loser pays.  Imagine making a bureaucrat or politician personally pay for trying to violate a citizen's rights.
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WHY SHOULD THERE BE AN AFGHANISTAN? Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Thursday, 01 July 2010

Last week, we learned that Afghanistan is The Doormat of Empires.  Yet the ignorant myth of the mighty invincible Afghan keeps getting repeated - even by conservative writers who really ought to know better.

Washington Times columnist Jeff Kuhner is an example, who has proclaimed (6/24) that Petraeus is "doomed to fail," that "the jihadist iceberg is about to sink the American juggernaut," because: 
Afghanistan is not Iraq. It is the graveyard of empires - a nation whose rugged terrain and collection of disparate warlords and tribes is ideally suited for guerrilla warfare. The vaunted Soviet Red Army was crushed in the 1980s. Imperial Britain was defeated - not once, but twice - during the 19th century. The reason: They got dragged into protracted wars of attrition. Eventually, the fierce, primitive mountains, caves and fighters of Afghanistan wore down much superior forces, slowly bleeding them to death.
This is ridiculously not true.  Kuhner has obviously neither been to Afghanistan nor studied its actual history but is simply repeating memorized slogans.  Thus he asks, "Who lost Afghanistan?" as if this is preordained.  Let's ask a different question instead:  "Why should there be an Afghanistan at all?"

Afghanistan is a problem, not a real country.  It is a pain in the world's ass.  The solution to the problem is not a futile effort of "nation-building" - that effort is doomed to fail - it is nation-building's opposite:  get rid of the problem by getting rid of the country.  It's a salvage operation - carve the wreck up and parcel it out to its neighbors.  Here's how to do it.
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WHICH SIDE WAS MCCHRYSTAL ON IN AFGHANISTAN? Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Tuesday, 29 June 2010

We're losing in Afghanistan.  There are four reasons why.  Two are self-inflicted wounds which easily can be corrected.  But the two more important reasons are much harder to fix.

Yet three out of the four can be laid to considerable extent at the feet of our now former commanding general in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal.  When you add them up, you have to wonder which side was he on.  So let's add them up.
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PETRAEUS' WAR Print E-mail
Written by Ralph Peters   
Thursday, 01 July 2010

We're failing in Afghanistan. Confirmed as our new commander there, Gen. David Petraeus has the unenviable task of producing something President Obama can call a success.

If Petraeus can salvage the situation so that our minimum needs are met, he'll confirm his reputation as the greatest American soldier of our time. Should he falter, he'll go down as the general who sold the Pentagon a disastrous doctrine.

Petraeus did not want this job. But our president didn't know to whom else to turn in the wake of last week's debacle with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Petraeus did his duty, saluted and said, "Yes, sir."

Politically, Obama couldn't have made a shrewder choice. Petraeus enjoys cult status on both the right and the moderate left. The question is whether he's the right man militarily.
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THE LOSER IN TORONTO Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Thursday, 01 July 2010

The Canadian government spent more than $1 billion on the G-8/G-20 conferences last weekend in Toronto, epitomizing the wretched excess that's largely responsible for the worldwide economic crisis.

Other than the rioting, nothing much usually happens at these annual confabs.

"As predicted, it cost much and accomplished nothing," said Walter Russell Mead of the Council on Foreign Relations. "No decisions were taken, no minds were changed. Politicians had their pictures taken; the press hailed mushy communiques as breakthroughs and delusional protesters played silly ‘revolutionary' games."

But this summit was noteworthy in that for the first time ever, nobody paid much attention to the president of the United States.

Reuters published a list of "winners and losers" at the G-20. There were just two losers, according to the British news service. One was Brazil, because its president didn't show up. The other was America, whose president did.
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IMPOSSIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE Print E-mail
Written by Richard Rahn   
Thursday, 01 July 2010

"Irresponsible" refers to Congress and the Obama administration - and here's why. For thousands of years, businesses, organizations, governments and even individuals have relied on a basic tool to make sure they do not spend or borrow more than they can service - it is called a budget.

Yet, for the first time since 1974, when the current rules were put into effect, the U.S. House of Representatives does not intend to pass a budget resolution. The main purpose of the budget resolution is to set discretionary spending caps for the coming fiscal year.

Without a budget resolution, members of Congress are, in essence, able to spend as much money as they wish, subject only to the limitation of getting half plus one of the other members to go along with the spending proposal. The budget procedure was put in place to make sure members of Congress would not spend money as irresponsibly as many teenagers might if they were given unlimited credit cards.

If teenagers were in charge of the federal budget, we might end up with a $1.5 trillion deficit this year. Ah, but we are going to have a $1.5 trillion deficit this year - and who's in charge?
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