Responsibility

Rand Paul points out the problem. Solution is Legislative Accountability with “Degree of Fecklessness” on vote scoring

May 7, 2013

“The Secretary shall” do this and “The Secretary shall” do that…a recipe to irrelevancy for our Legislators in the US Congress and Senate.  Senator Rand Paul gets it right (emphasis mine): I, for one, am for immigration reform. … That being said, I’m worried that the bill before us won’t pass. May pass the Senate, [ Read more ]

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Just another devaluation of Citizenship?

April 28, 2013

Or just another attack on the responsibility of citizenship? It IS a basic pillar of American Jurisprudence is that we are to be judged by a panel of our peers – people that should at least share some common values and outlook on guilt / innocence and presence / absence of evidence.  And be able [ Read more ]

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MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry – If you thought getting my rifle out of my cold, dead hands was hard enough…

April 12, 2013

“We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we’ve always had a private notion of children; your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven’t had a very collective notion of these are our children,” If my kids were still young, Dr. Harris-Perry, you’d get a blast of [ Read more ]

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Quick Thought – Role of the State; what about Liberties?

December 19, 2012

From Tim’s post: the New Deal settlement has been reshaping Americans’ expectations about the nation-state’s reach and role. Consequently, the U.S. federal government will continue to provide a social safety net, regulate the economy, and shoulder a substantial share of responsibility for safeguarding the social and economic bases of political equality. The State is responsible for [ Read more ]

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Regulations didn’t Stop MF Global or JPMorgan Losses

May 15, 2012

JP Morgan earned a $5.4 billion profit in the first quarter of 2012.  It is on course for making a multibillion profit in 2Q2012 and a $20 plus  billion profit for the year despite its recent $2 billion loss.  Businesses  take risks, and some risks do not work out.  Businesses are at risk daily  as [ Read more ]

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I think this pretty well sums up the feeling of the Right concerning sex, contraceptives, and the tyrannical Left

March 4, 2012

(H/T: RightWingNews) And not matter HOW often the Left wants to complain, this will ALWAYS hold true.  In their eyes, sex may be a right, but they can’t repeal the laws of bio-economics either (even as they may try to avert their eyes): (H/T: RightWingNews)

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Run Democrats Run!! (Video updated)

February 18, 2011

Democrats like to tuck tail and run. The most recent example comes to us from Wisconsin as all the States democrat senators abdicated their elected duty and crossed state lines to hide from a vote

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