On June 2, 1787, Benjamin Franklin delivered a speech at the Philadelphia Convention opposing a provision in the proposed Constitution to pay the president a salary. The speech reveals some important aspects of human nature that we should keep in mind today. Franklin submitted a change to the proposed Constitution stipulating that instead of paying … Read more
President Trump signed an Executive Order today that “directs 12 grant-making agencies to use their authority in coordination with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure institutions that receive federal research or education grants promote free speech and free inquiry. ”
In the midst of a hookah induced haze (minus the hookah and the haze), something occurred to me. Out of the blue, if you like. The left (and now the right) uses boycotts as speech wherein the denial of commerce is exercised as a political act against a particular business. You deny them your dollars … Read more
Skip has been sounding the alarm on Democracy Spring, the latest (no-doubt well-funded) progressive-barbarian horde sent to pillage your constitutional rights. But Justice Clarence Thomas, quoted here in Luis v. United States, also makes a case (IMO) for WHY the progressive left’s get-“outside”-money-out-of-elections fraud would violate those rights (emphasis, mine). Constitutional rights protect the necessary prerequisites for … Read more
The image above (no longer available), is the exercise of political speech by people trying to get the money out of speech. I don’t believe that is desirable, so naturally, I have some questions.
It is First in the Nation Primary Day in New Hampshire. Tomorrow the phone will ring less, the mailbox will not runneth over with shiny circus-like campaign literature, and the digital froth in my email, well…this morning I woke to this from NHRebellion: BREAKING NEWS: Jeb Bush calls for Overturning Citizens United to stop Super PAC spending Did … Read more
Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. In the NH Constitution, Part I, Article 22; Free speech and liberty of the press are essential to the security of freedom in a state: They ought, therefore, to be inviolably preserved. Inviolable: Impregnable to assault or trespass. Invincible. Essential to the … Read more
It should be a maxim of our Constitutional Republic and inculcated into the collective consciousness that thou shalt not let legislators vote hastily on bills in response to current events. They almost always waste money, infringe on rights, or produce lousy laws, and the Antisemitism Awareness Act is an example of this bad idea. Listen to the … Read more
It tickles me to no end when I see students radicalized by woke teachers and professors, getty uppity about the Biden regime. Even in New Hampshire, where we’ve not seen the vitriol and violence from which years of progressive inculcation stems, they came out to shout some slogans and demand things.
Sundays are usually a day of rest and a time to, if one uses it to reflect on the goodness of God, escape the ubiquitous bad-mouthing of our fellow citizens. Today in the progressive strong-hold of South Burlington Nikki Haley was visiting Vermonters willing to entertain the idea she still has a chance against Republican … Read more
The Climate Cult’s illuminating lights have clearly defined for us what the ‘Change’ in Climate Change means. They will change anything about the narrative to keep the fear alive (and the money flowing), even when it makes them look like idiots in the process.
The politician’s stump speech on how to control private healthcare costs began with the tired bromide that Americans spend 30% more per individual for private healthcare than the rest of the world and had worse outcomes. Fixing the problem required the use of “market forces”.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced surveillance efforts on Americans. She, through the New York State government, claims a need to target and root out hate speech on social media to create a safer and more just New York State.
Everyone everywhere, from the Feds to the World Health Organization to Persian cat-stroking supervillains like Klaus Schwab and Bill Gates, has it in for us, from our right to free speech, to travel, to informed consent, and even privacy.
Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government.
The Swedish Government has decided that being allowed to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is more important than the right to free speech or expression.
What is WRONG with the Left in trying to excuse any of their tax increases by simply stating “it’s for the common good” and “what’s fair”? And we go “How MUCH is fair?”. And we never get an answer – well, except for one person.
Taxpayer Bill of Rights in Colorado was supposed to keep taxpayers safe from ravenous politicians. And the shysters even went along with it – while campaigning. AFTER the campaign, the true colors came out – emphasis mine, reformatted Last year, Colorado Democrats championed TABOR refunds as they campaigned for reelection. Yet not a week into … Read more
COVID policy did a number on the elderly populations of most countries. Instead of early treatment or any prophylaxis (masks and isolation were neither), the default was to wait until they got sick and then blame other people if they died. It looks like a deliberate cull, and this adds meat to those bones.
Ending Free Speech and the protections enshrined in the First Amendment is both a journey and a destination for the Left. Message control is essential to any authoritarian rule. You must make examples of anyone who dares to contradict the approved narratives.