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Our Dress Rehearsal for a Police State

May 2, 2020 Rick Olson

All my life, I have dismissed paranoids on the right (“America is headed to communism”) and the left (“It can happen here” — referring to fascism). It’s not that I’ve ever believed liberty was guaranteed. Being familiar with history and a pessimist regarding the human condition, I never believed that.

But the ease with which police state tactics have been employed and the equal ease with which most Americans have accepted them have been breathtaking.

People will argue that a temporary police state has been justified because of the allegedly unique threat to life posed by the new coronavirus. I do not believe the data will bear that out. Regardless, let us at least agree that we are closer to a police state than ever in American history.

If You Are Thinking About Voting For a Leftist What Should you Read to Understand Leftism

January 3, 2020

This year we are facing an election. At the national level, the choice will be a leftist or the incumbent. The down ticket races are likely a reflection of the top of the ticket. If that is true then the election is not really Republican versus Democrat.

Notable Quote – Dennis Prager (on young men)

October 23, 2018 Skip

“…if the government will take care of you and…”

…In my time, young guys — I can speak with greater knowledge about men — had hobbies and passions. And ambition. If I were 25 years old and had a job selling cars, even if I had other aspirations for my life, I would still aim to be the best car salesman in America. That’s what we refer to as ambition. I would learn everything I could about the cars I sold. I would learn how to advocate for the cars without being pushy. During the test drives, I would say a lot more than where the customer should turn next. In addition to talking about the car, I would ask customers about themselves.

I detected little ambition in the sex previously known for professional ambition — men.