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Taken Care of or Do We Want Liberty

February 15, 2020

Do most of us want to be taken care of or do we want liberty? Most of us have an exaggerated and idealized picture of the past. We long for a return to times gone by. The reason isn’t because food was more plentiful or better quality. It isn’t because we were more free. There … Read more

Follow the Money

February 1, 2020 Op-Ed

I have been working on both State and County Budgets for over two decades. One handy rule I use in analyzing why the money is in the budget is “Follow the Money.” This simple rule leads one to find out the why this got included. Who benefits? Where does the money come from?

Pro-Life Women Celebrate the Dignity of the Unborn

January 25, 2020

Women have had the right to vote for 100 years. That’s how long it has been since passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 19th amendment granted American women the right to vote. With its passage women came out from their dependence into the full sunlight of civic freedoms.

Notable Quote – Richard Wagner

January 14, 2020 Skip

The robust commercial republic that emerged through this constitution of liberty clearly warranted the designation of American exceptionalism. That exceptionalism has been under assault for around a century now as the consensual principle upon which the American regime was founded has come increasingly to give way to the factional principle, whereby government becomes an instrument … Read more

This is what I’ve been saying about the eco-Socialists for a long, long time

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Skip

Regular readers know that I’ve always tried to show how the only “way forward!” from the environmentalists is that EVERYone must make do with less. No more meat, less choice in where we live, what we wear, how we work, the energy we use, less living spaces, no more fashion, and only get things we “need.”

List-of-women-killed-in-November Iran-protests

Any Democrat Defense of Qasem Soleimani or Iran Includes the Blood of these 400 Women

January 11, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Before you put the Qasem Soleimani T-shirts on the rack, make sure they are red. As the number two guy in Iran and the leader of its terrorist faction, his government is responsible (in one month alone) for the death of 400 women.

Notable Quote – John Dickinson

December 27, 2019 Skip

We cannot be happy, without being free…we cannot be free, without being secure in our property…we cannot be secure in our property, if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away. [Mankind’s] welfare…can be found in liberty only, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man on every … Read more

Op-ed: “We’re not giving up on charter schools”

December 16, 2019 Op-Ed

On Friday, hundreds of public charter school students who traveled to Concord learned a harsh lesson about the legislative process. They learned that sometimes partisan politics gets in the way of bipartisan problem solving. They came to the Legislative Fiscal Committee asking lawmakers to accept the first round of a $46 million federal grant to … Read more

Republican Messaging Problem – one proposed solution

December 9, 2019 Skip

Steve has a thoughtful post on Republican messaging – it’s a problem. And his post caught me square between the eyes as it is one heckova problem because he’s right: the GOP is losing. It’s that old age issue: what do you say to counter “FREE”? First and as a long term “thing”, get Conservatives … Read more

The Republican Party Doesn’t Have a Brand Problem – It has a Messaging Problem

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It should not be a secret. Democrats and their experts are social engineers. They use government force (higher taxes, regulation, and policy) to control your behavior. Not toward your interests or what you believe improves you or your life, but to use you to advance their priorities and state power.

The 12 Taxes of Christmas (courtesy of the NH Democrat Party) – Days 3 & 4

December 9, 2019 Skip

The third Tax of Christmas the Democrats gave to me…. A Road Usage Registration Fee Traveling on the snowy roads is difficult – now Democrats want to institute a new Road Usage Fee for when you register your car?! This is just absurd – last Christmas, Democrats tried to raise the tolls and now they … Read more

What does it say about our Country when Hong Kong-ers are waving American flags while fighting to protect their Freedom…

November 28, 2019 Skip

…from the Chinese Communists while here in America, the Left waves flags for and advocates for adoption of the same oppressive Socialist and Communist political structures that is oppressing the young in Hong Kong. A parade of U.S. flags as #hongkong rally plays messages of support from U.S. lawmakers pic.twitter.com/q1LTzOhK3T — Annie Wu (@annieeenyc) November … Read more

So what will YOU tell your children and grandchildren on how you protected their freedom?

November 28, 2019 Skip

From modernity to the 1700s. From Prosperity to poverty. From Freedom to Government restricting you in every aspect of your lives. The Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen. Giving thanks for a Government that makes a mockery of “The Land of the Free”? (H/T: Powerline)

Federalism, socialism and ‘dreams of fancy’

November 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Op-Ed

Explaining the incredible prosperity of New England in the colonial era and early American republic, Alexis de Tocqueville noted first that the people were left largely alone by the government.

Liberals Love Freedom Leftists Love Control

November 12, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Liberals love freedom while leftists love control. It’s an important point Alan Dershowitz illustrates. The retired Harvard law professor is a classical liberal. Classic liberals love freedom.

German Deplorables Send a Message: Chancellor Angela Merkel Slaughtered in Regional Elections

October 31, 2019 Skip

The German Deplorables are starting to smarten up and voting their beliefs. Worst hit – the Ruling Elite. “A rebellion has broken out in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU) after it suffered defeat in a regional election on Sunday.”

America Was Not Founded on Slavery

October 24, 2019

The idea that America founded on slavery is an ignorant misrepresentation. Ben Shapiro addressed this leftist talking point and it bears repeating.

Free People Should Never Have to Negotiate (for their lives) from a Position of Weakness.

October 23, 2019 Steve MacDonald

I’ve shared the image repeatedly because it makes the point as well as anything. I do not carry ( a firearm) to impose my will on others. I carry so they cannot impose their will on me.

von Mises vs Marx: “Freedom” vs “Total Control”

October 19, 2019 Skip

Me: “Let me decide for myself.” Bernie-Bros (and the rest of the current den of Democrat Prez Wannabees: “We’ll decide from on high because you’re too stupid”. Freedom vs enforced “equality”. Self-interest vs Faux Moral Superiority. Individualism vs serfdom. How will you vote? Me? With Mises: (H/T: Cafe Hayek)

Frederick Douglas A Forgotten American Patriot

October 17, 2019 Percy Blakeney

Frederick Douglas was prominent in the 19th century though his story is little known and even less taught today. We might do well to try to understand this man who was a large figure of his day. His story is important to the Civil War Era.