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Notable Quote – Calling Gov. Sununu! Calling Gov. Sununu

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Skip

Humility not required, it seems: … I have never met an advocate of government intervention who did not admit, inadvertently, his own capacity for commissariat functions. He always has a plan, to which others must submit, and his certainty that the plan will produce the contemplated results does not permit him to brook criticism. Always … Read more

Quote of the Day

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Ian Underwood

‘Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty.’ — John Basil Barnhill (often attributed to Thomas Jefferson) So, we’re getting closer to liberty, right?

Notable Quote – Slavery Laws finally met the Law of Economics

February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 Skip

Of course, with many employers, each attempting to maximize wealth, competition for workers would soon force the wage up to a level at which it equalled the actual value of the worker’s labor services to the firm.

Notable Quote – There’s a reason we don’t need to rejoin the Paris Accord

February 13, 2021 Skip

It is because we have become MORE efficient at our energy usage than the rest of the world: In the ten years from 2008, America’s economy grew by 15 per cent but its energy use fell by 2 per cent. This is not because the American economy is generating fewer products; it’s producing more. It … Read more

Notable Quote – WHOSE “Democracy”?

February 11, 2021 Skip

Reformatted, emphasis mine:

Who’s a Threat to ‘Our Democracy’?
When progressives single out threats to ‘our democracy,’ what they mean is their democracy.

Notable Quote: Bruce Currie hates it when things are “Voluntary”.

January 30, 2021January 29, 2021 Skip

The political principle that underlies the market mechanism is unanimity. In an ideal free market resting on private property, no individual can coerce any other, all cooperation is voluntary, all parties to such cooperation benefit or they need not participate…. The political principle that underlies the political mechanism is conformity. The individual must serve a … Read more

Notable Quote – A Reflection of the Mindset of the Left on January 20, 2021

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 Skip

“Tonight there are about 26,000 military troops in our Capital. More than President Lincoln had to defend the Capital against the armies of General Lee in 1864.

If You Think That the Wuflu Lockdowns Have Been Bad for Company Bankruptcies, You Ain’t Seen Nuttin’ Yet.

January 20, 2021 Skip

There is no one, no one group or even “groups of groups” that could effectively handle the billions of economic decisions that are made daily (or even hourly) by the 320 million residents of America.

Notable Quote – “If two lawyers can just show up , grab a mic, and convince diehard Trump fans to…”

January 6, 2021 Skip

If some of you go to the link (below), you might get mad at me…but this part needs a reading (emphasis mostly mine) – The “Set up”: …You know what suburban voters do? They show up and vote. Year in, year out, presidential years, midterms, off-year elections, special elections, non-November local elections. They must rank … Read more

Notable Quote: Red America Knows Blue America; The Other Way Around, Not So Much

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021 Skip

Some of the snoots living in Blue America sneer that the inhabitants of Red America are ignorant, living in a fantasyland. But in many ways, Red America understands Blue America better than Blue America understands Red America.

Notable Quote – Prof. Larry Arnn

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Skip

This is a long excerpt from the latest Hillsdale College offering, Imprimis. Are we heading headlong into a dystopian future with respect to American Freedom and Liberty? Here, Larry Arnn uses both a passage from Orwell’s 1984 and a snippet of a Ronald Reagan speech as a contrasting points: ****** “Already we are breaking down … Read more

Notable Quote – Prof Walter Williams: “if it will save just one life…”

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Skip

How many times have we heard that “if it will save just one human life, it’s worth it” or that “human life is priceless”? Both are nonsense statements. If either statement were true, we’d see lower speed limits, bans on auto racing and fewer airplanes in the sky. We can always be safer than we … Read more

Notable Quote or DISQUS Doodling – Vindaloo Bugaboo

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Skip

Commenter Vindaloo Bugaboo (VB) nails the imperative question at TreeHugger leaving little wiggle room, which makes the Renewable Energy types howl, scream, and break Godwin’s Law. VB took all of the posts at Tree Hugger and wrapped it up into a single question that ANY Conservative should be asking:

moochers electing looters to steal from producers

Notable Quote – Prof. Walter Williams: Socialism is EVIL

December 28, 2020 Skip

Emphasis mine: This is why socialism is evil. It employs evil means, confiscation and intimidation, to accomplish what are often seen as noble goals — namely, helping one’s fellow man. Helping one’s fellow man in need by reaching into one’s own pockets to do so is laudable and praiseworthy. Helping one’s fellow man through coercion … Read more

Notable Quote – Operation Gaslight-to-the-End?

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Skip

Their tactics…our response? Reformatted, emphasis mine: …This event was complicated. Among other things, it highlighted how differently the police may respond to one group and not another. Antifa and BLM were allowed to destroy huge swaths of many cities across America, rioting with impunity using firearms, bats, bricks, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, fists, and just about anything you … Read more

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Risk Just Isn’t Fundamental, It Is an Absolute Necessity

December 22, 2020 Skip

Risk just isn’t fundamental, it is an absolute necessity. This is one reason why Progressivism always fails – it is ALWAYS trying to not just reduce risk in Society, it tries (sadly) to remove it completely.

Notable Quote – reinforcement for my previous post on Free Markets

December 16, 2020December 15, 2020 Skip

My previous post. Simply because it fits and too many people believe that a cabal of rulers can run our economy better than we ourselves can (emphasis mine): A liberalism – no slaves, the right to say no – is built into [Adam] Smith’s argument at the outset. You decide, not the government or the community, not the … Read more

We Are At War To Be ‘We The People’ Again

Notable Quote – for both Bruce Currie and Jeanne Dietsch

December 15, 2020 Skip

The Left is smitten, even in love with the word “greed,” but always directed toward Capitalists. They use it to smear the true meaning behind capitalism, which is in the service of others. If a Capitalist isn’t serving someone else’s needs, he isn’t going to sell products and will go broke.

Notable Quote – In today’s parlance, Social Justice Warriors

December 2, 2020 Skip

Why do all these social philosophies support the revolt against civilization? And what is the secret of their popularity? Why do they attract and seduce so many intellectuals?

“The Buying Up Of Legislatures And Assemblies To Keep Them From Doing The People’s Will”

November 30, 2020

As it ever has been…

“Year by year the cost of living increases, and wages, if they move at all, move laggingly, and after desperate and embittered strife. Day by day the money-masters of America become more aware of their danger, they draw together, they grow more class-conscious, more aggressive.