Tag: The Constitution

What the 4th of July Should Be

I need to preface this with a confession, taken from my latest Facebook status. “I’m afraid I’m a hopeless introvert.” It is true. Probably part of my aversion to 4th of July parades, county fairs, and all those fun American things is that I just don’t like people much. I mean, there are particular people I like, and some I like very much, but I find the general population to be so insipid, close-minded, self-centered, and utterly boring that I don’t really care much for being around people. Under certain circumstances, I enjoy watching people, but I find it hard…

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Mr. Madison’s War

I’m doing a history class this week on the War of 1812. This war has confused me and I’ve never been sure what to think of it. There are some very interesting things I’ve discovered so far. – Madison knew he wouldn’t have a chance for reelection unless he found some way to unite the country and better his public image. – The First Bank of the United States had just been disbanded, but the new owner of it (Stephen Girard) was very good friends with Madison’s Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Dallas. Girard funded about 95% of the War of…

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Hello, Thursday!

You probably didn’t read “Bleak House” by Dickens anytime recently (if you did, and you actually read the whole thing, congratulations!) but if you recall, there’s a rather funny line in it that I thought of this morning. Well, it isn’t an extremely funny line. Dickens was good at introducing comic relief characters who were, really, very funny. No one but a Scrooge could help laughing at Mrs. Jiggleby and her children tumbling up and down the stairs while she devotes all her attentions to helping these poor orphaned children on the bank of some obscure river in Africa. But…

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The Blight of Beck

Have I ever mentioned how much I can’t stand Glenn Beck? He makes me sick. And very mad. Anyways, here’s an article from LewRockwell.com on how Fox News (and Glenn Beck primarily) have totally distorted the Progressive era and agenda.

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Study Nullification Online with Tom Woods!

Tom Woods will start his online class on Nullification and the Principles of ’98 tomorrow night. If I had any spare time, I would probably sign up. As he said at Mises U this summer, nullification is a way to beat the government at their own game. For him it is just fun to use the same document as everyone else pretends to uphold (the Constitution) and explain why it allows states the power to nullify any federal law. It may be fun for him, but it is deadly serious for all Americans who will soon be faced with the…

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Bush: The Greater Threat to Liberty

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Note: This statement is made in relation to the former president and the current President Obama. There are some who have come before and some who will probably come after who are greater threats to our liberty. Last night after walking out on the Nightly News (I figured I’d be kicked out of the room anyways…for my adamant yelling at the TV screen) I made the extraordinary statement that Bush was a far worse president than President Obama. After reflection I realize that it wasn’t all that extraordinary, but it sounds better that way, doesn’t it? So I had to…

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On Thomas Jefferson

Right now I’m fascinated with the ideas and life of Jefferson, partly inspired by what I think was a most accurate portrayal of him in the HBO series “John Adams.” Since everything on Wikipedia can be infallibly trusted (*sarcasm*) here is their write-up on Jefferson. Since we’ve been indoctrinated with the politically correct story, here is the real account of Jefferson and his beliefs by Albert Jay Nock. I suspect he took great pleasure in discovering all the dirty secrets about all the people we have always admired. I just hope he doesn’t do that to Jefferson. Since the only…

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