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Immoral, Impractical Socialized Medicine

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In his March 7th weekly address, Obama said this: [B]ecause we cannot bring our deficit down or grow our economy without tackling the skyrocketing cost of health care, I held a health care summit on Thursday to begin the long-overdue process of reform. Our ideas and opinions about how to achieve this reform will vary, […]

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To the Wealthiest Five Percent

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke to the joint US Congress in Washington yesterday, and received numerous standing ovations. Here is an excerpt of what Brown said. My father was a Minister of the Church and I have learned again what I was taught by him: that wealth should help more than the wealthy, that […]

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Tyrant at “the Helm”

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In a press briefing with Gordon Brown yesterday, Obama said The Prime Minister has taken the helm of the British economy. One can only conclude that Obama thinks there is a “helm” to the American economy too. In a free society, the economy is the sum of production and trades of goods and services. There […]

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Laughter, Weeping, and Crying

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This post may be of interest particularly to my friends in the dramatic arts, but who’s not interested in drama? Observe that people rarely cry or weep in the heat of battle. It just would not have been practical for the mind and body to have been designed that way. If a warrior sees his […]

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Obama vs. Ayn Rand

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In his Weekly Address yesterday, Obama said, “I didn’t come here to do the same things we’ve been doing … .” After all, Obama is for “change.” Before Obama took over the country, and even before Bush’s 2008 financial bailouts, federal, state, and local governments were spending the astronomical sum of roughly $5 trillion dollars […]

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News Links

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October 01, 2009 The Lowest Building in America Empire State Building Goes Red for Communist China, Sparking Protest September 26, 2009 The rules murdering our troops by Ralph Peters September 24, 2009 A speech that an American leader should have made: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN. Part 1 Part 2 September 23, […]

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Obama Seeks “Cure for Cancer” …

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… by Stamping Out Freedom. In his address before a joint session of Congress last night, Obama dictated his plan for America, to be financed and “serviced” by productive Americans. Obama will take from individuals the wealth that they created and needed for their own plans. The dictator’s plan comes first. Obama: “[T]he budget I […]

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Mises on Planned Chaos

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When you listen tonight to Obama’s “plan,” recall these words by the great economist Ludwig von Mises, one of the “best minds” beyond the understanding of Obama, Summers, and Geithner: Whatever people do in the market economy, is the execution of their own plans. In this sense every human action means planning. What those [in […]

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Patrick Henry on Hope, Peace, and Liberty

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This is near the start of the speech: Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged […]