The Day That Liberty Was Lost
March 23 is a day that will continue to live on in our tortured memories of a distant freedom once tasted and lost for generations.
It began as a populist call for change. The siren song was one that appealed to those who were without, those who had suffered loss, and [...]
Shots fired at a congressman’s campaign headquarters. Windows smashed at Democratic offices across the country. A coffin placed on a lawmaker’s lawn. Hate-filled voice mail messages left on members of Congress’ phone lines. Those are just some of the incidents reported since the House passed historic health care reform legislation Sunday — a bill that [...]
Tyrants are Illegitimate Rulers
The word “tyranny” comes to the English language from the Latin tyrannuswhich means “illegitimate ruler.” The definition is a person who rules over people against the best interests of the people, by force or coercion. Historically, in Greece the tyrants were influential opportunists that came to power by securing the support of segments [...]
Citizens are Governed, Subjects are Ruled
We are citizens who are governed by consent; we are not subjects who are ruled by force. At least that is what our founders thought. They wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”. No longer would we submit to a king or to the [...]
How Could You Know?
You are not free. You don’t realize it and when it’s pointed out to you and proven by fact, you scoff and dismiss it. It is not your fault that you don’t accept the truth of your bondage, but it is your problem. You can’t be expected to understand something you’ve never [...]
[Opinion] Twitter Is Politics In Venezuela
Struggles to use Twitter mirror the political climate
Alfredo Ascanio (askain)
Published 2010-02-08 11:35 (KST)
Twitter, as part of a social media strategy, is an imperative to politics! However, to use it effectively, a politician needs to invest time in managing it.
The government, here, has shut down discourse on radio and TV, and [...]
What is freedom? Freedom is owning your life. You own you and your work. Work is a natural extension of who you are. It costs you some of your life in time and effort to create your work, so it is tied inextricably to who you are.
Obama’s Extreme Leftist Agenda is Falling Apart
January 2010 has not turned out the way the administration had hoped. It’s nominee for the TSA stepped down under pressure. The Supreme Court overturned much of the McCain-Feingold restrictions. The Democrats lost a seemingly solid-blue Senate seat in Massachusetts in an apparent rejection of the president’s healthcare legislation. [...]
THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT
Hugo Chávez’s currency devaluation ploy won’t work
BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER
AOPPENHEIMER@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Alot has been written in recent days about the economic impact of the maxi-devaluation announced Friday by Venezuela’s authoritarian-populist President Hugo Chávez.
But the measure’s political impact may be just as important, if not more.
With his drastic devaluation of the Venezuelan currency, Chávez can transform the [...]
January 3, 2010
A recent Rasmussen poll questioned which Party’s Congressional Candidate do you prefer in 2010, the results were surprising—Democrat 36, Republican 18, Other/not sure 23, and Tea Party 23. Tea Party 23? What does this mean?
The Tea Party movement of last year originally began as a protest of high taxation without representation, but now it’s [...]
Infamy on March 23 | 
New Face for the Right Wing? | 
Tyrants and Tyranny | 
Governed, Not Ruled | 
You Aren’t Free, You Just Don’t Know It
Twitter Is Politics In Venezuela | 
The Nature of Freedom | 
Obama Fails to Please Anyone | 
Hugo Chávez's currency devaluation ploy won't work | 
Tea Party Party | 
