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pursuit of Constitutionally grounded governance, free markets and individual
liberty
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course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." --George Washington
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Americans Aged 18-29 Have a More Favorable View Towards
Socialism Than Capitalism by Paulreal
A recent Pew poll
showed that young people IN THE UNITED STATES view socialism (49%) more
favorably than capitalism (45%). You can view the
charts here by age category: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-01/americans-aged-18-2...
What do you think
are some of the reasons for the "socialization of America's youth"? Here
are some of my guesses:
-Constant bombardment of anti capitalistic messages from
the Main Stream Media & public schools;
-Growing up with government programs
like social security, Pell grants & unemployment insurance;
-Growing up In a cashless/credit card (debt
based) society where they don't see the value of things in tangible
exchanges;
-Growing
up without the threat or recent memory of the harm done to the world by the
German Socialst party, the NAZIs and Communist Russia;
-A lack of understanding of history and
economics;
-Federal Reserve
quantitative easing, stimulus and bailouts that supposedly "saved
us"; and
- The constant
Leftist propaganda like President Obama's
frequent socialist remarks-"spread the wealth..", "free markets
don't work, never have....", "you didn't build that"
"millionaires and billionaires need to pay their 'fair share'"
These
young people grew up in American homes (and reading the stats from the links
above) had a strong belief in capitalism and were successful as a result. Where were these parents during their
formative years? What do you older
children believe and why? That is a
question that every parent should ask and be prepared to defend Capitalism. These scary percentages did not
"pop" up out of nowhere. It
has been a long time coming!!
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Professor Melissa Harris-Perry Calls Pre-Born Baby ‘This
Thing’ by Gary
DeMar
Melissa
Harris-Perry described a pre-born baby as “this thing” that costs money when
born, implying that it’s better to kill him or her rather than give birth.
Here’s what she said on her MSNBC morning show:
“But the reality is
that if this [as she holds up a marble-sized object representing the
fertilized egg] turns into a person, right, there are economic consequences,
right? The cost to raise a child, $10,000 a year up to $20,000 a year. When
you’re talking about what it actually costs to have this thing turn into
a human, why not allow women to make the best choices that we can with as many
resources and options instead of trying to come in and regulate this process?”
So because a child
costs from $10,000 to $20,000 per year, women should have the right to kill
their pre-born children. Why not extend that right to children
already born. Some children might be “worth” keeping around. Maybe we should
wait to a baby is born, give him a few years, and if she doesn’t measure up,
take her to a State-sponsored and licensed extermination center. Melissa
Harris-Perry says that she understands how religious people argue that personhood
begins at conception, that it’s “a particular kind of faith claim,” but such a
claim “is not associated with science.” So what is it about science that says a
5 or 7 year-old child is a person?
Science is not in
the value judgment business. Scientists can measure brain waves, but they
can’t say there’s a mind or if there is a mind whether it has any significance
in a matter-only universe. Science can determine if a human meat bag is dead or
alive, but it can’t say whether that meat bag’s life was worthwhile. Evolutionist
Stephen J. Gould (1941–2002) described religion and science as “Nonoverlapping
Magisteria”:
“The
net of science covers the empirical universe: what is it made of (fact) and why
does it work this way (theory). The net of religion extends over questions of
moral meaning and value. These two magisteria do not overlap, nor do they
encompass all inquiry (consider, for starters, the magisterium of art and the
meaning of beauty). To cite the arch cliches, we get the age of rocks, and
religion retains the rock of ages; we study how the heavens go, and they
determine how to go to heaven.”
But evolutionists
don’t believe in the reality of religion
or the moral universe that is derived from God. Gould and other atheists borrow their morality from a worldview that
they work day and night to prove false and irrelevant. Science can’t say whether what Adolf
Hitler did was moral or immoral; it can only count the bodies and determine how
they expired.
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Amnestied Illegal Aliens To Access Tax-Payer Funded
HealthCare
Senate Votes Down
Sessions’ Amendment that would Prevent Amnestied Illegal Aliens from Accessing
Taxpayer-Funded Healthcare. In a late-night
vote, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) offered an amendment on Friday to a budget
bill passed by the Senate that would have prevented any illegal aliens that
receive amnesty from accessing taxpayer-funded healthcare, including Medicaid
or subsidized plans provided as part of the Affordable Health Care Act. The
amendment was voted down 43-to-56, including being voted down by four Members
of the Gang of Eight. The four GOP Members of the Senate Gang of Eight –
Senators Marco Rubio, Jeff Flake, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham – all voted
in favor of the amendment. The Democrat Members of the Gang of Eight voted
against the amendment, exposing a potential divide between the Gang Members on
the issue. In the principles issued by the Gang of Eight in January, the
Senators agreed that illegal aliens that receive an amnesty would not be
eligible for benefits from the Affordable Health Care Act. “The core legal and economic
principle of immigration is that those seeking admission to a new country must
be self-sufficient and contribute to the economic health of the nation,” Sen.
Sessions said in a press release after the vote. “But, for years, the federal
government has failed to enforce this law. This principle is even more urgent
when dealing with those who have illegally entered the country.
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Sodomy: We All Have to Pay’: Ann Coulter Uses Some
Reverse Logic (and Gay Bathhouses) to Attack Bloomberg’s Proposals Billy Hallowell
Over the weekend,
conservative commentator Ann Coulter appeared on Fox News’ “Geraldo at Large,”
where she debated anti-obesity activist MeMe Roth. While the conversation was
initially centered upon New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his proposed
(and enacted) policies on sugary drinks, smoking and other related subjects, it
ended up taking an unsuspected turn. In making the point
that cigarette smoke isn’t the only activity that impacts overall
health care costs, Coulter noted that sodomy, gay bathhouses and AIDS are all
issues that also raise the cost of medical care.
Her point? If
the government is going to go after smokers with the rationale that
their activities impact the greater society, why not go after those who use gay
bathhouses and, as a result, are at increased risk for health-related expenses?
Coulter noted that
she wasn’t advocating for the latter point and that she was simply comparing
Bloomberg’s policies on smoking and cigarettes to other issues that
she said have a similar health impact. The conservative pundit posited
the sodomy comparison as Roth was doubling-down on defending the mayor’s bans. “There’s lots of behavior that’s worse,”
Coulter said, later decrying the fact that smokers are regularly singled-out
for their actions. ”People know smoking is bad for you and…all of the
stigma of the world comes down on this one behavior.”
But
Roth wasn’t budging, as she noted that smoking is a costly personal choice. “If
you make a personal decision that ends up costing others money, somebody has to
pick up that tab,” she said. ”If we’re picking up the tab, somebody’s got
to help pay for that.” Coulter responded by blaming Obamacare
for increased costs that smokers will incur (you can read more about surcharges
that smokers will face starting next year as a result of the Affordable
Care Act). Then, she issued her
comparison — one that clearly surprised Roth.
“If we have to
worry about smokers because of Obamacare, I think we even have to do something
about the gay bathhouses, because AIDS is very expensive and if I’m paying for
it, how about discouraging that behavior,” she said. The
anti-obesity activist responded by noting that AIDS doesn’t only impact
homosexuals, however Coulter continued, driving her point home about punishing
people who engage in risky behaviors. She
essentially asked: Why punish one dangerous activity that could become costly
to the health care system and taxpayers at large and not the other? “I’m just
saying, if the argument is, ‘Smoking, well we all have to pay,’ [then] sodomy:
we all have to pay,” Coulter continued. “You’re the one making the argument
fine go ahead have your bathhouses.”
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Lawmakers say it’s OK to seize your bank deposits to fund
their bailout
Wow. This is big.
What’s next? Nothing is safe. I hope you’re
ready for the coming turning point in our society. If this article doesn’t make
you nervous about your freedoms nothing will.
Imagine waking up to find out that as much as 40 percent
of the money you thought was safely deposited in the bank was seized, without
your permission, to bail out a near-bankrupt government.
That’s just what thousands of large depositors in Cyprus woke up to Monday morning after European Union officials
accepted a last-minute deal offered by the island’s lawmakers to secure a
$13 billion bailout to avert imminent financial meltdown. The deal, which also
slashed the island’s oversized banking sector, came as euro ministers in
Brussels threatened to cut off crucial emergency assistance to Cyprus’
embattled banks after business on Monday if no agreement was reached.
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NRA chief says Bloomberg can’t ‘buy America’
NRA CEO Wayne
LaPierre on Sunday challenged New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to
spend $12 million on ads meant to pressure
senators into backing strict new gun control measures, saying Bloomberg
“can’t buy America.” Bloomberg’s
pro-gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is launching the campaign in
states where senators may be on the fence regarding a package of firearms
proposals making its way to the Senate floor. As the push for that legislation
appears to falter, President Obama plans to soon tour the country to talk about
the need to reduce gun violence, a senior administration official confirmed to
Fox News. Bloomberg also confirmed Sunday that he plans to spend $12 million to
run ads in at least 10 states, suggesting there could be a political price to
pay for opposing the measures.
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"Legislators
invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their
subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human
mind."
--Thomas
Jefferson, letter to James Madison, 1785
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