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Nancy Pelosi is a national treasure

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A gun grabber throws away the mask and admits to the obvious and illustrates why we cannot give in to their demands that we disarm. “Two steps forward, one step back” For years now the gun grabbers have used a tried and true method of denigrating our Civil Rights the instant a ‘serious crisis’ takes place.  This is best described as the Gun Grabber Two Step. It begins with the “easy access to guns” lie whenever there is a ‘serious crisis’. It continues with whatever they can muster in taking away our rights and finishes up with them resetting the rhetoric for the next time around. The Gun Grabber Two Step. Step 1.   Pretend that firearms are free of regulation while getting whatever incremental Civil Rights degradations they can accompanied with the solemn promise of peace in our time. Step 2.   As soon as this is enshrined in law, it is quickly downplayed and conveniently forgotten as they return to step one. For example, in her news conference Oct...

Open Thread

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Individualism versus Collectivism Video Open Thread

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It’s been said that that there are really only two political philosophies – Individualism and Collectivism. While at the risk of violating one of the national socialist Left’s most sacred commandments of thou shall not generalise [except when the national socialist Left labels every conservative as a racist, etc.]   This is a good starting point in examining the political spectrum.  The founding documents of the United States clearly place the founding fathers on the side of favouring the individual. While the collectivist ideologies are clearly in the later category. The following video while a bit long, provides a nice introductory lesson in the issue as well as putting it in context with the political spectrum and some of the other issues of the day. Then there is this video that outlines the five pillars of individualism and collectivism. 1. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2. GROUP SUPREMACY 3. COERCION VS FREEDOM 4. EQUALITY VS. INEQUALITY UNDER LAW...

Venezuela Open Thread

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Does Bernie Sanders realize his ideas are 501 years old?

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Last night Socialist Bernie Sanders tweeted out this trenchant comment cementing the assertion that the man has lost any sense of self-awareness: If you cannot win an election based on your ideas, then get the hell out of politics. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 23, 2017 This is a man who railed against his political opponents and talked about having fresh ideas. We could allow that perhaps he’s had a change of heart and has given up on the ancient ideas of collectivism. Never the less, it’s most likely he’s lost touch with history and reality. Not only did he lose badly to Comrade Clinton, but he’s been flogging the same old ideas for years now. He should realize that his ideology was based on ancient ideas expressed 501 years ago in Sir Thomas More’s book Utopia [Published in 1516] . So when is he going to get out? From the Communist Manifesto after 100 years [Monthly Review,  published August 1949]:

Berkeley and Caracas – is there any difference in the free-speech suppression of the Socialist’s Playbook?

Sometimes it is quite fascinating when two story lines, one is following intersect with perfect symmetry. Anyone familiar with the steady degradation of liberty in Venezuela has witnessed Socialist dictator Maduro is imposing his Leftist will upon that nation. Meanwhile in the states, the nation’s Socialist Left is attempting to do the same.   "Only oppression should fear the full exercise of freedom." - Jose Marti “The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. “ Ronald Reagan Consider this excerpt from Bloomberg: Venezuela Eyes Censoring Social Media After Public Shaming Wave Venezuela is considering banning messages that promote “hate” and “intolerance” on social media and messenger services, according to Delcy Rodriguez, the president of the country’s all-powerful constituent assembly. Rodriguez told reporter...

Image Quotation Open Thread

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"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." Ronald Reagan