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- Thomas Paine, 1775

Archive for February, 2009

Obama, FDR, and Economic Opium

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

One of the most pervasive myths of the last one hundred years is the lie that FDR’s New Deal “got us out of the depression.” Nothing could be further from the truth. As a matter of fact, FDR and his band of interventionists extended and prolonged the depression. Since our new Messiah is so ignorant […]

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Needs vs. Rights

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

“When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” — Benjamin Franklin
When it comes right down to it, there are two, and only two basic ways to organize society: Individualism or Collectivism.
Needless to say, America was a country founded on Individualism, meaning: the individual was viewed as […]

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Tea Party In Chicago

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Finally someone in the mainstream media has the cajones to call Obama out on his socialist stupidity. On the floor of the Chicago stock exchange, Rick Santelli says the Founding fathers are “rolling in their graves” and calls for a tea party in Chicago this summer.
Apparently some people don’t like Obama’s socialist coup or his […]

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