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- Thomas Paine, 1775

Archive for April, 2009

Regulating The Air We Breathe

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Last month, Robert Tracinski published a timely article showing how the EPA was poised to regulate carbon dioxide without any direct authorization by Congress. As he pointed out, this is an attempt to take away our economic freedom by first taking away our political freedom. It’s the equivalent of a fascist decree, or […]

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Remembering Lexington and Concord

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Here in Massachusetts we celebrate Patriot’s Day on the 3rd Monday in April to remember the heroism of the first American Patriots — those who first took up arms in defense of liberty and started the American Revolution.
The first shot happened just after dawn on Lexington green.  The British had sent troops from Boston in […]

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Apparently not all Americans are going to roll over like sheep as the poison of socialism destroys this country. In response to government intervention, the systemic corruption of Washington D.C., and the mind boggling borrowing, spending and generational theft of the Obama administration, more than 300,000 people attended over 700 Tea Party protests this week. […]

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