Politics

Obama Seeks “Cure for Cancer” …

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… by Stamping Out Freedom. In his address before a joint session of Congress last night, Obama dictated his plan for America, to be financed and “serviced” by productive Americans. Obama will take from individuals the wealth that they created and needed for their own plans. The dictator’s plan comes first. Obama: “[T]he budget I […]

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Mises on Planned Chaos

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When you listen tonight to Obama’s “plan,” recall these words by the great economist Ludwig von Mises, one of the “best minds” beyond the understanding of Obama, Summers, and Geithner: Whatever people do in the market economy, is the execution of their own plans. In this sense every human action means planning. What those [in […]

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Patrick Henry on Hope, Peace, and Liberty

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This is near the start of the speech: Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged […]

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The Tyrant’s Lies Against Capitalism

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In his “Remarks by the President on the mortgage crisis” on February 18, Obama stated: Our housing crisis was born of eroding home values, but it was also an erosion of our common values, and in some case, common sense. It was brought about by big banks that traded in risky mortgages in return for […]

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Happy Washington’s Birthday

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George Washington to Patrick Henry October 9, 1795: “I can most religiously aver that I have no wish that is incompatible with the dignity, happiness, and true interest of the people of this country. My ardent desire is, and my aim has been (as far as depended upon the Executive Department) to comply strictly with […]

Art

Recommendation: Art Renewal Center

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I would like to recommend a Web site that has given me many hours of pleasure and inspiration: the Art Renewal Center, at http://www.artrenewal.org/. The site contains “one of the largest on-line museums on the internet … that features tens of thousands of high quality images of the greatest painters and sculptors in human history.” […]

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Hope-a-Dope

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Here’s a new status on Facebook: “___ is saving his $13/week ‘stimulus money’ toward another firearm, but will ignore chances to price-gouge a future former Obamaton when the mayhem starts.”

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Most Republicans Too Are Fools

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Don’t be fooled, by most Republicans’ opposition to the nation’s new “stimulus”/spending plan, into thinking that Republicans are on the side of freedom. The Republicans had their own “stimulus”/spending plans. The Republicans too wanted to increase government spending instead of cutting it. Instead of cutting government spending, the Republicans wanted to cut taxes; in other […]

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Many Businessmen Too Are Fools

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This weekend on the interview program FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace (see http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493685,00.html for transcript), there were two men from the business world: Eric Schmidt (the chairman and CEO of Google, and a vocal supporter of Obama) and Mark Zandi (the Chief Economist and co-founder of Moody’s Economy.com). Both men said that the stimulus […]