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Unalienable, Take Two

By admin | Published: July 16, 2010
I previously posted about something Charles Johnson said that had me worrying that he thought individual rights are granted by government, rather than being unalienable. Unfortunately, a recent post of his about the Kagan hearings exacerbates that concern. Let’s watch the subject of his post first, shall we, before looking at Johnson’s comments. The video [...]
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Candidate Nobody

By admin | Published: July 14, 2010
George Will tells us that candidate nobody is not to be underestimated in this year’s election. The article is a profile of a candidate who may unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but the point to take from it is that this is the time for “candidate nobody.” Or as I might call it, “candidate [...]
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Happy Independence Day

By admin | Published: July 4, 2010
It’s a little late to say “let’s get some runs.”
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Protesting Reality

By admin | Published: May 11, 2010
In today’s TIA Daily, Robert Tracinski links to an article about the situation in Greece, and highlights the quote “you can’t mix Freedom and Free Lunch.” It’s a great line, no doubt, but the one that caught my attention was, “the spectacle of government workers, cranky retirees, militant unionists, and mad dog socialists locked arm in [...]
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I’m Not Shocked

By admin | Published: May 11, 2010
TechCrunch has been mistakenly cheerleading the FCC lately. Earlier this month they said that FCC regulation of the internet would be “a huge win for consumers.” This article makes the usual error (as with health care, or bailouts) of asking for a government answer to a problem without realizing that the cause of the problem [...]
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No Place for Racism

By admin | Published: May 6, 2010
In the video below, Jenny Beth Martin does a nice job explaining the core values of the Tea Party movement, while defending it against the media’s default smear of racism. The most egregious attempt at this smear in the video is when the host asks, because nearly 80% Tea Party supporters are Caucasian, ”what would you [...]
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Unalienable

By admin | Published: May 4, 2010
I’m not sure if Charles Johnson thinks that the rights of American’s are granted by government, or if the false dichotomy in his sentence is supposed to be attributed only to the way “people like” Rep. Peter King sees things. Either way, it’s worth touching on here. People like Rep. King are usually the same [...]
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Tax Preparation and the Broken Window Fallacy

By admin | Published: April 18, 2010
The Broken Window Fallacy teaches us the important economic lesson that it is necessary to “take account of that which is not seen,” that when we see tax dollars being spent on a government project, we mustn’t forget all of the other ways that money could have been used if it wasn’t appropriated from it’s rightful [...]
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Unhappy Birthday to Me

By admin | Published: March 22, 2010
Well, yesterday’s news from the House wasn’t the birthday present I had hoped for. I don’t feel like saying much more than I haven’t already said before. One word will suffice; REPEAL.
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Hiding Spending does not Reduce Spending

By admin | Published: March 20, 2010
Since this is the big weekend for the health care plan, let’s take a look at Paul Ryan taking the president to task for the “gimmicks, smoke and mirrors,” and shady accounting used to trick us into thinking this massive new government entitlement will save us money, let alone be budget neutral. Pay attention to the [...]
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