“The power under the constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can and undoubtedly will, be recalled.”

~ George Washington (1787)
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

(Legal) Insurrection

The 2012 word of the year ought to be “emboldened,” in reference to the radical left, the anti-freedom elements of our society: the union operatives, naive but militant Occupy, radical anti-Americanists, and leftist community organizers.

During my lifetime, there has always been an undercurrent of collusion between our public school systems and anti-America, anti-freedom philosophies. But they are now emboldened to profess the alliance in the open.
It's an excellent read, with good suggestions.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Perhaps "shoddy fraud"?

When reading scientific and technical papers today, one needs to see if the author has an agenda that is not scientific nor technical.  This is one example why:
Dr. Rosembaum: It appears today that your efforts to publicize your research ("Gun Utopias? Firearm Access and Ownership in Israel and Switzerland," Journal of Public Health Policy 33, p. 47 (2012)) have accelerated. The most recent showcase for your paper and the concepts that underlie it happens to be Foreign Policy ("A League of Our Own," Foreign Policy (December 19, 2012)) but Ezra Klein showcased your research in an interview for his Washington-Post sponsored Wonkblog some days before ("Mythbusting: Israel and Switzerland are not gun-toting utopias," Wonkblog (December 14, 2012)). It is unfortunate then that the body of your research on Switzerland can only be described as "shoddy," at best. At worst it appears more like raw academic fraud.

Here in Switzerland we resent being pressed into forced labor in the salt mines of America's rapidly devolving culture wars, but this would be somewhat easier service to tolerate if your representation of Swiss law, statistics on firearms related deaths and homicides in Switzerland, and Swiss culture were remotely accurate. They are not. Not even close.

Moreover, it is the considered opinion of finem respice that you know it.
 Read the rest for a demonstration why critical thinking is rapidly becoming a survival trait in this sad world.

(Note: "finem respice" is Latin for "consider the end", or "look to the end".)

Monday, December 17, 2012

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Sunday news & opinions

ObamaCareTax

Budget Battle, Taxes

The Constitution, Bill Of Rights

Looking Ahead

Foreign Policy

United Nations, EPA, Agenda 21

Big Government, Corruption

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Saturday news, opinions, and thoughts

ObamaCareTax

The Constitution, Bill of Rights, Second Amendment

 
 Politics

Socialism, Communism, Liberal Mindset

Big Government, Corruption, Agenda 21, EPA

United Nations

Unions

Monday, December 10, 2012

"Ode To The Welfare State"

Published November 4, 1919.  No one, including the Republicans, have learned this basic lessons.

Click to enlarge, as always.


Monday news & opinions

Looking Ahead

Big Government, Taxes, Corruption

United Nations

Media

It's The Economy
 Foreign Policy

Unions

ObamaCareTax

Liberal Mindset, Socialism, Communism

Politics

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Saturday news & opinions

Big Government, Corruption

Unions, Corruption

Politics

ObamaCareTax

Socialism, Communism, Liberal Mindset, Agenda 21

Budget Battle, It's The Economy, Financial

Media

Second Amendment

Friday, December 7, 2012

Friday news and opinions

Politics

Taxes, Budget Battle, Financial

It's The Economy

Second Amendment

ObamaCareTax

Big Government, Corruption

United Nations


Unions, Corruption

Liberal Mindset, Socialism, Communism

Foreign Policy

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thursday news, thoughts, and opinions

United Nations

Socialism, Communism, Liberal Mindset

Second Amendment

Agenda 21, EPA, Big Government

Financial, It's the Economy

Budget Battle

 Politics, Foreign Policy, Corruption

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Tuesday news & opinions

Budget Battle

ObamaCareTax

It's the Economy, Taxes

Big Government

Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment

The Constitution, United Nations

Socialism, Communism, Agenda 21

Unions

Monday, December 3, 2012

Think it can't happen here?

Think again.  America just elected a President who is all about attacking "the rich".  

From the UK Telegraph:  Tax hitmen to track your spending.

 Some key quotes from the article:

Credit reference agencies will cross-check details of the income people declare on their tax returns against their spending patterns to identify “high” and “medium” risks of both illegal and legal tax avoidance.

.....

Information will also be routinely shared between the British and American authorities.

....

The Treasury is to provide an extra £77 million a year to HMRC over the next two years to increase its investigative capability. The “affluent unit” which targets the wealthy is to take on 100 extra staff.
This is strictly in Britain, save that "routinely shared" information.  For now.  As this will likely be a model for the Obama Administration.

Monday opinions and news

State Government

Socialism, Communism, The Constitution

Budget Battle, Financial, Taxes

Politics

ObamaCareTax

Big Government, Corruption, EPA

Looking Ahead