Keynes as a useful idiot

As a result of the extensive use of Keynesian economics, government now runs the country instead of citizens running the government. Americans have become mere tokens in a power struggle. The founders provided a Constitution designed to preclude this outcome. Over time, protections were vitiated and violated to where citizens matter only for their political utility -- votes and taxes.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/keynes_as_useful_idiot.html

"The common law is the will of mankind, issuing from the life of the people."

Catchy, huh? Just one tiny little (too small to be relevant obviously) point -- the quote is from C. Wilfred Jenks, who in the 1930's was a leading proponent of the "international law" movement, which had as its goal to impose a global common law and which backed ‘global workers' rights.'

Call it Marxism, call it Progressivism, call it Socialism -- under any of those names it definitely makes the DOJ look corrupt in their sleek, new black website with Marxist accessories to match.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/department_of_justice_ditches.html

Miscellaneous thoughts on Islam

This was an email that circulated on the web recently. The video is a must see!

Friends,
A group calling themselves "White Roses" created a video to inform non-Muslims about Islam. The name of this video is Three Things About Islam
White Roses is headquartered in Sweden. This first version is in English. The name "White Roses" is based on a student resistance group "Die weiße Rose" in Nazi Germany. The group became known for an anonymous leaflet campaign, from June 1942 until February 1943, which called for active opposition to Adolf Hitler's regime.
I urge all of you to view this video and forward it to your E mail list. You may be familiar with the points made in this video but many Americans are not, either out of a desire to put their heads in the sand to avoid confronting the problem or just simple ignorance of the crisis we face. It may not be possible to get all the Dramatis Persona to acknowledge this Islamic road to perdition but those Americans, who just do not know, out of ignorance, just might find the learning experience worth while.
As a person who has spent lengthy time studying Islam I can tell you this video is one of the best I have seen…it’s short and to the point and all those points are dead on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w&feature=player_embedded

No Mosque at Ground Zero!

Bill Whittle on the Ground Zero Mosque

Phenomenal articulation of the current debate, with historical perspective

http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/08/whittle-on-ground-zero-mosque.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+NewZeal+(New+Zeal+Blog)

Noteworthy Quotes

"[Some people] have a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom. I believe that it is easier to establish an absolute and despotic government amongst a people in which the conditions of society are equal, than amongst any other; and I think that, if such a government were once established amongst such a people, it would not only oppress men, but would eventually strip each of them of several of the highest qualities of humanity. Despotism, therefore, appears to me peculiarly to be dreaded in democratic times."
-- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French historian

"Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all."
-- Michael Rivero (1952- ) Composer, production engineer

Klavin on the Constitution

Entertaining as always.

http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=80&load=4019

Thought for the Day

"To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and
that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association -- the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
-- Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Atlas Shrugged

Who is John Gault? Ayn Rand's novel is a great read. It is an American classic. Rand sure was prescient! Here is a clip that provides a brief summary of the novel.

http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/08/atlas-shrugged.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+NewZeal+(New+Zeal+Blog)

Patriotic and Entertaining Post

"Rise Up" from Jeremy Hoop : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM-emlP4kDo

"I am America" from Krista Branch : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw

"Remember Who we Are" : http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/video/krista-branch-remember-who-we

Thought for the Day

This quote came from the Czech Republic . Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."

The Prophet of the Ruling Class

Another great national depression or prolonged recession would make it possible for government to enact a series of "reforms" that would shift control from the private sector to government. Government would then control not just major sectors of the economy, but also the personal lives of all citizens. Their incomes, their health care, their educations, their home mortgages, their communications and entertainment, their access to news and information would all fall under the control of the political elite. At that point, Heilbroner believed, utopia would be at hand.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/the_prophet_of_the_ruling_clas.html

"For Americans, as well as Congressional Democrats who didn't bother to read the bill, this first look at the final health care law confirms what many fear, that reform morphed into a monstrosity of new bureaucracies, mandates, taxes and rationing that will drive up health care costs, hurt seniors and force our most intimate health care choices into the hands of Washington bureaucrats. If this is what passes for health care reform in America, then God help us all." Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX). Check out this Obamacare schematic!

: http://www.house.gov/brady/pdf/Obamacare_Chart.pdf

The Constitution, at last

We need to constitutionalize the government we have, as far as we can: to pare it back as much as possible to the functions it was designed to perform, and where that is not possible, to prefer moreconstitutional to less constitutional means in every policy area. Here is the beginning of an agenda for conservative legislators and presidents, and for citizens, to guide us back — or rather forward — to a healthier, more responsible, and more constitutional political life.

http://article.nationalreview.com/433444/the-constitution-at-last/charles-r-kesler?page=1

Graph of the Day - Federal Debt

"Options for responding to a fiscal crisis would be limited and unattractive. The government would need to undertake some combination of three actions. One action could be changing the terms of its existing debt. This would make it difficult and costly to borrow in the future. A second action could be adopting an inflationary monetary policy by increasing the supply of money. However, this approach would have negative consequences for both the economy and future budget deficits. A third action could be implementing an austerity program of spending cuts and tax increases. Such budgetary adjustments, in the face of a fiscal crisis, would be more drastic and painful than those that would have been necessary had the adjustments come sooner." CBO.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/graph_of_the_day_for_august_1.html

Our Patrick Henry moment is Here

I am willing to sacrifice just as much as our Founding Fathers did so that my children and grandchildren can live in the same country I grew up in. I hope enough others feel the same.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/our_patrick_henry_moment_is_he.html

Whether they are called Socialism, Marxism, Communism, or Fascism, all totalitarian philosophies have in common the guise of wealth redistribution -- theoretically resulting in a classless society wherein all are treated fairly. Yet all require a permanent class of those who are more equal and must enforce equality on the rest of society.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/reality_and_the_american_left.html