Genesis of the "NO" Logo

In history there have been two basic forms of social organization: collectivism and individualism. In the 20th and 21st century, collective variations have included socialism, fascism, Nazism, and communism. Under collectivism, a ruling class of “intellectuals”, bureaucrats, politicians and/or social planners decides what people want or what is “good” for society and then uses the coercive power of the State to regulate, tax and redistribute wealth in an attempt to achieve their desired objectives. Individualism is a political and social philosophy that emphasizes individual liberty, belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence and responsibility. It embraces opposition to controls over the individual when exercised by the state. The Preamble to our Constitution makes it plain that all power rests originally with the people, as individuals.
The “O” within the circle represents collectivism in its various forms. The “N” represents an emphatic repudiation of collectivism. The red, white and blue circles encompassing the “NO” are emblematic of our Republic. It is the responsibility of the individuals in an engaged and enlightened republic to limit the influence of the government, especially one that attempts to wield power outside the boundaries delineated by the Constitution.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Additional thought on health care

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/debating_obamas_health_care_cl.html

Thursday, November 12, 2009

What's wrong with Socialism

Von Hayek accurately foretold the fate that would befall dissenters from the plan. They simply could not be allowed to get in the way. Opposition would soon be treated as subversion, with debate shriveling to non-existence under the glare of the state. Those who refused compliance would first be marginalized, then dehumanized, and finally (failing re-education) eliminated. Collectivism and individualism cannot long share the same bed. They are political oil and water, and neither can compromise its position without eventually succumbing to the other. The history of the twentieth century is littered with the remains of those who became "enemies of the state" for merely drawing attention to this flaw. As Von Hayek predicted, the socialist vision would not be achieved without bloodshed.http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/whats_wrong_with_socialism.html

Friday, November 6, 2009

Liberty and Tyranny

Hear "The Great One", Mark Levin, in his own words

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Killing Capitalism

George Soros has made billions of dollars. He brought the financial markets of Great Britain and Malaysia to their knees. He is the principle funding source of progressive/liberal ideologies in the US. Read on to learn more.

Monday, November 2, 2009

A Generation of the "Pampered"

A generation of the "Pampered"
http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2009/11/02/a_generation_of_sociopaths

But what about the poor?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/but_what_about_the_poor.html

There is no cause in the Constitution that references health care as
a right
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/no_health_care_in_the_constitu.html


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Obamacare vs the Hippocratic Oath

http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/01/obamacare-vs-the-hippocratic-oath/
Is Barack Obama anti-American?

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Charity and Sacrifice in a Free Society

By limiting the power of the state, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights specifically forbade political charity in the interest of protecting the individual against mob rule and tyranny. Yet these documents have been tossed aside by today's political elite. According to Hayek, "a society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom."1

Friday, October 30, 2009

Rethinking Health Care and History

If you are still sitting on the fence over the issue, please read this article

Sound Familiar

"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion -- when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing -- when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors -- when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you -- when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice -- you may know that your society is doomed." -- Ayn Rand (1905-1982) Author
Source: Atlas Shrugged, p. 413

"Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity.
The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority." -- Eric Hoffer
(1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Pelosi Blueprint for government run health care:

Thursday, October 22, 2009

They're All Communists

“Communism” is a term that may be outdated. Fine. Whatever you choose to call it – totalitarianism, authoritarianism, liberalism, progressivism, statism, libertarian paternalism – it is the same mindset. Like a virus, the change of name is just a mutation of the same ideas that threaten to destroy the body politic.