Sep

17

Palin’s Critics Have Nothing To Say

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MSN has a post up today, attempting to expose Sarah Palin’s use of–gasp–a private email account while governor! Oh, the horror!

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

These idiots have so much of nothing to say; it’s obvious they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel now. What next, she has a fine at the local library? She once jay-walked on her way home from the mayor’s office?

Mrs. Palin’s critics are desperate for anything at all that will make her look less-than-worthy in the eyes of the people. But if this is the best they can come up with, Sarah has nothing to fear.

There are several things that should stand out to you about this story:

  • It alleges she used the private account to avoid transparency laws–a difficult sell when you’re talking about a proven reformer with an 89% job approval rating.
  • The “evidence” that she broke transparency laws was obtained through blatantly illegal means, i.e. they hacked a private website–a federal crime–to obtain the evidence. They may also be guilty of identity theft.
  • It proudly details the hack.
  • It glaringly omits any reference to the egregious violation of privacy laws, usually a sacred cow for the liberals.
  • It is now evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the hackers, and discredits the organization, Wikileaks, which posted it (I won’t give them a link, for personal reasons).
  • The link to the “evidence” is no longer working–apparently an attempt to appear concerned about the breach of law, and to forestall the lawsuit which Mrs. Palin could rightly file. But after the FBI and the Secret Service have had their way with them, there may not be much left.

The most damning quote from Mrs. Palin they can find is a response to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell’s account of a radio talk-show interview. Mrs. Palin replies, “Arghhh! He is so inconsistent and purposefully misleading.” Yes, I know. I can hardly contain myself.

Maybe someone should write a book called “Political Espionage for Idiots.” At least the AP version of the story points out that the messages were “inconsequential,” though it does admit complicity in breaking the law.

Jul

8

Brilliant New Blog

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Hey, you’ve got to check out the blog at ThyLibertyInLaw.com

I always know when I’ve been exposed to great thinking because it inspires better thinking in me. This is one of those places.

Enjoy!

Jul

5

Resolution Day

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I’ve been thinking over the weekend.

I’m proposing that we keep July 2nd as Resolution Day. It was on July 2nd that the Continental Congress passed the resolution to become independent from Great Britain. John Adams thought that July 2nd should forever be celebrated with fireworks and parades. Instead, we adopted the 4th, the day the Declaration was actually signed, as the day we celebrate.

But July 2nd should have a different meaning for us. It should give us cause to reflect on why we signed that declaration. What did declare our Independence from?

If you will recall, at the time of the signing, Great Britain was in control of the colonies. She ruled us under the Monarchy of King George. One of the reasons mentioned as the cause of our troubles was that the King had become mentally ill. And certainly his edicts demonstrate that his ability to reason may have been compromised. One example is his paranoid response to the “Olive Branch” petition sent by Congress. He believed the Congress was being led by a group of conspirators. At the time, nothing could have been further from the truth.

But keep in mind, also, that Britain not only ruled us politically, but economically. She controlled our imports, our exports, our weights and measures, and our shipping and trade. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against being forced to buy English tea, which purchase was then subject to taxation. It was a way to indirectly force the colonies to pay the tax, and the colonists hated it.

In fine, the English controlled what we could buy and sell and to whom. It was, from the viewpoint of the colonies, a state-controlled economy. The state controlled the means of production and distribution within the colonies.

Whether they knew it at the time or not, our Founding Fathers were rebelling against a form of limited, focused socialism. It was something they were not used to, and they rightly saw it as a threat to their economic well-being.

The Declaration of Independence enumerates several specific grievances against the king, all of which culminate in a final charge of tyranny.

A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

As you read each of those grievances, compare them to the complaints that come out of socialist governments. I think you will find they are very similar. We fought a war to rid ourselves of this kind of illegitimate government. Why, then, do we now accept it as the “natural evolution” of our system of government?

Our Founding Fathers were not so unwise as to be blind to the possibilities which their vision might one day create. The government that the liberals and Barak Obama would foist upon unsuspecting Americans will bring the same results that we petitioned against in 1776. It is not the government our Founders created.

To bring this to a point, I propose a day of reflection to occur every July 2. It will be called Resolution Day, a day to renew our resolve to never allow ourselves or any person live under any form of tyranny forever. It will be a day to relearn and celebrate our heritage and our history, and a day to expose and reject those forms of government that are calculated to bring people under the yoke of bondage. It will become a precursor to Independence Day, when we celebrate the realization of our struggle for Liberty.

My Resolution begins now. Patrick Henry once said, “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” To his words I add the following: “Be forewarned, for Liberty is as Life to me, and I will defend both with blood, be it mine or my enemy’s.”