The First Amendment is a pesky thing to politicians. It allows, nay encourages, the exact kind of diverse political speech that those in power loathe. Born out of the legacy of the Revolutionary War pamphleteers and their radical thoughts of freedom, today these liberty lovers take the form of citizen journalists utilizing the Internet to push ideas, advocate, report and uncover stories that aren’t being told, afflicting the powerful and holding them accountable. This has been at the heart of press freedom, not the corporate media empires that are often little more than government propaganda machines.
Read more ›Archive for March 24th, 2014
Gotcha Politics are a Disservice to the Truth
Senator Phil Jensen is being smeared as a racist by a Rapid City Journal “hit piece” and liberal “Republicans” who don’t like the fact that he actually supports documented Republican values like freedom and limited government.
Read more ›Obama, Putin: Ever Hear Of The Monroe Doctrine?
Basically the Monroe Doctrine, boiled down to its essential parts states that European countries should stay on their side of the pond and the US will reciprocate by staying out of their business — and — on our side of the pond. I have to wonder if either Obama or Putin have ever even heard about this policy instituted by American President James Monroe.
Read more ›Tax by Inflation
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister for King Louis XIV of France, said, “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.” Perhaps the stealthiest tax is inflation.
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