via: Heritage Today’s Americans inherited the wealthiest nation in history — but only because earlier generations learned how to feed, fuel, finance and defend themselves in ways unrivaled elsewhere. Lately we have forgotten that and instead seem to expect others to do for us what we used to do ourselves. Take our plentiful, cheap and [...]
Archive for May, 2009
11 May
The Gipper . . .
“Now, where do some of these attacks originate? They’re coming from the very people whose past policies, all done in the name of compassion, brought us the current recession. Their policies drove up inflation and interest rates, and their policies stifled incentive, creativity and halted the movement of the poor up the economic ladder. Some [...]
11 May
RESISTING O’S WORLD – STICK TO YOUR GUNS, REPUBLICANS
via: dickmorris Gen. Colin Powell is wrong to say that the Republican Party must move to the center: Now is not the time to try for triangulation. This is a time for the party to stand firm on its principles until this nation again comes around to the GOP’s way of thinking. This process will [...]
11 May
Question to Left: If You love America, Why ‘Transform’ It?
via: Heritage If you met a man who said he would like to “transform” or “remake” his wife, would you conclude that he: a) thought very highly of his wife and loved her? Or b) held his wife in rather low esteem and therefore found living her rather difficult? The answer is obvious: Those who [...]
11 May
Danger: Hate Crimes Bill Would Destroy Freedom Of Expression, Religion
Who could possibly oppose punishment for hate crimes? That is the quandary people of goodwill feel when confronted by the superficially attractive, but false title of legislation purportedly intended to prevent crimes of violence, when in fact the bill itself — HR 1913 (“Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009”), passed by the [...]
11 May
Rescue by Fiat
via: patriotpost The last time the federal government bailed out Chrysler, the Carter administration reached a deal with the carmaker in August 1979, but Congress did not approve the legislation implementing it until December. This time around, the Bush administration dispensed with the legal niceties, loaning billions of taxpayer dollars to Chrysler (and General Motors) [...]
11 May
“Empathy” Versus Law: Part III
via: patriotpost There is a reason why the statue of Justice wears a blindfold. There are things that courts are not supposed to see or recognize when making their decisions– the race you belong to, whether you are rich or poor, and other personal things that could bias decisions by judges and juries. It is [...]
11 May
‘Empathy’ Versus Law: Part II
via: nationalreview The great Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is not the kind of justice who would have been appointed under Pres. Barack Obama’s criterion of “empathy” for certain groups. Like most people, Justice Holmes had empathy for some and antipathy for others, but his votes on the Supreme Court often went against [...]
11 May
‘Empathy’ vs. Law: When you buy words, you had better know what you are buying
via: nationalreview Justice David Souter’s retirement from the Supreme Court presents Pres. Barack Obama with his first opportunity to appoint someone to the High Court. People who are speculating about whether the next nominee will be a woman, a Hispanic, or whatever, are missing the point. That we are discussing the next Supreme Court justice [...]
11 May
“Empathy” Versus Law: Part III
via: patriotpost There is a reason why the statue of Justice wears a blindfold. There are things that courts are not supposed to see or recognize when making their decisions– the race you belong to, whether you are rich or poor, and other personal things that could bias decisions by judges and juries. It is [...]
