Temperatures Going Down

This information is no secret. I wonder if it's the first time our fearless leaders are seeing it. The funny thing is the government advocates regulating the economy because consumers have "imperfect information." So they are the bearers of all perfect information? I think this issue alone shatters that notion.

Other People's Money

If you can use someone else's money to pay for something, would you be careful with how much is spent? Of course not.

Look at this chart from the Goldwater Institute:


The chart is a classic Pareto front. My response to this it?

Duh!

Yet our government has been mandating insurance companies pay for more and they want tax dollars to pay for more in an effort to make things cheaper! Madness!

Amateur Hour

His tactic of trying to laugh off concerns from the "little people" and move on to another subject made me more and more angry with every passing second. It's refreshing to see a challenging press. I don't care who's "team" of weasels is in charge of the government: they need to be challenged at every step.

Factions

Have you ever felt your emotions flare when you see someone from the other political spectrum spout their views? Even though I try hard to make sure my views are based in the truth (history and logic) I sure have been carried away at times. It can be difficult to step back and look at things rationally sometimes. Writing this blog has been very helpful to me. My views have evolved over the years since it started. I have been drawn closer and closer into the Libertarian mindset (though not completely). I see more and more the "my team at the expense of the truth" mindset in both political parties.

Don't know what I'm talking about? Have you ever heard of Bush Derangement Syndrome, or heard the talk against Sarah Palin? Seriously, what excuse is there for these pictures?





There isn't a debate about her ideas or character. Just plain hate.

Some people may dream of a world where factions won't exist. George Washington warned against it. He warned Americans against "the baneful effects of the spirit of party...This spirit unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind..."

While it is part of human nature to want to join a group of like-minded people, I wonder if our leadership could help diminish the importance of the parties by staying less loyal to them. America's first political parties stemmed from the contentions between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson who worked under George Washington's Presidency. What would have happened if they calmed down and discouraged the parties? No one can know.

This may seem hypocritical of me because I am constantly bashing Obama. But I'm not bashing Obama because he is a Democrat. I am bashing him because he is a lying, socialist sack of crap.

I'm not immune. No one is.

More Federal Usurpation - EPA

Does anyone know why the federal government has the power to "preserve" the lives of random organisms inside any state they please? Where in the Constitution is this allowed? Below is a list of the powers of Congress from Article I, Section 8:

1. "...To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises..."
   
2. "...to pay the Debts..."
3. "...provide for the common Defence..."
4. "...provide for the...general Welfare of the United States..."
5. "To borrow money on the credit of the United States;"
6. "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;"
7. "To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,"
   
8. "To establish...uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;"
9. "To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;" (notice it doesn't allow paper money)
10. "To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;"
11. "To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;"
12. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" (notice it doesn't say to fund scientific research or art)
13. "To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;" (establish lower courts)
14. "To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;"
15. "To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;" (Marque and Reprisal! You mean Blackwater is Constitutional?)
16. "To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;"
17. "To provide and maintain a Navy;"
18. "To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;"
19. "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;"
20. "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
21. "To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over [Washington D.C.] and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;"
22. "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof." (notice it limits the powers of Congress to those listed above)

Okay, there's a list of powers listed. That doesn't mean these are the ONLY things Congress can do, right? Well, yes. See number 22 on the list above. Also, see Amendment 10 (my favorite):

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

The federal government can do NOTHING that isn't specifically spelled out in the Constitution. I think this may be the most violated amendment.

See the following video and ask yourself what gave Congress the right to establish the Environmental Protection Agency:



Now let me leave you with a quote from George Washington. It would have been nice if Abraham Lincoln followed this advice:

"If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."

The ends don't justify the means. Every time the Constitution is ignored or trampled on, your freedoms are diminishing. Growing up I have been told that I live in a free country. That is not true. How am I free when the government can reach it's fingers down and grab my property to "save" a small animal or plant it deems more important than me?

Palin on Today

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Right on! She did a good job dodging Lauer's slimy questions. You can tell by the questions how much he underestimates her. Just shut up Lauer, and let Sara talk!

I think Palin has the most promise for the right wing in the next Presidential election. She is still loved even though the media keeps on smearing her. The media-parroting dopes still don't like her, but they're so deep into the "Liberals can do nothing wrong" mindset that they would hate Jesus if he affixed an "R" at the end of his name or voiced any conservative/libertarian viewpoint. Wait...they hate Jesus anyway. Never mind. Bad illustration.

Why do I like Palin so much? Let me list the reasons:

1. The main stream media HATES her.
2. Refer to number 1.
   

It just Keeps Getting Worse!

Oh, my!


Bow to your master:

Unemployment is So Fun!

I knew that when Obama was elected the news would be much happier, but this is getting ridiculous. The New York Times is reporting on how "fun" unemployment is.


"Instead of punching the clock, they're hitting the beach."

Can you imagine this story coming out with Bush as President? No, all I heard when Bush was President was how awful life was. Oh, the humanity! It's amazing. Our Ministry of Truth has really done it this time. What a joke.


"Experts say it's...a backlash against corporate America and its 'Dilbert'-like work environment."

Yea! Screw the corporations! They're just greedy anyway!

Free Money!

Constitution Violations Series - Article I, Section 3

It may seem shocking to some to see that I have proclaimed our Republic dead. To support my case I am going to point out our violations of the Constitution. Article I, Section 3:

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof..."

In the original Constitution, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. This was foolishly changed during the Progressive Era by Amendment 17. Technically this is not a violation of our current Constitution. It did ruin the Constitution though.

When the state governments chose the Senators, those Senators held loyalty to their state governments. Thanks to Amendment 17, the Senators are chosen by the people. The state government is bypassed. It was a way to centralize power in the federal government. Very bad. Power needs to be dispersed.

When the power is determined by elections, those who control the public information (the press) ultimately rule. Interestingly, William Randolph Hearst pushed heavily for popularly elected Senators in his magazine Cosmopolitan (which apparently was more respected back then).

The Goode Family

"My daughter and I held each other and cried with happiness as the doctor measured her cervix."

The makers of "Beavis and Butthead" and "King of the Hill" came out with a new show that makes fun of the kind of people that buy into the green movement. Above is a quote from that show. Click on the picture below to watch the first episode (I couldn't get it to work with Firefox though - and you will have to temporarily allow popups). My review? It's okay. It gives great advice on how NOT to be a parent.


"Your mother accidentally bought 2-ply."

"Or we could just fire 3 white guys."

"You're teaching our son to drive and our daughter not to have sex. Where did I go wrong?"

It's on Wednesdays at 9/8c.

What the Hell?

Thank you Yahoo! News for the pictures. Did they realize how awful these pictures look? It looks like B.O. wants a piece of Sotomayor. Isn't that romantic? Of all the chicks he could have his way with, why is he being so obviously sweet on this lady?

"Oh, Barry you complete me!"

I don't have much to write about this racially motivated Supreme Court selection. I'll let the racist whore speak for herself:

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn't lived that life." -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor, in her Judge Mario G. Olmos Law and Cultural Diversity Lecture at the University of California (Berkeley) School of Law in 2001

Blah, blah, blah...can you imagine if a white guy said that...blah, blah...

"I wish I could quit you."

It's Bad to Fix Prices - Unless You're a Union

The video below discusses a company that was accused of price fixing. Price fixing is an agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price. You don't need to bother watching the whole thing, but while you watch it, imagine if the story were about a group of employees in a company who organized and forced their employer to pay them wages that are higher than market value (collective bargaining):



Apparently it's completely evil if heads of companies fix prices of their products, but it's perfectly acceptable for employees to form unions and fix their wages. Don't you just love consistency?

Lovely Demonstration