Posted by
Boomer911 on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:50:21 AM
As usual, I feel it important to pass along good information. Here are some great articles and links to cover some interesting topics including the war on terror and the democrats (socialists). I have also included some great quotes as well. Enjoy!
“Congress is spending us into a hole. We hear about the cost of earmarks and the Iraq war. But what about ‘entitlements’? That’s the government’s ironic term for programs that transfer money from people who earned it to people who didn’t. Entitlement? How can you be entitled to someone else’s money? To finance ‘entitlement’ programs, the government threatens force against the taxpayers who provide the money. Why are people who favor compulsion called humanitarians, while those who favor freedom are stigmatized as greedy?... What we really need is a top-to-bottom freeing of the economy, including the health-care industry, and massive cuts in government both spending and taxes. This would leave us wealthy enough to take care of ourselves, with private charity assisting those who can’t manage.” —John Stossel
On being CONSERVATIVE...read this!
“I would define a conservative, first as one who believes in the Constitution as it is written. That takes care of free speech, freedom of religion, the right to petition the government, the right to keep and bear arms and, in the words of William O. Douglas in one of his saner moments, ‘the right to be let alone. Second, a conservative believes in small, limited government at every level. Along with this he believes strongly in individual responsibility. That is, a person or a family should take care of itself and turn for help to government only when all other means have been exhausted. It also means that society, before government, has a duty to take care of its own. Government should be a resource of last resort. Third, a conservative believes taxes should be levied for the purpose of financing the limited responsibilities of government such as providing for the common defense, catching and incarcerating criminals, minting money and filling potholes. Taxes should not be levied for the purpose of redistributing wealth... One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children.” —Lyn Nofziger
Here is an article that is
so important, it should be passed on to everyone. The information that is put forth by the democrats (socialists) is one of half truths and outright lies. This article should be read by everyone who wishes to have an open and honest debate concerning the war Iraq and its justifications. It can be found at
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-kirchick16-2008jun16,0,4808346.story
John Yoo has written one of the best commentaries on the recent Supreme Court decision to allow the "detainees" (prisoners of war) the right to the civilian courts to protest their incarceration. A right, by the way, that our own military does not have. The article is called
The Supreme Court Goes To War and it is a
must read. It can be found at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366596327979497.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
In one of the more honest approaches to the war in Iraq,
The Economist tells how Iraq is becoming more stable. Just this morning I was reading about countries investing in Iraq because public opinion has turned and the situation is improving. For those of you who don't know, we are winning the war on terror. The article is again a
must read and can be found at
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=11535688