Dreams From My Forefathers

American Majority and the Hancock Committee for the states.

ROK — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:39 +0000

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I have now been to two events hosted by these guys and they are going to be making things happen. Making things happen by training Tea Partiers and others how to engage in the political system.

American Majority offers candidate and activist training while the Hancock Committee is oriented towards helping groups work together to achieve common goals.

Anniversary of a porkulus protest: The roots of the Tea Party movement (michellemalkin.com) Power And Control: They Aren’t Interchangeable (redstate.com) MORE EVIDENCE THAT the energy is with the Tea Partiers, not the GOP apparatus. Of course, if that [...]

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The Principles Office

ROK — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:41 +0000

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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Do we have a party of principle? What are the principles?

Do we even have men of principle? What are those principles?

Are you a Big Tent Republican? Does big tent preclude principle? Reagan’s big tent philosophy is often cited as reason to avoid getting bogged down in policy debates. Or for failing to excommunicate RINO’s. Did Reagan have no principles?

I have asked here before if there is even one principle to which conservatives can agree one must be bound to be accepted into the fold. I have not yet heard the response that was more than a vague exercise in goals.

Conservatives are for [...]

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Primanti’s in Pittsburgh

ROK — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:02:20 +0000

Just ate at Primanti Bros in Pittsburgh. Had the nearly well known Steak and Cheese with a slice of pizza. Good sandwich, good pizza.

The FED is Progressivism

ROK — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:19:20 +0000

Just a short flight from Becker’s anti-Ron Rant.

Hamilton proposed and oversaw the creation of the First Bank of the US.

Generally central banks in the US have been favored by proponents of a strong national government. Hamilton was also a borderline monarchist. He wanted a King-like President and he wanted the senate to be a British style House of Lords with lifetime tenure. Chuckie Schumer for life.

Though he wrote of balance of power in the Federalist Papers he consistently landed on the side of federal power once the document was ratified. Combine his opposition to the Bill of Rights with his love of federal power and he is what?

He argued against the Bill of Rights because it would contradict the notion that the powers granted were [...]

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The Next Bubble

ROK — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:30:53 +0000

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Did you ever wonder what a bubble looks like before it is filled?

This is the perfect opportunity to see one. The FED is in talks to sell assets to your mutual fund manager for later repurchase by the FED. If you have money in a mutual fund you are getting ready to buy FED assets in a huge way. Since the number of people and countries willing to buy US debt is falling they have to find some way to continue selling FED securities. In this case in the name of removing an excess of liquidity caused by an excess of ink and paper being FED into a printing press.

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday charted ways the Fed might withdraw record monetary stimulus [...]

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Are you Free?

ROK — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:45:20 +0000

Here is a cool tool to find out your state’s ranking.
Freedom Rankings

Hayek Keynes Rap

ROK — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:16:50 +0000

http://econstories.tv/home.html Great Rap on economic theory.

I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry

ROK — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:32 +0000

Engineers are continually adding to the body of knowledge and principles that comprise their particular art. Bridges get longer, buildings get higher, cars go faster and yet arrive with a higher degree of safety at their destinations. The medical profession uses techniques and knowledge acquired thousands of years ago. And yesterday. We live longer and healthier lives because of it. Mathematicians need not discover Pythagorean’s Theorem today any more than a carpenter need invent a hammer to build with. They are tools that have been given to us by our forefathers which when used properly allow us to do things the original inventors could never do. Pythagoras could never have built the moon lander. Without Pythagoras, neither could we.

It is on their shoulders we stand.

Anybody [...]

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Total War Means TOTAL WAR

ROK — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:50:38 +0000

“with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor”
There were some poor, many “middle” class and a few that were filthy rich. John Hancock was likely the richest man in America at the start of the revolution. Samuel Adams was generally broke. Everyone risked all.
Total War is not only defined by what you are willing to destroy in your quest for victory but what you are willing to lose.
“The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. [...]

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Silence of the Lambs

ROK — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:47 +0000

The truth is we ARE a bunch of Rubes. We continually allow these people to undermine or outright betray the country time after time in the clutch moments. Guess what, sleepers are SUPPOSED to look like us as much as possible while doing the enemies work. Yet half of those on the right defend these guys and block every attempt to purge this disease. Oh no, we can’t have standards. Or accountability. We’re a big [...]

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