Dreams From My Forefathers » United States http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com A fresh look at what the founders wanted for the new American Republic. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:57:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My Dog Has Free Healthcare http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/05/24/my-dog-has-free-healthcare/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/05/24/my-dog-has-free-healthcare/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 16:32:26 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=280 So does my horse and even my car has free healthcare in the form of tune-ups, oil changes and tire rotation. As the OWNER I get to choose how that healthcare will be rationed. I can buy my little poodle a fancy doggie toothbrush and call it healthcare while neglecting the oil changes in my car to pay for it. I might do this because of the mutual affinity I have with my dog despite the fact that the dog will NEVER contribute to the economic system that pays for the care. MASTER’s have that privilege.

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I created a handy table illustrating the differences between libertarians and RINOs on issues of the day and yesterday.

Principle Libertarian RINO Low Taxes No Taxes What Will Get Me (Re-)Elected
Or WWGM(R)E for brevity Drug War End it WWGM(R)E Gun Rights The more the merrier WWGM(R)E Free Speech They never shut up. I think that pretty much says it all. WWGM(R)E Religion Most religious people are kooks but they have a right to be kooks. WWGM(R)E Free Press Totally dude WWGM(R)E Income Tax End it. WWGM(R)E Life Mostly Pro-Abortion.
Large Pro-Life contingent. WWGM(R)E Standing Army No WWGM(R)E NASA Let the private sector do it WWGM(R)E Federal Reserve Let the Free Market do it WWGM(R)E

 

If we take just a few of these:

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/04/16/1040-for-liberty/feed/ 0 March, 21 2010 a Day which will live in Infamy http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/21/march-21-2010-a-day-which-will-live-in-infamy/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/21/march-21-2010-a-day-which-will-live-in-infamy/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:55:12 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=210 When the historians write the story of America this will likely be the day they mark down as the tipping point. The day America’s fate was sealed.

Elections have consequences.

Our nation was teetering on bankruptcy; this will likely put it beyond redemption. Before this passed, Moody’s was speaking of downgrading the US’s AAA rating if congress didn’t get control of spending. Congress responded by sticking their finger in the eye of responsible Americans. Obviously this entire bill is unconstitutional but the spending and borrowing will be the catalyst that destroys the dollar and perhaps the nation. 

Republicans have maybe one chance to save the nation in January. Fix ObamaCare by repealing it and refuse to pass unbalanced budgets.

Will RINO’s Repeal ObamaCare?

Senator McCain?

Snowe?

Lugar, Bennett, Collins, Graham?

Romney?

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/21/march-21-2010-a-day-which-will-live-in-infamy/feed/ 1 American Majority and the Hancock Committee for the states. http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/american-majority-and-the-hancock-committee-for-the-states/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/american-majority-and-the-hancock-committee-for-the-states/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:39 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=201 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 l… [...]

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/american-majority-and-the-hancock-committee-for-the-states/feed/ 0 The Principles Office http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/the-principles-office/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/the-principles-office/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:41 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=195 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.

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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?

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/02/25/the-fed-is-progressivism/feed/ 1 I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:32 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=168 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.

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/feed/ 0 Total War Means TOTAL WAR http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/08/total-war-means-total-war/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/08/total-war-means-total-war/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:50:38 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=163 “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.
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