Go HERE for a long treatise on Liberty and Tyranny. Yeah, I know, it’s a book review. But it is a damned good one…. Part 2 is HERE

“It is observed that the Statist is dissatisfied with the condition of his own existence. He condemns his fellow man, surroundings, and society itself for denying him the fulfillment, success, and adulation he believes he deserves. He is angry, resentful, petulant, and jealous. He is incapable of honest self-assessment and rejects the honest assessment by others of himself, thereby evading responsibility for his own miserable condition, The Statist searches for significance and even glory in a utopian fiction of his mind’s making, the earthly attainment of which, he believes, is frustrated by those who do not share it. Therefore he must destroy the civil society, piece by piece.

For the Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. It is not possible to achieve Utopia if individuals are free to go their own way. The individual must be dehumanized and his nature delegitimized. Through persuasion, deception, and coercion, the individual must be subordinated to the state.“


More at the link. It’s a bold and stimulating look at statism.

I just bought a copy of the book.

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

So the TARP Program (original) was supposed to “purchase or insure up to $700 billion of “troubled” assets. “Troubled assets” are defined as “(A) residential or commercial mortgages and any securities, obligations, or other instruments that are based on or related to such mortgages, that in each case was originated or issued on or before March 14, 2008, the purchase of which the Secretary determines promotes financial market stability; and (B) any other financial instrument that the Secretary, after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, determines the purchase of which is necessary to promote financial market stability, but only upon transmittal of such determination, in writing, to the appropriate committees of Congress.”

That didn’t happen, did it? Instead he money went to let banks buy other banks. Nothing was used to buy securities to help the banks out so that they would have money to make loans…

So NOW the new secretary of the treasury has a NEW PLAN that will do what the original $700 BILLION was supposed to in the first place…and didn’t.

So $1trillion plus the original $700+billion…All to make things better again, again. WHo is running things, the government or the bankers?

I’m waiting for the next “bait and switch” .

Perhaps Jefferson was right.

Via the Freeholder we get THIS.

Sad. Embarrassing. And this is a US representative.

I assume that she is a graduate of public schools.

THIS WOMAN CAN BARELY READ! She isn’t even sure what the words she is saying are supposed to sound like. And she is a representative of the people of Florida. Making choices that affect the country. Isn’t there at least a test for our legislators? Like IQ and literacy? (I know that that there isn’t, but for gods sake, there should be…….)

This woman has a Communications/Speech degree from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville….and all sorts of other “education”. Learn more about her here. Makes you wonder what they teach in Florida…..or was she a quota graduate? I know freshmen in high school who can do a better job giving a speech. I know 6 year olds who can read better.

Sad. Very sad. Were I from Florida, I’d be embarrassed. As a Democrat (I’m not one) I’d be mortified…Were I black, I’d be more embarrassed.

Luckily for me, I am none of the above.

Or how to pimp the government for cash during a crisis.

An interesting article on how the financial crash began and how it was managed exploited after the crash began.

It’s a LONG LONG article, but it really sheds some light on how and why the crisis happened, and what Paulsen did with TARP money.

THe scary part is that it is probably as accurate portrayal as we are ever gonna get.

Makes you think of ropes, and trees, and politicians and government workers in general…….

Via Michelle Malkin: A list of the GOP house members who voted FOR the confiscatory tax on the AIG bonuses.

Follow the link to see if your legislator is on the list.

Traitors to the conservative movement. Legislators who either cannot understand the Constitution, or don’t care about it.

Either way, they need to be removed next election cycle.

Or sooner.

Go HERE for the eagle cam.

Have fun, make a donation so we can see it again next year.