Tag: democracy
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The Cold Hard Facts
“THIS CANNOT BE FIXED WITH A VOTE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Sep. 19, 2016) — “We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of…
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Righting Our Ship of State
HAS PLATO’S WORST FEAR, “MOB RULE,” ARRIVED? by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret), ©2016 (Sep. 12, 2016) — Around 380 BC, the Grecian philosopher, Plato, a student of Socrates, wrote “The Republic.” This work was a dissertation on government. Plato discussed the character of the “Just” city state and Justice in general. This…
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The Danger of the Misconception
RELIGION, PARTY POLITICS, GOVERNMENT: DO AMERICANS ACCEPT THE “STATUS QUO?” by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Colonel, USA (Ret), ©2016 (Aug. 8, 2016) — First, precisely, what is a misconception? Most Americans understand the meaning of the word. However, I will refine the term “misconception” by the use of synonyms. A misconception is clearly a misunderstanding, misinterpretation,…
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No Funeral for the Principles of Liberty
ALIVE AND WELL OR “A DISTANT MEMORY?” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 21, 2016) — “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ~ Mark Twain Recently, I read somewhere that there were no funerals for the dead…
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Which President Brought Us Socialism on a Grand Scale?
“CLOSE TIES TO KARL MARX HIMSELF” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (May 6, 2016) — Recently, on a website that originates in Chicago, I asked one of the regular commenters who was blaming the “socialist liberals” for the crime, violence and corruption that is rampant in Chicago, who, in his opinion,…
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What Went So Horribly Wrong
1787 to 2016 by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret.), ©2016 (Apr. 29, 2016) — “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” — Samuel Adams A Short History…
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We Are Almost There: Socialism Coming Home to Roost
“SIDES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Mar. 14, 2016) — “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” ~ John Adams “Democracy is the road to Socialism” ~ Karl Marx Friday night last, in…
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Looking for Liberty in All the Wrong Places
AN “IRATE, TIRELESS MINORITY” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Dec. 15, 2015) — Approximately 20 years ago, while living on the vast expanse of the high plains of New Mexico known as the Navajo Indian Reservation, my at-the-time teenage son came to me obviously frustrated. It seems he had spent a…
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Can A Country of Whites, Blacks, Latinos and Muslims Survive?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Sep. 13, 2015) — Put five people in a room to discuss a problem and you will most likely get five different opinions, five different solutions and a whole bunch of squabbling about who is right. And that is if those five people…
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Musings of the Montezuma Madman, 9/9/15 pb
DOES “FEDERAL LAW” “TRUMP” STATE LAW? by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Sep. 9, 2015) — Please, can all the hoopla concerning the county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage permits to same-sex couples be over? The only good thing to come out of the whole mess is a politician, Mike Huckabee, volunteered to go…
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Angry America
“WE CAN DO SOMETHING” by RoseAnn Salanitri, ©2015, TPATH Contributor (Sep. 8, 2015) — It only takes a glimpse at the news to observe the anger extant in America today. This anger may be manifested in many ways: urban streets erupting with anarchy and self-defeating protests; the misunderstood rise of Donald Trump and Ben Carson…
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As They Say In Missouri, We’re A-Fixin To Esplain It To You!
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Mar. 22, 2015) — We deal in realities, not wish lists. We don’t pull any punches and never will. We write what many others are afraid to write. We say what others don’t have the courage to say, in a climate of fear…
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Media Censorship, Berated by New Charlie Hebdo Editor, Gave America Barack Obama
“A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 18, 2015) — On Sunday, The Daily Caller aired a video of new Charlie Hebdo Editor-in-Chief Gerard Biard criticizing major news outlets which chose to obscure the cover of the French satirical magazine’s latest issue for “blurring out democracy.” In his remarks made to…
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Obama Admits “Changing” Federal Law with Executive Actions
EXPOSES HIS OWN LIE ON ILLEGAL ALIEN ACTIONS by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 26, 2014) — In an address to a Chicago audience on Tuesday, Oval Office occupant Barack Hussein Obama attempted to appease hecklers by reminding them of his executive actions, announced on Thursday, to allow up to 5,000,000 illegal aliens to remain in the…
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We Declare Open Resistance To Obama’s Tyranny!
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2014, President, NARLO (Nov. 23, 2014) — “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There has never been a democracy that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, 2nd President of the United States “Dominance. Control. These things the unjust seek most…
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America’s Destiny Still in the Hands of the People
“IT’S ALL UP TO US” by JB Williams, ©2013 (Jun. 26, 2013) — For more than a decade before the outbreak of American violence, tensions had been building between citizens of all races, creeds and color, and their federal authorities. Attempts by the federal government to raise revenue to pay for their mindless over-spending by…
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Air Force Spending Taxpayer Dollars Recruiting Clerics from Muslim Brotherhood-Connected Group
U.S. MILITARY REACHES OUT TO ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS AS MUSLIMS CONTINUE TO KILL AMERICANS by Sharon Rondeau (May 11, 2013) — On Thursday, Adm. James (Ace) Lyons (Ret.) stated at a press conference that the U.S. military and all other government departments have been infiltrated with members of The Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist group which has…
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No More Turning the Other Cheek
“WITH EVERY MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2013 (Apr. 13, 2013) — According to an April 6, 2013 report in Reuters, five Egyptians were killed and eight were wounded in a violent confrontation between Christians and Muslims in the town of El Khusus, a majority Christian city of some three million people, north…
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Egypt’s Morsi Pushes Ahead with Referendum; Opposition Continues to Boycott
WHAT DID THE ARAB SPRING ACCOMPLISH? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 11, 2012) — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who ascended to power with the support of The Muslim Brotherhood, is moving forward with a vote on a proposed constitution written by Islamic members of Parliament despite opposing groups’ vow to boycott the referendum. Although banned under…
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Is the U.S. Arming Islamic Jihadists?
VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN LIBYA, SYRIA AND LEBANON by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 24, 2012) — The U.S. State Department does not list an embassy located in Tripoli or anywhere in the North African nation of Libya on its comprehensive page of “U.S. embassies, consulates, and diplomatic missions” throughout the world. However, by means of a different…