Cliches of Socialism

You've heard it before, "the more complex the society, the more government control we need." Many years ago, Leonard E. Read published a one page rebuttle to this often heard socialist cliche.

I recommend that you read it, and begin to train your mind in the ways of liberty and freedom. We hear so many socialist influences throughout any given day, we must combat those ideas with study and practice. Lies and deception are easy to overcome. However, if you hear too much of it, you may become numb to their influences. You must be vigilant in constantly studying liberty, and being prepared to rebut the foolishness we hear all around us.

In this short, one page article, Mr. Read quickly explains away a common, and widley accepted falacy. Read the article, and then find some unsuspecting socialist who's day you might ruin with such simple truth.

Keep your eye on Bobby Jindal

An article on the Drudge Report today indicating that "Louisiana May Not Take Stimulus Money." Bobby Jindal is the governor of Louisiana, and "has suggested his state may not be interested in all of the roughly $4 billion allotted to it in the economic stimulus package to be signed by President Obama." Jindal said "We'll have to review each program, each new dollar to make sure that we understand what are the conditions, what are the strings and see whether it's beneficial for Louisiana to use those dollars..."

Jindal has shown signs of true conservatism, and is being called the conservative's Barak Obama. He is keeping a low profile, but is being talked about as a Republican presidential candidate for 2012.

Happy New Year

Looking forward to an exciting 2009. Happy New Year!

Election Was Not A Rejection of Conservatism

Great article showing up on the CATO Institute home page, discussing the real lesssons to be learned from the recent presidential election. The author of the article is Michael D. Tanner.

"Tuesday's massive Democratic landslide cannot be seen as anything but a repudiation of the Republican Party's tenure in power. Combined with the equally large Democratic victory in 2006, Republicans have now lost the presidency, more than 50 House seats, and at least a dozen seats in the Senate in just two years."

"To suggest that in electing Barack Obama and a Democratic congressional majority, voters were choosing big government and liberalism over small government and conservatism would imply that either the Bush administration, the current Republican congressional leadership, or, for that matter, John McCain, actually supported smaller government." Click here to read more