I want to know what is so confusing about the fact that the Federal Government has NO MONEY and is currently facing a Debt/Deficit Crisis? I mean, really, haven’t we all been hearing about the terrible and imminent danger to our “entire way of life” as a result of hitting the Debt Ceiling on August [...]
Big Surprise: After a week of denying ANY INVOLVEMENT in the scandal, after claiming that his Twitter account was hacked, after claiming to be a VICTIM, Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has admitted that it was all just him. He sent the picture, and he did it more than once. It was just “…me doing a dumb [...]
I pay a guy in my neighborhood to trim my grass. The community does the actual mowing, but I pay someone to come out and run the weed-whacker and trim the edges. He’s retired, it takes him about 10 minutes every couple of weeks, and I pay him $10/month to avoid the $40/per trim charge [...]
Democrats have enjoyed the luxury of calling names and pointing fingers, claiming that Republicans in Congress have become the “Party of No,” an unending obstacle to their Progressive Agenda of Social Justice and Entitlement Expansion. And, with few exceptions, the Democrats have embraced their position as the “Party of I Don’t Care.” Regardless of how many times the People have appealed to their sense of duty, of obligation and political self-preservation, the Democrats have ignored them in favor of a prejudiced position that the People don’t know what they need or want, and that only Government can solve their problems.
The quote that inspired this is Benjamin Franklin’s line, “Democracy is Two Wolves and a Lamb voting on what to have for Lunch. Liberty is a Well-Armed Lamb contesting the vote!” But I wonder what Benjamin Franklin would say about other the other forms of Government and Philosophy that are currently being promoted as alternatives to our own. Here’s what I think he’d say:
What do Nancy Pelosi and diapers have in common? They’re usually both full of crap! Usually, but not always. I can name one time that she has been truly honest, and I don’t think it was intentional.
Typically, in nations that have a “plurality” based voting system (also called “winner take all” or “first past the post” voting), the likelihood is that there will become two strong political parties, and all other parties will be incidental. Proportional voting systems (such as those used in much of Europe) tend to result in situations where multiple parties control portions of the distribution of power.
We’ve had a long line of Political Parties in our Nation’s history. According to Wikipedia, we’ve had 62 parties that no longer exist, not to mention the 53 national parties that are currently active. The list of extinct parties include such gems as the National Women’s Party (1913-1930), which was active prior to women even having the right to vote, the Farmer Labor Party (1918 – 1944), which represented farmers dislocated as a result of World War 1, and the American Vegetarian Party (1948 – 1964), which, apparently, pursued a national Vegetarian agenda. But what do these examples have that our Republican and Democrat Parties do not currently exhibit? Simple Answer: Truth In Advertising.
