Wow, this has been a week to forget. A loon attacks with murderous intent, and the lefties do the same. While I find…and always have found…their blame game deplorable, freedom lovers’ better wake up and be prepared. Their abysmal behavior is predictable, but there are a whole lot of folks out there who still get all of their news from the MSM. Responses must be timely, forceful and devastating.
Unlimited freedom is anarchy. Over restricted freedom is tyranny.
There are limits for doing it our way. If we harm others or their property, then we should be subject to restitution and punishment. Freedom is an element that is God-given from the time of our birth…as a baby struggles to be born.
For a believer freedom is a gift from God. For a secularist freedom is the natural state of humankind. For a statist freedom is an obstacle. The ultimate benefit of true freedom is the right to fail…the freedom to be wrong. When the Big Nanny state wraps us in her womb, we lose our freedom to stumble and fall, and more tragically, we lose our desire to take risks.
At noon today (Saturday) January will be half gone, and only six more weeks remain until March. I’ve had days in March (and April, too) when it felt like the depths of winter. But when we reach the 1st of March, I begin to eagerly anticipate spring. Don’t know about you, but I’m ready.
When somebody complains about something being fair, hang on to your liberty. What’s fair about the Fairness Doctrine? It distorts the free market. Listeners or viewers will go where they want to go. If government forces artificial constraints just as it did prior to the mid-eighties, broadcasting will avoid risk, and all stations will sound/look alike.
My Golden Retriever, Frosty, can be a politician because he has no brain or testosterone producers plus he’s often seen on wild goose chases and expects me to take care of him.
Just ordered Dr. Thomas Sowell’s updated “Basic Economics.” Looking forward to reading it. Thanks to my beloved offspring for bookstore gift cards. Also a couple of history tomes by Pauline Maier. Now I’m working on selections for my Reader that Pat got me.
Next week I’ll be in Kenton on Monday (Jitterz, 7:00pm), Tiffin on Thursday (Camden Falls, 6:30) and on Monday, January 31st, we’ll be meeting with the Upper Arlington 9-12 group at 6:00pm in the MCL Cafeteria at Kingsdale Shopping Center. For Kenton and Tiffin, I’ll be discussing the Fair Tax, and in Upper Arlington, I’ll present the principles of Libertarianism. If you can come to any (all if you wish) of these gatherings, please do so….and stop by to say “Howdy.”
In February we’ll be traveling as we go to Flint, Michigan on the 5th and 6th where we’ll address the Michigan Libertarian Party at their LibertyFest. On the 10th through the 12th we’ll be in Washington D.C. for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). We’ll be writing our daily columns from there as well as collecting material for future ones. All in all, there will be about 10-12 thousand people there and some dynamic speakers from the small-government/liberty side of reality.
We are booking speaking dates for after February 15th. We will study and address any issue or topic that you desire, but our strengths and preferences are Libertarian Principles, Nullification or the Fair Tax. Also, if any of you on the email list are forwarding the column or know of someone who may want to read it, just send their emails to me, and I’ll add them to the original list. Thank you. Back on Monday.
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