Category Archives: Freedom

Social Security Invades the Family, 1939

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I am trying to educate myself on some of these things, in a detailed way.  I am seeking clarity on bouncaries, and I think I found the source of problems with Social Security.  If we allow for the fact that the government is going to run a safety net, and we wish to choose between good approaches and bad, then the following paragrpah from the SSA website shows the difference to me:

The original Act provided only retirement benefits, and only to the worker. The 1939 Amendments made a fundamental change in the Social Security program. The Amendments added two new categories of benefits: payments to the spouse and minor children of a retired worker (so-called dependents benefits) and survivors benefits paid to the family in the event … Continue reading →

Economy Shudders, Cracks Appear

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I have a bad feeling about this.  Home values continue to drop, which in and of itself is not a bad thing.  The fact that loan programs are operating in ignorance of this predictable fact, and that government policies are struggling against it are truly disturbing.

Some quotes from a Reuters article (hat tip Paul Yoh)

“The overwhelming majority of the U.S. is still seeing home prices decline,” said CoreLogic senior economist Sam Khater. “Many borrowers continue to be quickly wiped out.” — Reuters

This “wipe out” is only meaningful if you are using the home primarily as an investment vehicle rather than as a place to put your family and all your stuff.  After all, a home which loses ALL of it’s value, sale price … Continue reading →

Government-Managed Media Nothing New

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What bothers me is not that “clean-room” procedures will actually be followed, since they are claimed. What bothers me is the justification for “early access” to begin with:

“For years, journalists participating in the lockups have shown up at DOL at the appointed time, then entered a limited-access area to receive the new data and prepare news stories for release as soon as official embargoes end.

The system insures that major news organizations get the data as soon as possible and allows journalists covering the release get a jump on providing analyses and opinion about the data.”

—Washington Examiner, 13 April 2012

Why do they need “a jump” on anything? This is as hostile to the general public as the infamous Japanese Press Club. Let them find … Continue reading →

Supreme Court On Trial

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This pivotal case before the Supreme Court is a bridgehead for a conservative restoration of government.  Our government is required by law to be run according to the Constitution, not according to the counter-Constitutional wishes and dreams of progressive Supreme Court Justices.  The question is, upon which shore will this bridgehead be located?

  • If ObamaCare is upheld, then the Supreme Court demonstrates itself sufficiently unmoored by generations of complicated precedent from the plain meaning of the Constitution that it no longer has the moral authority to interpret the document.
  • If ObamaCare is struck (stricken?) down by the Court, then the full function and trend of the government stands accused of the same problem, but by the Supreme Court rather than just by the supposed “rabble” of the … Continue reading →

Draft: Against All Enemies: Domestic Enemy

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If you, like I, have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution, now is a very good time to decide what that means for you. I have decided what it means for me.
A man who lays claim to bravery in risking his life for his country, but who will not risk his career for the same, is a coward and a liar. Continue reading →

US/Israel Drills, Plans, Posts

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America!!  F— Yeah!

The drill, which is unprecedented in its size, will include the establishment of US command posts in Israel and IDF command posts at EUCOM headquarters in Germany – with the ultimate goal of establishing joint task forces in the event of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East.

via US commander visits Israel to finalize missile… JPost – Defense.

This cuts both ways.  It may be a decive to bolster Israel by establishing an overt US Military presence in Israel, in order to forcibly entangle our responses, but only in case of an attack on Israel.  It may also be a device to limit Israel’s freedom in whacking Iran, but with the counterweight of reducing (though not eliminating) her need to do so.

So … Continue reading →

Burn in Hell, Kim Jong Il.

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What took so long? Ding Dong, etc.

PYONGYANG, North Korea AP — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.

via News from The Associated Press.

I give the furtive inbred mutant son about 72 more hours before his innermost thoughts become his outermost clothing. This is going to be great!

Recently, slave labor camps were discovered in RUSSIAN Siberia, where apparently the Norks have been selling humans to the Soviets to haul coal, or handle lumber, or whatever they do in Siberian work camps these days. Russian Mafia will be the most likely foreign support for what remains of the disgusting Kim regime, and that includes Putin and the rest of his KGB bastards.

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ACLU and Big Bird Crap on America

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Part of the ACLU’s whitewash of our crumbling rights as citizens. It turns out that some kid star from Sesame Street was an illegal immigrant, thanks to his parents. They tried to jump in line by overstaying a visitor’s visa and petitioning for family immigration status.

“My parents, brother and I came from Ecuador when I was seven,” explains Carlo. When the family applied for permanent residency through Carlo’s aunt, who was living legally in America, they didn’t expect it would take so long. For 12 years, Carlo kept his status secret from his closest friends, fearing their reaction.

There’s a reason it took so long, and I do not doubt that young Carlo was completely unaware of it: this process is actually designed to weed out those … Continue reading →

The Point

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The Constitution is the instrument by which we arrange for our own government to act in accordance with the noble principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence.  Therefore, it is sometimes the Court, sometimes the States, sometimes the populace, and so forth which I support in a given struggle, so long as that actor forwards a position more in keeping with the purposes in the Declaration.

I do not find it difficult at all to “reconcile” Constitutional conservatism with advances in society which are beneficial.  The three branches of the federal government act to check and balance one another, just as the states, the feds, and the numerous individuals act to check and balance one another.

It is entirely conservative to support change if that change brings a … Continue reading →