Liberty Maven

This week let’s start off with some interesting comments by radio talk show host Jason Lewis. A caller discusses the now infamous New Hampshire Town Hall gunman’s appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews. Lewis uses the opportunity to bluntly say that the gunman identified himself as a Ron Paul supporter and is the Ron Paul supporters who are “leading the charge on taking the country back.” Listen to the excerpt below.

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The Left is attempting to minimize the dissent running rampant at “town halls” across the country. Now a chain email has been initiated by the White House to debunk what they call “lies” about health reform efforts. To this I ask what happens when these so-called lies turn out to be true? Haven’t we had enough denying economic reality? Supporters of this kind of health reform argue that it’s not a single payer plan and that the government’s public option will compete fairly with private insurance companies.

The truth is that at first it is not a single payer plan. The problem is that it constructs the framework and greases the wheels for a near future migration to single payer. It’s the typical incrementalism found in the Fabian Socialist movement.

Nancy and Steny held hands and denounced dissenters at town hall meetings as “Un-American”. The White House pushed them away with a stick.

And now for some random thoughts, tweets and quotes for the week:

• We need to free our dependency on foreign oil, but we mostly need to free our dependency on domestic government!

• We are teaching a new generation that hard work doesn’t pay… unless the recipient is the government.

• The Right stabs you in the face, the Left stabs you in the back. I want to support those that do not stab at all.

• Don’t play their game. Don’t argue for the right to dissent. Just practice it.

• Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. – Picasso

• Disciples be damned. It’s not interesting. It’s only the masters that matter. Those who create. – Picasso

• Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. – Harry Truman

And finally this weeks most appropriate quote:

Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed — and no republic can survive – John F. Kennedy

Have a lovely weekend!