"Four years ago this Memorial Day I was home on leave from my Iraq deployment. I was still recovering from my jet lag but overjoyed to see my wife and kids after many months away..."
Tom Manion: Why They Serve—'If Not Me, Then Who?' After more than a decade of war, remarkable men and women are still stepping forward.
How the Wild West REALLY looked: Gorgeous sepia-tinted pictures show the landscape as it was charted for the very first time
"Deciders" and "reviewers"
From Carpe, Bastiat on plunder:
"Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on. All these plans as a whole—with their common aim of legal plunder—constitute socialism.
But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime."
(Black) Gold Rush America
The Empire of Feeling Is Pacifist
“We feel sympathetic for Bill (Clinton) and I hope this doesn’t hurt his reelection or whatever he’s trying to run for,” she said.
Malanga: Redistricting Wars - The hidden story of the 2012 elections
Barone: Life in a cocoon dulls political responses
UNREAL!… Dem Tom Barrett Blasts GOP’s War on Women Then Turns Stage Over to Gangsta Rapper for “Bitches Who Ride Me” Song
Morning Jay: Appalachia and the Dems' Identity Crisis
Bad news: Obama campaign starting to think they might lose
Noonan: Mitt Romney's Moment - The GOP nominee explains why he thinks America is at an 'inflection point.'
President Obama Won’t Be Returning His Donations From Bain Capital
Obama Co-Chair Is Venture Capital Vampire
Uncovered Ad Shows Obama Appeared At 1996 Event Hosted By Socialist Group In Chicago…
WaPo says Obama’s massive primary fail is “racism”
It Mitt Romney had been a stoner, would it make him cool?
Romney: Obama (and Biden) Never Worked a Day In the Private Sector; Obama Just Doesn't Understand The Basics of Capitalism or a Free Economy
Apartheid: The Big Lie
How Academics Concocted a New 'Middle Class':
...imagine if a presidential candidate in 2012 announced that his anti-poverty program entailed teaching the poor old-fashioned morality, a passion for work, self-reliance, restraining one's consumption, and saving for future purchases versus credit-card debt. That is, traditional (pre-1960s) middle-class values. He would be vilified, accused of imposing "white" values, and clobbered by a rival who instead promised instant cheap college loans as the instant pathway to the American Dream (see here).
It gets worse. Conflating outward appearance with underlying traits is typical of poorly educated Third World nations and, sad to say, America is increasingly drifting in that direction. In these societies, possessing a fancy paper saying "diploma" becomes irrefutable proof of being "educated." "Education" may also be acquired by dressing as an educated person--glasses, a three-piece suit, a briefcase, a fountain pen and similar theatrical props. Translated into current American society, one becomes "middle class" by owning a college diploma even if the acquired learning is less than what was once gained in high school and acquiring the degree required a small army of helpers.
Pension Bankruptcy in Tiny U.S. Territory Is a Warning of What May Lie Ahead
Illinois: Officials spiked their own pensions
Senate Dems offer no gender pay equality
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