Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mark Steyn is inspiration...

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YWU3ZmJjODBjMTllNTg2ZTk5MGZiMWU1NTM5ZTMzMjU=

It is lonely over here on the right, but I know from history, from understanding human nature and basic common sense, what works. Socialism doesn't work. Libertarianism doesn't work. Anarchy doesn't work, monarchy doesn't work, feudalism doesn't work, communism doesn't work (do we even really need to say that anymore??), fascism doesn't work, corporatism doesn't work. The only thing that works is what has made the USA the strongest, richest, most free, most generous, most tolerant nation in the history of mankind. Ordered liberty. Free enterprise secured by a moral people who think that respecting and trying to live up to the 10 commandments and the golden rule is a good way to live life. What drives me crazy is why intelligent people do not seem to understand this - what's right in front of their eyes. There is no utopia - there is no perfection. Human beings over the course of thousands of years, have tried every which way to organize themselves and when it's finally found, (our constitution) we are so eager to discard it....

All nationalized healthcare guarantees you is a place in line...

It's illegal in Canada for a doctor to receive payment from a willing patient for medical treatment denied by the national healthcare board - even if that treatment is the only thing standing between the patient and death. If you have terminal cancer in England, you will not be allowed to receive drugs, available in the US, that may extend your life. The government board has deemed it not cost effective and the individual's needs are not valued. The needs of the community to save money are more important.

Watch the videos on this site and know that you have been warned....

http://www.facesofgovernmenthealthcare.com/

Friday, May 1, 2009

Recessions are great at "spreading the wealth"


http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDFiZTM5NTEzZDVhOWY2MDU3NTFjYzQ4YWY1OWI4MTI=


[I]f, in the abstract, liberals were given a deal in which economic inequality was reduced from its levels of the 1990s and 2000s, but at the price of 8.5 percent unemployment, wouldn’t they take it? Isn’t that the basic bargain embraced in the European model they so adore? Less wealth, less inequality, less employment — recession-era America already has some of the characteristics of a European social democracy.