Category Archives: Quote of the Day

I used to take part in the conference calls put on by Washington’s Congressional Repubs. The session is over and my liberty is still mostly intact, so I don’t get the invites any more. I stopped for two reasons: First, … Continue reading →

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation. Thomas B. Reed (1886)

We’ll give the “Terroristic speech as defined by the state of Pennsylvania” a rest for today, and instead give you some common sense. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to … Continue reading →

Yet more of the “Terroristic speech as defined by the state of Pennsylvania” Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between … Continue reading →

My stomach kept turning over while I was reading through the VPC paper I quoted from yesterday. That is a enough of that. So, how about some “Terroristic” speech as defined by the state of Pennsylvania Those who profess to … Continue reading →

While doing some research for a post that’ll appear tomorrow, I came across a very scary page from the gun bigots at the Violence Policy Center on the topic of NICS checks. I’ll be using it for today’s quote, and … Continue reading →

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it George Bernard Shaw Oh sure, everyone talks of liberty. But oddly enough, very few want to be held responsible for their own. Strange days are these.

In the conflict resistless, each toil they endured,      ‘Till their foes fled dismayed from the war’s desolation: And pale beamed the Crescent, its splendor obscured      By the light of the Star Spangled flag of our nation. Where each radiant star … Continue reading →

Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. Woodrow Wilson, May 9, 1912, Address, New York Press Club.

All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void. Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (2 Cranch) 137 (1803) If only. FDR saw that many, many repugnant things were made law.