Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The American Spectator : America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

"...By identifying science and reason with themselves, our rulers delegitimize opposition. Though they cannot prevent Americans from worshiping God, they can make it as socially disabling as smoking -- to be done furtively and with a bad social conscience. Though they cannot make Americans wish they were Europeans, they continue to press upon this nation of refugees from the rest of the world the notion that Americans ought to live by "world standards." Each day, the ruling class produces new "studies" that show that one or another of Americans' habits is in need of reform, and that those Americans most resistant to reform are pitiably, perhaps criminally, wrong. Thus does it go about disaggregating and dispiriting the ruled..." Take the time and read it all.

The American Spectator : America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Cliff notes for progressive history:
The Meaning of "Progressive" Politics

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

YouTube - Obama Admits He Is A Muslim

Now that our President has said that we are no longer a Christian nation . . .watch it all.
YouTube - Obama Admits He Is A Muslim

Monday, July 05, 2010

ANDREW KLAVAN: Limp Economy? Flaccid Philosophy? Diagnosis: Electile Dysfunction – VIDEO Snow Report Blog

Michael Patrick Leahy

The grand pooh-bahs at the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, those champions of Big Government statism and the personal acquisition of power, are on their way out. They are relics of an era gone by, and are too dense to comprehend that reality yet.

No one likes them.

No one respects them.

No one trusts them.

No one believes they act on principle.

No one thinks they are thought leaders with any original ideas to address our country's problems.

"This new Era of Grassroots Democracy will have three defining characteristics:

1. It will be Post-Partisan.
2. It will be Ideologically Competitive.
3. It will signal a revival of citizen activism within a new type of intensely engaged, participative grassroots democracy, enabled and accelerated by dramatic advances in technology..."

Michael Patrick Leahy

Sunday, July 04, 2010

O Beautiful: A Concert for the 4th of July, 2010 @ AMERICAN DIGEST

"Today take a moment to honor and hail all who have fought and died for this last, best hope of earth. Hail the heroes who have given us all we have; the heroes who come not to conquer but to set men free and keep men free."

O Beautiful: A Concert for the 4th of July, 2010 @ AMERICAN DIGEST