What, then, might happen to America? Considering the current economic situation, some kind of collapse is of course possible. Most likely the United States will change into something else, into a “soft” totalitarian society envisioned by Alexis de Tocqueville, where its citizens are “cared for” but weighted down by mountains of rules and bereft of any dynamism, creativity, or imagination—subservient, socialist, and senile.
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Death knell of liberty – Defense Authorization Act
It will confer upon the executive branch and the military the permanent authority to snatch and grab any person, U.S. citizens included, whom they decree to be a “terrorist” — as defined or not by the executive or the military — and imprison him indefinitely, without formal charge, presentation of evidence or judicial proceeding of any kind. These “detainees” will have neither civilian rights in the civil court system nor — crucially — even the minimal rights to due process and decent treatment conferred upon prisoners of war. (And we are allegedly “at war,” are we not?)
Take some time to remember why its worth fighting for
So many seem to focus on America’s faults and not her beauty, resilience, courage, generosity and sacrifice.
Conservative and Latino
Because I am a Latino, most people automatically assume that I am either a liberal or a Democrat, or both. The ironic reality in Texas and the rest of the once-solid South is that it was the Democratic Party that was full of rich, old, racist white men.
U.S. taxpayers are helping finance Greek bailout
by Sen. Jim DeMint
G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors asked the United States, the IMF’s largest contributor, for a whopping $108 billion to rescue bankers around the world and the Obama Administration quickly obliged. The Democrat Congress, aided by a few Republicans, used a war spending bill to send bailout money to an international fund that’s partially-controlled by our enemies.
First ObamaCare, now ObamaEd
It will be nearly impossible for grassroots parents and community members to effect change when problems arise. This will implement the real goal which is a “national curriculum” which pushes a particular ideological and political agenda.
Border murder highlights Obama administration’s failure
The tragic murder of a Good Samaritan rancher in Arizona has people yelling for an effective response to this outrage.
GOP aides cite rudeness and cursing from Obama-pushed health-care calls
Obama’s storm troopers, a.k.a. Organizing for America, try to harass and intimidate.
Nails and a chalkboard: Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck kickoff “Taking Our Country Back” tour
On Saturday, nearly 5,000 people in Tulsa attended Glenn Beck’s and country singer John Rich’s kickoff of the “Taking Our Country Back” tour.
Ousted Obama official & self avowed eco-communist Van Jones to propagandize students at Princeton
Van Jones, a former adviser in the Obama Administration, has been appointed a visiting fellow in the Center for African American Studies and the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Wilson School, Princeton. Is it surprising that these schools graduate socialists?