Condolences

I would like to send out my condolences to the military families who lost loved ones at Ft. Hood. Whether they lost their lives in active combat or here at home under the same hand they were fighting against is irrelevant. They're still heroes and they're in my prayers!

What is Classical Liberalism?

"Prior to the 20th century, classical liberalism was the dominant political philosophy in the United States. It was the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and the signers of the Declaration of Independence and it permeates the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and many other documents produced by the people who created the American system of government. Many of the emancipationists who opposed slavery were essentially classical liberals, as were the suffragettes, who fought for equal rights for women." John C. Goodman National Center for Policy Analysis

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June 30, 2009

The Evil Madoff Finally Got His! How About We Jail the Rest of the Scum Now?



Yes! All the Leftist Capitalist-Hating Scum are screaming in glee at Bernie Madoff's prosecution! I agree with them--to a point. Yes, he should be prosecuted. But, the Leftist Capitalist-Hating Scum that have hijacked this nation take the opportunity to say, "See--this is why we need more, More, MORE regulation!!! So this never happens again! This is why capitalism is bad!" I say, "No, this is why we have a legal system." We have a legal system to prosecute business related crimes or private crimes. The government regulating the economy is also what helped get us into this mess. Do I need to mention The Community Re-Investment Act that was given birth under Carter, doubled-down on by Clinton, and promoted by Democrats like Barney Frank who outright rejected any attempts at regulating what they were doing. I'm fed up with this crap. I'm fed up with the FED. I'm FED up with the constant attempts at government sticking its fingers into capitalism which is what helps creates these bubbles, makes them worse, or drags them out.

I'm going to keep screaming this until people in this country get this through their thick f'n skulls. You cannot regulate capitalism and expect it to work correctly. We haven't had unregulated capitalism in this country for decades; certainly since Wilson and F.D.R. Capitalism and the economy is what it is. It goes up and it goes down. When it goes down we need to stop letting these politicians convince us that they "need to do something the other party didn't do" to help it go up again. Capitalism and the markets have natural cycles--but, these politicians have learned how to use it to their advantage to promote their tyrannical agendas

How about we end the FED and get back on the gold standard to back up our currency and let capitalism take its course the way it was meant to?

Not only should Madoff be prosecuted but so should every politician that has been complicit in promoting this crap for the sake of their own stupid Utopian Leftist agendas...and that goes for anyone regardless of the letter behind their name whether it is an "R" or "D". Frank, Pelosi, Clinton, Carter, Franklin Raines, anyone involved with Freddie and Fannie, ACORN--and the list could go on. We should be having prosecutions at all levels of our government to find out who the hell knew what, when, and where; otherwise we're never going to get back to the freedoms we've lost.

You simply cannot have individual freedom without capitalism. It is simply impossible. And now we have a full-blown leftist-loving freak in the White House who has done and is doing the exact same things that dictators like Chavez have done. As Glenn Beck always asks, "Why aren't people marching in the streets?"

What kind of country do you want to give to your kids? Freedom or tyranny?

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"The Essentials of Objectivism" as outlined by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand name her philosophy "Objectivism" and described it as a philosophy for living on earth. Objectivism is an integrated system of thought that defines the abstract principles by which a man must think and act if he is to live the life proper to man. Ayn Rand first portrayed her philosophy in the form of the heroes of her bestelling novels, The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957). She later expressed her philosophy in nonfiction form.

Ayn Rand was once asked if she could present the essence of Objectivism while standing on one foot. Her answer was:
1. Metaphysics: Objective Reality
2. Epistemology: Reason
3. Ethics: Self-interest
4. Politics: Capitalism

She then translated those terms into familiar language:
1. "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
2. "You can't eat your cake and have it too."
3. "Man is an end in himself."
4. "Give me liberty or give me death."

The basic principles of Objectivism can be summarized as follows:

1. Metaphysics: "Reality, the external world, exists independent of man's consciousness, independent of any observer's knowledge, beliefs, feelings, desires or fears. This means that A is A, that facts are facts, that things are what they are--and that the task of man's consciousness is to perceive reality, not to create or invent it." Thus Objectivism rejects any belief in the supernatural--and any claim that individuals or groups create their own reality.

2. Epistemology: "Man's reason is fully competent to know the facts of reality. Reason, the conceptual faculty, is the faculty that identifies and integrates the material provided by man's senses. Reason is man's only means of acquiring knowledge." Thus Objectivism rejects mysticism (any acceptance of faith or feeling as a means of knowledge), and it rejects skepticism (the claim that certainty or knowledge is impossible).

3. Human Nature: Man is a rational being. Reason, as man's only means of knowledge, is his basic means of survival. But the exercise of reason depends on each individual's choice. "Man is a being of volitional consciousness." "That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom. [This is] the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and character." Thus Objectivism rejects any form of determinism, the belief that man is a victim of forces beyond his control (such as God, fate, upbringing, genes, or economic conditions).

4. Ethics: "Reason is man's only proper judge of values and his only proper guide to action. The proper standard of ethics is: man's survival qua man--i.e., that which is required by man's nature for his survival as a rational being (not his momentary physical survival as a mindles brute). Rationality is man's basic virtue, and his three fundamental values are: reason, purpose, self-esteem. Man--every man--is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life." Thus Objectivism rejects any form of altruism--the claim that morality consists in living for others or for society.

5. Politics: "The basic social principle of the Objectivist ethics is that no man has the right to seek values from others by means of physical force--i.e., no man or group has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others. Men have the right to use force only in self-defense and only against those who initiate its use. Men must deal with one another as traders, giving value for value, by free, mutual consent to mutual benefit. The only system that bars physical force from human relationships is laissez-faire captialism. Capitalism is a system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which the only function of the government is to protect individual rights, i.e., to protect men from those who initiate the use of physical force." Thus Objectivism rejects any form of collectivism, such as fascism or socialism. It also rejects the current "mixed economy" notion that the government should regulate the economy and redistribute wealth.

6. Esthetics: "Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements." The purpose of art is to concretize the artist's fundamental view of existence. Ayn Rand described her own approach to art as "Romantic Realism": "I am a Romantic in the sense that I present men as they ought to be. I am Realistic in the sense that I place them here and now and on this earth." The goal of Ayn Rand's novels is not didactic but artistic: the projection of an ideal man: "My purpose, first cause and prime mover is the portrayal of Howard Roark or John Galt or Hank Rearden or Francisco d'Anconia as an end in himself--not as a means to any further end."


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