The Classic Liberal Blog

Political discourse in America at one time, actually dealt with issues of substance that were debated among people and not "experts." People argued philosophy and trade, politicians proclaimed what they couldn't do, and the central bank (monetary policy) was a significant issue among the populace as well.

For example, Washington's Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, argued that a central bank violates natural property law, and constitutionality of the claimed authorized powers, were weak at best!  Washington signed the bill regardless, creating the (First) Bank of the United States, but just think about it ... natural law, monetary policy, constitionality and authorized powers were a part of the debate.

Twenty years later, the ...

When my younger stepson Drake was in high school during the Clinton era, he took a class in graphic art at the California College of the Arts one summer, and one of his assignments was to create a propaganda poster. Drake took the photo of Elian Gonzalez being taken at gunpoint from his Miami relatives to be returned to Castro’s Cuba, with Bill Clinton’s head superimposed on the body of the soldier, and added the text “We’re from the government and we’re here to help.” I’m not sure it’s what his instructor had in mind in giving the assignment, but he accepted it as offered.
Clinton’s Attorney General, Janet Reno, who ordered the armed home invasion, had ...

It's Rule 5 Saturday!

Christina Applegate (34-23-35) was born on November 25, 1971 in Hollywood, California is best known as the character Kelly Bundy on 19080's sitcom Married with Children.  Christina began working on roles as a young child, and had appeared on "Family Ties", "Charles in Charge"and "Silver Spoons" before she became known to the world as 'Kelly Bundy' on "Married with Children".

Full Metal Saturday: Stacy Ferguson!...

H/T Wyblog!

In an effort to promote vegetarianism in South America, the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is launching a campaign featuring Lydia Guevera, the 24-year old granddaughter of Che Guevera, "armed with carrot-laden ammunition belts and wearing a beret that even the youngest hipster will recognize from a famous T-shirt design."

The campaign's tag line?  "Join the vegetarian revolution."

The reality of Che Guevera however, is that he was a cold, brutal mass-murderer.  Che fought for the communist "revolution," AGAINST the "freedom fighters" ...

In matters of power let no more be heard of the confidence in man but bind them down from mischief by the chains of the constitution. - Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson had one of the greatest minds in all of history.  Both an intellect and pioneer, he is one of the most important and influential thinkers on individualism and natural rights, from which he helped build the foundations of freedom we take for granted today. America is the freest, most prosperous nation humanity has ever known. Ya think maybe we should start listening to his advice again?...

H/T For Freedom's Sake & Boomerjeff!  The Austrian Economist wrote a post titled, "Don't Let the Fox Guard the Chicken Coop." Good common sense advice, don't you think?
When asked to sum up his contributions to public economics, James Buchanan jokingly suggested that "Don't the the fox guard the chicken coop" might capture his basic point.
Among the many brilliant insights in Buchanan's work, his insistence on behavioral symmetry in the analysis markets and politics must rank at the top. Neither pure sinner, nor pure saint, but instead man as he is, interacts in the context of the marketplace, ...

Well ... 100% of Americans with a phone just got a tax increase, so what will our president, the Being of Light, claim next?  That counterfeiting money is the road to national prosperity? Wait a minute ...

The 13% Phone Tax

On Friday, June 12 (a Friday the 13th would have been more appropriate!), the FCC announced that the tax on all interstate and international phone calls has been increased to 12.9%. While the possibility of implementing new regulations to enforce payment of income taxes for personal calls made from business-provided cell phones has been much in the news in the past few days, not much attention has been paid to the large increase in

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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. - Lord Acton
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Give a man an ounce of power, and soon you'll find him stomping on the rights of others.  In today's example, we have the Honorable Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, of His Majesties Kingdom Toledo, Ohio.

Here's what went down ... man parks his car in his own driveway (behind a closed fence I may add), an employee of the government Streets and Bridges Department then trespasses onto his property, and writes him a ticket for parking on an "unpaved surface."

You see ...