Archive for January 7th, 2007
“He who says: There should be a law concerning this matter, means: The armed men of the government should force people to do what they do not want to do, or not to do what they like. He who says: This law should be better enforced, means: The police should force people to obey this law.”
- Ludwig von Mises
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These are the voices George Bush will listen to, not James Baker and crew. The plan calls for a military escalation with an additional 25,000 combat troops. George Bush knew what he was doing when he had the Republican Party pour money into Lieberman’s campaign.
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Sens. Joe Lieberman (left) and John McCain
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James Bovard speculates on how things might be different if Richard Nixon suffered the same fate as Saddam Hussein, hanging.
Many people assume that President Ford pardoned Nixon only for Watergate. Instead, Ford pardoned Nixon for any and every crime Nixon committed from January 20, 1969 (the date he was sworn in) until the day he resigned in August 1974. Ford’s pardon effectively closed the book on holding Nixon culpable for his crimes against the Constitution, Americans, and millions of other people around the world.
If Nixon had been publicly tried and a full accounting of his abuses made to the American public, it may have been far more difficult for subsequent presidents to cover up their crimes. If politicians had vivid memories of Nixon swinging on a rope, they might have been slower to lie the nation into unnecessary foreign wars. If Ford was hellbent on pardoning his friend, he should have had the decency to wait until the evidence was on the table.
Some people would say that it would have been unfair to make Nixon pay the price for his lies and crimes when other presidents (such as Lyndon Johnson) got away with similar abuses and mass killings.
True enough, but it is necessary to start somewhere.
The top news story of last year will continue to be the top news story of 2007. The government does not talk about it because the solution is less government. Ray Roberts blogged about the story on the Free New York Blog and linked to an article by Radley Balko. The top story is a plague that Ray identified as big governmentitus. The plague cause people, en masse, to hand over their money and freedom to the government in exchange for worthless promises, failed programs and encroachments on our liberty. Below are some examples of the symptoms of this plague.
- Rep. Charles Rangel, (D) Brooklyn, promotes slavery.
- Church kitchen shut down by the Health Department for feeding the homeless. The result is more homeless people eating out of dumpsters.
- The government can decide what you can eat.
- The government maintains its near monopoly on education, despite the fact that it promotes an inferior educations for our children.
- The unconstitutional was against Iraq continues with over 3000 of our troops dead.
- Government involvement in health care escalates, costs go up, and the quality of care goes down.
- Government ignores the constitution and increases its power.
- The U.S. Government, with Bush’s encouragement, tortures U.S. citizens.
- Bush says domestic spying is OK.
- The failed war on drugs continues and marijuana is the country’s largest cash crop.
I could go on and on but I won’t right now. The theme of this post is my raison de blogging and I will continue to point out what I consider examples of government at its worst.
I will leave you with one final thought, compliments of George Bernard Shaw, that sums up the actions of many today.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
