Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Constitution on Feb 17th, 2012
In Federalist #33 Alexander Hamilton writes in order to assure us that the federal government would not become the monstrosity that it has become today. When Hamilton thinks of himself as a federalist, and as he supported the creation of a national bank in order to improve the credit position of the US government, he […]
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Constitution, Government Thuggery on Oct 4th, 2011
Just imagine how a “free-market” police and court system would destroy our rights! They’d probably impose ghastly rules on us like, “if a crime occurs on your property, the corporation can seize the property as if the property itself were a criminal.” And then when seized, it will not compensate you, the innocent owner, and […]
Posted in Constitution, Government Gone Wild on Dec 14th, 2010
Radley Balko asks an honest question. I’ve never received an honest answer about this in my life. Certainly not from the folks teaching me in college. In response to the state of Virginia not using the Commerce Clause to justify anything and everything imaginable, he asks and offers: If your answer is no, that is, […]
Posted in Constitution, Government Gone Wild on Oct 14th, 2010
Via Coyote via Radley Balko, I repost the entire thing: A century of Progressive attacks on the Constitution have come to this. I am just going to quote Radley Balko in full: ….a federal judge has just ruled that the federal government can force me to purchase a product from a private company, under the […]
Posted in Constitution on Sep 17th, 2010
You might think I am a huge fan of the U.S. Constitution, or of the idea of constitutions in general. That would not be a very good characterization of me at all. Why? To put it most succinctly,those who idealize the constitutional restraints that are imposed on governments (in the name of promoting the rule […]
Posted in Constitution, Government Gone Wild on Mar 21st, 2010
You thought I was talking about the health “care” power play? Heck no. Let’s have a very brief lesson on the constitution. Here is what Article I, Section II, Clause 3 says in its entirety: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to […]
Posted in Constitution on Nov 18th, 2009
Didn’t we fight a war 200+ years ago to rid ourselves of this sort of thing? 56 years and 320 days in the Senate. Impressive. That probably also means he has stolen more money from Americans than anyone in the history of the Republic. I am sure he’ll be proud to have that on his […]
Posted in Constitution on Jul 30th, 2008
In a new book on ranking the Presidents: A key lesson of the book is that historians tend to give high marks to an “activist” presidency without judging whether the activism had good or ill effects. Take Andrew Jackson, a dynamic leader who almost always figures in the historical Top Ten. But in Jackson’s own […]
Posted in Constitution on Apr 25th, 2008
Among the following list of countries, which do you think has the largest share of its population locked up behind bars? China Russia Cuba Iran Burma The U.S. of A If you guessed communist China … you would be wrong! If you guessed communist Cuba … you would still be wrong. If you guessed Theocratic/Fascist […]
Posted in Constitution on Jan 24th, 2008
Our Founders drafted the Constitution with fewer than 5,000 words; with later amendments it is about 8,000 words. The federal tax code is more than 9 million words. So the document that created the government is less than 0.1% as long as the tax code that funds it. Such is the state of Washington today. […]
