Robin Hood was not so much robbing “the rich” as he was robbing the government that had exploited working class people. He returned to them “that which had been unjustly taken from them.”
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Joe Biden’s Creed
Addressing the Democratic national Convention tonight, Joe Biden said: “My mother’s creed is the American creed. No one is better than you, everyone is your equal and everyone is equal to you.” Now Joe passed on this tidbit in order to make us believe that he believes this steaming pile of socialist folderol. Really, Senator […]
The World “as it should be”
I just listened to Michelle Obama addressing the Democratic nation Convention and she was so proud of the fact that she and her fellow Democrats have the vision to remake the world from the way it is now to the way “it should be.” When she said it, I was immediately struck by the fact […]
A Response to “Critiques Of Libertarianism”
IBM and General Motors can’t deny citizens their right to a trial by a jury of their peers, only government can and does that routinely. All the corporations in the Fortune 500 can’t kick in my door in the middle of the night based on some anonymous tip; government agents can.
Who passed Jim Crow laws? Government. Who passed anti-Chinese laws? Who turned their collective heads and refused to enforce the laws once racial discrimination became unlawful? Government. Who uses racial profiling to stop people for “driving while black?” Government. Who broke countless treaties with American Indians? Government. And who is even now ignoring numerous Constitutional restrictions? Government.
Playing With Matches
My daughter (5 1/2 years old) knows about matches. She knows what they are and has been shown how they work. She understands that from a small match a large fire can grow. She knows that fire can harm her, her home, her family. She knows that matches have their uses but that they are […]