Progressives’ Warped View of Democracy and Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger July 20, 2017 Liberals/Progressives have a fascinatingly warped and perverted view of democracy and freedom. They believe that what people do with their own money should be subject to majority vote. If people are free to choose what to do with their own money, these statists say, that would constitute a severe threat to democracy. Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous in ...
End Federal Asset Stealing by Legalizing Drugs by Jacob G. Hornberger July 19, 2017 As most everyone knows, federal spending and federal debt are out of control. The feds continue to spend far more than they take in with federal taxes. The excess of federal spending over federal taxes is called the deficit. The deficit this year is estimated to be $702 billion. That amount will be borrowed and added to the existing ...
The Soviet Union Won WW II by Jacob G. Hornberger July 18, 2017 On May 9, 2017, Russians held a military parade in Red Square to commemorate the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Given all the anti-Russia hoopla in the United States, no Western leaders attended the victory parade. The Russians have good reason to commemorate the end of World War II. That’s because it was the Soviet Union, ...
A Mainstream Dose of Reality on Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger July 17, 2017 Ever since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, we have been hit with a multiplicity of bromides, myths, falsehoods, and deceptions by U.S. officials and the mainstream media. “Saddam was coming to get us with his WMDs.” “Mushroom clouds were going to start appearing over U.S. cities.” “The troops in Iraq are defending our freedoms.” The troops are ...
A Constantly Shifting Array of Official Enemies by Jacob G. Hornberger July 14, 2017 After George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq ended up producing ISIS, which was quickly made into a new official enemy of the United States, I am sure that there were lots of Americans saying to themselves, “Oh my gosh, another official enemy. But once we vanquish this one, it will finally be over. We will finally have peace, tranquility, ...
Slavery in North Korea and the U.S. by Jacob G. Hornberger July 13, 2017 Sometimes the mainstream media can be entertaining without intending to. A good example appeared yesterday in an article about slavery in the New York Times. The article, entitled “North Koreans in Russia Work “Basically in the Situation of Slaves,” details the lives of North Koreans who travel to Russia to work. Russians have embraced the North Korean workers. Why? Because they work ...
Conservative Follies on Obamacare by Jacob G. Hornberger July 12, 2017 Let’s remind ourselves of the central feature of Obamacare: coercion. Under former President Obama’s program, the federal government orders Americans to purchase healthcare insurance. If they fail or refuse to do so, government officials punish them. How can such a mandate possibly be reconciled with the principles of a genuinely free society? It can’t be. In a free society, people decide ...
None Dare Call It Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger July 11, 2017 In 1888 British Liberal leader Sir William Harcourt declared, “We are all socialists now.” With the notable exception of libertarians, the same can be said of the American people in 2017. Except for libertarians, Americans are all socialists now, especially Americans who call themselves liberals, progressives, or conservatives. Some liberals are very open and honest about being socialists. U.S. Senator Bernie ...
Communists to U.S.: “Just Leave Us Alone” by Jacob G. Hornberger July 10, 2017 In 1964, ABC television newscaster Lisa Howard asked Che Guevara, the self-avowed communist ally of Fidel Castro during and after the Cuban Revolution, a fascinating question: “What would you like to see the United States do, as regards Cuba?” Undoubtedly, U.S. officials who were watching the broadcast were hoping that Guevara would respond in the customary way: “We would like ...
The Conquest of the United States by Cuba by Jacob G. Hornberger July 7, 2017 One of the ironies of the U.S. national-security state’s never-ending efforts to effect regime change in Cuba is that the United States ended up adopting and embracing many of the dark-side policies and practices of what one might expect a communist regime to engage in. After the conversion of the U.S. government to a national-security state after World War ...
FDR Destroyed the Truth about Gold by Future of Freedom Foundation July 6, 2017 On April 5, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt issued a decree that made it illegal for Americans to own gold. Any American caught owning gold after that date would be hit with a federal felony prosecution and face a penalty of up to five to ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine. Roosevelt’s decree, which was memorialized as Executive ...
Don’t Be Surprised to See Trump Bomb North Korea by Jacob G. Hornberger July 5, 2017 After the in-your-face Fourth of July “gift” that North Korea delivered to President Trump in the form of an intercontinental ballistic missile test, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see President Trump and the Pentagon retaliate by bombing North Korea. The reason goes not only to Trump’s erratic behavior, especially when teased or taunted, but also ...