Bruce Bama said: You are not being independent when you buy insurance. You are casting your lot with others in a social compact.
JC Says: No I'm not. I'm using privately earned revenue to purchase private insurance from a private company to ensure the well being of myself and my family. You can do the same.

Keynes also said " I work for a government I despise to ends I think crimimal". A couple of people here suggested that if private enterpries is "unwilling" to spend or produce capital...The only thing that makes private enterprise unwilling is government intervention in the first place. The government has NO Business IN Business. None.

Waco?

Sounds about right Mike. I hadn't done any research on the subject at all, just an observation of events during my life.

Hey Mike, I've got a theory for you regarding marriage "licenses". There is no reason in the world for government to get involved in a declaration between two people made in front of their friends, family and community, that they intend to spend their lives together. Why should the government be concerned with such arrangements? It's for tax purposes that's why. It is in order to establish that for taxation two people are now one "tax unit". Each being responsible for the other's tax situation which allows the Elitist Bankers collection wing greater latitude to take whatever they want from the household and exercise greater control in it's campaign of economic slavery. It makes me wonder why gay people who want to live together demand "official recognition". I don't think they know when they've got it good. ;-)

A correct observation and exactly the reason I subscribe to no organized religion...including socialism.

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 46 million people.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us "Please Do Not Feed the Animals." Their stated reason for the policy is because "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will learn not to take care of themselves."

Amen that Hanson! ;-)

Mann said: I, as a "sovereign" individual, still cannot morally, legally or by any other standard, pollute drinking water or arbitrarily take human life, no matter what you mean by "natural law." Human behavior, if not mindfully altruistic, is essentially selfish and constantly searching for personal advantage, regardless of consequences for others.
JC Responds: Of course we're not supposed to pollute drinking water..that would be "unnatural". And arbitrarily taking human life is murder, also against natural law. Human behaviour is "selfish"? Really? Are you sure that providing for one's self and one's family isn't simply "responsible"? And if everyone was equally "responsible" wouldn't there be very little need for altruism? And how can one afford to be altruistic when the state is robbing you at every turn? How are we to be generous when we ourselves are economic slaves? An entirely UNnatural state of being I might add.

Mann, just re-read your response....you do have a point there.

Mann...you make my point for me...I already demonstrated the difference between the Constitution as an administrative arrangement and Government as a Domocratic arrangement.
One represents free, sovereign individuals...the other does not.

Mann, I already did "posit" a better form of Government...the Constitution and it's limitations...in other words NOT a government...but an administration of our national affairs in the Preservation of our Rights and Freedoms.... I do not need to be "governed". And neither should you.

America isn't a democracy, it's a Constitutional Republic that guarantees (not grants) our rights. And let's not forget, Democracy got Hitler elected. All in all, Democracy guarantees nothing, the Constitution does.

I'm more worried about those in political power who seem to know what's best for us all. massive crimes have been committed "For the Greater Good". And any religion that says I have to die because I don't subscribe can call me a heretic or an infidel, I don't care. As long as we have the 2nd Amendment they can say whatever they want...but if they act on that belief...God help them. ;-)

Pablo Escobar believes in illegal pot. Joe Kennedy and Al Capone believed in illegal alcohol. Diane Feinstein and Harry Reid believe in illegal guns... there were and are fortunes to be made....That's "justice" for ya!

5 stars to Matthew...who nailed the psychology of Rudy's "doublespeak" right on the nose!

Gee, Louis Morelli...your comment is obviously from someone who has biases of his own and does not like to see Adolph Hitler shown in his true light....are you a Neo-Nazi perhaps?
No one needs those either....

And here we see the basis of Giuliani's thinking in the accompanying quote today. This sort of thinking is typical of power hungry psychopaths bent on absolute control. Americans must be ever vigiliant of this and ready to do whatever is necessary to destroy it.

Giuliani is a very evil little man with a God complex.

Don't know why I gave that a 5 star rating...should be 5 thumbs down.

And here's an example of possible armed injustice: Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) has come out and demanded that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explain why the Department of Homeland Security has been engaging in huge amounts of purchases of ammunition over the past year. Rep. Lance has called on Congress to get involved in ascertaining DHS stockpiling of ammunition which is enough to wage a 20 year plus war.

http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/03/congressmen-demand-dhs-explain-1-6-billion-bullets-purchase/

Hanging is capital punishment. Is he suggesting we are all guilty of capital crimes at least 10 times in our lives? Horse S*#t !

Armed injustice becomes more apparent every day. And it's coming from the nation's Capitol.

I think it's obvious to even the dullest person by now that the media doesn't report news and events in a truthful light. Everything that might actually infuence the average voter's thinking is presented with a spin to have them think a certain way. Usually to rally support for things that shouldn't even be on the table. Think!

Patriotism is a devotion that starts with your own yard. An allegiance to your family unit and the protection thereof. Then it expands to your town, county, state and finally your nation.
It is ingrained as amatter of unification to protect and preserve a people and their way of life. In our case, to protect our free and liberated society from despots.