http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com Just say "No" to big government Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:29:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The proposed “public option” has become a major flashpoint in the health care reform debate. President Obama initially insisted that he would not sign a reform bill without a public option. Later he signaled some flexibility, but he still wants it. Arguments for and against the proposal ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/11/21/why-not-a-%e2%80%9cprivate-option%e2%80%9d-when-the-public-%e2%80%9coption%e2%80%9d-becomes-a-mandate/ In 1949, George Orwell wrote 1984, a chilling tale of life under totalitarianism, 35 years into the future. When that year arrived, our enlightened media scoffed, saying that it had not happened. My own reaction was simply "not yet". As I argued in a letter to the ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/11/19/1984-twenty-five-years-on/ Ironically, it was Keynes who said: "Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." Little that Keynes had to say, before that or afterward, proved so true. Keynes is dead. More importantly, even when he was alive, ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/02/25/keynes-is-dead-lets-bury-him-already/ I could only cringe when I saw the February 16, 2009, cover of Newsweek, “We Are All Socialists Now”. Count me out. The 20th century was the Century of Socialism, and it’s high time we dispose of that horrific philosophy forever. At least 120 million innocent people ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/02/11/we-are-all-socialists-now-count-me-out/ From public affairs consultant Douglas O'Brien comes this gem exposing some of the terrible ideas being rushed through in the mis-named "stimulus" package. Highly reminiscent of Hillary-care, this strikes me as yet another proposal that could never get passed if subject to normal Congressional debate on its own merit. ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/02/09/stimulus-health-care-rationing/ Writing to politicians is not how I usually spend my time, but today I wrote to both of my senators, pleading with them to vote NO on the mis-named "stimulus" bill currently under discussion. This bill is nothing more than an accumulation of some 20 years of old, bad ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/02/06/no-stimulus/ In his Inaugural Address yesterday, Barack Obama said: "The time has come to set aside childish things." Perhaps if the government stopped trying to be our Nanny State, we would be a little less childish. http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2009/01/21/thought-for-the-morning-after/ "Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them." I don't know who said that first, but we are on the brink of relearning that lessson the hard way. With all of the media clamoring for our attention 24/7, I'm seeing virtually nothing pointing ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/12/20/we-are-those-who-fail-to-learn/ Stop the government before it spends again! http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/12/15/thought-for-the-day-5/ How many times have you heard politicians accuse the Big 3 automakers of "not making the cars that people want to buy"? I, for one, am tired of hearing it. I'm not an apologist for bad management decision making in any industry, but nobody in Detroit ever wanted ... http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/12/02/auto-industry-thought-for-the-day/