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“[State controlled] education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” – Joseph Stalin

"[I]f you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America, federal, state, and local agencies will investigate you, summon you, close you down, whatever.  But if you provide a child with a rotten education, nothing happens, except that you're liable to be given more money to do it with."

--Ronald Reagan

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924)

 

“To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a 

dog to lead the dog.”

- Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

Social Insecurity, Affirmative Action Kills, Coercion vs. Cooperation       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano

1.  Social Insecurity – Would you rather give 12% of your income to a politician who has no legal obligation to you, in the hope that his successor will take care of you in your old age, or would you rather put that money into an investment you own?  That seems to be a no-brainer, and yet, in the current debate over Social Security, about half of the people seem to want to give their money to the politician.  Don’t they realize that the government has no legal obligation to take care of them in their old age no matter how much money they “contribute”?  Are they so unsure of their own ability to invest that they think they would be better off depending on an unknown politician who will be elected in the future?               (click to read more)

Re:  Proposed smoking ban       

Councilwoman Call,

I am writing to express my extreme anger and disappointment regarding the recent committee meeting and the subsequent article in the Courier-Journal.  From discussions with my husband and the information in the news article, it's obvious and disheartening that this was a total ambush by you and the paper. I respect the business leaders present but they were in no way representative of the business owners who will really be affected by a smoking ban.  And, I'm sorry to say that the comments attributed to them in the paper were basically lies.   They sounded very dramatic as I'm sure was their purpose, but they were not true.              (click to read more)

No Minimum Wage          Steve Markovich –   Dominos’ Pizza Fund Raising/Field Marketing Manager

We employ about 270 people in Northern KY and Ohio. Raising the minimum wage to over $7.00 means we will need to fire a significant number of people in order to control operating costs and maintain profits. Hence, more people on the unemployment rolls. Guaranteed. Additionally, a reduction in advertising spending is slated.               (click to read more)

Judge Orders McCain Feingold Political Activity Restrictions To Extend To Internet Bloggers – Further Muzzling Free Speech        By Downsize D.C.

When FEC Commissioner Bradley Smith blew the whistle publicly on government plans to regulate political activity on the Internet, the politicians were quick to respond.

Senators McCain and Feingold issued the following statement, into which we have inserted our comments:             (click to read more)

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CONGESTION RELIEF       by Randal O'Toole

The affordable housing crisis and the growing costs of traffic congestion will be the major themes of the third annual Preserving the American Dream conference. The conference will feature dozens of speakers and workshops on the latest transportation and land-use issues.             (click to read more)

BREATHE AND DIE      By:  Terry Gray

The Louisville City Council is once again entertaining the idea of banning smoking in restaurants.  I haven’t seen the proposed ordinance as yet, but there is a good possibility that bars will be excluded at first but other private businesses will be caught in this oppressive legislation.  The City Council is looking at the economics and health factors of smoking before making a decision.             (click to read more)

Conspiracy Theories and Their Effect (a response)     by Norm Davis

   About those black helicopters, they are much like the GOP, imaginary in what they really are in those minds that are too narrow to see what is going on as far as the loss of our rights are going. Psychos hung up on them suffer from the same disease of hyper paranoia as the present administration; 'a terrorist under every bush'. Therefore, we have the "Patriot Act, HR 418 and all of the other grand programs caused by those that suffer from this disease.             (click to read more)

THE PAIN OF McCAIN FALLS MAINLY ON...McCAIN March 9, 2005     by Chuck Muth

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, is almost single-handedly responsible for giving this country the most egregious, congressionally-approved infringement on free speech in our nation’s entire history: The McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law.  If you listen to "Saint John," the law was intended to get big money out of politics so that special interests could no longer influence policy decisions and votes.             (click to read more)

Vermont Agrees to Disagree        By Jonathan David Morris

Did Vermont just secede from the Union?

You may have missed it, but roughly 50 Vermont towns passed resolutions last week calling for the return of their National Guardsmen from Iraq.

“They can’t do that,” you say.

Sure they can. They just did.              (click to read more)

Hempsteria      By Justin Darr

Last week, my wife and I were invited to eat dinner at the home of some of our more liberal friends.  Or, I should more properly say, my wife was invited and I came along because I come with the set.  Do not take this the wrong way.  I have nothing personally against this couple.  They are intelligent, friendly people, and other than the fact that they are a pair of short sighted, pseudo-intellectual, tie dye wearing liberal freaks who hold a burning resentment against me because I am usually right, I can tolerate them for short periods every few weeks.               (click to read more)

“There is nothing in the Constitution which permits the Imperial Federal Government to involve itself in a contract between an employer and employee.  The salary or hourly wage should be agreed upon between the two parties and not subject to government approval.  The minimum wage should be abolished, not raised.” - Neal Boortz

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