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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)

 

There is a danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. — John Adams

Was Vernon The Corrupter or the Corrupted?          By Theresa Fritz Camoriano

Vernon Jackson, of Louisville, Kentucky, recently pleaded guilty to bribing William Jefferson, a U.S. Congressman from Louisiana, for which Vernon was sentenced to seven years in prison.  Apparently, Vernon and his wife also made sizeable contributions to the Sanchez sisters in California, which was within the law but may also have been designed to buy influence.  Jackson said he was trying to provide technology that would help disadvantaged communities and was trying to obtain government contracts to sell that technology with the help of Congressman Jefferson.  However, Jefferson said he would not continue to help Jackson secure the contracts unless Jackson gave him money, and Jackson complied with Jefferson’s request.  According to The Courier-Journal, the judge admonished Jackson at his sentencing, "Most, if not all, the blessings we enjoy as Americans is attributable to the rule of law, which only makes sense if public officials are not corrupt."        (click to read more)

Louisville’s Own Big Dig Boondoggle?         By Concerned Citizen

Louisville, the River City,  is ready to start its own version of a "Big Dig", only instead of a new road under a really big city (Boston) and for cars we are to get a tunnel under the river and not for cars but instead for of all things...water.          (click to read more)

Five Questions—One Answer         By Ed Basquill

          In 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the Castle Church in Wittenburg. He challenged among other things, the absolute power of the pope and clergy, sparking the reformation.  Last week 5 theses were posted on this website, challenging power in our current age.   There is one answer to the five questions, and it is the central thesis of the modern day 95 theses posted by Ann Coulter in her new book “Godless.”  The priests of the religion are the educators. I don’t think she states it explicitly, but the surrogate for God, the one who sits on high in the place of God, is government.  Questioning government is to blaspheme.        (click to read more)

Petty politics: The poison that has diluted war effort         By Henry Lamb

When the second plane hit the second tower, we all knew – for sure. We didn't know what was in store, but we knew it was not good. We all knew that the world would never be the same.

As we all sat transfixed in front of a TV screen, watching the worst horror to ever have befallen our nation, we searched for some kind of reason, for some explanation of the events we were witnessing but could not believe. Before that horrendous day ended, one way or another, we all were resigned to the idea that tomorrow, and every day thereafter, would be different from the normal routine we had enjoyed before Sept. 11, 2001.        (click to read more)

Primary priorities          By David Schlosser, candidate for U.S. Congress

Under the pen name “Publius,” James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay published a series of 85 Federalist Papers between October 1787 and August 1788 endorsing ratification of the U.S. Constitution.  The Federalist Papers remain the primary source of interpretation for the Constitution, describing the philosophy of the nation’s proposed new government.        (click to read more)

Libertarians Win Lawsuit with Secretary of State Ohio Election Law Ruled Unconstitutional

The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has that Ohio's election laws are unconstitutional, restricting the rights of voters, candidates, and political parties to reasonable access to the ballot.

"The evidence in the record shows that in Ohio, elections have indeed been monopolized by two parties...The LPO has put forth evidence that Ohio is among the most restrictive, if not the most restrictive, state in granting minor parties access to the ballot," wrote the Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons, US 6th Circuit Court Judge. "Put simply, the restrictions at issue in this case serve to prevent a minor political party from engaging in the most fundamental of political activities - recruiting supporters, selecting a candidate, placing that candidate on the general election ballot in the hopes of winning and ultimately, the right to govern."        (click to read more)

"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude.

Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." -- Thomas Paine

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