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Latest Articles: Opinions/Editorials
Congratulations, Deckard….
Post Date: 2017-04-07 09:11:35 by Gatlin
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Congratulations, Deckard … … on your wonderful accomplishment, of an amazingly unprecedented feat. It is hard for anyone to believe, but you did it! You just posted 4 real good authentic news stories in a row. There were no SWAT teams called out and no dogs have been shot. And The Free Thought Project was not sourced once. Wowee! A truly specular accomplishment for you on this record momentous occasion. Deckard, I always knew you had the capability. Atta boy, you have made me truly proud of you. Keep up this excellent work.
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Post Date: 2017-04-05 08:14:17 by Deckard
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“Why carry the burden of creating something and then having to stand for it and be proud of it? Why think and imagine and create your own way into the future of your most profound vision? Why bother? And why, therefore, allow others to do so for themselves and cause disordered, disharmonious ripples in the great silent lake of humanity? Pull them down. Make them equal. Make them empty.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport) I wrote the following article five years ago. Since then, I’ve had a chance to set down a few more remarks about Ayn Rand. Here they are: The one glaring problem in her work is the overall effect of her hammering mercilessly on behalf of freedom and the ...
Thomas Massie: Trump ‘burning political capital’ with attacks on conservatives
Post Date: 2017-03-31 14:50:43 by Hondo68
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Rep. Thomas Massie isn’t worried about President Trump coming after him in a primary election over his opposition to the health care bill that sputtered out last week in the House, saying the commander-in-chief is “burning political capital” by listening to members of the establishment and attacking conservatives that want to help him deliver on his promise to “drain the swamp.”“He can bring Air Force One, Marine One and Amtrak One, it is not going to change what I am going to do,” Mr. Massie, Kentucky Republican, said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe. “My constituents … sent me to D.C. frankly to drain the swamp and we were excited, you know, ...
… GIVE ME A FRIGGIN’ BREAK …
Post Date: 2017-03-31 09:32:28 by Gatlin
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I have just finished reading where a blabbering libertarian Freedom Caucus member idiot openly cried like a little baby on the floor of the House because he missed a vote, now has the audacity to “compare Trump to a 5th-grade child.” … GIVE ME A FRIGGIN’ BREAK … Get his whining ass out of the House in 2018…..let him be GONE. … a libertarian idiot and a member of the Freedom Caucus openly crying on the floor of the House because he missed a vote … I still can’t believe this and after reading about it, I cannot help but notice that we as a nation, as humans, are in some big, HUGE trouble. I have to ask myself: Where have all the real men gone? ...
Matt Drudge: "Rand Paul Is America's Best Senator"
Post Date: 2017-03-30 14:36:17 by Hondo68
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Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge does not personally tweet too often, so when he does, it is either when something has infuriated him or, more rarely, when he has words of affirmation. Today it was the latter, when Drudge praised Senator Rand Paul, tweeting that he had an "Intriguing lunch in hill office of America's best senator, Rand Paul. He's bold, brave and has somehow kept his heart in such a corrupt city." Intriguing lunch in hill office of America's best senator, Rand Paul. He's bold, brave and has somehow kept his heart in such a corrupt city — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) March 30, 2017 While according to many, Drudge was a driving force behind the ...
Liz Peek: Time for the Freedom Caucus to climb aboard the Trump train [Reposted to Correct the Picture Size]
Post Date: 2017-03-29 22:11:24 by Gatlin
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Oops, this is the wrong picture….sorry about that. Here is the correct picture [Correct picture with the article….and now corrected to TC’s size requirement] … Can hardly tell the difference? I couldn’t either. An easy mistake to make. Moving along now, to continue with the article … This is the truth: the Freedom Caucus has breathed new life into the demolished Democratic Party. It is Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer who are celebrating the breakdown of efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act – not the country. For eight years Democrats have accused Republicans of being the “Party of ...
The Freedom Caucus Is The Silver Lining In The Obamacare Debacle
Post Date: 2017-03-29 21:40:52 by Hondo68
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The only way the Obamacare replacement bill could have turned out worse is if Republicans had actually passed it. Their failure to pass the Obamacare “repeal and replace” bill was a disaster for House Republicans. The only way the disaster could have been worse is if they had passed it.This was a case of “you had one job” if ever there was one. Republicans have spent the past seven years obstructing Obamacare, complaining about it, campaigning against it, promising to repeal it, and repeatedly putting forward repeal votes. The American people rewarded them with two smashing midterm congressional victories that gave them control of both the House and the Senate. Now, ...
Liz Peek: Time for the Freedom Caucus to climb aboard the Trump train
Post Date: 2017-03-29 08:34:50 by Gatlin
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Oops, this is the wrong picture….sorry about that. Here is the correct picture … Can hardly tell the difference? I couldn’t either. An easy mistake to make. Moving along now, to continue with the article … This is the truth: the Freedom Caucus has breathed new life into the demolished Democratic Party. It is Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer who are celebrating the breakdown of efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act – not the country. For eight years Democrats have accused Republicans of being the “Party of No”, only capable of obstruction and posturing but not of governing. In defeating ...
The Big Façade: Only 17% of Americans support the Republican healthcare bill
Post Date: 2017-03-28 15:24:30 by Gatlin
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Only 17% of Americans support the Republican healthcare bill, according to a poll released Thursday from Quinnipiac University. The Freedom Caucus members find a poll they like and one that in some way supports their agenda….then they treat it as though Moses had just ascended from Mount Sinai with the information carved in tablets. The Freedom Caucus members use this 17% facade to maintain a concealment of a more pleasant and creditable reality, while they completely ignore that: Only 26% of Americans favor a full repeal of the health care law, according to a Kaiser poll. The Kaiser Poll also shows 30% favor expanding the law and another 19 percent want lawmakers to move forward ...
Opinions The Freedom Caucus blows its chance to govern
Post Date: 2017-03-27 11:43:37 by Gatlin
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A few days before the House Freedom Caucus brought down the American Health Care Act, Rep. Mark Meadows laid out the stakes for his group: “This is a defining moment for our nation, but it’s also a defining moment for the Freedom Caucus.” The North Carolina Republican was right. The vote was indeed a defining moment — a test in which the Freedom Caucus had to decide: Would it remain a minoritarian opposition bloc whose only role was to defend truth without compromise? Or could it become something bigger, transforming itself into a majoritarian governing force that could lead Congress toward achievable conservative victories and have a lasting impact on the direction of ...
OPINION: The Damage the Freedom Caucus Has Done to the Young Trump Presidency, Republicans and the Country May Be Felt for Years
Post Date: 2017-03-27 09:32:07 by Gatlin
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It is hard to overestimate the damage the Freedom Caucus has done to the fledgling presidency of Donald Trump, and to the country. By blocking the American Health Care Act of 2017, the conservative group has guaranteed that Americans will struggle forward under the burden of Obamacare. In the next few months insurers will announce their premium hikes for the coming year; chances are, given the continuing withdrawal of major companies from the marketplaces and the ongoing failure of the bill to attract enough young and healthy participants, the new rates will not be pretty. Last year premiums went up 25%; it’s likely the increases will be higher this year. Republicans will own those ...
'Art of the Deal' Healthcare Bill Failure a Way to Oust Paul Ryan and Achieve Full Repeal of Obamacare? (Conspiracy Theory)
Post Date: 2017-03-26 16:27:45 by Hondo68
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Today, President Trump pulled the healthcare bill after it fell short of the votes needed to pass. The highly unpopular ‘Ryancare’ replacement of Obamacare left the Republicans divided. Did Trump give Paul Ryan just enough rope to hang himself? It is no secret that Paul Ryan has contempt for President Trump and is working to sabotage him. This may Trump’s plan to have Paul Ryan ousted and replaced. It is a mixed bag of emotions today after the Obamacare repeal failed to pass. The replacement, dubbed ‘Ryancare’ was highly unpopular and often referred to as ‘Obamacare 2.0’. Of course we want Obamacare repealed, however; we don’t want another big ...
Freedom Caucus drives dagger into heart of young Trump presidency
Post Date: 2017-03-25 07:06:24 by Gatlin
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It is hard to overestimate the damage the Freedom Caucus has done to the fledgling presidency of Donald Trump, and to the country. By blocking the American Health Care Act of 2017, the conservative group has guaranteed that Americans will struggle forward under the burden of Obamacare. In the next few months insurers will announce their premium hikes for the coming year; chances are, given the continuing withdrawal of major companies from the marketplaces and the ongoing failure of the bill to attract enough young and healthy participants, the new rates will not be pretty. Last year premiums went up 25%; it’s likely the increases will be higher this year. Republicans will own those ...
Goldberg: Better to fear ‘1984,’ some, than slip into apathy
Post Date: 2017-03-16 19:49:17 by Hondo68
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Dystopia is in the air these days. George Orwell’s “1984” is selling like hotcakes — if hotcakes still sold well in this low-carb world. Is the president to blame?I think historians, no doubt working from their subterranean monasteries, bunkered from the radioactive wasteland above, will note that dystopianism, apocalypticism and other forms of existential paranoia actually predate the Trump presidency. It’s a fever that passes from one subset of the population to another and, occasionally, blows up into a full-scale pandemic. We all carry the infection in us, sometimes slow-simmering, sometimes in remission and sometimes in extremis. Hollywood has been running ...
Let's 'Smash' Paul Ryan's Obamacare Lite 'to Smithereens'
Post Date: 2017-03-15 19:55:08 by Hondo68
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Exclusive — Rand Paul: Let’s ‘Smash’ Paul Ryan’s Obamacare Lite ‘to Smithereens’AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Look, I’m a “glass is half full” kind of guy. You have to be. I try to stay positive. I try to keep thinking maybe, maybe someday CONGRESS will remember the vision of our Founding Fathers … and that those we elect will represent us, not the special interests. But Washington politicians are so far gone that the Constitution is not even an afterthought, and their master seems to be whatever industry funds them. It doesn’t have to be this way. We just had an election about change, about draining the swamp. President Trump ...
Why Approval Voting is Unworkable in Contested Elections
Post Date: 2017-03-14 11:20:40 by A K A Stone
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And How the Borda Count, Score Voting, Range Voting and Bucklin Voting are Similarly Flawed Due to Vulnerability to Strategic Voting Approval voting is a method of voting to elect single winners that has adherents among some voting theorists, but is unworkable in contested elections in which voters have a stake in the outcome. Once aware of how approval voting works, strategic voters will always earn a significant advantage over less informed voters. This problem with strategic voting far outweighs any other factor when evaluating the potential use of approval voting in governmental elections. Other methods that should not be used in meaningfully contested elections include range voting, ...
Has anyone seen a media news report lately on the Oath Keepers?
Post Date: 2017-03-14 08:57:51 by Gatlin
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Has anyone seen a media news report lately on the Oath Keepers? Inquiring minds, well – at least one, wants to know whatever happened to this super paramilitary group that Deckard and his asshole libertarian cohorts thought would to be so wonderful “for all freedom lovers” and do great things towards “restoring and preserving” America to what it once was? Memory easily recalls when the fine libertarians on LF were ass kissing the Oath Keepers all over the place while continually shit canning cops. I see them still shit canning cops….but whatever happened to ass kissing the Oath Keepers? Is nothing happening with the Oath Keepers? Oh, wait a minute … ...
"Dear MUD..."
Post Date: 2017-03-13 16:00:53 by Mudboy Slim
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To: Cyber-Band; iceskater; Landru; jla; AdSimp; kristinn; Taxman "the details are negotiable" Exactly my point...there are solutions to all of America's so-called "crisises- du-jour", but the RATS don't want solutions as they derive their Power from the PROBLEMS!! Why else do you think the RATS never git rid of any program?! It's 'cuz the federal programs--as designed by the RATS--are written not to solve the problem and thereby end the lucrative funding stream,NO!! Those programs are designed to run in perpituity!! (Forever and ever fer y'all in Rio Linda and certain counties in Florida...LOL!!) Social Security needs to be ...
Why Trump’s Syria 'Surge' Will Fail
Post Date: 2017-03-13 14:53:51 by Hondo68
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Last week President Trump significantly escalated the US military presence in Syria, sending some 400 Marines to the ISIS-controlled Raqqa, and several dozen Army Rangers to the contested area around Manbij. According to press reports he will also station some 2,500 more US troops in Kuwait to be used as he wishes in Iraq and Syria. Not only is it illegal under international law to send troops into another country without permission, it is also against US law for President Trump to take the country to war without a declaration. But not only is Trump’s first big war illegal: it is doomed to failure because it makes no sense. President Trump says the purpose of the escalation is to ...
... if “I’ll act like I am a libertarian” …
Post Date: 2017-03-12 18:40:04 by Gatlin
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Pinguinite posted that if “I’ll act like I am a libertarian” … … “that will be very good” and if I do it right, maybe “I'll learn something.” That means if I’ll learn to act like a libertarian … … I can then act like buckeroo, Deckard, hondope and him. LMAO … I can act like all these inconsiderate lowlifes who have turned … … this forum into a cop-hating, anarchist, anti-government cesspool echo chamber. ROTFLAMO … Furthermore, Pinguinite says I’ll learn to act like this libertarian who was a … ...
libertarian leaning Judge: For the first Time in Modern Era We Have President Who Is Adversary of Deep State
Post Date: 2017-03-11 15:22:05 by Hondo68
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Judge Napolitano: - Obama Didn't Need FISA To Spy On Trump - The Deep State has a very wise and shrewd adversary, the man in the Oval Office - For the first time in the modern era the man in the Oval Office is an adversary of the Deep State and not a tool of it Poster Comment:Maybe not the first time, Reagan was shot. Regardless, Judge Nap is right about the deep state. He's noticeably libertarian too. Small l, not the party.
Dr. No recomends increased TSA Canary groping - for Trump's kin
Post Date: 2017-03-08 23:19:48 by Hondo68
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Published on Mar 7, 2017 The Transportation Safety Administration has announced that it is going to get even more aggressive with innocent passengers. They said we must give up our liberty for security, but the TSA is an enemy of both. What can we do to fight back?
Anyone remember Ruby Ridge and Randy Weaver?
Post Date: 2017-03-08 16:13:24 by sneakypete
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This is a pretty balanced 1 hour PBS documentary about the events that led up to the cluster-bleep at Ruby Ridge Idaho,what happened once some Fed panicked and shot teenage Sammy Weaver's dog that was barking at him,and the final result. Pretty well balanced and has interviews with all of the main players except for Lon Horiuchi ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Horiuchi[/url]), a piece of semi-human garbage that I sincerely hope someone tracked down and gave him what he so richly deserved. Since he is not mentioned,I am assuming that he is unfortunately still alive and still in hiding. AFAIK,the feral government has never identified the US Marshall that shot 14 year old Sammy ...
Trump’s Transportation Secretary halts funding for California’s bullet train
Post Date: 2017-03-05 12:07:59 by Tooconservative
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The last time we checked in on the construction of California Governor Jerry Brown’s legacy project, the high speed train connecting Los Angeles to San Fransisco, it was already already $3.6 billion over budget and seven years behind schedule. In that piece, I a surmised that federal funding to help complete this project could be axed, as several pricey grants were sitting on the desks of administrators now working for President Trump (who has been defied and mocked by numerous California politicos, including our governor). Sure enough, the Secretary of Transportation has halted the transfer of millions of dollars in funding for the bullet train: In the first big hit to the Bay Area ...
I'm looking forward to Obama being shot by firing squad
Post Date: 2017-03-04 08:05:46 by A K A Stone
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I'm looking forward to Obama being shot by firing squad on Washington Mall. There will be many more to join him - Good Riddance!
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