Category Archives: Freedom

The Face of Free Enterprise

These are the faces of Free Enterprise. Capitalism still gives more opportunity to more of the people than any other system we’ve seen. Hat tip Bitter

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Projection

A while back Tam linked a comment calling the NRA (along with pro-lifers, tea party goers and others) “our Taliban.” I want to take a look a little earlier in the comment, where the writer says “It is not only … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day – Force vs Freedom Edition

Laws are force. Government enforcing those laws are force. Removing restrictions on people being able to defend themselves is not force. It is freedom. – Joe Huffman

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Thoughs on a smoking ban

A few days ago, Gov. Doyle signed a smoking ban into law, prohibiting smoking in all but a very few grandfathered businesses, and in all new ones. One of the local talk shows had a segment where they asked a … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day – No Explanation Necessary Edition

Here’s the thing about rights… we don’t have to explain it to the government when we choose to exercise them.  I don’t have to justify my blathering on this blog and the overall societal value because I have a right … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day – Will to Resist Edition

The disarmament of a society can happen without taking away their tools of resistance, but by taking away the very will to resist in the first place. If you give a pacifist a gun, you can still kill him with … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day – Shouted Down Edition

See, it doesn’t matter what your arguments are. It doesn’t matter that you are against something based upon principle or ethics or religion. All that matters is that if you don’t embrace or agree with the liberal, leftist agenda, be … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day – Offensive Edition

I’ve always been of the opinion that most things worth saying are going to offend someone. I’d be disappointed if what I’ve said on my blog didn’t offend someone. – Mike W, in the comments

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Quote of the Day – Hate Speech Edition

It’s easy to say “Free speech doesn’t equal hate speech!”  It sounds very nice and pleasing and respectful. Unfortunately, sometimes that’s EXACTLY what free speech means — it means that your ideological enemy has the right to say exactly what … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day – Freedom Lovers Edition

What our new president and his attorney general obviously want is control. Studying other gun-grabbing regimes of the past, they know the first thing that needs to be done to turn us from citizens to subjects is to disarm us. … Continue reading

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