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Intervention is a really sound policy

Just ask any of those who are opposed to the notion the United States should move our foreign policy from one of intervention toward one of non-intervention and you will hear the many reasons why our approach works so well.  We have stayed on an interventionist path since the end of World War II and made a real case for intervention even before that, back when President Woodrow Wilson was selling U.S. Citizens on the notion we are a democracy and we should be sharing it around the world.

Michele Bachman has been bragging of her slap down of Ron Paul since the last Fox debate before the Iowa Caucus as he attempted, although not very artfully, to once again talk up the idea of non-intervention.  Don’t fall into… Continue reading

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The Sum of Good Government

Today we are seeing a struggle between two seemingly different philosophies for governing our society.  Political parties are not the divide as members of both major parties share similar views while third party involvement has little impact on the daily government decisions.  Bill O’Reilly summed up the choices by stating the choice is self-reliance or entitlements.  That’s a very good view of where we are yet those in elected federal office seem to be divided more on the entitlement side of this divide. 

Liberty is a key principle in our history.  When government involves itself in daily life through entitlements, and a view they must guide economic activity while ‘caring’ for those in need, we must understand the tradeoff is

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Overcome your fear of a constitutional convention

It is time all who stand in opposition of a constitutional convention due to fear of it being a runaway toward tyranny consider the reasoning State’s were a part of Article V. Continue reading

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Is the Repeal Amendment What We Need?

Is it easier to empower states by creating a series of new changes to our form of government or to use the same passion, energy, and effort to repeal errors of past changes? Continue reading

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Power positioning beyond our vote

Are you paying attention to the political news these days or are you simply glad the elections are over?  Many simply don’t want to be bothered with any more campaigns yet the major campaigns for all the power positions in legislative branches across the country are taking place right now.  It does not matter if you consider yourself an independent voter or if you do not want your representatives (agents and trustees) to play party politics because the campaigns and elections being held now do not care about you, these elections are all about power!

On November 2nd many wanted to know what influence the Tea Party was going to have.  Many were concerned with casting a ballot for someone, anyone, who may actually uphold their Oath of Office. … Continue reading

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