So I think I’ve learned a couple of things about the media as I’ve become interested in this stuff:
This includes those sources that may favor the liberal agenda, The New York Times, for example. And for those that favor the conservative agenda, Fox News, for example.
I’ve been aware, politically aware, since about 2006 or 2007. That’s when an interesting tidbit caught my attention:
The 2008 Presidential election would be the first in a long time where neither a sitting President or Vice President would be running.
The race would be wide open. I began to pay attention, and I was hooked. And since then I have heard a steady dull roar about the fading middle class. I’ve heard that the richest among us have been getting richer while the rest of us have experienced wages that remain flat.
The world would have us believe that for most of us, wages have experienced stagnation.
Is it true?
Posted in Economics, Economy, Middle Class, Politics: National
Tagged 1, 99%, Income Disparity, Wage Stagnation
When I think of the proper separation of church and state I think of the concept of the institutions. I really think the intent of the separation came about because back in the history of the founding, the head of England was also the head of the church. They were, in many respects, the same.
This lead to the condition where the official function of state was to discourage, and even make it illegal to practice, other religions. I don’t think it was the goal of the time to make sure government didn’t contain religion, only that it not BE religion. There are numerous instances of examples of this belief.
Posted in Liberty, Lobby/PAC, Politics: National, Religion
I recently posted about the city of Cary, NC allowing a small flock of hens within city limits. The idea that keeping animals is a decision that should be up to the property owner not the local federales. I was impressed with Cary, a notorious regulatory city, in allowing the chickens. We’ll see if the ordinance passes.
It is in this spirit that I was discouraged to read a related issue in the town of Louisburg. However, rather than granting the freedom, the city restricted it.
The recent uproar has been centered on the government requiring all insurance polices to cover women’s preventative health care. Such care includes contraceptives, wellness checks, day after remedies and other services. Unlike other conservatives, I don’t object to this over reach due to my moral inclination towards birth control. Or even the Plan B medication. Rather I object to this government mandate on other grounds, namely that we are a free society and capital “O” Ought to be able to chose for ourselves what we purchase.
Posted in Uncategorized
I grew up “In the Land of Sky Blue Waters.” I know those people, my people. I know how they feel about government, how they feel about compassion and how they feel about responsibility.
I know what it’s like to have a neighbor lose a barn to fire. I know what it’s like to have the community come together to rebuild that barn, to donate seed and feed, horses and cattle. I know what it’s like to have a barn raising.
I know what those people in the New York Times article are getting at, hinting at and struggling with.
Posted in Government, Liberty, Politics: National
Tagged Entitlement Programs, Minnesota, Politics
For those of us who support the government intervening in the insurance market only to make things more expensive to make things better for everyone, I have a question:
If you support the government forcing Americans to buy insurance AND you support the government forcing insurance companies to offer free birth control, why don’t you support the government requiring people to purchase fresh fruit AND support the government forcing insurance companies to offer free broccoli?
Posted in Health Care, Liberty, Politics: National
Tagged Government Regulation, Mandate, Regulation
I’m reading Barack Obama’s first book: Dreams From My Father. My goal is to try to understand the man from his own perspective, his own words. There are a lot of people who have a lot of opinions of the man. I think that I owe it to him and myself to see what he has to say about himself.
Chapter Two:
The very first thing I noticed about chapter two is that the artistry of chapter one is missing. This isn’t to say that the chapter s hard sledding, it’s just to say that the vivid images that the book initially evoked are missing. It’s as if Chapter One took months and months of work while the rest of the book was the result of the normal writing process. Or, maybe someone else wrote that first chapter.
A Chicken Hen
Who knew that Cary, NC of all places would be the rebirth of Libertarianism in North Carolina? Heck, perhaps in America the rate we’re going these days.
It used to be that you could grow your own food. Most likely, you HAD to grow your own food. Then, like minded people got together and said that you could no longer grow your own food.
And now, they are changing their mind.