tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3266550001260236629..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Coin Of The RealmFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-63333465670875123922019-05-08T13:15:26.442-04:002019-05-08T13:15:26.442-04:00So socialism is the governmental embodiment of the...So socialism is the governmental embodiment of the common good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295602988172796197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-38800988548462527002019-05-08T10:17:05.169-04:002019-05-08T10:17:05.169-04:00A year or three ago I saw a great "Democrats ...A year or three ago I saw a great "Democrats and Republicans explained" picture. Two guys in Tshirts.<br /><br />One had, in red, "I know what's best for me".<br /><br />The other, in blue, "No, you don't".<br />NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-58761428633416935442019-05-08T07:20:44.746-04:002019-05-08T07:20:44.746-04:00The word liberty has been twisted by successive po...The word <i>liberty</i> has been twisted by successive political misuses and distortions until no two persons can agree on what it means. (Just a few years ago, the late Mario Cuomo proposed a new tax on New York State residents to fund "Liberty Scholarships." Other examples abound.) Just about everyone has an innate sense for what it means to be <i>free.</i><br /><br />That last statement is a paraphrase of Ralph Waldo Emerson.<br />Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-26775703598438933272019-05-08T07:15:54.318-04:002019-05-08T07:15:54.318-04:00Two of my favorite phrases are:
1. Nothing is qui...Two of my favorite phrases are:<br /><br />1. Nothing is quite as expensive as anything that is "free".<br /><br />2. Social legislation can NOT repeal physical Laws.<br /><br />I am to the point now that I no longer like the term "freedom" and now prefer "Liberty" as it gives the idea of cause and consequence that the first word doesn't (at least in today's society.<br /><br />Another of my truisms (all of these are stolen from others, I would give them due credit, if I could just remember who said them)...<br /><br />"Your actions speak so loud I can't hear a word you are saying".<br /><br />MSG GrumpyMSG Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789315545377882421noreply@blogger.com