tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3674758553163172478..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Democracy Is Not FreedomFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-5691313942720567732016-04-16T18:32:26.504-04:002016-04-16T18:32:26.504-04:00I read of a certain senator who I think was from O...I read of a certain senator who I think was from Oklahoma. He attempted to vote against measures that were not encompassed in Art. I, Sect. 8 and was resoundingly defeated in the next election. The American voter proved that he would not tolerate obstacles to getting free stuff.<br /><br />Wish I could remember the senator's name.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-25644625301150898792016-04-16T15:07:37.170-04:002016-04-16T15:07:37.170-04:00Heh.
In 1988 I was gulping down gallons of beer ev...Heh.<br />In 1988 I was gulping down gallons of beer every portcall.<br /><br />The slide was so gradual that I didn't really notice how much things had changed from my childhood in the late 1960s-early 1970s.<br />We almost live on a different planet than the one I inhabited then.<br />Charlie Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711194082485871790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-64608783890298811482016-04-16T12:55:01.163-04:002016-04-16T12:55:01.163-04:00I have ready several histories of taxation, includ...I have ready several histories of taxation, including the passage of the 16th amendment, which has funded so much of the expanse of the Federal government. Indeed, it may be argued (and has), that one of the reasons it remained relatively constrained in the 19th century was a lack of large revenue sources. But one connection I had not thought about until recently, was that a large number of very powerful and vocal opponents of the 16th amendment were no longer around to protest: John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Isa Strauss and others were not around to fight the passage because they were all lost on the Titanic. I'm not sure how strong the case can be made that if the Titanic hadn't sunk a century of massive Federal expansion may have been avoided, but it might make an interesting alternative history. Chaotic systems and butterfly wings.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065795935002884662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-4821034165489086152016-04-16T09:53:42.727-04:002016-04-16T09:53:42.727-04:00Golly, Fran… if you were aware of all that in ’88,...Golly, Fran… if you were aware of all that in ’88, what agony you must have endured since then, observing our plunge from on high. Makes the average concerned American wonder what is still holding it together. But we don’t wonder, do we? Our Founding Fathers weren’t geniuses, they were just individuals willing to risk all to worship, work their own land, and teach their young‘ens the Way. It wasn’t that private property was sacred, it’s that the idea of private property was sacred. That foundation is still there, only a bit tattered now. The flag is frayed, and the colors dim and disowned by the 95% who only seem to chip away at the type of citizen it represents. I wax optimistic. BTW, you will need to double your excellent daily content since Ol’ Remus will be gone an extra week… I flounder, searching for golden oratory…Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.com