the people must be armed

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed - as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed."   ~  Noah Webster

the tree of liberty must be refreshed

What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."  ~  Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

The Tree of Liberty

Dianne Feistein validates armed citizens

Sen. Feinstein Makes Wild Claim to Push Gun Control at Senate Committee Hearing 

I've long considered this Democratic Party representative to be on the lunatic fringe of Congress, and her comments here serve to solidify my position.  I think its interesting to note that she at least recognizes on a sub-concious level that it would be a Police Officer or citizen ARMED WITH A GUN that would likely resolve the issue.

"when a criminal, a drug dealer, a deranged individual has to pause to change magazines and reload that the police or brave bystanders have the opportunity to take that individual down.”

Obama the puppet

I received a good word last night from a recent friend.  We need to minimize villainizing President Obama; he is merely a puppet on a stage that is bigger than we can imagine, and we can imagine big.  The real enemy of the Constitution, at least the American face of it, is the Democratic Party.  They, the voters, the people behind the party, are responsible for propping him up, for following his "lead" and for continuing to empower him and his anti-American antics, through their continued voting support.

From now on, we need to remind the folks who might be listening that it is the Democratic Party that must be battled, today, tomorrow and until the few good men and women who are involved with this immoral, murderous, anti-Constitutional party have come to their senses, and the Democratic Party is at least reduced to a dull roar.  The alternative continues to be hideous.

Liberalism: A Basic Primer

"“Classical liberalism” is the term used to designate the ideology advocating private property, an unhampered market economy, the rule of law, constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion and of the press, and international peace based on free trade…including freedom of contract and exchange and the free disposition of one’s own labor, is given a high priority. Historically, liberalism has manifested a hostility to state action, which, it insists, should be reduced to a minimum."  ~  Ralph Raico

Hmm, sounds a lot like conservatism.  I wonder where the shift occurred.


Kelly OConnell pens the missive, "Liberalism: A Basic Primer—Or, Why Leftism is Failure Incarnate".


Mark J. Perry enlightens us Why Socialism Failed.