Few and Defined
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most [...]
St. Patty’s Day
“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.” – Winston Churchill
Classy
Last week, the British prime minister, Gordon Brown paid his first official visit to the new president at the White House. Brown presented Obama with the following gifts: • An ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet. (Which reportedly delighted Obama, who placed it on his Oval Office [...]
Ronaldus Magnus’ Little Red Hen
Today is President Reagan’s birthday, so I thought I would pass along some timely wisdom. Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors and said ‘If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who [...]
Welcome to wealth redistribution
President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed $500,000 caps on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institute receiving federal bailout money, saying Americans are upset with “executives being rewarded for failure.” and…. The administration also will propose long-term compensation restrictions even for companies that don’t receive government assistance, Obama said. – Associated Press.
Happy Halloween
A few years ago my parents were shopping at Farm and Fleet before Halloween and decided to pick up candy to give out. They also had one other item to pick up. Rat poison. So my father goes to the checkout lane and realizes the message he was sending, Halloween candy and rat poison, so [...]
Mere Christianity
I am rereading Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. The book is adapted from a 1943 series of radio lectures broadcast during World War II. Periodically there are references that speak directly to a citizen during wartime. I just read one recently that seems as timely today as it was in 1943. “If God thinks this [...]
Our Tax System Explained
Bar Stool Economics Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (The poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth [...]
I wish I could vote for him a third time.
“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of [...]