"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
This single sentence invalidates anything Moore has to say about anything. That he doesn't grasp that even in a constitutional republic, in which the people vote for their representatives, the only source of power the government has is the threat of FORCE, is so telling.
Don't pay your taxes, Mike, and then tell me you weren't dealing with a government that FORCES.
John Stossel is a national treasure.
Socialists, that feminized fascist force, is overwhelming freedom.
Conservatives sometimes do not understand the consequences of blurring the lines between themselves and socialists on government as force.
We need to again be the party that lets you alone to live your life as you please.
And what happens when things, like -Islamist totalitarianism- rears it's ugly head and threatens your "live and let live" and "don't tread on me" paradise?
We are neither a Libertarian free for all, never were and never were meant to be, nor a socialist marxist police state.
We are a constitutional republic, and this constitution republic, a foundation of law, is what gives us the maximum amount of freedom possible.
Ping for later read.
I find a great deal to agree with in Stossel’s article. Libertarianism seems to be the political philosophy I agree with most these days, even as both the Left and the Right find reasons to use government to impose their wishes on the public.
What good insight. I can say I learned something beneficial today.
This is the reason, IMHO, that Liberal talk radio never gets off the ground. As long as the government subsidized NPR exists and the not-even-remotely-about-profit AirAmerica operates, Liberal talk radio will never have the opportunity to develop appealing and profitable programming.
The failure of Liberal talk radio is just another example of Liberal good intentions and government largesse supressing innovation and risk taking and preventing the very thing they mean to promote.
John Stossel speaks the truth.
More governement means less liberty or more liberty means less government - hmmm, that sounds like Walter Williams’ recent book... another national treasure.
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Or being a gun owner. I was reminded of an interview I read of a lawyer who specialized in gun issues. He said that it is absolutely impossible to buy, register, and own a handgun in NYC. I can ignore the “nannies” when they harp about trans fats or even smoking bans, but the Brady Bill and all the other gun laws make me very nervous.
I must protest! It's the libs who are hot for National Service. Both Kerry and Edwards were on record in favor of it. Edwards in 2004 maintained that young people should not be granted high school diplomas unless they had performed some amount of community service. When both these asses felt free to take such positions, you have to know the liberal establishment is completely comfortable with compulsory national service.
This man has always been a most wonderful voice on television.
He has kept me watching ABC for years.
86 Branch Davidian men, women and children were burned alive by the BATFE/FBI-HRT for failure to purchase $200 tax stamps for several AR15s they possessed that they had equipped with autosears.
Does being burned alive count as force?
“Is it really necessary to explain that government is force?’
I’m amazed. It appears Moore stumped Stossel by pointing out that ‘we the people’ are government, therefore force was not involved in taxation.
What John might have said was, since we are government, what we are doing is using force to take money from each other.
Whether we see government as something beyond control in the short run, or the majority imposing its will on the minority, force is still applied. Try telling the IRS to shove it as an experiment.
“Government is force.”
Words to remember, and use.