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Intended Catholic Dictatorship The ultimate intention of Catholicism is the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire. That has always been the ambition, at least covertly, but now it is being promoted overtly and openly. The purpose of this article is only to make that intention clear. It is not a criticism of Catholics or Catholicism (unless you happen to think a Catholic dictatorship is not a good thing). The most important point is to understand that when a Catholic talks about liberty or freedom, it is not individual liberty that is meant, not the freedom to live one's life as...

Death by Alphabet--Why Tea Parties Won't Work I am certainly not opposed to the so-called Tea-Party Movement, and if wishes would work, I would wish them success. Unfortunately, wishes do not work, and either will the Tea-Pary Movement. There is one real danger in the Tea Parties, which I'm afraid are giving too many people a false hope of changing things in American politics, and of course giving those participating a false sense of "doing something." If I were to characterize the Tea-Party movement, I believe all of the specific issues addressed could be summarized as a movement to...

While browsing some threads on a popular forum recently, I was introduced to an interesting critique of Ayn Rand's ethics, by John Piper. I already knew the critique was going to be from a Christian perspective, but was pleasantly surprised by it, nevertheless. This is what I wrote to the poster who provided the link to the article: "I'm a long time student of Rand, since the 50's, and have read almost everything I could find related to Rand and her philosophy, and of course everything she has written, including her journals and correspondence. I have never read John Piper's...

<p>My friend, the wonderful sf writer Peter Watts was beaten without provocation and arrested by US border guards on Tuesday. I heard about it early Wednesday morning in London and called Cindy Cohn, the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She worked her contacts to get in touch with civil rights lawyers in Michigan, and we mobilized with Caitlin Sweet (Peter's partner) and David Nickle (Peter's friend) and Peter was arraigned and bailed out later that day.</p>

[Part 1 of this series.] [Part 2 of this series.] While some are advocating some kind of armed resistance, and others think a second civil war may be inevitable, even necessary, (having forgotten, perhaps, the horrors of the first, from which the South has never totally recovered), a revolution of striking producers has advantages over force that may not be immediately apparent: Historically, creators and producers have opposed war, not as pacifists, but because the nature of war is contrary to production and creativity. With no opposition at all to a truly defensive war, the producers of the world only...

[Part 1 of this series.][The frustration of most Americans with the systematic destruction of their country, its society, and its economy, by a handful of corrupt politicians grows daily. It is not that they are not willing to do anything about it, but the fact they do not seem to know what to do. The growth of the tea-party movement and the huge march on Washington are evidence of their eagerness to do "something," but it is equally obvious that demonstrations and a millions articles have done nothing at all, and the leftist "Destroy America" railroad roars on without even...

In my Open Letter to Sarah Palin I tried to explain why so many people seem to hate her, and I think I did. But the extreme kind of hysterical malignity displayed by some toward Mrs. Palin is beyond explanation. This irrational hatred is very widespread, and I'm not the only one noticing it. Lorie Byrd observes that nothing seems to "explain the Sarah Palin hatred. It is so deep as to be pathological." She includes a list of some of the lies that are being told about Sarah, and it's always lies. If Sarah is worthy of such hatred,...

Dear Sarah, Please forgive my presumption in writing you, but since no one else seems willing or capable of saying these things, which I think sorely need saying, and since they concern you, and what this country is all about, namely: freedom, individuality, and character, I've taken this liberty and beg your indulgence. I'm somewhat appalled by all those who publicly and privately have presumed to know what prompted your decision to step down as Governor of the State of Alaska, and even more appalled by those who presume to tell you what you now ought, or even must do....

Where would you go to buy a copy of Barack Hussein Obama's Kenyan birth certificate? You could try eBay. WoldNetDaily announced that it was for sale there June 27th. It was even picked up in a Kenyan newspaper which linked to a FreeRepublic story about WorldNetDaily's announcement. Since the story is over a week old now (July3), most will have heard about it, but in case you haven't here are the details. An eBay seller identified at that time only as "colmado_naranja" put up for auction the birth certificate for "president Barack Hussein Obama" which he claimed he had acquired...

The jobs are risky, but very lucrative for those willing to take the risks, and require no previous experience or special training. Almost anyone with a driver's license (or at least the ability to drive) can do this job. How did Obama do it? What People Who Don't Smoke Look Like A recent Senate vote brought tobacco under the regulation of the FDA. The effort, spearheaded by Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in the Senate and Calif. Democrat Henry Waxman in the House (no doubt because of their medical expertise—Kennedy, for example, is considered the government's chief expert on alcohol consumption)....

Who could have said these things? Are these the words of a Libertarian, an American philosopher, a Patriot, or perhaps an Objectivist follower of Rand? Here are the words: It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple. First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives....

HTML for Everyone is a complete HTML course and reference designed for both as a "teach-yourself" course, or to be used in conjunction with school, or home-school courses. It is also an exhaustive reference for all HTML programmers. For a very limited time, I would like to offer any Free Republic member interested in HTML, an opportunity to download HTML for Everyone, absolutely free. There is not obligation of any kind. Of course any comments, suggestions, or criticisms would be appreciated, by not required. If you decide you would like to try HTML for Everyone, for yourself, and or a...

In a recent phone conversation with one of my sons, I learned he was completely unaware that there are a number of Muslim para-military, most likely terrorist training camps, in America. He was both surprised and a bit shocked, and I promised to send him some links where he could learn about this apparently under-reported fact. I decided to post those links here, in hopes that others who are unaware of these Islamic Jihad training camps, right here in the US and Canada, might see just how close to home the terrorist threat is. After those links, I have a...

Dear Bambi,I do hope you will not be offended by my familiar term of address. After all, it is the office of president we honor, not the likes of you. (Please excuse my awkward English, I was educated in an American government school.)I know that you are valiantly attempting to impose the blessings of socialism on America, and I think you are right, if that is your goal, to look at the models of other countries that have gone much further down the road of socialism than America has, such as the UK. The idea of foisting (is that the...

The Richard Corey Syndrome Do you know what these men have in common? First there was Kirk Stephenson, a happily married man, with a loving wife and an eight-year-old son, whom he kissed goodbye after they had breakfast together before throwing himself in the path of a 100mph express train. Then there was Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet who was found collapsed at his desk, having anesthetized himself with sleeping pills and slashed his wrists with a box cutter. There was also Steven L. Good who shot himself while sitting in his Jaguar. And there was Adolf Merckle, who also...

Environmentalism Is the Threat—Part III Time to Start Taking Names [Articles in this series: 1. Evil Incarnate | 2. Green Hegemony | 3. Environmentalism Is the Threat—Part I, Part II, Part III] Things like weather, climate, animal populations, extinctions, long-term ecological relationships, and the behavior of the seas are impossible to predict because, as we've seen: 1. there are too many causative variables bearing on all these kinds of things and they can never all be known, 2. life itself is always unpredictable, and 3. because all these kinds of things are determine by chaos-theory type cycles, usually many of...

Environmentalism Is the Threat—Part II Why The Prophets Fail [Articles in this series: 1. Evil Incarnate | 2. Green Hegemony | 3. Environmentalism Is the Threat—Part I, Part II, Part III] Unpredictability There are some things that cannot and never will be able to be predicted. There are at least three reasons the future is unpredictable; two we have always known (but tend to forget), the third was only recently discovered. Those three reasons are 1. limited knowledge, 2. life, and 3. something called "chaos theory" which you might know as, "fractals." [An unnecessary philosophical digression. Whatever the future holds,...

Environmentalism Is the Threat—Part I Collectivism by Another Name [Articles in this series: 1. Evil Incarnate | 2. Green Hegemony | 3. Environmentalism Is the Threat—Part I, Part II, Part III] Except for the, "true believers," and other useful idiots, environmentalists promote their programs entirely by means subterfuge, deceit, and manipulation. They never reveal their true purposes or ultimate goals, which have nothing to do with saving little animals or the future welfare of mankind. They will resort to anything to push their program: when they are unable to put over global cooling, they simply switch to the equally implausible...

Green Hegemony What if there were a lie that was so big and so widely accepted that it was defended and promoted by the rulers of the world's nations, and those nations governments had huge agencies with billion dollar budgets based on that lie, and whole industries developed with no other purpose than pursuing and promoting the lie; and what if the lie became so pervasive that it was taught and promoted in every school and university until that lie was was embraced by almost all scientists, social and political leaders, news commentators, experts and authorities in the world and...

Every once in a while, there is a news story that so perfectly illustrates one of today's political absurdities, no made-up illustration could ever be so effective. According to Michael Graham's article, "Bank unduly scapegoated": "activists for the newest civil right - the right to skip your mortgage payments - have taken to the streets of Roxbury." The protest is over the fact that a bank that loaned a certain Paula Taylor, $260,000 to buy a condo, now, "actually want her to pay it back!" If you think this is absurd, the politicians are on the side of Paula Taylor...