"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."

"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary."

Ayn Rand

Rand put it best in her 1973 article, “Censorship: Local and Express”:

“The conservatives see man as a body freely roaming the earth, building sand piles or factories -- with an electronic computer inside his skull, controlled from Washington . The liberals [the Democrats] see man as a soul freewheeling to the farthest reaches of the universe -- but wearing chains from nose to toes when he crosses the street to buy a loaf of bread.”

Further on, she notes:
“…Each camp wants to control the realm it regards as metaphysically important; each grants freedom only to the activities it despises….. ‘Control,‘ to both camps, means the power to rule by physical force. The conservatives want to rule man’s consciousness; the liberals, his body.”

Monday, April 6, 2009

That's Not Nice

Well, we're seeing BO's reaction to his first international "crisis", the launching of a missile by North Korea. While he and Hillary wait for the UN to tell him what he can do, he has complained that he is "very disappointed" that NK fired the missile. He called the test "provocative". Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raiders was provocative. This was a a punk dictator thumbing his nose at us and the rest of the world. China and Russia don't want to condemn NK because they say no rules were broken. Which is probably true since they make up the rules as they go along. Apparently the missile didn't stay in the air long enough for us to shoot it down even if BO had the balls. Imagine BO's reaction to 9-11? We'd still be discussing the next step in the UN. The rest of the world may be used to this sort of leadership. To me, this is embarrassing.
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