Archive for the ‘Freedom’ Category

Michael Barone has a piece in which he offers one reason why most Americans today to reject a nanny-state and demand their independence while Europeans are accept that a nanny-state has significant control over many aspects of their lives:
Why do Americans reject such policies while Europeans seem content with them? One reason is history. Twentieth-century [...]

The House passed – although barely – a massive $1.8 trillion health care bill that would put the health care of millions of Americans who are currently in private insurance plans in the hands of the US government. Democrats like to complain about how awful it is to have to deal with an insurance company, [...]

Ohio Republicans have suffered many hard defeats the past few years, primarily because they were led by squishy, middle of the road moderates that took the party nowhere fast. Kasich, however, is a true conservative, which means he believes in limited government, lower taxes, reduced regulations on businesses and people, so citizens and businesses can [...]

Finally some good news on the health care reform front from Roll Call:
House Democrats’ health care bill has been delayed indefinitely as leaders continue negotiations with fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats.
This is not to say I don’t think there should be any health care reform. We need health care reform because the system we have [...]

I hope you’re all having a great Fourth of July. Please remember our members of the military who are missing their families serving so far away from home today. We had several members of the military come into our livery today and we gave them a discount as we always do.
Whatever you’re doing with your [...]

Earlier this month Iranians took to the streets to protest what they saw as being fraudulent elections perpetrated by the repressive Iranian regime. In response, the regime worked to squash the protests by beating and killing Iranians in the street. America’s president Barack Obama would not stand up and support real democracy in Iran. It [...]

Neda’s very public death has resonated all over the world and as a result it has galvanized the support of millions of people for the Iranian protesters and their fight against their government’s repression and tyranny. If you haven’t seen the video of Neda right after she was shot and lay dying on the street, [...]

And he’s missing an incredible opportunity to dramatically alter the face of the Middle East by making dictators the exception and democracies the rule, but he’s blowing it:
Where to begin? “Supreme Leader”? Note the abject solicitousness with which the American president confers this honorific on a clerical dictator who, even as his minions attack demonstrators, [...]

President Obama said he didn’t want to force everyone onto a single payer health care plan. He said over and over again during the campaign that if you were happy with your private insurance that you could keep it but a public option would be available. He made the same claim again just the other [...]

Hey, all you moms out there who drive SUV’s instead of buses or trains. Guess what? If anyone ever tried to make you feel guilty for driving your SUV, you can now tell them you’re behaving more environmentally friendly than those moms who take buses or trains. Personally, I was never that concerned about “saving [...]