Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Yesterday we posted on Michelle Bachmann's most recent looney activities. Her McCarthy era style fear mongering. Radical Islam, where it exists must be confronted and the appropriate actions to safeguard ourselves and our nation certainly must be taken. Where it indeed exists and when backed up with proper intelligence data to support such allegations. Senator McCain is right this time. We ought to listen to voices of reason because tyranny (often of the worse strain) can be self inflicted, the result of unsubstantiated and unbridled fear. Today we are putting up the other side of the argument, just to be balanced and equitable. Presented compliments of GBTV and Michelle Bachmann herself. <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> Read the transcript here . One can't help but wonder but maybe this being a presidential election year just might have something to do with th...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism As Michelle Backmann so accurately stated, "As important as these distressing economic concerns are, we would be wise to recall that there are other threats that loom as well," Bachmann said, urging the crowd to "not forget that for our conservative coalition to be victorious in 2012, it will take every one of us and then some, pulling together to bring together the three legs of the conservative stool." These words are among her most intelligent. She went on, "We cannot shun each other in 2012," she said. "The structural integrity and the political appeal is not only rooted in this fiscal discipline but the social values and the philosophy of peace through strength." More words that carry intelligent thought and perhaps even a bit of wisdom. I wish she would have left it at that. Rather than sticking to a  wining theme she sunk to the following, "We have...