Rational Nation USA

  When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once. Milarepa   “Just as it is known t hat an image of one's face is seen d epending on a mirror b ut does not really exist as a face, s o the conception of "I" exist d ependent on mind and body, b ut like the image of a face t he "I" does not at all exist as its own reality."    Nagarjuna "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.   Nagarjuna Elon Musk Is Meeting Secretly With China and Russia. It's Time for Congress to Rein Him In    Click on highlighted link for article.   The danger to national is real and the muti billionaires authoritarian bent is a real danger to the independence and liberties of each and every one of us. Elon Musk is essentially an American oligarch in bed with You Kno...

Hi, I'm Pamela D. Hart and I was given an incredible compliment this past week from Les, the owner and host of this “humble”, as he describes it, blog. He asked me to contribute as an author because it’s his wish to expand on his independent conservative views by adding unique and independent thinkers and believed I fit that description. I am truly humbled that Les feels I’m an independent thinker as well as a creative writer and he also complimented me highly when he told me he was impressed by my attempt to retain my conservative values while engaging those with a Liberal ideology. He said he believed this to be true bipartisanship and something he would like to achieve at Rational Nation USA. Les would like to encompass a wider range of rational political ideas and opinions here at Rational Nation USA because he believes, as I do, that this type of discussion is constructive. It is my desire to help him achieve that goal. I would like to say that I admire and respect Les and ...

Dear Readers, We have finished making all the changes and tweaks that Wes Messamore announced some time ago, and are ready to launch the new and improved Rational Nation USA! Wes is doing this professionally and hopes to make a living doing the two things he loves the most: indulging his creativity and helping conservative and libertarian bloggers become more effective at what they do, so as to help spread and defend the message of liberty to a country that so desperately needs to hear it. So please do check out his services . Some other examples of blogs he's optimized include Left Coast Rebel and The Independent Forum . Among other things, Wes and I have worked together to give the blog a professional, simplified look; fixed the blog's RSS feed problem (for those of you who thought I had fallen off the planet, please re-add me to your blog rolls as my posts should update now!); added static pages for ease of navigation (just click those links up at the top ^); added a Twitt...

Yesterday I did my usual Saturday Edition Post over at Conservative Firestorm. I called it "Lets Take A Look Back" because it reminds us of our roots as a nation when fiscal responsibility and limited government were realities. A time before we became the interventionist nation we have become in modern times. Here are some excerpts from the post for those Rational Nation USA readers who may have not seen it. Jefferson, a giant of the Enlightenment and Age of Reason, the author of The Declaration of Independence, and the leading visionary of the Founding Fathers. His influence is still alive and well today in our Nation. Jefferson was a scientist, a writer, an inventor, and a lawyer. He was a leading voice in the cause of American independence from Great Britain. He was the war time Governor of Virginia, and succeeded Ben Franklin as minister to France in 1785. Jefferson was responsible for establishing, through his proposed Statute...