Rational Nation USA

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth As an advocate of equal opportunity for all; rather than the equai results for all that some prograssives and socialists hold out as the ultimate end, it is hard to imagine ever supporting a candidate for president such as Senator Bernie Sanders. With income disparity between the very rich and the middle to lower economic strata continuing to increase it is likely the appeal for progressive/socialist politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders will grow as well. Conservative republican and libertarian thinkers and politicians would be well served revisiting the social and economic conditions of the country's populace each time a progressive candidate has won the White House and liberal thinking grew in congress. Senator Sanders likely sees the times as being ripe for a socialist president in America. Candidates advocating capitalism really need to step back and begin viewing things long range and with respect to the contry...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Something for everyone to contemplate. Especially if one is to understand liberalism in the classical sense verses modern liberal philosophy or progressivism. Understanding the concept of classical liberalism, the political philosophy of the founders of the United States of America is essential in understanding the concept and principles of freedom and liberty.

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Liberty -vs- Tyranny "Sounds like you have a problem with democracy." The preceding statement was of course directed at me. It was made by a progressive, one who obviously believes democracy is the ideal. The utopia. The remark was made in response to this comment by me, There you go again. I am for individualism and liberty. Remember, the constitution was framed with this in mind... ...to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority... Hence a nation of laws. What progressives advocate is increasing influence and control by the state. Connect the dots and eventually you have an obvious picture. The exchange got me thinking once again about democracy as opposed to our representative {republic} form of government. As is usually the case I referred to that book of concept definitions, the dictionary. democracy a) government by the people; esp : rule of the majority republ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Witness democrat and union civility Bolshevik thuggery. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Thousands participate in a rally to protest a Senate Budget Committee hearing on employee benefits at the State House Annex in Trenton, N.J.,Thursday, June 16, 2011. Labor leaders rallying for collective bargaining rights in New Jersey went on the offensive Thursday with one comparing Gov. Chris Christie to Adolf Hitler and two Democratic legislative leaders to his generals, one day after the three agreed on a deal to sharply restrict state employee bargaining rights and increase health care costs. "Welcome to Nazi Germany," Christopher Shelton, international vice president of the Communication Workers of America's District 1, told the large crowd gathered on the Statehouse lawn. "It's going to take World War III to get rid of Adolf Christie." The rally was planned before Christie, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Shei...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Ex President and Georgia peanut farmer Jimmy Carter sees himself as superior to other ex presidents . Just in case you come off your dselusional high Mr. Carter most disagree with your assesment. HOT AIR has it right. Guess which former President is Jimmy Carter’s favorite? Three guesses: Former President Jimmy Carter isn’t letting modesty stand in the way of his assessment of his post-presidential life. “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents,” Mr. Carter said in an interview with NBC News. Apparently, even Carter realized a little later how bad that sounded. He contacted NBC to amend his remarks to say that his role with a non-profit organization gave him “superior opportunities to do good.” In other words, he’s extremely fortunate that someone created the Carter Center after he left office. And who was the masked man who did that? Er ...

By: Les Carpenter III Rational Nation USA Jon Stewart, that intellectual icon of Comedy Central. Once again showing his grasp of the weighty issues of our time. In a way that ONLY the truly progressive mind could grasp. Goodnight Jon. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Are You Ready for Some Midterms? - MSNBC's Political Narrative www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Once again, You my fine readers be the judge. Cross posted to Left Coast Rebel . Via: Memeorandum

I got into an argument with an old friend and fellow lifetime NRA member over that organization’s support for campaign finance legislation that restricts free speech in exchange for an exemption for itself. Good on the NRA for defending our Second Amendment rights. Bad on them for squashing the First Amendment in the process. Things really got heated when I excoriated our NRA for toying with the idea of endorsing Harry Reid . Reid Voted for the Brady Bill, Erik Erikson reminds us .  Politico explains how politics in America makes such bedfellows possible: First, Reid has a fairly favorable lifetime rating from the NRA. And then there’s the $61 million for the Clark County Shooting Park, earmarked by Reid, which led Wayne LaPierre, chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association, to call Reid “a true champion” of the Second Amendment at an event commemorating the opening of the 2,900-acre park in April. ( Politico ) So Reid bribed the NRA with $61 million ...

You can’t argue against it if you don’t understand it... Michael Barone , America’ preeminent political scholar, explores the roots of progressivism, that un-American and statist doctrine spawned at the dawn of the 20th century. Progressivism’s Premise The Progressives explicitly repudiated the Founders’ vision of limited government. They argued that government needed to redistribute property, to take money from one group of citizens to help others, and to regulate economic activity in ways previously considered unconstitutional. More importantly, says Barone, “They feared revolution.”   Even “good” countries experienced such upheavals back in the late 1800’s.  People of the early 1900’s looked up to central-planning strong men as the wave of the future, if not out of fear of central-planning communists.  You see, fascism, communism and progressivism were not opposing ideologies, they were competing for the support of the same group of people! The...

GOP senators should filibuster the Kagan nomination.  I know, they’d lose.  But they would hopefully awaken somnolent American citizens to the loss of their natural rights. In a rare blip of actual substance, Kagan revealed she would not move to overturn a law mandating every citizen eat a congressionally-prescribed amount of vegetable every day.  If Congress can tell us what to eat under threat of prosecution, what can they not do?  (See George Will’s questions for Elena Kagan here and here ) Prosecute Kagan for Lying to Congress Kagan also professed ignorance of the term “ Judicial Progressivism .”  This and her her studied agnosticism on natural rights (upon which our nation was founded), are enough to indict her for lying to Congress. She was dean of Harvard Law School and she knows nothing of these issues?  Either Harvard got ripped off big time, or she’s a liar. If a Man Can Grant it to You, A Man can Take it Away Jacob Sull...