Category: Freedom

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Current Events Freedom

The Mullahs

in Iran are frantically trying to keep control as they crack down on protesters.

At least 192 protesters have been killed in Iran’s biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, a rights group said Sunday, as warnings grew that authorities were committing a “massacre” to quell the demonstrations.

Things are obviously quite unstable in Iran. And it’s not clear to me that the Mullahs will be able to hang on. But for sure a lot of people have and will die because of these protests. And that is really quite unfortunate. But the truth is, one cannot throw off despotism without bloodshed. I don’t like it, but so it is.

In any case, the Iranian people deserve better. Like most people, they want freedom.

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Change Freedom Good vs. Evil

Just one more

example of the HUGE cultural changes in Iran. And it’s going viral!

Burning the image of the Supreme Leader is considered a serious offense under Iranian law. By combining this act with smoking, an activity long restricted or discouraged for women, the protesters appear to be deliberately rejecting both state power and strict social rules, including mandatory hijab enforcement and limitations on women’s personal freedoms.

I’m just not sure that the Mullahs can now put that genie back into the bottle! Even if they manage to survive this time, it has become abundantly clear that their power is both brittle and waning. The only way to put down this protest movement is to become even more brutal and violent. And yet, if they do that, more people will become angry and protest their actions.

Damned if you do, meet damned if you don’t…

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Culture Freedom Winning

Man, good for her!

She deserves an award, but then again, she has already won the mental health and happiness lottery!

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Freedom

LOTS of good news

from the Supreme Court yesterday! SHOCKER: Parents can opt out of having LGBTQ#*$LMNOP crap foisted on their kids. It is more than a little discouraging is that this is a major news item and a bit of a surprise.

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with Maryland parents of various faiths who sued their school board over its refusal to allow their K-5 children to opt out of LGBTQ+ curriculum.

But the Supreme Court sometimes does very good things. It reminds me of an old nursery rhyme:

There once was a girl who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good she was very good, indeed.
And when she was bad, she was horrid.

Yep, that’s pretty much the Supreme Court in a nutshell.

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Bad Faith Freedom

Well, I sure

hope so! Because lawless judges destroy civilizations. We have horribly corrupt and biased judges who are limited to a discrete area acting as national rulers, who may not even hear both sides of the case. They think they can tell the Chief Executive how to do his job! It is an affront to the separation of powers, and to the Constitutional principle of elected representation. Seeing judges take this path is extremely worrying, and needs to be halted immediately.

“Whether you agree or disagree with President Trump’s order on birthright citizenship,” Yoo said, “they may not even get to the question, because the key thing here is for the Supreme Court to put an end to the 675 trial judges who all think they can run foreign policy, spending and hiring throughout the federal government.”

If the court sides with the Trump administration, it could dramatically reshape how federal power is contested in the courtroom and restore constitutional limits on unelected judges meddling in national affairs.

What we are seeing is obvious overreach. We need the rule of law, not requirements based on the whims of judges.

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Backfire! Freedom

Giving money to

Africa does, at some point, become counter-productive. And some African leaders of nations both realize that and are speaking up about it. As one African leader said:

“Whoever gives you aid controls your life.” 

Yes, truer words were never spoken.

What would not surprise me at all is that once the handouts dry up, some African nations become truly great.

I lived in Haiti for several years, and I know how competent they can be. But too often they were happy to take scraps from the master’s table–they didn’t pony up themselves and just waited to be given things. And the country as a whole was turned into beggars–and one who too often stole what aid money they were given.

A less racist approach to Haiti and Africa would be to assume they are competent, and any help is targeted and short-term. Because I do assume they are competent to arrange their own business!

Truly, this is “The soft bigotry of low expectations.” And hopefully, African countries have had enough and will start standing on their own two feet!

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Disgusting! Freedom

I think it

is quite clear that with his endorsement of free speech, Trump has taken the moral high ground.

And it’s not really a question. I think that the moral and thinking population is just aghast at what the formerly Great Britain has done in suppressing free speech!

It really is amazingly disgusting. And I wonder how long the people of England will tolerate such despotism. Did ALL the English freedom-lovers flee to America in the 1800s? Is England now just a nation of drones and sheep? Perish the thought!

What England has done is just indefensible. Who would have thought they would be circling the toilet drain like this?

And WARNING! If it happened there, it can happen here. Don’t be complacent. Sure, we have been protected by the First and Second Amendments, and while that is good, the Left has been energetically been attacking both.

Because without those two, there is despotism. And unavoidably so. And Leftists want to make sure that THEY are the despots holding the whip.

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Freedom Government Thuggery

Yes, and that

is a TON of money just in salary! And the full-time benefits are perhaps 25% on top of that. The money saved really adds up fast!

About 75,000 federal workers accepted the Trump administration’s retirement buyout offer, allowing them to receive full pay and benefits until Sept. 30 while being exempt from daily attendance rules and layoffs.

And the great thing about this is that this represents a mass of people who have are leaving without having to be fired and without any legal repercussions. Yes, there is some initial outlay. But that is very small in relation to what will be saved. And this is a nice way to do it.

Just think about it. 75,000 people off the government teat. That is no small potatoes. And even better, that is 70,000 thousand fewer people in a merciless bureaucracy. Plus, they are likely to be gone for good. This is all very good news, indeed, for regular citizens. The bureaucracy is a monkey on our backs. And there are now fewer monkeys…

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, this is not the end–it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, hopefully, near the end of the beginning.

And remember:

The average federal employee salary is $106,382, according to OPM data. The median average household income for all Americans is $75,149, according to the Census Bureau.

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Freedom Lefty Political Philosophy

Yes, I LIKE it

when Democrat heads explode. It means something good is happening. I mean, it’s a pretty reliable indicator that if Democrats like it, it is bad for the United States and the common man. Quite reliable.

That really got the Dems going. Gaza is their primary pet victim story these days. Democrats need the people in Gaza to be eternally miserable. People who aren’t miserable are of no use to the Dems, that’s why they’re always painting a gloom-and-doom picture of the world. Happiness is anathema to all of their political goals. 

Always remember, Democrats don’t want you happy. They are, by nature and political philosophy, vampires that feed off the misery (and money) of regular people. Let’s not be fooled, here. YOU being happy is a mortal threat to their agenda.

Moral agency, choice, and freedom are anathema to Leftists. Oh sure, they gussy it up a bit with rainbows and unicorns, but OF COURSE force is the bedrock of all Leftism–it just garbs itself in “fair” to hide its ugly, gaping maw.

Because the ugly, gaping maw of Hell is just not a very attractive political stance. It doesn’t attract many votes. So Democrats hide it.

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Freedom

Oh please,

let it be true!