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Randoms: Old School, New NO, Checks Aint Balancing

14 Thursday Jun 2012

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age, america, constitution, government, hashtag humor, independence, Mom, nanny, progressive, U.S.Army, U.S.Flag

It’s Flag Day (Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: 06.14.1777),
the U.S. Army’s 237th Birthday (1775),
and my Mom’s Birthday!

Thanks for Liberty, Courage, and being Mom. 

How is the prohibition of certain foods/quantities any different than the failed prohibition of alcohol? Amd.s 18, 21 @ 06,14.2012

New request, new No. @ 06.14.2012

I am an old-man-older than you, kid @ 06.14.2012

who says _____ says who @ <~what say you? think, & fill in…
~ love ~ you ~ pain ~

Join my tired, my poor, my huddled masses yearning to breathe free #Obama2012Slogans @ 06.12.2012

Hey middle-of-the-roaders, it’s gonna take true conservatism just to drive us back to the middle of the road. @ 06.12.2012
In America, we drive on the Right side of the road, and the Constitution is the Double Yellow Line! @ 06.12.2012

Our Independence is a dependent of ours. @ 06.12.2012

These Constitutional separations of power, these checks and balances, where are they? Is the Executive co-equal, or omnipotent? @ 06.12.2012

Just wondering, is there ANYTHING progressives LIKE about AMERICA?!?! (except that they rule most of it) @ 06.11.2012

Note: The preceding random musings are mine. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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Randoms: Finding the Line to Overlook, Frayed Expectations

05 Saturday May 2012

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expectation, forget, independence, liberty, patriot, posterity, raw deal, secure, think, turncoat, tyranny, vote

It’s like T.J. and his pals gave us a cruise ship, then we furnished it, and now progressives want an even trade for a canoe. @

My kid got 100 on her science test today. Guess I’ll be retiring early. @

Take what you know, multiply it by what you don’t know, and the product might be one evil son of a bitch. @

Think’n bout all the think’n that’s already been thunk, and without recollect’n all the think’n needs rethunk. Ya think? @

I hear you. The world hears you. And the people who are knocking this country down will hear all of us soon! @

The opposite of a patriot is a turncoat, and contrary to proud support is radical transformation. @

I guess “a long train of abuses” don’t matter much when you’re on the train, or rather you don’t see the train coming. @

I was gonna say “we can’t possibly be that stupid”, but then I said that in ’08… Hell, I’m a freakin’ prophet! @

Note: The preceding random musings are mine. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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Some Common Sense Ideas for Fixing the America that Shouldn’t be Broke

04 Friday May 2012

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america, constitution, declaration, freedom, government, independence, law, politics, prosperity, security, solutions, uneducated

Got sparked a little while ago on the subject of solutions to America’s problems, you know, instead of just complaining about them, and jotted down these ideas off the top of my head. Some I’ve heard, can’t say where, some I don’t recall hearing, but they may be out there.

You might guess that I’m of the opinion that government largesse and intrusion and corruption is much of the problem, and that’d make you sharp as a tack. If you are new to this sort of thing, consider that everything government has, it first took from the people, or has yet to take from the people. Also note that gov’t IS necessary, but only to the extent summarized in the Declaration, and spelled out in the Constitution. We had a deal.

Anyway, here they are, from a common sense, unedumacated perspective:
updated: 2012.05.11 07:00pm est

  1. How about a 10% flat tax, everybody pays regardless of station? 10%’s good enough for God, it oughta be good enough for gov’t. @
  2. How about a gov’t budget that only spends last year’s receipts? @
  3. How about privatizing every entitlement program? All voluntary! Charity is charity, gov’t is gov’t. See? @
  4. How about quantitative legislation? That is, law specifically measured against loss of liberty and property. @
  5. How about a per capita regulatory limit? Want to make a new law, repeal an old one. @
  6. How about a moratorium on new law, contingent on the reduction of current law by, say, 25%? @
  7. How about a per capita limit on the number of gov’t bureaucrats? @
  8. How about a sunset provision on every law and regulation? Mandated revisits. @
  9. How about every legislation be required in its text to explain its Constitutionality? @
  10. How about voter registration requirements that equal drivers license requirements? Prove identity, take a test. @
  11. How about mandatory recall/impeachment/firing of every civil servant who works against the Constitution, which they vow to protect? @
  12. How about we ban all favoritism by gov’t, whether it be race, gender, business, religion, sexual deviance, or whatever? Equality in law. @
  13. How about we kill those who are trying to kill us? Period. Let the military do its job. @
  14. How about we abolish some  Executive Departments, take your pick, like ED HHS HUD and all unaccountable Czars h/t @blove65
  15. How ‘bout we ban lawyers from making laws? @

Note: the “@” links take you to each item on twitter, if you care to reply there. List is dynamic. Please feel free to comment/add.

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Randoms: Christ, Perseverance of Character, My Kids Keep Growing Up…

13 Friday Apr 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Faith, Family, Liberty, Random

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American, Christ, citizen, Faith, fire, freedom, growing up, identity, independence, kids, lame duck, patriot, perfection, posterity, spring, stupidity, superstition, utpoia, water

Today is half way between the first and last Friday The 13th this year. Yesterday was 13 days after the 13th Friday this year. I know, right? (@subconch) 2012.04.13

“If the U.S. Constitution (1789) is considered outdated, then why not the Communist Manifesto (1848)?” ~tdv (@subconch)

“when it is then, it will be you and yours and a few, such as it was then, before the promised them.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“Ignorance has a remedy that stupidity ignores.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“If ever I were presented with a perfect world, I’d still choose America.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“Let us define ourselves, lest we be defined.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“A better understanding of who we are will better defend us from what they want us to be.” ~tdv (@subconch)

So who are we? Who should we be? What has become of the American Identity? (@subconch) Return of the American Identity * Of the American Identity ~ a Thread

“Entitled to, but obligated to keep, liberty.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“I wake, and yearn, as they refuse to be still, but I will catch them the morrow, when they were already there.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“So much to learn, so much to do, I want it not, but the job I must do.” ~tdv #citizen #patriot #liberty #posterity (@subconch)

“It is so much, the relentless affront to our liberty and identity that is the radical Democrat machine.” ~tdv (@subconch)

“Spring is like, new weather, and stuff.” ~tdv #poet (@subconch)

Ya can’t set water on fire, but can you, set fire on water? ~my kid, philosopher. (@subconch)

So Christ, by Grace, Faith, Freedom to know Him. (@subconch)

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Return of the American Identity

09 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Liberty

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america, constitution, duty, freedom, hard work, honor, identity, independence, liberty, life, original, Property, respect, responsibility, return, self, strength

The American Identity has been taken from her people, gradually, methodically, and with forethought and malice.

The American Identity has been whittled over successive generations, so as to finish it, and remake it.

In the face of unbelievable American success, indigenous foreigners have undone it, in the name of what.

There can be no other cause for the dire state of our union, except that we the people have allowed for our fundamental redefining.

For if government were representative of a people who knew their character, then government would never have done such harm.

Being a nation of, by, and for the people, logic demands that the people know what they are of, by, and for. Hence, the American Identity.

So if we are to be saved from mistaken identity, then we must return to the American Identity, else we be american in name only. Simple?

Update: Join the discussion On the American Identity ~ A Thread


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When We Win, What Then? I See a Market!

30 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Liberty

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government, independence, liberty, market, transition

Independence need not be limited as a declaration of the United States, for it is equally suitable for the individual to assert.

Traditional Americans will gain conservative representation in November 2012, and the politicians we entrust will begin the long and arduous process of unraveling the mountainous, overbearing, corrupt government that is our current state, they will initiate the return of our country to the constitutional representative republic that it was intended to be, and activate the revival of  the founding principles that made her great.

Yes, men can govern themselves. But let us remember that men are men, and those we choose to govern are no more perfect than ourselves, and they will need the aide of we governed, not just our consent, especially in this time.

There is more, though, that brings me to the subject of this post. When we win, what then? The bitter reality is that the government is so entrenched, and of such great and myriad consequence, that its proper diminution in the life of the individual must logically be consequential as well.

As we the people demand the return of limited government, we must therefore be prepared, without the hand of government, to aide our fellow countrymen, and even ready ourselves, in the transition away from government. Left to our own devices,  as appropriate, we must rely on our own devices.

I believe our conversations leading to November, and subsequently January, should follow two tracks, first the obvious failure and necessary removal of the socialists in power, and second, the practicability of our newly won, rightful, and responsible independence. It is easy for a voter to consider national interests, but when he is trapped by the fingers of government, his vote becomes selfish, in his mind, a matter of survival. Many know by instinct today’s corruptions, but fear voting their conscience would be self-destructive, so people need an alternative.

In this vein, I see a market ripe for fulfilling the needs of people in their move to independence. Here, I think, is a perfect opportunity for the evil capitalism, the greedy entrepreneur, yeah, Americanism, to prove once again their worth.

Let us create products and services that aid the independence of the individual and his transition away from the corrupting influence of government. Reducing the size and reach of gov’t will grow the economy, but increasing individual independence will grow the economy and enhance the dignity of our people.

What specific transitional needs do you envision? How can your business facilitate these needs for your customers? What can you offer to help the man help himself that will also solidify and grow your customer base? What new product or service can launch a business in this market? What does government do that you can do better, and without intrusion? Ask the questions, help solve the problems, help your fellow American from under the government thumb, make a buck.

Anxious to see what, if anything comes of this idea. Please comment, trackback, share, or even discuss without me. I only wish to see the country I love return to what I love, secured liberty, that is, responsible freedom, and the dignity and value that independence brings to her people.

~tdv

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dimensions of liberty

21 Tuesday Feb 2012

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dimension, Faith, freedom, independence, liberty, Property

Property is liberty’s girth, faith her volume, independence is liberty’s depth, and the many fruits of responsible freedom, her height.

~tdv 02.21.12
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America as Kept

21 Tuesday Feb 2012

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America is security in liberty, kept by independent strength.

~tdv 02.21.12
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Dependence: a Censure

16 Thursday Feb 2012

Posted by subconch in America

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dependence, dignity, government.reliance, honor, independence, indolence, lazy, liberty, sloth

You are not entitled, you have no right or claim, to the property of others, in any form, for any cause, lest by contract of barter. Expectation of sustenance in the absence of reciprocal value is immoral, it is arrogant covetousness, and it is presumed theft. Only a child is forgiven this.

Reliance on government is just such a corruption, worse, as government must first plunder the property of your neighbor by the force of law before providing for you.

You trade your own liberty for every craving the government fulfills, and pilfer the liberty of another when you collect. Truly, reliance on government, apart from its charter of securing liberty, is the antithesis of liberty.

If it be the rareness that some service-in-kind cannot be provided in exchange for your provisions, then humble must be the request, and gratitude the proper response. And if it be little you have to offer, then offer it proudly, as your contribution will reward your conscience and give you honor.

The dignity that is inherent in self-sufficiency and independence is immeasurable. One need only look to the resounding success of the American experiment for evidence.

What is it, after all, that makes a man of sloth, like you, and drawn to the slavery of dependence? How does one conclude that existence as a parasite is superior to the fullness of liberty? And what sort of man influences another to a duty of indolence? What hell it is to travel life without purpose, and what evil it is to promote this hell for your fellow man.

Take expedition to your soul, extract the man, and throw off the prophet of want!

~tdv

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